Bangalore: In continuation of our story, “Goenka empire collapsing” (DV Sept. 1, 92, p.5), more interesting things are coming to light :-
Blood seems thicker than water in the current battle between Saroj Goenka, the empress of the southern wing of the Indian Express group, and Vivek (formerly Khaitan) Goenka, the group’s managing editor and recently anointed chairman.
Sameer Jain first took the initiative to bring peace between the two and put an end to this fratricidal . war. His father, Ashok Jain, boss of the Times of India, followed to see that there was no further mess up.
But why did the Jains take such keen interest in the affairs of the rival newspaper group? Because Saroj is the daughter of the late Shiryans Prasad Jain, the patriarch of the Times group. Ashok is Saroj’s first cousin and the son of Shriyan’s younger brother. ( Deccan Herald Sept.20).
It is not so simple. There is something much more in this “mediation efforts”. Marwadi sources say that if this fight between the two is not stopped immediately, there is every chance of the Indian Express, Empire the Hindu nazi daily, passing into the hands of Brahmins. They say the person behind this move to swallow the Express empire is Gurumurthy, the Tamil lyer of the chaddi party and “adviser” of the late Goenka. He engineered the fight goading Vivek to take on Saroj. But the bigger Marwadi empire, Times, is fully backing Saroj.
The battle is interesting and we will not be surprised if the Marwadis, the main financiers of the nazi parties, lose to the Brahmins.
