A day after publishing a paywalled article centred on the personal divorce proceedings of Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu, The News Minute editor Dhanya Rajendran indicated that a more detailed profile of the entrepreneur is forthcoming. On her X handle, she announced this writing, “Coming up soon a detailed profile by @Indulekha_A. What we published yesterday was something we stumbled on while reporting the profile. The profile will be an in depth one.”
The initial article, described by TNM as an “exclusive,” focused extensively on a January 2025 interim order passed by a California court in an ongoing divorce case involving Vembu. The report relied heavily on judicial observations made during emergency proceedings and was placed behind a paywall.
Critics have questioned the public-interest basis of the article, noting that it dealt primarily with a private marital dispute still under adjudication, rather than corporate governance, regulatory issues, or matters affecting stakeholders or the public at large. They have also pointed out that the order cited in the report is nearly a year old and remains subject to appeal.
Legal counsel representing Vembu has disputed the portrayal of the case, stating that the interim order was passed on an emergency application with limited opportunity for response, that subsequent judicial proceedings have stayed parts of the order, and that the matter is still being contested. The counsel has also said that the widely cited bond amount has no final legal determination and is under appeal.
Dhanya Rajendran’s announcement about the “in depth profile” seems more like a threat than an announcement.
After what they did with the Dharmasthala fake burial case, their credibility has reached rock-bottom. Now they come up with new targets, especially on the Hindu/nationalistic side. The upcoming hitjobs on Sridhar Vembu is going to be a targeted operation aimed at systematically dismantling the public image of Sridhar Vembu, a man whose traditionalist ethos and monumental success stand as a rebuke to their worldview.
In the upcoming “in-depth” sequel, Dhanya Rajendran is hinting that the character assassination is entering its next phase. More personal details will be weaponised, more contested allegations will be presented as fact, all packaged as a ‘profile’ to lend it a garb of legitimacy.
TNM and Dhanya Rajendran’s objective is not the truth, just smear. From The New Murasoli, TNM has morphed into The Nakkheeran Minute. The promised ‘profile’ is merely the next round of ammunition in a war they have declared on a man whose very existence challenges their narrative.
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