When a gaint fell, the earth shook. Then the glasses broke. It hurt and then there was blood.
And Maya Sharma and Nupur Basu had their appraisals due. Wasn't this a wonderful opportunity to cry over broken glasses of their dear NDTV van?
Much has been said about the vandals who created such a mess out of Rajkumar's mourning ceremony. And its amazing how public opinion can be so easily manipulated by the media, espicially the NEWS channels. But NDTV seems to harbour something against Benglur, not sure whether its due to being out of touch with the city and its people. On Thursday, while Maya was reporting about their van, Nupur Basu in her vulnerable tone was screaming that the "entire Bangalore was burning". And our viewers gulped all of the 'breaking news' and worried about moving out of their homes even on Friday when NDTV showed deserted roads! When Maya was asked about "WHY" the violence erupted, she just kept on replaying the same cassette she played all day long i.e of the vandalism by the crowd.
I would say that 'Times Now' did a rather good job of covering the sequence of events and the 'why' of things. As news-persons, they carry so much responsibility to explain what is happening around us. The NDTV reports were child-like, to say the least; as if it was crying over a lost toy. Heard of 'bad news is good news'? Watch NDTV, to know more!
They say its all shades of grey. Many things happened.
* The police weren't ready for such a big turnout
* People were not being allowed to attend Rajkumar's funeral, who they thought, was their own
* There was pre-planned mischief makers who sparked off the fire
* The raised tempers of a mob always makes it dangerous, and then the police and the people fought.
* The violence was along the road to the cremation, but not anywhere in the rest of the city. And yes, there was smoke on friday, the smoke of vehicle-exhaust.
Dharam Singh answering the allegations of the cause of violence, was funny when he said that they never ventured out of their homes. Imagine, Dharam pelting stones!
Rajkumar died, but his characters should not. Atleast for me, my Bangaarada manushya still lives on.
