so woefully deficient in men and women of knowledge, culture and refinement. Not a Rousseau or a Voltaire in sight.

But the north Atlantic print world was never like the one Mr Katju imagines. The Scots poet Robert Burns caught the flavour in 1790 when he returned a newspaper to someone who had offered him a free subscription. He was, he wrote, with tongue deep in cheek, greatly impressed by

To be sure, media in India can be silly, stupid and lascivious. Editorial decisions can be appalling. (Recall the live coverage of the Mumbai mayhem in November 2008 when live television feeds provided useful information to the murderers).

But elements of a free media have always been wild and tasteless and driven by the need to find readers, viewers and advertisersStory highlights Archaeologists found a lead coffin within a stone coffin near Richard III's grave

The identity of its occupant is unknown, but there are three prestigious contenders

The confirmation this year of the discovery of Richard's remains drew global interest

The excavation site is at a parking lot in the central English city of Leicester

First came the dramatic discovery of the long-lost remains of King Richard III.

Now, there's the mystery of the coffin within the coffin.

Archaeologists working at the site in central England where Richard III's body was found underneath a parking lot are currently puzzling over a sealed lead coffin containing the remains of a yet-to-be-identified person.

The lead coffin was found encased in a larger stone coffin.

The smaller coffin is intact "except for a hole at one end of