Current events have a tiresome predictability these days

Dear Vir Sanghvi,
I am happy that you have got the truth that is India. Not that I am at California now so I feel that way, the fact is that India has not changed since independence, many stories are the same and recycled over and over again, take our foreign policy, Kashmir Issue, Naxalism or Pakistan or mehngai called inflation. I have often dropped the line starting with first letter in newspapers when I read repeatedly the same sentences coming out from say Pakistan government right form Ayub Khan or Zia’s time to Sharif and now. The sentences are the same. the words have been used so much that they stale and I can smell it. Why in the world we cant stop all this? The Inflation story is same, the country seems to have a past time called Strikes/Bandhs and I get blackened when I see our MPs and sane parties in the streets not understanding what it means to free Price control. In USA the petrol is at the same price here in California as in Delhi (at least that was when last month), it almost costs Rs. 47.00 a liter here too. From where these leaders expect to get cheaper petrol. Why we have refineries and refined oil exported? Why only ONGC should work in hopeless terrains and Reliance or Cairns should get the best blocks for exploration.
For 60 years the planning commission has existed but for what, let us ponder. I dont want them out but one should think.
It is a paranoid situation, at the brink of paralysis that we cant expect anything as news in India. What can you do as reporter when things are the same.
A country where courts take 20 years to decide, where life is so cheap we are left to hope in Gandhijee’s words and his aspirations that he had lost the day w ebecame independent.
No one finds the real culprit but some one is cheating the poor man. The country has laws that will fill any library in the west but not a single one applied as stated. The constitution has outlived its utility and caste system has become more permanent now that Ambedkar had conceived.
I think what you have stated is only tip of the iceberg of a paralyses which has affected the country but still it is the poorest who smiles as he finds the stupidity fo the rich and his weaknesses laughable.
I am happy that you are the one who has realised this staleness, the Achaar of news in India..
Ashok

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what’s the matter boss….you didn’t take any pott shots are “Narendra Modi”……Aren’t you suppose to call him a mass murder for no reason in every article you write….

loser.

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The predictability is not limited to the Indian media.It is the same awful story here in the U.S.That is probably why the newspaper circulation has been dropping here alarmingly.

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Because we have lost an entire generation to lucre. The young no longer care for the misery of their less fortunate brothers and sisters. No idealism, no passion, no crazy stuff, no news. QED.

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Dear Virji,
This is happening because of the quality of education these days reportes get in institutes where they come from. This is nothing but mental bankrupcy.Creativity, new ideas, honest reporting are the things of bygone era.Hindi newspapers became stale to the point they are not worth reading. Some of our so called leading national dailies thrive on luscious photographs of celebrities,masala news and ads.Nobody cares thoroughly researched news. Foreign newspapers are far ahead of us in reporting and content.

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Which is why the media as we know it is dying a slow torturous death! It is almost painful to watch – especially those of my generation who have grown up on the compulsory morning paper and then added the evening 9 o’clock news at some point. The younger crowd just seem to read the alerts their they have set on items of their interest on their Blackberrys – to hell with the rest of the news. I am starting to feel that way too – what can i do by reading of another khap dictat every morning?

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I endorse the views of Vir Sanghvi. As you narrated the things are common as SUMMER’S and COLD’S deaths.In this world nothing is new. It is a cycle. Reporters are doing mostly table-works.

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I could not agree more. But please do something about this. We know you are in a position to do so.

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Sanghviji

You are turning nationalistic. Welcome! After 1990s Advani Yatra and Godhra riots, media personalities were led to believe that being anti-India and anti-BJP are same. I think you turned the corner. You are separating political feelings and started loving the country. I am glad.

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Boredom has set in. After spending half of his/her life in journalism, probably anyone would feel the same. But nobody has control over events. Why, it has always been as predictable. It’s just that journalists do not notice it in their enthusiasm during early years. Later, they tend to ignore it because they have to earn their bread and butter after all.

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Mr.Vir,
Though I am not a fan of your articles in either blogs or Counterpoint, due to your biased approach (in favour of Congress and highly against BJP) but I honestly admit and agree that whatever you have written is cent per cent correct. But whether it will bring any change in the attitude of our Beaurocrats or Politicians, you too know it well. We all will have to live with it and things will always remain the same.

