[Assam] symbol of cruelty
Krishnendu Chakraborty
krish_gau at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 21 12:52:22 PST 2008
>>And I repeat: Subtlety, thy name is not desi!
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/12/27/world/asia/20071227_BHUTTO_FEATURE.html#section1
>>Have we NOT been aware of these kind of activities
going on for
decades? Didn't we know that rhinos are shot down with
shotgun
>>pellets and left to die in horrible agony. Didn't
we know that they
are trapped in pits with bamboo spikes lining the pits
to impale
>>these animals and let them die in horrible pain?
Did we need this picture to finally awaken us to
animal cruelty.
>>Or did we need the body of the FCI official Ram
lying in a pool of
blood across the newspapers to tell us about the
tragedy ?
>>Or images of freshly killed 'suspected insurgents',
strung up on
bamboo poles taken away by the police in UNIFORM?
>>If it did, then something is terribly wrong with our
own
sensitivities, isn't it?
>>The truth is that our sensitivities have long been
buried, if they
were there at all.
>>A civilization is not marked by its ability to
disperse shock value.
>>It is marked by its ability to get the message
across and stay with
>>it, without the blood and gore, without trampling on
the
>>sensitivities of the victims' kin or their admirers.
>>And I repeat: Subtlety, thy name is not desi!
At 9:37 PM +0530 1/21/08, Manoj Das wrote:
>but for these journalists we would never have seen
such a horrific
>picture and symbol of mens' greed. journalists should
show what we
>are. i dare to differ.
>
>-manoj
>
>On 1/21/08, Dilip/Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com>
wrote:
>> You are absolutely correct. Sensitivity is lacking
when the newspapers
>> publish not only the picture of a suffering animal
but also pictures of dead
>> people lying on the street killed by the police or
the militants. Several
>> months ago, I was shocked by photographs of the
FCI official's dead body
>> lying in a pool of blood, and had a nightmare.
>> Is it shock therapy and does it work?
>> Dilip
>>
>> Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>> > >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.
>>
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>> 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 wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I have never seen a newspaper with a modicum of
journalistic
>> >> discretion publish something like this horrific
picture on their
>> >> front page.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >Oh my Country!!!
>> >>
>> >> *** 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.> >
>> >> >-manoj>
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