“A bad lapse of judgment, an awful misreading of the situation, have led to anunfortunate incident…” wrote Tejpal in an email to Shoma Chaudhary, Tehelka’smanaging editor. “I feel atonement cannot be just words… I am therefore offeringto recuse myself from the editorship of Tehelka… for the next six months.” But ashis email and Chaudhary’s subsequent email to Tehelka staff informing them ofTejpal’s decision spread across social media, many expressed outrage at the tone ofhis ‘atonement’ email and at the fact that he had been let off so easily; some calledit a “six-month holiday.” Film stars like Robert Deniro, Amitabh Bachchan andother thinkers from around the world participated in the event.
NEW DELHI – Tarun Tejpal,the founder-editor of investigativeweekly news magazineTehelka, stepped down from hispost on Wednesday for sixmonths after tendering anunconditional apology for “misconduct”with a female colleagueduring the magazine’sTHiNK festival in Goa earlierthis month. The matter wentviral on Wednesday eveningwith many accusing Tejpal ofbeing let off easily.“A bad lapse of judgment, anawful misreading of the situation,have led to an unfortunateincident…” wrote Tejpal in anemail to Shoma Chaudhary,Tehelka’s managing editor. “Ifeel atonement cannot be justwords… I am therefore offeringto recuse myself from the editorshipof Tehelka… for thenext six months.”But as his email andChaudhary’s subsequent emailto Tehelka staff informing themof Tejpal’s decision spreadacross social media, manyexpressed outrage at the tone ofhis ‘atonement’ email and at thefact that he had been let off soeasily; some called it a “sixmonthholiday.”
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