We all know how obnoxious
Indian media is, with very rare exceptions it is such a nuisance. You really 
have to flip through many channels
and printed materials to take the average to make sense of what is really happening.
Despite these you still have to create your own medium to get quality news and
views. Thankfully internet is an effective alternative. Every channel and newspaper
is in its own little pit, very effectively coalesced by the market scramble for
selling. The framework is going from crude to crude and hitting the bottom of
sanity. A minor skirmish between an actor and her partner becomes a major
concern, in the meanwhile a journalist at a TV channel (India TV) attempts suicide
accusing the management of serious violation is blocked, by all the media
outlets. It is the temple squatter’s
framework: instead of finding out the problem and addressing it they close rank
to ward of any threat to their power and prestige. Such hypocrisy is natural
in scheme of things, it is a tradition. The readers will know that the squatters spread with much alacrity wherever there was opportunity to lick it big
time (indeed they didn’t have any competition) so shifting from sanctum sanctorum
to controlling news, therefore opinion, therefore blackmail, wasn’t that difficult.
From tirupati to cricket to media to politics to entertainment the shift is rather
swift (see it even rhymes, there must be some divine cause to it!!). Sharmas
and Mishras have done it with much ease, and now they pass on to litters as
legacy. The crude market has only consolidated these, indeed the crudeness has
become an advantage, a sign of smartness. It is in the same context I express profound
shock that a mountain that is named after an Indian carries a caste reference,
it is regrettable. I request people to be careful while dealing with Indians,
they bring load of muck, and therefore should be closely scrutinized. It is for
the same reason that international community should declare caste as worst than racism,
and any reference to it condemned. There are Indians who have been hanging around
with high culture claim for sometime now; some even come with Gandhian charm.
have to flip through many channels
and printed materials to take the average to make sense of what is really happening.
Despite these you still have to create your own medium to get quality news and
views. Thankfully internet is an effective alternative. Every channel and newspaper
is in its own little pit, very effectively coalesced by the market scramble for
selling. The framework is going from crude to crude and hitting the bottom of
sanity. A minor skirmish between an actor and her partner becomes a major
concern, in the meanwhile a journalist at a TV channel (India TV) attempts suicide
accusing the management of serious violation is blocked, by all the media
outlets. It is the temple squatter’s
framework: instead of finding out the problem and addressing it they close rank
to ward of any threat to their power and prestige. Such hypocrisy is natural
in scheme of things, it is a tradition. The readers will know that the squatters spread with much alacrity wherever there was opportunity to lick it big
time (indeed they didn’t have any competition) so shifting from sanctum sanctorum
to controlling news, therefore opinion, therefore blackmail, wasn’t that difficult.
From tirupati to cricket to media to politics to entertainment the shift is rather
swift (see it even rhymes, there must be some divine cause to it!!). Sharmas
and Mishras have done it with much ease, and now they pass on to litters as
legacy. The crude market has only consolidated these, indeed the crudeness has
become an advantage, a sign of smartness. It is in the same context I express profound
shock that a mountain that is named after an Indian carries a caste reference,
it is regrettable. I request people to be careful while dealing with Indians,
they bring load of muck, and therefore should be closely scrutinized. It is for
the same reason that international community should declare caste as worst than racism,
and any reference to it condemned. There are Indians who have been hanging around
with high culture claim for sometime now; some even come with Gandhian charm.
So it is with this charisma
that Kasturi&sons have taken the responsibility of playing granddad of
media, pointing to the hypocrisy of Indian media for blocking the news of
journalist as also bring home some bitter truth about functioning of media. However
the slave they recruited has an axe to grind (which is also quite normal, these
deviousness. Wonder where do people get Pandita as surname?! Must be foreign
return innovation by our little scoundrel, they get heightened culture consciousness
once they are abroad, very easy to sink down the traditional muck). The fellow,
quite sycophantically, points these firmly as hindi belt deviance. People who
speak and conduct themselves in Hindi will very definitely have to be
substandard, in turn Kasturi &sons with their fake sophistication and English
(matching the british) are much better. The fact is most Indian media, in particular
English media, are load of nonsense, indeed English media with its reach to the
powerful and high intentioned grievously intrude and degrade institutions. So it
seems news ‘stuck’ 
between luxury cars and colas are much better standard than “Amul
Macho and Barnala Sariya”. Sample these lines by our little slave to know what English
elitism and prejudice means “They knew
the algorithm of elections and vote percentage. But many among them also
brought with them various deep-rooted complexes about, among other things, the
English language. They grudged a handful of journalists who could converse in
English, who dressed in a particular way, and who thought nothing of a female
colleague lighting up a cigarette”. Quite ironically the colonial minded slave
has himself brought in “deep-rooted
complexes”, further cigarette smoking is a stupid thing to do, male or
female. Our juvenile seems to be stuck in ‘bollywood’ inspired surrogate ad
sponsored route to emancipation, that keeps some people very happy and wealthy.
