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Counting and comparing the number of mourners accompanying the funeral procession. Oh, come on…The population has increased tenfold since Indira and Rajiv Gandhi died…The key sentence is the last one which carries a lot of weight…
History has recorded the contribution all the past Prime Ministers made during their reign. Circumstances and problems were different and each if them did their best. Definitely Atal Behari Vajpayeeji showed great vision and statesmanship. His chief objective was what was best forvthe country. His humility and humane qualities revealed that he regarded all including the opposition and foreign keaders with civility. He never would say it is ” vajpayee Govt as against today’s “Modi’s Sarkar” . The party seems to his first concern before the country. Parliament functioned normally and Atalji encouraged debate and listened to contrary views. History will judge the present Govt in time. The truth will prevail. The present Govt too is endeavouring to do good for the country but probably some aspects need correction and hopefully the PM will remember Vajoayeeji and take a corrective steps to bring Vajoayeeji’s vision to fruition.
“former editor and Congress member of Rajya Sabha”, says it all! We used to read this writers comments with interest earlier. Now they have become a propaganda outlet for the corrupt relics of the dynasty and their croneis!
These are views of congress party jealous of the popularity of vajpayee and using the opportunity to attack modi due to their hatred and intolerance for modi.
Sir very good analysis of the entire scenario. I am very sorry to say that most of the channels and their anchors are like monkey’s and they dance at the beating of stick by the ‘madari’. They are worst then ‘bhands’. Semething applies to journalists in print media too. Very few have courage to write truth.
Vajpayeeji has earned his place in history, and his final resting place close to Nehruji, the man whom he admired and emulated through much of his political life, despite their different ideologies. The tributes which poured in were genuine, heartfelt, not dulled by the passage of fourteen years of being out of power and then out of the public gaze. In that sense, he has already stood the test of time. It is for historians – not breathless TV anchors counting the mourners at his final journey – to accord him his rightful place in the pantheon of great Indian prime ministers. 2. When Justice Sinha ruled against Mrs Gandhi, she started the practice of bussing in supporters from neighbouring states, to show how strong and popular she was. A sort of Dutch courage. Neither her father nor ABV ever felt the need to do something similar. Not at all difficult for a PM in office to organise one – or one dozen – votes to prove his majority. Even the honest Dr Singh was not above a little good natured commerce to see the nuclear deal through.
The kind of discourse people are forced to witness off-late is toxic. People observe events through their own lenses of biases and motives to make personal gains for themselves or their respective organisations. Broadcasts of irrelevant melodramatic episodes from the funeral and then this follow up article on how the media screwed up the coverage by failing to talk about the negatives or failures of the deceased makes me wonder if anything would really help in focusing on the actual issues that plague the nation. At the end of the day I feel that day is not far off when people lose faith in the media as its happening in the US where the leader of the nation constantly dubs the press the ‘enemy of the people.’ Media houses are driven by their sole motive of gaining more eye balls and therefore pander to their respective loyal customer base by showing them what they would like to see. NDTV’s coverage vs that of CNN-NEWS18 or Times Now showed that these news organisations live in different countries even though they were covering the same issue.. Also The Print’s critical coverage of the current government and its leaders from the past highlights the fact that they are deeply interested only in pandering to their base. It would be nice to see these institutions rise above their short term goals of maximising profits and harming the nation in the process and instead cover the issues that actually matter. Intellectual masturbation through opinionated write ups and political panels is not going to get us any where. Looking at how China is progressing it seems like their founding fathers were smart in understanding the flawed ways the human mind operates and curbing the right of press agencies and internet giants is helping them keep away from the nonsensical debates spewed by these organisations and keeping the nation focussed on the goals of progress, pulling people out of poverty and marching towards their goal of becoming a responsible superpower. I’m not in favour of curtailing freedom of speech but as human we are so fallible and naive at times that these modern institutions such as media organisations and internet giants do need to be reined in for the greater good of mankind in the long run.
