Refresh with a rewind

1st post since eternity; so thought I would start  (rather re-start) with my 1st post displayed in some public forum. This is something I had written to the Telegraph India and was published in the Opinions column 7 years back. Here it is verbatim:

Sir — When the Americans created the myth of Jessica Lynch, the 19-year marine who was allegedly rescued from the clutches of the Iraqis, the media played along. Newspapers were splashed with reports, then still unconfirmed, on how valiantly she had resisted her captors. She was portrayed as the epitome of American gallantry. Such eulogies are sadly lacking for the teenaged grandson of Saddam Hussein who, much like Lynch (if hers had been a true story), resisted his captors till the end and died fighting bravely with his father and uncle. Why? Is it because Lynch belonged to the side of the victors and Qusay’s son was among the losers that his misery went unreflected upon? True, both his father and uncle were of ill-repute, but should the little boy bear the responsibility for that? Where are the voices that once grew alarmed at the torture of a teenager like Lynch? Why do they not speak up for the killing of Qusay’s teenaged son by the American forces?

Yours faithfully,
Ranajoy Sanyal, Calcutta

and here is the link to the opinion page.