Grow up kid.
between luxury cars and colas are much better standard than “Amul
Macho and Barnala Sariya”. Sample these lines by our little slave to know what English
elitism and prejudice means “They knew
the algorithm of elections and vote percentage. But many among them also
brought with them various deep-rooted complexes about, among other things, the
English language. They grudged a handful of journalists who could converse in
English, who dressed in a particular way, and who thought nothing of a female
colleague lighting up a cigarette”. Quite ironically the colonial minded slave
has himself brought in “deep-rooted
complexes”, further cigarette smoking is a stupid thing to do, male or
female. Our juvenile seems to be stuck in ‘bollywood’ inspired surrogate ad
sponsored route to emancipation, that keeps some people very happy and wealthy.
Grow up kid.
This is the version of journalist (of India TV) who
attempted suicide, you will get insight into how these people work…
I joined India TV in February this
year (2014) and things started to turn sour within a month. Senior Executive
Editor, Anita Sharma repeatedly humiliated me in front of colleagues and
belittled me on every occasion. She'd find faults with everything, from the way
I looked, to the clothes I wore, to my hairstyle. I was told I'm not glamorous
enough and that I didn't know how to carry myself. Anita Sharma would
constantly criticize my voice and say it's too harsh but no one in the newsroom
complained. In fact, I routinely gave voiceovers for special features - why
would they let me do so if my voice was so bad?" "I asked whether it
was for an interview or a byte but she never responded clearly. She kept
telling me that she would like to send me out for some other reasons and once,
when I insisted, stated that I could earn extra money if I agreed."
"I used to cry every day and broke down finally. As a final resort I
messaged MN Prasad (Senior
Executive Editor) simply saying that ‘I am
resigning'." Prasad said he'd discuss the issue, but he made no effort to
call me or hear me out. While standard procedure across organisations need an
employee to submit a formal resignation letter, but Prasad treated my one-line
SMS as a formal resignation and asked me to leave without giving me a notice
period or taking an exit interview. This is rather surprising considering the
contract does not allow the employee to terminate his/her services."
"The HR acted more or less like a puppet in the hands of the management
and I was told to leave", she says. Dejected she attempted suicide.
Now read
the response by the India TV channel, I am tempted to add my observation in the
bracket…
Ms XY had joined in February 2014.
She was still on probation as her three month probation period had been
extended since in her first three months she had made two serious mistakes on
air. First time, she was laughing on air during live news while presenting
serious news (well
well, what do we say to that?! Are there any serious issues in news?! Isn't having winning body language the major journalistic concerns these days? Such
delicate matters!). She had been warned.
Second mistake she made was that while she was on studio duty she left the
studio and newsroom, putting her phone on silent was sitting in the cafeteria.
Due to non-availability of anchor, the channel had to give breaking news
without an anchor on just graphics (and when did any news channel had any
non ‘breaking news’ occasions?). She was given a second warning by HR.
Complaints regarding her behavior were reported regularly. The last incident
was a minor reprove by her senior in the girls make up room in the presence of
two other female anchors (so the major part of job involves makeup room
inspirational get-together. Aha how charming), after which she sent a message that she is resigning. It was
confirmed with her by her immediate senior and then forwarded to HR. HR sent
her a mail and informed her that her resignation had been accepted and she
should come and meet them for the relieving formalities. She came and met them,
handed over her I-card, collected her belongings from the make up room and left
saying good bye to her colleagues. And the matter was amicably closed. During
her service she never made any complaint of harassment or even shared it with
any colleague. India TV was amongst the first few channels to have instituted a
complaint redressal committee for women employees which is headed by a Supreme
Court lawyer, if she actually had any issues she could have approached the
committee. The two people she is blaming are very senior and highly respected
professionals in the industry. The lady she is blaming has trained hundreds of
young producers and anchors and is respected and appreciated very much (yes
we know the standards the dimwits have).
She is herself a mother of two girls, (aha we are now back to ‘I too have
girl child, not one but two’ emotional drub, that is quite effectively used. I presume
they are high culture family!) these
false allegations have caused a lot of harassment to her and her family.
Second mistake she made was that while she was on studio duty she left the
studio and newsroom, putting her phone on silent was sitting in the cafeteria.
Due to non-availability of anchor, the channel had to give breaking news
without an anchor on just graphics (and when did any news channel had any
non ‘breaking news’ occasions?). She was given a second warning by HR.
Complaints regarding her behavior were reported regularly. The last incident
was a minor reprove by her senior in the girls make up room in the presence of
two other female anchors (so the major part of job involves makeup room
inspirational get-together. Aha how charming), after which she sent a message that she is resigning. It was
confirmed with her by her immediate senior and then forwarded to HR. HR sent
her a mail and informed her that her resignation had been accepted and she
should come and meet them for the relieving formalities. She came and met them,
handed over her I-card, collected her belongings from the make up room and left
saying good bye to her colleagues. And the matter was amicably closed. During
her service she never made any complaint of harassment or even shared it with
any colleague. India TV was amongst the first few channels to have instituted a
complaint redressal committee for women employees which is headed by a Supreme
Court lawyer, if she actually had any issues she could have approached the
committee. The two people she is blaming are very senior and highly respected
professionals in the industry. The lady she is blaming has trained hundreds of
young producers and anchors and is respected and appreciated very much (yes
we know the standards the dimwits have).
She is herself a mother of two girls, (aha we are now back to ‘I too have
girl child, not one but two’ emotional drub, that is quite effectively used. I presume
they are high culture family!) these
false allegations have caused a lot of harassment to her and her family.
Geez I am drooling….