Counting and comparing the number of mourners accompanying the funeral procession. Oh, come on…The population has increased tenfold since Indira and Rajiv Gandhi died…The key sentence is the last one which carries a lot of weight…
History has recorded the contribution all the past Prime Ministers made during their reign. Circumstances and problems were different and each if them did their best. Definitely Atal Behari Vajpayeeji showed great vision and statesmanship. His chief objective was what was best forvthe country. His humility and humane qualities revealed that he regarded all including the opposition and foreign keaders with civility. He never would say it is ” vajpayee Govt as against today’s “Modi’s Sarkar” . The party seems to his first concern before the country. Parliament functioned normally and Atalji encouraged debate and listened to contrary views. History will judge the present Govt in time. The truth will prevail. The present Govt too is endeavouring to do good for the country but probably some aspects need correction and hopefully the PM will remember Vajoayeeji and take a corrective steps to bring Vajoayeeji’s vision to fruition.
“former editor and Congress member of Rajya Sabha”, says it all! We used to read this writers comments with interest earlier. Now they have become a propaganda outlet for the corrupt relics of the dynasty and their croneis!
These are views of congress party jealous of the popularity of vajpayee and using the opportunity to attack modi due to their hatred and intolerance for modi.
Ketkar, first look at the treatment meted out to Respected Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao by congress
Sir very good analysis of the entire scenario. I am very sorry to say that most of the channels and their anchors are like monkey’s and they dance at the beating of stick by the ‘madari’. They are worst then ‘bhands’. Semething applies to journalists in print media too. Very few have courage to write truth.
Vajpayeeji has earned his place in history, and his final resting place close to Nehruji, the man whom he admired and emulated through much of his political life, despite their different ideologies. The tributes which poured in were genuine, heartfelt, not dulled by the passage of fourteen years of being out of power and then out of the public gaze. In that sense, he has already stood the test of time. It is for historians – not breathless TV anchors counting the mourners at his final journey – to accord him his rightful place in the pantheon of great Indian prime ministers. 2. When Justice Sinha ruled against Mrs Gandhi, she started the practice of bussing in supporters from neighbouring states, to show how strong and popular she was. A sort of Dutch courage. Neither her father nor ABV ever felt the need to do something similar. Not at all difficult for a PM in office to organise one – or one dozen – votes to prove his majority. Even the honest Dr Singh was not above a little good natured commerce to see the nuclear deal through.
The kind of discourse people are forced to witness off-late is toxic. People observe events through their own lenses of biases and motives to make personal gains for themselves or their respective organisations. Broadcasts of irrelevant melodramatic episodes from the funeral and then this follow up article on how the media screwed up the coverage by failing to talk about the negatives or failures of the deceased makes me wonder if anything would really help in focusing on the actual issues that plague the nation. At the end of the day I feel that day is not far off when people lose faith in the media as its happening in the US where the leader of the nation constantly dubs the press the ‘enemy of the people.’ Media houses are driven by their sole motive of gaining more eye balls and therefore pander to their respective loyal customer base by showing them what they would like to see. NDTV’s coverage vs that of CNN-NEWS18 or Times Now showed that these news organisations live in different countries even though they were covering the same issue.. Also The Print’s critical coverage of the current government and its leaders from the past highlights the fact that they are deeply interested only in pandering to their base. It would be nice to see these institutions rise above their short term goals of maximising profits and harming the nation in the process and instead cover the issues that actually matter. Intellectual masturbation through opinionated write ups and political panels is not going to get us any where. Looking at how China is progressing it seems like their founding fathers were smart in understanding the flawed ways the human mind operates and curbing the right of press agencies and internet giants is helping them keep away from the nonsensical debates spewed by these organisations and keeping the nation focussed on the goals of progress, pulling people out of poverty and marching towards their goal of becoming a responsible superpower. I’m not in favour of curtailing freedom of speech but as human we are so fallible and naive at times that these modern institutions such as media organisations and internet giants do need to be reined in for the greater good of mankind in the long run.