Posted on September 15, 2007
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When you will be reading this article, the body of Major Manish Pitambare, who was shot dead at Anantnag, would have been cremated with full military honors. Spicy news is given such an importance in the leading news channels these days. News like ‘Sanjay Dutt relieved by court’ ‘although found guilty for possession of armory, ‘Sanjay can breath sigh of relief as all the TADA charges against him are withdrawn’ many personalities like Big B said—- Salman Khan is a good person. (Are we not sharp enough to understand that an educated person who drives in a drunken state and takes away not only human life but also innocent animals is good person or a devil)? We are still dependent on Mr. Amitabh Bacchan to form our views and opinion.Dutt’s “phoenix like” comeback from the ashes of terrorist charges. Surfing through the channels, one news on BBC startled me. It read “Hisbul Mujahidin’s most wanted terrorist ‘Sohel Faisal’killed in Anantnag,India. Indian Major leading the operation lost his life in the process. Four others are also injured during the operation. It was past midnight, I started visiting the Indian channels with some hope of Indian Major’s news but Sanjay Dutt was still ruling on all the leading news channels. They were telling how Sanjay pleaded to the court saying ‘I’m the sole bread earner for my family’, ‘I have a daughter who is studying in US’ and so on. Then they showed how Sanjay was not wearing his lucky blue shirt while he was hearing the verdict and also how he went to every temple and prayed for the last few months. Personal Letters written by Nargis Dutt for Sanjay Dutt were also flashed and shown again and again on all the leading Indian News Channels in order to win the sympathy of the viewers. A suspect in Mumbai bomb blasts, convicted under armory act…was being transformed into a hero. Sure Sanjay Dutt has a daughter; sure he did not do any terrorist activity. Possessing an AK47 is considered too elementary in terrorist community and also one who possesses an AK47 has a right to possess a pistol so that again is not such a big crime; Sure Sanjay Dutt went to all the temples; Sure he did a lot of Gandhigiri but then………….Major Manish Pitambare got the information from his sources about the terrorists’ whereabouts. Wasting no time he attacked the camp, killed Hisbul Mujahidin’s supremo and in the process lost his life to the bullets fired from an AK47. Just like Sunjay Dutt he is survived by a wife and daughter who’s only 18 months old. Major Manish never said ‘I have a daughter’ before he took the decision to attack the terrorists in the darkest of nights. He never thought about having a family left behind and he being the bread earner. No news channel covered this since they were too busy hyping a former drug addict, a suspect who’s linked to bomb blasts which killed hundreds. Their aim was to show how he defied the TADA charges and they were so successful that his conviction in possession of armory had no meaning. They also concluded that his parents in heaven must be happy and proud of him. Parents of Major Manish are still living and they have to live rest of their lives without their beloved son. His daughter won’t ever see her daddy again. So guys, unfortunately, media does not know which news to give importance to, as it is a shame for us since this Army Major’s death news was underestimate and was given by a foreign TV channel!!! Where they know the worth of Patriotism.
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Media certainly knows which news to give importance. But the sad part of the whole Pvt news channel jungle, is that they have no ethic. Every channel is a shop selling thir stories,and unfortunately spicy ones are sold fast It is like spurious drug,making viewer addict.How many people wath DD News? We are also party to this mess.Let us resolve to patronise quality stuff. However the coverage by INDIATVTODAY is eye opener and message to news thirsty viwers to excercise judgment.