Yesterday was National Press Freedom day in India.  And PM Modi tweeted his admiration and support for the necessity of having a vibrant press in a democracy.  Well, it's good that the Prime Minister is so concerned about the state of our media.  I hope the irony is not completely lost on the honorable Prime Minister because he's always been contemptuous of the media.  Ever since he has assumed the office of the Prime Minister, he has not held a single press conference.  He never allows members of the press to ask any questions of him.  As far as he is concerned, it's been all a one-way communication, when he would get on his soapbox and deliver tired old cliches like a school headmaster in 'Mann Ki Baat'.