New Delhi: Shoma Chaudhury is one of the four founding members of the Tehelka magazine and she has now resigned as managing editor.
She resigned on Thursday morning after almost a week of facing heavy flak for trying to "cover up" for her boss Tarun Tejpal, accused of sexually assaulting a woman journalist in Goa earlier this month.
Chaudhury, in here letter, said “Over the past week, I have been accused of an attempt to cover-up and for not standing by my feminist positions. While I accept that I could have done many things differently and in a more measured way, I reject the allegations of a cover-up because in no way could the first actions that were taken be deemed suppression of any kind.”
“As for my feminist positions, I believe I acted in consonance with them by giving my colleague's account precedence over everything else,” she said.