Rs.10 lakhs for one hand!
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The Shiv Sena Has offered ten lakhs rupees to anyone who chops off the hands of famous painter M F Hussain. The artist’s recent painting, which portrays “Mother India” in the nude, is the issue. Recently an UP minister announced Rs.51 Crore for anyone who beheads the Danish cartoonist who caricatured Prophet Mohammed. These are voices of someone whose religious sentiments have been hurt. Now these announcements and protests have become a daily affair in India. Indian media is celebrating all these protests by conducting hours long discussions, and SMS polls. Latest of the lot is Jessica Lal’s murder case. One channel received around 2 Lakhs SMS on this issue. I feel, apart from finding its place in discussions and SMS polls in news channels, these protests achieve nothing commendable. But the issue of Jessica Lal’s murder case and the acquittal of the people involved is turning out to be a different one.
The nation-wide protest is lead by some of the news channels along with some organizations. But did you notice the ignominious silence from the politicians of India? They are the people who are supposed to represent the public in fighting against such injustice. The speechless politicians, who had opinion on every damn thing around them, make the protest from the public and the media a different one. I think this is the first instance where our politicians don’t have a view! Reprehensible it is!
Ironically this parliament has the maximum number of young MPs, even these young ones are not ready to give their views on this issue. No one is expecting them to come out to the streets and lead a demonstration against those criminals. But there has been total silence on this issue from all political parties. The public should protest not only against the verdict on the case but also against the politicians who have gone speechless over the past few days.
The Question is; how long will this campaign last? And will this campaign serve any purpose? Even though it was money-spinning issue, channels did a good job in this case. Their hours long discussions and frequent updates created an opinion and they could succeed in making people aware whats happening in our society. But the forthcoming Budget is going to push this case from the news-desks to the dustbins. The public outcry will take an abrupt stop here and in-turn it will become Jessica’s family quandary. This is the fate of any socially relevant issue in India.
Jessica…May you Rest In Peace!
The Shiv Sena Has offered ten lakhs rupees to anyone who chops off the hands of famous painter M F Hussain. The artist’s recent painting, which portrays “Mother India” in the nude, is the issue. Recently an UP minister announced Rs.51 Crore for anyone who beheads the Danish cartoonist who caricatured Prophet Mohammed. These are voices of someone whose religious sentiments have been hurt. Now these announcements and protests have become a daily affair in India. Indian media is celebrating all these protests by conducting hours long discussions, and SMS polls. Latest of the lot is Jessica Lal’s murder case. One channel received around 2 Lakhs SMS on this issue. I feel, apart from finding its place in discussions and SMS polls in news channels, these protests achieve nothing commendable. But the issue of Jessica Lal’s murder case and the acquittal of the people involved is turning out to be a different one.
The nation-wide protest is lead by some of the news channels along with some organizations. But did you notice the ignominious silence from the politicians of India? They are the people who are supposed to represent the public in fighting against such injustice. The speechless politicians, who had opinion on every damn thing around them, make the protest from the public and the media a different one. I think this is the first instance where our politicians don’t have a view! Reprehensible it is!
Ironically this parliament has the maximum number of young MPs, even these young ones are not ready to give their views on this issue. No one is expecting them to come out to the streets and lead a demonstration against those criminals. But there has been total silence on this issue from all political parties. The public should protest not only against the verdict on the case but also against the politicians who have gone speechless over the past few days.
The Question is; how long will this campaign last? And will this campaign serve any purpose? Even though it was money-spinning issue, channels did a good job in this case. Their hours long discussions and frequent updates created an opinion and they could succeed in making people aware whats happening in our society. But the forthcoming Budget is going to push this case from the news-desks to the dustbins. The public outcry will take an abrupt stop here and in-turn it will become Jessica’s family quandary. This is the fate of any socially relevant issue in India.
Jessica…May you Rest In Peace!
posted by nair at 4:43 pm
3 Comments:
It's really sad that our priorities as a nation, and more importantly, the youth of a nation, are so skewed. I always had this hope that somehow our generation would learn to deal with this sort of nonsense in a more sensible way. Reading various blogs on blogspot has shown me otherwise... let's hope there will soon be a critical mass of people who don't dwell on unimportant issues like this!
Hi Pratap..
Welcome to the Gang ..Your blog is one of the best i have seen for sometime.. Really good stuff with a nice style of writing...Keep writing and educating us....
:)
Deepak
that's crazy...Gawd!!!yikes i don't want to be mf hussain with such mad raving people around me
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