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Yeah, I agree with you. But, who are responsible for all this. Do you think only political spectrum or people whom you report are responsible. You too have to take a bit of responsibility.

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LOL, I think this blogger has a great sense of humor!! Especially about the Indian govt. sending dossiers to Pakistan Sad yet funny!! I enjoyed reading your blog!

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sir i do agree with this……its a bitter truth…….

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This surely made me laugh. A thoughtful post indeed.

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WHEN OMAR ABDULLAH CAN BE ASCENDED TO THE THRONE IN SHRINAGAR WHY RAHUL IS LEFT BEHIND? THE QUESTION EMERGES FROM THE SUCCESS OF OMAR WHO CLEVERLY DEALT WITH THE TROUBLE CREATORS IN KASHMIR.HE IS THE SON OF FARROUKH ABDULLAH AND DEALT WITH THE HURRIYAT INCLUDING PDP LEADERS MEHBOOBA MUFTI.HE HAS SHOWN THAT HE IS NO PRINCE CHARMING ANY MORE.
BUT WHY SONIA GANDHI IS SILENT ON THE MATTER OF ASCENDENCY OF RAHUL GANDHI HER SON .HE IS SON OF RAJIV GANDHI AND SONIA GANDHI AND POLITICS IS IN HIS BLOOD AND GENES.BUT MANMOHAN SINGH IS A ECONOMIST PROFESSOR AND FORMER BUREAUCRAT WHO CAN NEVER WORK AND GOVERN LIKE A POLITICIAN.TO BE A PM YOU HAVE TO BE POLITICS IN YOUR BLOOD AND GENES TO RULE A COUNTRY LIKE INDIA.IN THE LAST 6 YEARS WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY DETERMINATION AND STRENGTH IN HIS GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION.IT SEEMS THAT HE IS PASSING HIS TIME TO MAKE WAY FOR RAHUL.BUT IF SONIA WOULDNOT CHANGE HIM IT WOULD BE TOO LATE.IN THIS PERIOD OF CRISIS IT IS NEED OF THE HOUR TO CHANGE THE PM AND BRING RAHUL AS PM OF INDIA SO THAT THE ANTI- INCUMBENCY FACTOR WOULD BE CLEVERLY WAIVED.IF THE CRISIS WOULD CONTINUE AND SONIA WOULD MADE BLUNDERS BY THINKING THAT SHE WOULD BRING HIM AT LAST MOMENT OF 2014 ELECTION BUT AT THAT TIME THE SITUATION WOULD HAVE WORSENED SO MUCH THAT SHE CANNOT REVIVE CONGRESS. ACUTE PRICE RISE, NAXAL AND MAOISTS PROBLEMS, KASHMIR SITUATION, HAVOC BY TERRORISTS AND EXTREMEISTS FROM MUSLIMS AND EXTREMISTS HINDUS WOULD MAKE HER PARTY SO MUCH UNPOPULAR THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO BRING IT TO GROUNDS.
SO IT IS THE MOST OPPORTUNE TIME FOR SONIA GANDHI TO TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES AND BRING RAHUL AS PM.IT WOULD NOT ONLY WAIVE ALL THE ANTI-INCUMBENCY FACTORS BUT ALSO KEEP THE AAM ADMI IN GOOD HUMOUR.IT SHOULDNOT BE DELAYED ANY MORE AND THERE IS NO IF AND BUTS ABOUT IT.
ALSO RAHUL GANDHI IS A BORN POLITICIAN.HE HAS LEARNT THE LESSONS FROM HIS MOTHER ABOUT THE GOOD GOVERNANCE .WHEN RAJIV GANDHI HAD TO TAKE OVER THE MANTLE OF PM AFTER HIS MOTHERS UNTIMELY DEATH IN 1984, HE WAS YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED BUT HE HAD TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND BRING BACK CONGRESS WITH 2/3 MAJORITY.SO IT IS HIGH TIME THAT SONIA GET RID OF A INCOMPETENT,SLACK,INEXPERIENCED AND PROFESSOR /EDUCATIONIST PM.AS WELL HE IS NOT ELECTED DIRECTLY TO LOWER HOUSE BUT HAD GET ELECTED TO UPPER HOUSE AND GET THE POST OF PM , WHICH IS NOT IN PRACTICE IN PARLIAMENTARY FORM OF GOVT .SO SONIA HAVE TO ACT FAST FOR BRINGING HER PARTY BACK TO PUBLIC,IF CONGRESS HAS TO SURVIVE IN POLITICS.

