Thursday, March 11, 2010

Wonder Why?

An ode to the unbiased, independent, responsible visual news media in our beloved country...

The facts as we know them:

Case 1:
  • Mr.Sajjan Kumar is accused of instigating mobs that killed large numbers of Sikhs (a religious minority), in 1984, in the aftermath of the killing of Smt.Indira Gandhi.
  • Mr.Sajjan Kumar conveniently ignores court summons for years, and finally, when he does show up, he is granted bail, for Rs.50000.
  • Poor Mr.Sajjan Kumar gets all of 2 minutes devoted to him in each newscast.
Case 2:
  • Mr.Narendra Modi is accused of instigating mobs that killed large numbers of Muslims (another religious minority), in 2002, in the aftermath of the Godhra train massacre.
  • Mr.Narendra Modi gets summoned by SIT to appear before them 10 days from now.
  • Mr.Narendra Modi, lucky guy, gets whole newscasts devoted to this!
Hmm... wonder why?