Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Responsible handling of an unfortunate incident

Abhay Mohan Jha reports in TOI about the unfortunate incident of renowned singer Kishori Amonkar leaving the stage while performing at Gandhi Maidan in Patna. What happened was really unfortunate and it was perhaps due to some misunderstanding.
Observers said a mix of a swelling crowd unable to either get in or find chairs coupled with the restiveness for Tiwari's Bhojpuri pop cooked up a cacophonous mocktail of noise which was not conducive to Amonkar's singing.
What impressed me was the way the concerned journalist reported the incident. The incident was such that any journalist with a biased view of the whole thing could have turned this incident into a national debate on Bihar. Considering the sensitivity of the incident, the fact based and balanced approach taken by the journalist, Abhay Mohan Jha, must be applauded. Read the full report: Amonkar does a Panigrahi in 'Naya Bihar'

The best thing about this reporting is that it highlights the way prominent Biharis present there went out of their way to pacify and ask forgiveness from a singer of such repute. The report quotes Shekhar Suman as saying,
"You may find it an exaggeration but I would have even fallen prostrate in front of her for her forgiveness"
It shows that even if something go amiss in the “new Bihar”, the public immediately takes it upon themselves to rectify the mistake.

Good reporting by Abhay Mohan Jha. What the junta says?

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