tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265917490428561468.post1731583906372788378..comments2023-08-14T06:45:13.744-07:00Comments on India and Bharat: Media and Protests: Who Manufactures What?Shah Alam Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214628524253891655noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265917490428561468.post-48718027361163529672011-07-20T01:09:26.135-07:002011-07-20T01:09:26.135-07:00Dr Alam,
Nice article.
But the fact is that the me...Dr Alam,<br />Nice article.<br />But the fact is that the media, especially the electronic one, is totally a business and nothing else. They telecast only those items which either funded or can raise TRP. Megha's fasting was neither of these two. News/discussions of cricket is always funded by BCCI and Anna's fast was a TRP raiser. Baba Ramdev's fast was even better for ele-media. It has both elements and therefore it got more coverage even then Anna. <br />Jay ho !Navinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13982415603640054169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265917490428561468.post-68051715518153019422011-06-18T13:00:49.390-07:002011-06-18T13:00:49.390-07:00Dear Aman,
Great to see your remarks. I can absolu...Dear Aman,<br />Great to see your remarks. I can absolutely understand why you don't find ANYTHING wrong with Anna's protest. A small anecdote: went to Jantar Mantar to see the circus. Was astonished to see that there were anti-reservation slogans raised at Anna's forum. Immediately realised who and why this protest was organised.....corruption was just a garb! <br />Thanks for calling me pseudo-secularist and leftist (even if the words were not meant for me). The rhetoric sounds familiar and also gives me a sense of direction - happy that I am on the right track. <br />Good to be in discussion after a long time.<br />Shah Alam KhanShah Alam Khannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265917490428561468.post-29051746375459391142011-06-14T07:06:05.934-07:002011-06-14T07:06:05.934-07:00Dear sir
your post as always is thought provoking
...Dear sir<br />your post as always is thought provoking<br />but at the same time, i donot find anything wrong with Anna's protest. If the issue of corruption is not valid, or important than probably i am wrong. I agree, many of the protests are totally ignored, that probably varies with how well a person is able to present the issue and express him/herself. I belive it is an art 'how to influence people and make followers'. see it yourself, you have so many followers reading your posts and praising them, but there might be people who are not able to express themselves well. secondly, it has become a fashion among leftist and pseudoseculars to abuse the urban middle class. if any act of injustice or alleged injustice happens, all the web active so called intellects, come forward to blame the new urban middle class. No one needs sympathy, thing that need to be emphasized is equal rights and oppurtunities. I wish to highlight the word equal! <br />RegardsAman Duahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15851957217416611527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265917490428561468.post-3155882661096593452011-06-04T12:29:59.477-07:002011-06-04T12:29:59.477-07:00Dear Mr. Rehman,
Thanks for your comments which un...Dear Mr. Rehman,<br />Thanks for your comments which unfortunately appear very skewed for reason not really known to me. The essence of this post was to highlight the blatant bias of the media towards protests particularly when they are not fulfilling the agenda of the corporates or the consumerist class. You knowingly or unknowingly didn't comment on the essence of the matter while going into the details of Ms. Patkar's protest. Agreed, everyone has a right to derive whatever is acceptable from a write up and also to ignore what is inconvenient or unacceptable. You have raised three issues and let me answer each one sequentially.<br />1. The builder DOES gain to stand even if it is against the wishes of the slum dweller. As per the authority act, if 70 percent of society members sign the papers of authority, there isn't much left for the remaining 30 percent. In the case of Medha's this particular protest the society in question had signed the papers for one builder while the eviction rights were shown to them by another....if protest in this regard is visionless, pea brained attitude of Ms. Patkar, I can only wish that there are many more pea-brained social activists in this country. We really need plenty of them!<br />2. I never commented on the Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojna. Whether it should be implemented or not is both an administrative and ethical decision which the state government and the peoples' representatives should decide. Local demands need local solutions, not the grand and not so grand ideas of people like you and me. <br />3. Well it is definitely not a matter of 150 people. Exaggeration to prove a point is arty but at times shows the ignorance of the artisan. Anyway read my article again. Protests shouldn't be measured by the shear number of people affected by its success (or failure for that matter) but by the consciousness of the society. <br />Good to be in discussion with you.