[Assam] [asom] Bihar is suffering due to flood:- Assam always suffers (Yearly festival!!!)

[muktikam phukan]

Well Madam
 
Question of responsibility makes it more pertinent for the National media to give some coverage of floods in Assam - it should encompass the sufferings of the common man as well as the lapses on the part of administration, policy makers & politicians. Then only the whole country will understand  its gravity. Or else it will forever remain a yearly calamity, coming in 2 to 3 installments with its fallout known only to the people of Assam.
 
And on my part, I do feel responsible in raising this negligence on the part of the national media.

regards




Muktikam Phukan 
Deputy Director (NR)
Petroleum Conservation Research Association
Sanrakshan Bhawan,10, Bhikaiji Cama Place,New Delhi 110066
Ph: +91 11 26198856 Ext 385, Mob: +91 9818598565
email: phukanm at pcra.org , muktikamp at yahoo.co.in 
                      

--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Swati <swati_sips at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Swati <swati_sips at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [asom] Bihar is suffering due to flood:- Assam always suffers (Yearly festival!!!)
To: muktikamp at yahoo.co.in
Cc: assamonline at yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 9 September, 2008, 1:24 PM






Dear Mukti,

My idea was not to undermine the seriousness. Kashmir problem cannot be comapred so easily with any other states.
Kashmir Problem has got International media attention as well, and I see that as a reason for local media to capture it as well.

I am not a media person, but a simple human... at a time when everyone around is suffering with some or other problem and for no fault of theirs, Those who can think need to sound more responsible towards society as such.

Do not get me wrong, but when Flood is a topic, crying 'no attention' sounds very childish, you know many times, its pretty easy to blame rather than see deeper in the problem....

Swati

--- On Tue, 9/9/08, muktikam phukan <muktikamp at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

From: muktikam phukan <muktikamp at yahoo.co.in>
Subject: Re: [asom] Bihar is suffering due to flood:- Assam always suffers (Yearly festival!!!)
To: swati_sips at yahoo.com
Cc: assam at assamnet.org
Date: Tuesday, 9 September, 2008, 9:46 AM







the serious insurgency discourages News Channels to keep a full time reporter for Assam/ NE. 
 1. Seious insurgency - last few weeks we are seeing live images from kashmir showing their protests etc. So there are FULL TIME reporters in Kashmir also.
2. Is the insurgency in Assam now more serious than the Maoists of MAINLAND India? But there seems to be no dearth of FULL TIME reporters in these mainland areas for the TV channels.
3. Floods in Bihar are really serious. It needs National intervention. But why Bihar only? It should happen for every part? Whether Mainland, heartland, tail or NE. But surprisingly, not a single MAINLAND channel is uttering even a single word about sixteen districts and more than 20 lakh people being affected right now besides whats happening in Bihar. ISN"T that surprising?

Maybe Madam, your observation needs further observation to shed superficiality.




Muktikam Phukan 
Deputy Director (NR)
Petroleum Conservation Research Association
Sanrakshan Bhawan,10, Bhikaiji Cama Place,New Delhi 110066
Ph: +91 11 26198856 Ext 385, Mob: +91 9818598565
email: phukanm at pcra.org , muktikamp at yahoo.co.in 
                      

--- On Mon, 8/9/08, Swati <swati_sips at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Swati <swati_sips at yahoo.com>
Subject: [asom] Bihar is suffering due to flood:- Assam always suffers (Yearly festival!!!)
To: assamonline at yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, 8 September, 2008, 2:37 PM






Any problem is a problem irrespective of the place of origin.
You claim that as people from Bihar are in Media that's why their news got covered, but the truth is it came into headlines much after. My brother -in-law is working on one of the irrigation projects and he informed about the flood approx a month before it was being telecast on TV.
The Dam breaking down was the major havoc causing in Bihar.

And I don't think that media is biased towards Assam, the serious insurgency discourages News Channels to keep a full time reporter for Assam/ NE. Very few TV channels have a proper reporter posted there. I've observed this. 
Good thing about media is that they will broadcast, only hitch is that they should receive the news on time.

Further, I'll like to request all to stop thinking Biased, 'coz if you check the list of states in accordance to corruption, Both Bihar and Assam are close to each other. 
Try to see the larger picture, 'coz after centuries, when Earth will melt due to increasing Global Warming, it won't differentiate between Assam, Bihar, Maharashtra or any other place.

Be a Global Citizen too, 
Regards,
Swati
Mumbai

--- On Sun, 7/9/08, kuladip baro <kuladipbaro@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: kuladip baro <kuladipbaro@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [asom] Bihar is suffering due to flood:- Assam always suffers (Yearly festival!!!)
To: assamonline@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Sunday, 7 September, 2008, 12:02 AM

"Flood in Bihar is in national/Internatio nal focus:- many people from media in India are from Bihar??? "

True. The situation in Bihar was highlighted unproportionately much more in Hindi News channels while Assam's situation was overlooked. Though it is unfair you can't help. All the people are selfish more or less naturaly.

We need some national media (TV channels, News papers in Hindi & English) widely circulated/seen in India/abroad, predominently manned by Native Assamese, if we have to highlight our problems (Flood, Bangladeshi etc.) properly since NETV and Newslive are only meant for the region only.

Assamese competant enterprising people may think on the above line.

-Kuladip
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