The Hindu — use of vocabulary which deems as being insensitive

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Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, 576104

This is with regard to the repeated usage of the word 'killed"instead of"martyred"in your daily edition of the newspaper. For the past few days, it has been observed that insensitive reference has been given to the security forces, who fight day and night sacrificing being with their family, all leisure and constantly living under the hail of gunfire, with the usage of the statement"40 crpf jawans killed"instead of"40 crpf jawans martyred". The hindu is a reputed edition of daily newspaper and considering the fact that it is a national daily, such kind of insensitivity is least expected from it. This was also noticed on 18/02/19, monday's edition of the newspaper wherein"peerzada ashiq" of srinagar, fails to convey his sentiments towards our armed forces. Know this clearly that it is because of their presence in the hostile regions that gives you the right and freedom to report whatever you want freely. I urge you to not take this freedom for granted, it comes with a hefty price, which none o[censored]s have the guts to pay, but only our soldiers, the real brave hearts who protect the integrity and sovereignty of the nation at all costs. Hence it is also our duty to uphold the maximum respect for them, and not be insensitive towards the forces. To evolve as a nation, we ought to first respect and give credits to our armed forces and their families, only then all our combined efforts would help make this great nation prosper. I urge you to correct the errors and be aware and conscious of the sensitivity of the people towards the nation.