Thursday, May 29, 2008

sadly true :( :(

a 14 year old girl and a man killed in a house... little did anyone predict the quantum of the events that have unfolded... i always wonder .... does man really lack providence of all his actions?? i seriously doubt that... anyway every time i hear the probe being mentioned on tv , which is almost every time i change through the news channels, i cringe and am ashamed of myself for having heard it.... it is appalling to say the least... first to believe that there could a reason for a father to kill his own daughter , then to actually proclaim the notion that there could be such a reason and that could in fact be the motive , and lastly the very nerve(of all institutions) to actually promulgate the perception just to get more air time and sell their enterprise is a cause of grave retrospection on our ideas and points of view.... i am not saying that one should not bring the news up but they could surely find better and more nice topics to discuss for 4-5 hours on the trot than how there could have been a possibility that a father could have caused the death of his daughter... don`t we have anything better to discuss in a nation of 100billion people... or is it just because it is hot,sensitive so it sells so we do it... the leads me to my next wondering ...
when have we, as a civilization of such rich heritage and culture, ever been bothered of whether it sells or not?? can`t we find anything that sells other than a rape or father murdering daughter or IPL ?? what is INDIAN in any of these.... definitely the TV channels should have more ethical and moral responsibilities... ok even with all these they could surely do without character assassination of both the child and the parents..... even if he had committed the crime i don`t think anyone deserves this kind of treatment...
to just show the difference of attitude ... once when Ex-President of India was in Iraq during the war he saw the papers` headlines saying IRAQ BEATS YUGOSLAVIYA in euro qualifier...
this was in spite of a war in Iraq .... now that news was mentioned in the center page in black and white with the correct figure all casualties...this is positive attitude of press...
it is hard to assimilate that the fact that a country which is claimed to be the raising superpower along with china and is the biggest democracy in the world and the with such a booming economy has no better issues on hand other than these murders or IPL to discuss.... the least i can say is the attitude of the media has to change... now people might say that many are interested in knowing why or how a father will kill his daughter.... my petition is simple .. please give viewers more credit than that .... if u give them something more interesting they might actually like it and demand more of it than this crazy shit...
well i used to think with all the corruption , bureaucracy and red tape the country is going to the dogs .....but sadly i can`t contemplate where the country is heading now.... frankly i think dogs would have done a better job!!!!!

9 comments:

Vidya said...

hey nice one to begin with, i kno how strongly u feel abt such issues. and i totally agree that our news channels can do better! the whole day abt a murder in noida which doesnt even feel right is that more important that the recent jaipur blasts? i mean how can u forget such things in a jiffy? jus cuz theres a news that the news channels think will provide all the drama that a certain percent of their viewers seek doesnt mean they forget abt all the other issues of that day from all around the world and telecast the same damn thing all thru the day (in this noida murder case, two full days!) man, i get so sick of these news channels sometimes.
but id rather kno abt this murder case than knowin abt khali(the wrestler) and what hes eating or some such nonsense. tch tch the tv news channels can definitely do better.

Vidya said...

oh such a long comment, im too lazy to re-read it n see if it makes sense! :) neway keep blogging it'll giv me stuff to read :P

Unknown said...

wat a dummasss
wat the prez of india saw was total bullcrap!
hw cn iraq beat yugoslavia in EURO qualifiers!!!!
iraq is in blooddy asia fckhead!

fiddlesticks said...

@c47 - Nice post!! I agree, its sickening to see the way the media goes on ad nauseam about a murder. All said and done, isn't that all it is? Yesterday some channel, after the Obama news, to fill up the gap before some debate on the fuel prices, showed a video of a hypothetical Bollywood song featuring Obama. Some other time, some other channel, funny, perhaps. On the other hand, I also hate talking and writing and complaining but not doing anything, and worse, not knowing what

smilingassassin said...

i dont think dogs can do a better job.. if u ask me :P.. lol.. hehe.. dont yell at me.. i jus gave u the tase of ur own medicine..
ok serious now.. i think news such as this moves the deepest feelingsemotions of any human being.. (as we had learnt in an English chapter in 12th)so the news sells.. and private channels make money out of this whole process.. after profit is all wat they r luking for.. and social responsibility need not be the highest of their concerns... wait a minute..i am not justifying anyone.. i am jus reasoning out the actions.. but i guess there r still channels which cater to sensible news which we r actually luking out.. so u jus gotta apply principle of selective distortion and watch wat u wanna watch... and as they say 'the world is definitely big enuf for all of us to co exist peacefully :P!

codename_047 said...

@vidya.. ty for being th first peron to comment!!! gud tht even u hav th e same tak on the issue!!

@ anil nt euro.. world cup!!! nyway the war was durin tht time..gt mixed up!!

@rip van
hmm.. true.. all we can do is comment .but atleast we care to do tht is taklin som solace ...

@ash in POM we learnt a chapter or a section on the social responsibility of any corporate sector.. i am simply questionin the commitment the corporates hav towards this responsibility... selective viewing is privilege of viewer.. we cant assume evry1 does so...

@ EVERY1 .. ty for ur comments!!!

Unknown said...

was waitin for tht....hw cn iraq play yugoslavia play in the wrld cup qualifiers?!?!?!
mst hv been some frndly....
evn u havnt got ur facts correct n u xpct the news channels 2do so?? comon... :P :P :P
peeaaacceeeeeee

arvind said...

codename 47 suxxx...BIG TIME...:D

Unknown said...

ROGER THAT !