[Assam] symbol of cruelty

[Chan Mahanta]

>  >But in this
>case, maybe, just maybe, it will wake up the Govt, and others who seem
>hell-bent to capture the limelight at the first opportunity.


*** Limelight is absolutely a misnomer. It demonstrates an utter lack 
of sensitivity to blood and gore, a cultural void, which is not 
unexpected from the most violent society on earth: India.

I am glad it was a front page story. However it could have been dealt 
with a bit of maturity that could be expected from civilized society.

Perhaps my expectation is misplaced.









At 8:02 AM -0600 1/21/08, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>C'da,
>
>In India this journalistic discretion is absolutely different.
>Maybe Indian news media is going thru a phase, and such standards be damned.
>
>Some examples:
>The Beltola incident - many newspapers & TV were not ashamed to show a naked
>woman running around.
>
>In the tiger attack in the Guwahati Zoo, last month, it seems a number of TV
>channels showed live footage. There was only one newspaper (The Hindu) which
>said 'after a discussion with the editors', it was decided to publish only a
>black & white photo, not color'.
>
>And now this gory & sickening photo of the unfortunate rhino. But in this
>case, maybe, just maybe, it will wake up the Govt, and others who seem
>hell-bent to capture the limelight at the first opportunity.
>
>--Ram
>
>
>On 1/21/08, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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>>  I have never seen a newspaper with a modicum of journalistic
>>  discretion publish something like this horrific picture on their
>>  front page.
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>>  >Oh my Country!!!
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>>  *** Indeed!
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>>  At 6:02 PM +0530 1/21/08, mc mahant wrote:
>>  >Manoj,
>>  >When I opened the Tribune in the morning- I thought-the beast/s who
>>  >did that needed to be castrated. Later on --more rational thoughts
>>  >came. To teach   every citizen/human  how vivisection needs to be
>>  >practised onto ones near and dear ones first.
>>  >And more thoughts ----
>>  >I never opened the paper again .
>>  >Oh my Country!!!
>>  >Oh for the Indian Rupee!
>>  >M'da> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:58:22 +0530> From:
>>  >dasmk2k at gmail.com> To: assam at assamnet.org> Subject: [Assam] symbol
>>  >of cruelty> > http://www.assamtribune.com/jan2108/Photo.html> >
>>  >heart cries out to this wounded rhino at kaziranga national park.> >
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