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OMAR ABDULLAH SHOULD QUIT AND HANDOVER THE POST OF CM TO HIS FATHER FARROUKH ABDULLAH WHO IS QUITE PRAGMATIC. OMAR IS A CHILD IN KASHMIR POLITICS.ONLY FARROUKH CAN TACKLE THE SITUATION. OMAR IS NOT KNOWING WHAT HE IS TELLING AND WHY FOR. HE HAD DEMANDED WITHDRAWL AFSPA, ARMY AND PARA MILITRAY FORCES FROM KASHMIR AND NOW WHAT HAPPENNED.HIS SIMPLICITY WAS MISUNDERSTOOD AS HIS WEAKNESS AND HURRIYAT LEADERS STARTED AGITATIONS WITH COMPLICITY OF AL-QAEDA, LET, TALIBAN TO FURTHER BIFURCATE J&K.IF KASHMIR WOULD BE TAKEN BY THEM THEN ONLY JAMMU AND LADAKH WILL REMAIN WITH INDIA.BUT WHAT ABOUT 5,00,000 HINDUS REFUGEES FROM KASHMIR VALLEY.THEIR OWN LAND AND BUILDING ARE IN KASHMIR VALLEY.WILL HURRIYAT ACCOMODATE THEM IN THEIR KASHMIR. ALSO WILL HURRIYAT BRING THE PAK OCCUPIED KASHMIR WITH INDIAN KASHMIR.THEY CANNOT DO IT AS THEY ARE HANDS IN GLOVE WITH THEM.SO LET THEM GO TO POK AND START THEIR GOVT IN MUZAFFARABAD AND FORGET ABOUT INDIAN KASHMIR.IT IS A UNDISPUTED AND INTEGRAL PART OF INDIA.NO POWER ON EARTH CAN SNATCH IT .OUR ARMY CAN SHOW THEM THEIR POWERS.WE HAVE BEATEN THEM ALWAYS IN WAR 1948,1965,1971,1999.
IN 1971 PAKISTAN HAD LOST ITS WING IN EAST PAKISTAN BY THEIR DIRTY MINDED POLITICS.NOW THEY MAY BE FURTHR BIFURCTAED INTO INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES OF SINDH, BALOCHISTAN AND NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE. ONLY PUNJAB WILL REMAIN WITH PAKISTAN.PAKISTAN IS DIGGING ITS OWN GRAVE BY ENCOURAGING ALL THE CRIMINLAS, TERRORISTS, EXTREMISTS AND WARMONGERS.USA IS AWARE OF ITS DOUBLE GAME.BUT IT IS JUST SUPPORTING PAK ONLY TO GET A FOOTHOLD IN AFGHANISTAN.ALTHOUGH USA KNOWS THAT PAKISTAN IS PLAYING DIRTY WITH IT BUT IT IS IN ITS INTEREST TO PAY SOME FUNDS TO ADVANCE INTO PAK TERRITORY. USA MILITARY IS ENTERING PAK TERRITORY AND KILLING THE TALIBAN LEADERS.SO IT IS IN HIS INTEREST BUT WHEN IT WOULD SEE THAT IT CANNOT CONTROL IT BY FUNDING THEN IT WOULD ATTACK IT JUST IT HAD ATTACKED AFGHANISTAN TALIBAN AND WIPED OUT THEM.
BUT PAKISTAN WOULD NEVER LEAVE ITS POLICY OF ENCOURAGING THE TALIBAN, AL-QAEDA,JUD,LET,HUM AND ALL THESE TERRORISTS.IT IS ENGAGED IN CHINA BUT DUE TO CHINESE AGGRESSIVE MENATLITY IT IS NOT HELPING THEM DIRECTLY.PAKISTAN WOULD BE DAMAGING ITS FUTURE FURTHER BY HELPING FUGITIVES FROM INDIAN LAW LIKE DAWOOD AND HIS GANG.PAKISTAN SHOULD KNOW THAT WE HAVE RELEASED 90000 OF THEIR SOLDIERS KEPT IN INDIA AS POW UNDER SIMLA AGREEMENT OF ZA BHUTTO AND RETURNED ALL THE PAKISTANI TERRITORIES WON BY OUR ARMY.IT WAS OUR GOODWILL GESTURES.IF WE HAVE KEPT ANIMOSITY IN OUR MIND AND ATTITUDE WE NEED NOT HAVE RETURNED THE LAND WON BY OUR ARMY.BUT WE HAVE NEVER SUCH ATTITUDE AND THEY SHOULD APPRECIATE OUR BENEVOLENCE.ONLY A HINDU MAJORITY COUNTRY CAN GO TO SUCH LIBERAL ATTITUDE AND ACTION.WHEN INDIAN PEOPLE WOULD BE TIRED OF THE POLICY OF UPA GOVT THEY WOULD BRING A LEADER LIKE NARENDRA MODI AS PM AND BJP WITH 2/3 RD MAJORITY THAT WOULD BE LAST OF PAKISTAN AND SOLUTION OF KASHMIR ISSUE.

