Thursday, February 18, 2016

Who is what? (JNU, Ravish, ABVP, TimesNow, Lawers)

It has been 2 years since I have started taking a little bit interest in Indian politics... Thanks first of all to Mr. Modi, his brilliant campaign before elections, promises during & after elections and currently Hopes of him making the difference... What has been most disturbing in last 2 years is the Media and esp Social media that is spoon feeding us with 'opinions' & 'truths' rather than providing us the 'news/information' of what happened and allowing us to make our own opinions. We have also become quite happy 'liking' and 'debating' over these 'opinions' most of the times without even knowing what exactly has happened. With so much of news, debates, Nationalist calls (and vice-versa), I am again in the same situation. I am so tired of this media and overload of 'opinions' that here also I almost failed to understand what happened; saw one video on FB saying JNU guys are anti-nationals and they had footage of some people saying anti-india slogans... then i saw another video (below) and kept trying to find even a hint of anti-national comments and got further confused.... But at the same time i saw a lot of super mature and intelligent friends of mine passing judgements one side or the other with so much conviction as if they were there at the time these events unfolded.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21qExVVuhhk&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxHp6XDH1SM The video tells us exactly what Kanhaiya spoke which led him to Jail and to being punched and kicked by the Lawyers inside the court premises. Wait a minute; since childhood i always thought that at least inside the court premises there must be law and order. At least inside the court premises people can expect to be safe until proven guilty... at least inside the court premises people expect the appointed Judiciary to decide who is guilty and who is not... and at least inside the court premises people expect Judiciary to decide who should be punished and how... And then to make matters worse there were several other videos showing only the clippings or parts which would help respective parties push their own opinion. Mostly the channels prefer the part of the clippings which support their sponsors OR which create some sensation to get more TRP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn2OpRMLF8Y Thankfully I came across above link (thanks to same social media) and could relate to every word spoken by this person Ravish Kumar who some how manages to speak out like an 'ideal' media professional... His interview with Kiran Bedi was hilarious without him being an obnoxious host like some other prime time debate guys are... His Hindi is super impressive and more than language, what he speaks impress me... and makes me think... and i am so afraid to speak/think-aloud with my friends OR in forums for the fear of being judged.... Where is this taking us... to a place where it would be easy for any one to declare anyone anti-national and shoot him/her, and 'people of the country' fully supporting it without even knowing who that guy was and what actually happened.... What if this guys was 'me'.... What if some day 'i' decide to give up this convenient life and stand for a cause... probably i wont for the current situation scares me even talk in open about a particular issue/person. As a society we have become so judgemental, so busy and so 'gullible', thanks to media, we all feel most powerful and wise... We like passing judgements day in and day out, we are so 'trained' (by whichever media we follow) that just by seeing the headline we are able to decide and pass judgement...