Since privilege is very strongly
hinged to entitlement it seeks worst reference in every opportune moment. The country
is in lockdown. Millions of marginalized exploited poverty stricken people are
in serious crisis. The society lacks egalitarian context while the foundation of
state was consolidated by dubious feudals hence common people face mounting
miseries. Mediocre effete elite meanwhile are busy consolidating the narration
of benign trustees while some are positioning as kindred souls normalizing
worst references.
People are trapped in their congested
homes with limited amenities and untold stress meanwhile children face bleak
future since they lack modern gadgets to connect and learn as also their parents
aren’t literate enough to guide them (not that people with all the modern amenities
are faring better. Habituated to nonsense they teach garbage. They also sit together
to watch gaudy religious serials desperately searching for any hint of morals
in divine actions of ego driven gods appearing as humans in the violence driven
appalling myths and cringeworthy stories. This then also becomes a reference
for humans who have decided themselves to be god. The blessed. This template that
is being drilled into people is the main source for degradation of this beleaguered
society). Only essential services are being allowed one of them is media. The media
is expected to synergize with the government and agencies to fight the virus. They
are to find out the lacunas in public distribution of essential goods and
services. They have to speak for the marginalized and desperate people while disseminating
correct information and updating the latest. Media person are given this responsibility
that is why they are allowed to move around while people are locked up at home
as millions of daily wage earners face serious crisis.
Mediocre as they are brought up in
worst dehumanizing references these incorrigibles will showcase their limited attributes. Exaggerating
and inflating minor matter to gain mileage as also creating narration of binary
where they spread thin as saviors of different warring sections (these fictitious
divisions are persistently nurtured as desperate humans are assumed to
be herds) and then argue and counter argue till they start frothing. Then there are investigative types. As I was channel surfing one inanities after another, intercepted
by crude actors desperately enticing to buy as they effortlessly amass money, I
came across this fellow “reporter” who found a cave full of hundreds and thousands
of bats, who probably were living there for ages, these were introduced to the
viewers as corona demons “corona rakshas” occasionally even as “Chinese demon”
highlighted through tone deaf loud ominous music with people in hazmat moving
in slow motion to nowhere. Hapless semiliterate villagers were informed and
interviewed about “corona demon” who, till recently were least concerned about these
bats, said they are now afraid. Even if
they are literate and able to use internet they will very likely end up visiting conspiracy theories
and worst self-consuming sites. It is as if these are programed to gyrate to
the degradation. Ideally the license of this channel must be cancelled and the
reporter shouldn’t be allowed to report but when standards are so low
where do one start? While on another channel another "essential" program during lockdown
was in progress wherein a fellow in fancy dress (attributed to squatters in
sh*thole north indian villages) was predicting future of callers during “corona
kaal” as also dispensing advice to viewers in general on all matters as humbly
as he could quite aware of the heavy burden he carried as arbitrator of unknown
indeed unknowable knowledge. How did this charlatan reach the studio? On what
basis are these scoundrels allowed to move during lockdown? Why are these even
part of news channels? While some religious nutcase need communitarian
solutions others expertise in social distancing to degrade people.
Post script: Semantics are
important. It has a significant use in controlling the narration. In a primitive
society where control of narration is the only competence you need to be
careful. These charlatans are devious and have inbred capacity to not only influence
reality but change it altogether. The commonly used words today, in this
pandemic time, is sanitizing, disinfecting. Now in Hindi (same root in Malayalam)
the word being used is “shudhikaran” which in English means purifying. Purifying
is not same as sanitizing or disinfecting. It is not surprising considering that
the devious society that is obsessed with purity doesn’t even have words for disinfecting
or sanitizing (and even if they don't have they could use these English words but being shudhta minded they prefer using pure language instead of being right. Typical). What to say when they don’t understand basic hygiene but are
high on cleanliness. Whatever maybe the case the use of squatter ensconced
disgusting words that has strong connection with putrid pit is problematic. You
cannot assume too much intelligence to market driven media slaves, who are superficial
people here to entertain without any context. It is important to raise
objection. Sinister people are always on a look out to push their agenda even in worst of times. Use of
semantics to control narration must be resisted.
