Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Begging in news

Begging is in news! DNA reports Beggars learn to be choosers in Bihar. The news is about beggers forming a union in Bihar and fixing minimum wages. DNA considers this news worthy of putting in its newspaper. But wait. If begging is really an issue there are bigger begging scandals that are happening under media's eyes and it is not finding it worth investigating or reporting.

If any of you have been in Mumbai, the financial capital of India, you must not have missed the beggers. They come in all shape and sizes. Almost all have ghastly amputated body parts. If you observe carefully, you will notice that the missing body parts are not a result of some accident but a precision surgery. It's not an exaggeration. No accident can result in such meticulous and proportionate cuts. Observe carefully and you might notice a multi-crore scam into this. It's a racket; yet not a single media house is ready to seriously take up this issue, investigate it, and expose the people behind it. I just want to ask - WHY?

Begging is a curse. Instead of making it a masala item media should proactively focus on exposing the monstrous face behind it.

I hope junta agrees. Right?

Monday, October 09, 2006

Moronic journalists do exist...

Digging up the internet sometimes throws at you something that you never expected. Today I found one such disgusting thing - a piece of writing that should be seen in Indian journalism as a big black blot. One Mr. Swagato Ganguly propagates his brainless remedy for the ills of states like Bihar and UP in this article - Shock Therapy.

Well, he advocates throwing out states like Bihar and UP from India and to let them fend for themselves. As brainless as this recommendation sounds, I feel more pity for this poor fellow than anger.

May be Mr. Swagato Ganguly would next throw a not so well-off member of his family on the roads. And what will happen to Mr. Ganguly if after 10 years this not so well-off member of his family becomes a business tycoon? Ya, you can imagine all things about change of heart, butter, and polish!

God bless such parasites that are plaguing Indian media.

What does the junta feel?