My dad always wishes I read the main paper first but all I do is jump, bounce and pounce on the Page 3 section. With maximum attention I read all the important (huh?) and crisp gossip and interviews of the “Page 3 people” (and I have to do that quickly before mom tries to snatch it away!).
However, today, unlike the other days, I was summoned to read the main paper with the look in dad’s eyes that might have sounded (if he had spoken) like “The Ultimate Warning”. And so, resistant yet compelled, I read the “Breaking News".
“A thirty year MBA killed as rash driving auto driver bangs the auto into a six feet crater” and a thesis cum analysis of the entire situation, expert comments on whether it was actually the fault of the auto driver, the mini bus driver who ran over him, the government's lack in maintaining the roads of the city or the sheer bad luck of the dead whose hands were still clutching on to an appointment letter and whose parents were waiting for him to reach home and the celebration to begin.
The second half of the paper read “Rizwanur case appeal this week. Todis refused to be present at the hearing” which reminded me (of the one time that I happened to read the cover page) that it was the same Rizwanur who got killed a year ago for loving and marrying a Hindu in this secular country and whose parents, relatives and other fans still light candles and wait for the culprits to be sent behind the bars.
A corner part of the paper was dedicated to the Tatas and whose headline read “Band to be declared in protest to resist Tata’s Nano investment” accompanied by photos of starving villagers whose sole hope rested on the “once-going-to-get-their-family-job” from the Nano project and who now committed suicides instead to get rid of the burden of never ending poverty.
Every morning, as I get out of my bed and look at the paper, all I do is jump, bounce and pounce on the Page 3 section and read with the maximum attention; not because it enlightens me of the hypocrite world I live in but I prefer to read and live in such a world than the one which has just become!
So, I’d rephrase this one and say, Today morning as I got out of my bed, I saw the connector.Every morning, it is through this I realise and discover the world of murderers that I live in. Every morning, it updates me of the hatred among people, the latest deaths, slaughters and slaughterers-which the butchers like to call the current "hot" and "breaking" news to go with a hot cup of coffee. Humans call this daily dose of “ENTERTAINMENT” a newspaper!
9 comments:
hey!
a really nice one... specially liked the part where people are more interested in violence rather than the actual news. the dc guys cut short the science page and extended the crime column... believe that?
anyways kool (not kewl) post... keep awakening the indians... and dont let that sarcasm go away...
devil
Dc has always been the "gossip" newspaper..No questions why i liked it..:P but TOI was way better!
And ofcourse..thanks :D :)
(i did reply on this page :|)
Hey Sweety..Very well written
very interesting 2 read...kind of sums up the entire feeling of nausea that we all feel every morning when we look at the so called "news" of the day where all that can be seen is men acting like animals ...great work...keep it up...
Thanks aatreyee..
The other day, I again read the article abt Rizwanur case and strategies of how Todis could have driven him to suicide!
Honestly, what a world!
values and priorities have changed..money has risen above humanity, man has forgotten to love..neway, very well written...im nt missing ur blog henceforth, i promise!!
If I don't sound flattered, just make sure you know..I AM!!! :P
Abby n his values..!!
bt its wonderful...set in a light mood, it awakens u to d harsh realities of life!!
Gee..thanks nayani!
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