From Sania to Shashi: Media in overdrive

From Sania to Shashi: Media in overdrive

From Sania to Shashi: Media in overdrive

The Indian media are at it again. Frothing at the mouth over the shenanigans of Sania and Shashi. In the latter case they are justified to the extent that it concerns probable impropriety on the part of a member of the union cabinet. But the Sania mania on the part of the media defied logic. Here was a national icon who decided in her wisdom to marry what appears to be a boor from a part of our country's neighbourhood that most part of civilised mankind keeps at an arm's length, and in so doing more or less disappointed her adoring compatriots in her choice of groom. But what the heck, it's her life!Like someone wisely remarked let her marry an Eskimo if she finds such a person compatible. Lets leave it at that.

Why did the media have to devote hours of prime time and reams of print to Shoab Malik's previous marriage. How does it matter to you and me, whether he deserted his first wife, or she hoodwinked a gullible but upcoming young Pakistani cricketer into marrying an obese but moneyed lass 9 years his senior. I say let them stew in their own choices! Like I said that Sania was much beloved of the masses, and if she chooses to be a part of this nightmare let everybody, the media included be civilised about it and wash our hands off these people.

Now for the Shashi Tharoor case. The media was quite right about asserting that something was not right in the state of Denmark, in so far as Tharoor's role in organising the sweat equity for his friend is concerned, and it is the combined result of their and the opposition parties' vigilance that the suave man and so called smooth operator of UN fame had to eat humble pie and cool off his heels. But to make a Mata Hari out of his alleged love interest is way out of proportion. Does it matter the lady had a nose job done ten years ago (her nationally felicitated doctor had no qualms in breaching client confidentiality and squeaking to the press)?

Let's have the details of the whole affair out, in so far as they impact the people of the nation. Why should we have to be subject to grand pontification and forensic analyses by media experts and their guests hours at an end? Can we instead have 96 hours of non stop TV debate on why we still have close to 40% people below the poverty line, when we also boast of some of the richest people in the world? What happened to philanthropy and charity? Surely such a debate would be far more useful.

It is disgraceful that 25 year old incidents from Lalit Modi's life are dug out with relish, when the same media had so far been promoting him as a visionary along the lines of Keynes! Really guys get a grip on yourselves.

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