<br />Shah Alam KhanShah Alam Khannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265917490428561468.post-57516036734745950922011-06-03T06:00:23.823-07:002011-06-03T06:00:23.823-07:00It is nice to harbor compassion, but not at the co...It is nice to harbor compassion, but not at the cost of wisdom. Understand the following 3 issues:<br />1> The slum dwellers are in effect encroachers on Govt./Public land, and the SRA scheme is an effort to give them title to a legal home. The builder DOES NOT stand to gain TILL the slum-dwellers get their rehab dwellings. So this scheme is NOT the same as displacing farmers. The slum-dwellers have to be rehabilitated before the equivalent sale component can be utilised.<br />2> If the moronic idea of implementing Rajiv Awas Yojana is Mumbai sees the light of the day, hordes of the relatives of the current encroachers will be in the city and will squat on the plots they can. Moreover, the current structures will be subdivided internally and will lead to chaos. If you decide to allow unlimited influx into the city without a cut-off date, do you realise the burden this will impose on the electric/water/infrastructure requirements of the city?? Have you ever heard of planning??? <br />3> Thousands of slum dwellers have invested their time in this scheme. Should 150 people, whose demands have been rejected by the High Court and Supreme Court, be heard over those thousands who are running from pillar to post for their rights?<br /><br />Society has risen against pea-brained and visionless "social activists".Sabihur Rahmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10224704723633280023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265917490428561468.post-74491550178182755922011-06-01T04:57:40.891-07:002011-06-01T04:57:40.891-07:00Thank you sir for this post. Its really quite deep...Thank you sir for this post. Its really quite deep, as for as one generally sees. Though I was feeling good about Hazare effects I was definetly not able to fully comprehend its likely cause including timing, as why it was when elections were scheduled.<br /><br />Saw another news article on rediff, having a negative publicity to Medha Patekar efforts on Mumbai slums. It seems again focussed on so called middle classes looking for their own betterment on the expense of slum dwellers. And yes, it will be definetly well funded by builders involved.<br /><br />These builders are so powerfull today, it seems they will construct houses in whole of earth. Again fooling one or another class of middle class. Its such an shame to this corrupt nation that at one end those farmers are robbed at throw away prices, at another ends these screwed up middle classes facing similar fate through huge loans. Ad all these moneys are getting channelized to all those black white red whatever u name it.<br /><br />Its such an tough time for law abiding tax paying hardworking indians these days. We cant hope these corrupt mediawala's to cover Dr Medha efforts, its not that it will not generate TRP's but it is because they are all hand in gloves with those corrupt babu's, politicians, goons or builders whatever u says it. <br /><br />thanks,<br />angendraNagendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01315891932306587799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265917490428561468.post-18300669962027901522011-05-29T20:48:21.245-07:002011-05-29T20:48:21.245-07:00Thank you Dr Khan.
This is what I said in my fac...Thank you Dr Khan. <br /><br />This is what I said in my face book today: "I found this thought-provoking article by Dr Shah Alam Khan of AIIMs/New Delhi in my mailbox. Although I am one of the founder member of India Against Corruption yet I am not comfortable at the hype media has created for Anna Hazare's campaign. I also feel the unexplained silence of the media for heroic efforts of Medha Patkar and Sharmila is something that we as society need to question. http://bit.ly/ikiI6xI found this thought-provoking article by Dr Shah Alam Khan of AIIMs/New Delhi in my mailbox. Although I am one of the founder member of India Against Corruption yet I am not comfortable at the hype media has created for Anna Hazare's campaign. I also feel the unexplained silence of the media for heroic efforts of Medha Patkar and Sharmila is something that we as society need to question. http://bit.ly/ikiI6x.<br /><br />Regards<br />Devinder Sharma <br />hunger55@gmail.com<br /><br />http://devinder-sharma.blogspot.comDevinder Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867902048509662981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265917490428561468.post-45012042854037985222011-05-28T21:43:12.865-07:002011-05-28T21:43:12.865-07:00Good post..Good post..Pardeephttp://drambedkarbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com