Media and Death!!

Dec 23^rd, 2009.

Well, this is the only thing which more than 40% of Indians want just after their sweet snooze is finished. Perceptibly, i am talking about the Newspapers. "It's impossible for me to live without newspapers", is few of the countless statements which can be made by those people. Now, i am aware about these things for the reason that i was one of those before some time, precisely, when i was in Kota, I didn't give a damn to anything until i got my TOI.

Well, we always think (and are still thinking) that these rag -people do a very good thing by giving us all those news which we read, but if someone asked me to guess those peoples who can be unaware of all the things happening in the state, then my answer, without any dilly-dallying would be none other than – The Mediapersons. The biggest reason: They are so keen in finding other news around the nation that they forget about the news which they themselves brought few moments earlier. They literally have nothing to do with the news they brought just now. And yes, if we think doctors are the only one who can see deceased-bodies very easily, then once again, mediapersons take the lead here. Once again the same reason: They really don't care! What if those people are dead, what did i gain or lose? – Nothing. Then why should i care! Obviously, they are quite correct. This is the mentality of almost all the mediapersons. And nevermind, they were the same from decades, obviously except very few – which can be said 'extinct'. It's very easy for them to speak like: "fifty people dead", or "five hundred wounded";

I was recently watching a TV interview of Aamir Khan with a journalist (who i am sure was in a different news channel the last time i saw him) in a sort of 30 minutes show. One of the annoying things which i saw in that interview was that the journalist was never interested in listening in the answers which Aamir Khan gave, rather, he was searching for the next question which he can impose on the actor as soon as he finishes his present answer. But yes, he keenly listened to those answers in which he can cross question the star. Seriously speaking, these guys are one of the emotionless living being in the universe. "Sorry to interrupt you sir... but what is...", is something which we will frequently listen in any shows, but think again... are they really sorry to break off? The answer is an utter NO, without any doubt.

Remember 'tehelka'? These are those guys who, the first time in Indian history took a secret camera and wedged someone taking bribe; Actually, they themselves were the people who gave bribe, i don't know whether what they did was correct or not, but yeah, this became a sort of tendency after that, if some channel's not getting good news, the best thing to do is to go to any government establishment (obviously with a secret camera) and give the concerned guy a huge amount of money as inducement – there you go! Now we have a Breaking News for our channel, awesome. Well, now these guys are also too smart!! And so the news-people are not really able to get these footage now-a-days. So what to do now – yes, lets make a show like 'movie masala', and also another show in which we can give an account of all the saas-bahu serials going on today, eureka, our news channel is really growing. And if people are bored from this too – compile news with the topic 'end of the world' and show it 3 times an hour. Now who'll stop this channel from mounting!!

Well, almost all of us are now sentient of the fact that this is what is happening from many years, and the biggest quandary – people like this too, which gives a boost to news channels putting these stuffing more. But as we say, lotus is very easily able to grow, in spite of all the mud around it, in a similar way, we have our conventional Doordarshan, the best channel all across, with no intension of escalating its TRP, it still stands alone and unique with its quality and true news, and therefore, we can very easily say that – yes we can rely on you. So, give away your dilemma and catch up with the latest flick in Doordarshan, that's all i can say!!