WE DONOT SEE ANY LOGIC IN APPEASEMENT OF THE TERRORISTS AND EXTREMEISTS IN KASHMIR.THE PEOPLE ARE NOT AGITATING SUO MOTO BUT ARE BEING PRESSURISED BY THE HURRIYAT TO GO TO STREETS.IN PLAIN IT IS AN AGENDA OF SECESSION FROM INDIA AND TO MERGE WITH PAKISTAN.IT IS AN PAKISTANI DICTUM.
IF AT ALL THE HURRIYAT IS NOBLE IN HIS DEMAND IT SHOULD DEMAND PAKISTAN TO LEAVE THE AREAS OF KASHMIR OCCUPIED BY IT TO THEM AND THEY SHOULD FIRST START THEIR HOMELAND IN THAT AREA AND COME TO INDIA AND DEMAND FROM INDIA TO GIVE US THE KASHMIR SO THAT WE CAN CREATE OUR OWN HOME LAND OF SOVEREIGN AND INDEPENDENT KASHMIR.WE CAN NEVER ACCEPT THAT OUR KASHMIR BE MERGED WITH PAKISTAN ON BEING A MULSIM MAJORITY STATE.IF WE ALLOW IT NOW, THEN WE WOULD OPEN A PANDORA’S BOX WHEREIN ALL THE TOWNS,DISTRICT AND VILLAGES IN INDIA WHERE THERE IS MULSIM MAJORITY WOULD DEMAND SOVEREIGNITY.IF AT ALL PAKISTAN WITHDRAW ITS FORCES FROM INDIAN BORDERS ON LOC AND FORCES FROM POK AND DISMANTLE THE CAMPS OF TERRORISTS IN POK AND LOC THEN THE SITUATION WOULD IMPROVE.IT NOT A MATTER OF THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE.THE KASHMIRI YOUTH SHOULD BE ABSORBED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ON JOBS.WHEN A KASHMIRI BOY CAN ACHIEVE FIRST IN IAS EXAMS AND GET THE JOB IN ALL INDIA SERVICE WHY AND HOW ALL OTHER KASHMIRI YOUTHS CANNOT BE ABSORBED IN ALL OTHER STATES INCLUDING IN KASHMIR.WE CAN GET THEM WHAT THEY NEED BUT APART FROM THAT WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THE PERILS OF INVASION .KASHMIRI YOUTH SHOULD KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE DEVOURED BY TALIBAN,AL-QAEDA,LET,HUJI ETC IF INDIAN ARMY WITHDRAWS FROM KASHMIR.IT IS ONLY DUE TO OUR ARMY THAT THEY ARE SAFE OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A ANARCHICAL SITUATION JUST LIKE THE BORDERS OF PAK-AFGHANISTAN.AZADI,FREEDOM AND SOVEREIGNITY DEMAND BY THEM IS THEIR SUICIDAL ATTEMPTS.PLEASE DONOT MAKE KASHMIR A SECOND AFGHANISTAN.WE WANT THAT KASHMIRI YOUTHS SHOULD BE EMPLOYED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND GIVEN THE JOBS BY GOVT OF INDIA.

