It’s utterly frustrating to see how the news channels
resort to unethical practices in order to distinguish themselves or to
surpass their rivals. The recent incident in Hyderabad - where few girls from
NALSAR university attending a farewell party, were filmed unethically by a local media crew - is a painful evidence of what
media can resort to in order to ‘sell’ their news. Inevitably, the news which was highly
exaggerated and misleading served its purpose of increasing the TRP of
the vernacular channel, but at the cost of the modesty of few women.
The men, who filmed the girls
are embodiment of heightened desperations. Desperations, mounting up not only
because of professional incapability in “news creation” but, also because somewhere down in their heart breeds the germs of jealousy for failing to become a part of the out-going culture that young India enjoys. The psychology is simple,
“If we cannot have it, we'll not let others have it either"! Also, by most probability since their women are not bold enough to be fashionable, they have nothing else to turn
their frustration, but on women who are fashionably dressed!
All around the world, women of
developed countries enjoy clubbing and partying, but whenever it comes to India
it always defames our “culture”. If it’s
about Indian Culture, it’s worthwhile to see the attempts made, by these esteemed media crew
in discussion, in freeing India from the hefty dowry demands, female feticides, crime
against women, etcetera. On the other hand as per social
norms are concerned, we definitely do not feel ashamed or are ever in double
minds to spit or commit nuisance in public places but, when it is about a woman the entire herd is ready to become the custodian of Indian Culture.
It’s a high time that these frustrated media persons (and
other men as well) should stop being sleazy voyeurs in order to find fodder
for their channels and leave women on their own. If you think this article was a good read please provide your feedback. Also request you to sign the petition that the NALSAR students have filed online: http://www.change.org/petitions/victimization-harassment-and-defamation-by-local-news-media
The video can be viewed here: http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/E1aZzgQVDAY
