Finally the end of chaos...
Few of the most horrific days are over. A lot happened in last 3 days. So many questions buzzing in the head with no answers....and nobody to answer.
That's the problem with the state of affairs here. As a society we are not answerable. We pick up something and drop it in between, no questions asked... forget it. Pick up something else to drop it again. We are so used to failures, we don't feel bad when we fail and we don't care when others fail. Failure is in our blood stream.
I witnessed some very disturbing things in last few days, nothing new but it disturbs me whenever I realize.
Politicians....
I saw Narendra Modi offering Rs 1 Crore to the families of the police men who died during this operation, including the one whom he was calling all sorts of names just 2-3 days back. Opporunism at it's best. I can't control my smile when while talking to people in front of Taj Hotel, looking grim and very serious, Narendra Modi pushed away a police man gently, because he was obstructing the camera view. That tells everything about this man and politicians in general.
I see politicians like Rajiv Pratap Rudi, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Kapil Sibbal, Prakash Javarekar etc quite busy in such times. Their dog fights on every channel make you feel as if they are acting. I saw Rajiv Pratap Rudi and Abhishek Manu Sighvi on two channels one by one talking same things and fighting with same vigour on the same issue. Were they not done earlier? Were they part of the programs and acting accordingly? Was that a reality show?.... Shame on these politicians.
I would like to pick Milind Deora. On one of his first talk show appearance he sounded quite meek and didn't have strong opinions, but see him after few shows. Now he is enlightened. Do we need such leaders who need some talk show hosts and participants to tell them what to do? Don't they have their own brain?
Man Mohan Singh. Our prime minister. He should rather be a CEO of a company. When you listen to him talking, it takes some time to really figure out that he is talking tough. It's dipressing to see a prime minister with a body language like his. Another big no is his reading his speeches badly while addressing a nation. He looks more concerned about reading it right than conveying the message. This will not work. If you need the support and trust of entire country then your voice should come from your heart. People should not just hear what you are saying, they should feel it.
Sonia Gandhi....I think her intentions are right, but this is a classic example of when you do not get something by choice. Instead of action you always react to the situation. We need somebody in this country who can think few steps ahead...a manager not the gate keeper who raises an alarm when something goes wrong.
L K Advani....prime minister in waiting....scary. His every word sounds politically motivated. He didn't attend PM's all party meeting because he was capaigning in Rajasthan!!! Can he lead our country...NO
All others... they all look like background dancers in a movie song, imitating the steps of the main dancer.
TV Channels.....
TV reporters after the Taj operations were over taking you through the building looking very excited and reminding you every few minutes about the exclusivity of the visuals.... that you are seeing first on their channel.
Now the season of talk shows... I see an argument between Shobha Dey and Jayanti Natrajan... Shobha dey says something..... Jayanti Natrajan responds very angrily....Shobha replies to it.....Jayanti shouts.... viewers get involved.....reporter keep asking their reactions one by one.....it goes on for some time and now reporter is satisfied. He has got enough footage. He stops both the parties, reminding them that the debate is not on what happened but what needs to be done. Rediculous.....but he has to sell his program. Public likes these kind of fights on their screen. May be this talk show get an award this year.
Aaj Tak... This news channel showed an extremely insensitive piece on Major Unnikrishnan. They made a music video playing songs from movies to suitable to similar situations in a movie. The worst of it is, a heart breaking visual of Major Unnikrishnan's mother talking to his son's dead body, dubbed by the channel by some other lady voice speaking pathetic dialogs...... This is outrageous. This is the mockery of a martyr. The channel must be banned.
Rich people... almost all of them claimed better security for Mumbai because they pay maximum tax!!! Should this be the reason? Going by that logic, a village that doesn't pay any tax should get nothing...they should die...pathetic. It's obvious from where these politicians are coming.
Most of the channels focussed on Taj and Oberoi....what happened to Mumbai CST? around 50 people died there, most of them poor and middle class people. But they deserve it, how dare terrorists attack a five star hotel? This was the attitude of panels in most of the discussions. In fact one of the panalist even commented that generally we associate these blasts with ghatkopar and such places, but how come it happened in up scale Colaba? If I live in ghatkopar, is my life less valuable?
Common man....
The comman man is confused...venting all his frustration and anger on politicians. In few days things will be back to normal. He will forget everything, in order to earn bread and butter for himself and his family. Life will go on, displaying 'true spirit of mumbai'....not sure who coined this phrase. Damn the spirit...he has to survive.... he has to earn everyday... to feed his family.....to stay alive.....till a bomb explodes nearby...till a terrorist's bullet finds his body.