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http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jul/09/hindus-hounded-into-karachi-cattle-pen.htm

How can we help the persecuted people in Pakistan, especially Hindus and Sikhs..

What is the practical way to do it ?

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Now Media houses of India do not call themselves free press as they are sold to foreigners under FDI and majority of the shares are with the foreign partners which comprises of church and Muslim countries.
Almost all the TV news channel are spreading hatred against Hindus and are propagating Christianity and Islamic. These channels are under the majority partners of the church and maszids So all the Hindus organizations and media houses should start their own free news channel and foil the conspiracies by church and maszid media.
Can the govt publish the share holdings in these news channels from FDI and foreigners, Churches, Islamic countries? There is a sinister design in purchasing the media houses by the foreign investors in India.These media houses has played a major role in condemning the Hindu organizations like RSS,VHP,Bajarangdal,Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram,and most importantly BJP.In 2004 and 2009 BJP had lost the election by the vicious campaign by the media houses who had played the same lies and untruths several times daily.
Now a day’s TV is the best media to influence the voters. The News channel by TVTODAY,AAJTAK,HT, CNN, NDTV and Times now has played a major role in ousting the NDA govt by their Goebbels propaganda. But the fall of Goebbels and Hitler should be known to them.
Now the time has come for these Hindu organizations to start their own news channels to show the truth to the Indian voters and awaken them from their deep slumber. Now the TV media is of prime importance for congress that is feeding with all kinds of help for praising the UPA govt and Congress in particular and condemn all the other parties and preferably BJP.
In south almost all the political parties and leaders have their own news channels. They are showing their parties work and also refute the lies of their competitive channels. If BJP,RSS,VHP and all other Hindu organizations would not start their own news channel very soon then the same news channels who had defeated them in 2004 and 2009 would again defeat them by spreading lies and untruths in 2014 election.
The TEHLKA is a group of some unscrupulous people who are fed by congress and they are spreading the message of congress and soiling the image of journalism .It is a matter of high regret that Media which is the fourth pillar of democracy can go to so low as to sold itself and its conscience for some money and work for a particular party, organization and people. If the right to speech is their weapon then all of us a have a weapon of non violence agitation against such groups and organization and media houses. If Gandhijee can force the Britishers to leave India by his non – violent agitation we can also drove these foreigners from our media houses by our non-violent agitations,dharna,strikes,bandhs,gherao.
We need not be so much aggressive to go and show highhandedness to the media houses like TV today and all other media houses who are spearheading the campaign of falsehood and constructed news. We can show them our strength by gherao their offices all over the country, sit in dharna before their offices. The agitation should not be violent in any manner. Peaceful agitation can conquer their hearts also.
Now all our RSS, BJP and VHP leaders should prepare themselves for fighting legal battle with these media houses. All the nationalist and patriotic people should file cases against these media houses for spreading hatred among all the communities, breach of peace and tranquility. The RTI should be used to know the share holdings In all these media houses from the registrar of companies.BJP should start a nation wide agitation for awakening of all the patriotic forces and nationalists people.If the media would abuse its freedom and rights it would met the same fate that Hitler had met.

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and also when a accident happens (rail / air) the ministers says we will make a committee to know what went wrong and who was responsible for the tragedy but that committee never comes up with concrete solutions (manglore air crash and other incidents happened recently ) / or blams to opposition for that accidents (rail minister) and TV channels calls all XYZ experts to express their views, anchor asks them counter question in a very furious manner (the actions and expressions of anchors are same on all channels but nothing happen after that show)….no research to find out the technical mistakes ….no solutions….it all goes on and on.

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The space for dissent will shrink further if BJP-RSS have their way. The record of their vahinis and senas is eloquent enough to require elaboration. Trinamool, though ideologically poles apart on one level, is the latest addition to this family

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