Thursday, February 25, 2010

After Pune Blast

One shocking news for all, almost for all. But neither I or else are bothered more than what we saw and thought about the whole episode coverage in news channels about the pune blast case in recent times. I'm not in pune, so what, it can come to anyplace and anybody can become victim of it. Another piece of news will be produced and people who are living in different parts of country will show their sympathy over any such blast with victims and their family and friend. Then what? a silence. Is this a question in front of all that we need to create some noise inplace of silence in this regard. Even noise can fetch some attention from somewhere. Discision is ours if we have to live in fear and negligence of currupt political framework responsible for all this. Because security and safety of people is the sole responsibility of government  of any democratic country.

Atleast 9 terrorist incidents/attacks where bomb blast was main way of carrying out their operation had happened in Mumbai and Pune after 12 march 1993. In last 3-4 years there are several such incidents had taken place in small cities in India like Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad. I also dont want to focus on why such incidents are happening and what could be the motive after such attacks but simply I want to put forward a question that why are we so vulnerable? And why are not such attacks fails?

Every time we saw such an incident arround us, we pray and left ourselves in a state where we found our hands in our ass only. We dont speak or we dont want to speak. Both state of any individual shows his/her acceptance for security lapses and govermenal neglect. It is our right to speak and this is the time to speak about why any such terrorist attacks happen on any part of India? Why government is not making stateforward statements, if they know this is the agency or group behind this incident and we are goingt to take action against it. In stead of that always I found political representatives to play with words and indulge in active blame game. Im pretty much clear about if Pakistan is behind all such attacks then it must have branches of its core in India as well. Because it is not visibly/logically possible to put such plan in action without any internal help.
Last time after the pune blast next day I heard Chidambaram stating on a question, whether it was an intellegence failure or not? He clearly said, "No, its not. It is an insidious attack not like the one which we had on 26/11 in mumbai where 3-4 terrorists appeared with arms and started firing over innocent people.
I would say to Mr. Chidamabarm, though pune blast was an insidious attack but where does it matter if some attack is insiduous or not. If sombody loaded with an AK/47/57 or any automatic gun, and started firing at any public place in India, he can kill atleast 10-20 people in a go. So rather accepting that it was a conspicuous  intellegence failure  he was unwantedly putting some lame execuse after having the supreme post in the home ministry.
Security from any such organisation or group, who is involved in terrorist activites in India, whether it is internal or supported by external agencies outside India, it is our right and we need to speak up independently rather then showing false notion of 'mumbai sprit' thats what I saw after the 26/11 in mumbai and pune.  Today if we are ready to make some noise then definitely some day in near future it will become a strong voice Otherwise I may escape from such incident all the time but now all of us. It is going to happen any point of time and any place and we are going to be victim of it.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Lucky days for Media

The day Im writing and posting this blog entry I feel, last one week and the next one is lucky and busy day for Indian Media, mostly TV channels. I like using 'Lucky' day for them in such situations when country is facing such tough time ( bomb blast in pune happend yesterday 7 pm), but News channels (all )who donot belive in spreading news or giving news to Aam Junta but only sell and create opinion based on the their own judgement. I mean its not very new experiance for me but again to repeat with, from last one week there is only one thing which they have shown us on channels or focused on.."SRK ( Shahruk Khan) Vs Sena over some statements made by SRK and protest done by Shiv Sena in Bombay and adjacent areas. It is misuse and overuse of media in some senses which is inappropriate and illegitimate for notion of having "Media bounded by rights and virtue". Today, I saw a shift in showing or creating content over news channels after the pune bomb blast where few seconds back they were showing the same shit that they were repeating from hours over MY NAME IS KHAN screeing in Maharashtra and security issues and suddenly all channels pouring the live telecast from pune after the bomb blast case. Even some of the channels like Aaj Tak , India TV, Star News, IBN 7 started showing the simulation of the sad event which took 11 lives till now.
Though I understand that how critical the situation is but the way news are shown on air might lead to undesired proof of concept for Terrorists? Shift of Television content is obvious after such events but again Im sure for next few days or weeks the same content will start repeating on the TV screens by different news channels in a way again as if there are no other news in whole world. Do we need all this? Same Barkha Dutt, will start questioning the security arrangements in some of the designed programmes where she donot end up in concluding things as question mark for people but bluntly impose her opinion under the shadow of a false notion of chauvinism. ( Somehow I dont understand why NDTV is a big fan of Congress as ruling goverment and Rahul Gandhi. Big question for me!! )
I'm damn sure that SRK and others ( whoever involved in the movie My Name is KHAN ) will be upset by this event of bomb blast in Pune, Maharashtra but sure it will affect the movie collections in some way or other. Because high alert ( it is raised every time after a bomb blast ) has been raised in Metros and other places. Tommorrow there will be too many check posts in different parts of cities in India and it will opportune Indian Police to have some bucks from Junta for their own safety ( It is I have seen in Pune during the mumbai blast 26/11/2008, If you are travelling by bike, then a  local police man can stop you anywhere and by no reason he will have 100 or 50 Rs or more than that from you as fee of his duty towards nation and her people ).
And since this blast had happned in Maharashtra then definitly Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena ( MNS ) will not come on to Media framework as I believe that they done have any role to play in Blast as well or they dont have any importance for Media people and news agencies.
Though Im writing this on very small place but these are my feelings where news channels in India are not feeling their responsibilities in right sense which should have more human , ethical and law abiding face.