Dear Editor,

A news item from The Asian Age, dated July 16 with a London dateline penned by Aditi Khanna, talks about Diana's prowess in bed which I think is in very bad taste for the following reasons:

(a) It talks ill of a woman who is no more and cannot defend herself,
(b) It talks about a woman who was better known for her philanthrophic bent of mind rather than for her prowess in bed,
(c) It relies on secondary sources of information - James Hewitt - who we cannot rely on for authenticity since the person he is talking about and his relationship with her cannot be verified any more,
(d) It is written by a woman - and an Indian woman journalist at that - who does not feel anything about sensationalising another woman who is dead,
(e) It has been published in a national paper which many are going to read and get the wrong message about the wrong person at the wrong time,
(f) It reflects a biased sense of projecting news that the paper could very well have done without.

Comments on this issue would perhaps be welcome by other NWMI members.

Shoma A. Chatterji,
NWMI, Calcutta Chapter

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