I actually wanted to write this a very long time back..actually around the time i read this edit about how the Indian media is stooping to pathetic lows...blah blah blah...
now the example our man writer chose to elucidate his point was to do with how a journalist egged on a certain Ms Chauhan in small town somewhere in Rajasthan (I'm not gonna bother with details most of us know abt the story anyways) so that he could get exclusive pics of the woman parading in her underclothes...
a lot of ppl slammed the media on manipulating the power of the camera/press but i don't see anything wrong in what happened. Nobody was concerned about what was happening with chauhan until she decided to take the step that she did and seriously she wasn't even looking vulgar for god sake...i mean most models wear bras skimpier than that and chauhan's probably not even heard of the concept of low waist undies...
that does not mean a mediaperson can tell her what to do??? Why not, i ask? Why the hell not because we are the ones who deal with the scum of the world and we know how bloody manipulative the police can get if they have to. we know the loopholes in the system that will get the accused a bail or custody. and if the police can use the very same loopholes to make money at least few of us do it for the better of the genuine complainant...yes screaming out loud helps, yes walking around almost naked helps...because that is the only way people stop and take notice...the only way ppl care to listen. We know the power of the press and day in and day out we help ppl discover the very same power too. And we see the helpless smile!
So my question is wat is wrong if the reporter helped chauhan walk the line...should he have instead backed off and let her suffer her 'fate'...oh puhlease don't even think of saying yes...just because it was a set-up the seriousness of chauhan's probs don't reduce...but aren't political speeches pre-planned too? don't they stage manage crowds at those ridiculously fake large rallies? then why pick on this woman or the journalist...frankly i think he did a great job...congratulations!!!