Few of the most horrific days are over. A lot happened in last 3 days. So many questions buzzing in the head with no answers....and nobody to answer.
That's the problem with the state of affairs here. As a society we are not answerable. We pick up something and drop it in between, no questions asked... forget it. Pick up something else to drop it again. We are so used to failures, we don't feel bad when we fail and we don't care when others fail. Failure is in our blood stream.
I witnessed some very disturbing things in last few days, nothing new but it disturbs me whenever I realize.
Politicians....
I saw Narendra Modi offering Rs 1 Crore to the families of the police men who died during this operation, including the one whom he was calling all sorts of names just 2-3 days back. Opporunism at it's best. I can't control my smile when while talking to people in front of Taj Hotel, looking grim and very serious, Narendra Modi pushed away a police man gently, because he was obstructing the camera view. That tells everything about this man and politicians in general.
I see politicians like Rajiv Pratap Rudi, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Kapil Sibbal, Prakash Javarekar etc quite busy in such times. Their dog fights on every channel make you feel as if they are acting. I saw Rajiv Pratap Rudi and Abhishek Manu Sighvi on two channels one by one talking same things and fighting with same vigour on the same issue. Were they not done earlier? Were they part of the programs and acting accordingly? Was that a reality show?.... Shame on these politicians.
I would like to pick Milind Deora. On one of his first talk show appearance he sounded quite meek and didn't have strong opinions, but see him after few shows. Now he is enlightened. Do we need such leaders who need some talk show hosts and participants to tell them what to do? Don't they have their own brain?
Man Mohan Singh. Our prime minister. He should rather be a CEO of a company. When you listen to him talking, it takes some time to really figure out that he is talking tough. It's dipressing to see a prime minister with a body language like his. Another big no is his reading his speeches badly while addressing a nation. He looks more concerned about reading it right than conveying the message. This will not work. If you need the support and trust of entire country then your voice should come from your heart. People should not just hear what you are saying, they should feel it.
Sonia Gandhi....I think her intentions are right, but this is a classic example of when you do not get something by choice. Instead of action you always react to the situation. We need somebody in this country who can think few steps ahead...a manager not the gate keeper who raises an alarm when something goes wrong.
L K Advani....prime minister in waiting....scary. His every word sounds politically motivated. He didn't attend PM's all party meeting because he was capaigning in Rajasthan!!! Can he lead our country...NO
All others... they all look like background dancers in a movie song, imitating the steps of the main dancer.
TV Channels.....
TV reporters after the Taj operations were over taking you through the building looking very excited and reminding you every few minutes about the exclusivity of the visuals.... that you are seeing first on their channel.
Now the season of talk shows... I see an argument between Shobha Dey and Jayanti Natrajan... Shobha dey says something..... Jayanti Natrajan responds very angrily....Shobha replies to it.....Jayanti shouts.... viewers get involved.....reporter keep asking their reactions one by one.....it goes on for some time and now reporter is satisfied. He has got enough footage. He stops both the parties, reminding them that the debate is not on what happened but what needs to be done. Rediculous.....but he has to sell his program. Public likes these kind of fights on their screen. May be this talk show get an award this year.
Aaj Tak... This news channel showed an extremely insensitive piece on Major Unnikrishnan. They made a music video playing songs from movies to suitable to similar situations in a movie. The worst of it is, a heart breaking visual of Major Unnikrishnan's mother talking to his son's dead body, dubbed by the channel by some other lady voice speaking pathetic dialogs...... This is outrageous. This is the mockery of a martyr. The channel must be banned.
Rich people... almost all of them claimed better security for Mumbai because they pay maximum tax!!! Should this be the reason? Going by that logic, a village that doesn't pay any tax should get nothing...they should die...pathetic. It's obvious from where these politicians are coming.
Most of the channels focussed on Taj and Oberoi....what happened to Mumbai CST? around 50 people died there, most of them poor and middle class people. But they deserve it, how dare terrorists attack a five star hotel? This was the attitude of panels in most of the discussions. In fact one of the panalist even commented that generally we associate these blasts with ghatkopar and such places, but how come it happened in up scale Colaba? If I live in ghatkopar, is my life less valuable?
Common man....
The comman man is confused...venting all his frustration and anger on politicians. In few days things will be back to normal. He will forget everything, in order to earn bread and butter for himself and his family. Life will go on, displaying 'true spirit of mumbai'....not sure who coined this phrase. Damn the spirit...he has to survive.... he has to earn everyday... to feed his family.....to stay alive.....till a bomb explodes nearby...till a terrorist's bullet finds his body.
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