Comments on: But We Knew the Verdict Already http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/02/22/but-we-knew-the-verdict-already/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:52:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Alka http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/02/22/but-we-knew-the-verdict-already/comment-page-1/#comment-116241 Alka Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:32:41 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=524#comment-116241 I watch NDTV, when I feel bored and want to witness some tamasha. It provides us entertainment. Its amazing to watch how finely they act as Congress Party PR agents. Their finesse is remarkable. An unsuspecting viewer will certainly go for their "truth". I watch NDTV, when I feel bored and want to witness some tamasha. It provides us entertainment. Its amazing to watch how finely they act as Congress Party PR agents. Their finesse is remarkable. An unsuspecting viewer will certainly go for their “truth”.

]]> By: Vikrant http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/02/22/but-we-knew-the-verdict-already/comment-page-1/#comment-116179 Vikrant Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:52:04 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=524#comment-116179 Well I dont have NDTV. Not sure whether it's available in UK. But the ones i get here (Star News & Zee News) are just as hopeless. Ofcourse Shiv Sena hitting out at Valentine's day bash in Mumbai is outrageous but so is Indian minister issuying statements amounting to contract killings. I've closely monitered the reporting of Indian media in general, while Shiv Sena was singled out for criticism (and rightly so) but many reports on cartoon were sypathetic to the Muslim stand in general. Take this <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1422480.cms" rel="nofollow">this TOI article</a> for example. The headline goes as "No Muslim support for fatwas against cartoonist". I scanned the article for a single comment condemning the courts, to my dismay found none. AIMPLB just says that the Islamic court has no right to issue fatwas, that doesnt mean that dont support the death fatwa! Such intellectual dishonesty is dissappointing but sadly predictable. It just adds to the hopelessness, i feel about the land of my birth. Well I dont have NDTV. Not sure whether it’s available in UK. But the ones i get here (Star News & Zee News) are just as hopeless. Ofcourse Shiv Sena hitting out at Valentine’s day bash in Mumbai is outrageous but so is Indian minister issuying statements amounting to contract killings. I’ve closely monitered the reporting of Indian media in general, while Shiv Sena was singled out for criticism (and rightly so) but many reports on cartoon were sypathetic to the Muslim stand in general.

Take this this TOI article for example. The headline goes as “No Muslim support for fatwas against cartoonist”. I scanned the article for a single comment condemning the courts, to my dismay found none. AIMPLB just says that the Islamic court has no right to issue fatwas, that doesnt mean that dont support the death fatwa!

Such intellectual dishonesty is dissappointing but sadly predictable. It just adds to the hopelessness, i feel about the land of my birth.

]]> By: Desicritics.org: Media, Culture, Politics, Sports and More with a South Asian Focus http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/02/22/but-we-knew-the-verdict-already/comment-page-1/#comment-157053 Desicritics.org: Media, Culture, Politics, Sports and More with a South Asian Focus Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=524#comment-157053 <!--%kramer-pre%-->handed down the verdict. He was fed plain flat bread, vegetable curry and given an earthenware jar of water, like all the other prisoners, Chauhan said. Part of the reason the public is thrilled is because it happens so rarely in India. Unlike theJessica Lall case where moneyed and powerful guys got away without a scratch, Salman has actually been punished if we're to believe this Chauhan guy. What's more disgusting is the comparison that Bollywood has been making to this and the Jessica Lall case. I<!--%kramer-post%--> handed down the verdict. He was fed plain flat bread, vegetable curry and given an earthenware jar of water, like all the other prisoners, Chauhan said. Part of the reason the public is thrilled is because it happens so rarely in India. Unlike theJessica Lall case where moneyed and powerful guys got away without a scratch, Salman has actually been punished if we’re to believe this Chauhan guy. What’s more disgusting is the comparison that Bollywood has been making to this and the Jessica Lall case. I

]]> By: Confluence Of Random Thoughts http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/02/22/but-we-knew-the-verdict-already/comment-page-1/#comment-157054 Confluence Of Random Thoughts Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=524#comment-157054 <!--%kramer-pre%-->replay of other high profile murders.Nothing seems to prick the conscience of apathetic lot that we have become be it roasting of a women in a Tandoor or a rich ploughing their BMW into poor sleeping on the street. But we knew the verdict already [More]<!--%kramer-post%--> replay of other high profile murders.Nothing seems to prick the conscience of apathetic lot that we have become be it roasting of a women in a Tandoor or a rich ploughing their BMW into poor sleeping on the street. But we knew the verdict already [More]

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