Whose media?

Gnani Sankaran challenges the idea that the Taj Hotel is an icon of India.

It is a matter of great shame that these channels simply did not
bother about the other icon that faced the first attack from
terrorists - the Chatrapathi Shivaji Terminus (CST) railway station.
CST is the true icon of Mumbai. It is through this railway station
hundreds of Indians from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, West Bengal
and Tamilnadu have poured into Mumbai over the years, transforming
themselves into Mumbaikars and built the Mumbai of today along with
the Marathis and Kolis

But the channels would not recognise this. Nor would they recognise
the thirty odd dead bodies strewn all over the platform of CST. No
Barkha dutt went there to tell us who they were. But she was at Taj to
show us the damaged furniture and reception lobby braving the guards.
And the TV cameras did not go to the government run JJ hospital to
find out who those 26 unidentified bodies were. Instead they were
again invading the battered Taj to try in vain for a scoop shot of the
dead bodies of the page 3 celebrities.

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2 Responses to “Whose media?”


  1. 1 feezy Dec 3rd, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    this is really great, clear, incisive and right. (though what is aam admi? admi is person and aam i thought was mango… mango person?)

  2. 2 madhat Dec 4th, 2008 at 7:44 am

    aam = ordinary.
    aam aadmi = ordinary people.

    I hope that clarifies things..

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