Kidnap,Ransom,Release and Celebration !!!
Kidnap-ransom-release-and the inevitable celebration seems to be another formula that found to be working in this country for many years. In the late eighties, kidnapping of the then Union Home minister Mufti Mohammed Syed's daughter Rubia Syed was the first among such cases that I remember. Kandahar incident of 1999 ,is another example where this formula was executed with no errors,but with few warnings(who cares about warnings). Now we have a similar situation in little Anand's(son of Adobe India CEO) case.
Couple of things have been changed in the recent years as far as the application of this formula is concerned. First ,the initiator (kidnapper) need not be a terrorist .Yes, I mean that this process has come down to all kinds of people in the society and he no longer need to be that tall figure in black attire with revengeful eyes,mask and the AK -47 in one hand and a grenade in the other.Even a local goonda with normal looks can demand and get huge sums of money. Second, the authorities and the kidnappers are more professional in their approach and they focus on win-win. Both ensures that the other party gets an opportunity to celebrate once the formula execution is over. These are based on my inference on the recent Anand episode as I felt something fishy in all the happenings concerned.
I do not want to elaborate on this matter as this is a complex issue to address. It is impossible for the authorities to give security to everyone in the country .Same the case with an affluent dad who prefer losing his purse for his beloved son to trust the local police authorities.Forget about educating the entire criminals about the evilness of terrorism and convert them to saints so that we have a crime less world ! . But we ,especially the media ,can do one thing which does not require much effort. Please put an end to the fourth part in the formula ,the celebration. The news channels still have not closed the Anand episode. They each have one reporter in front of his house,his school,his playground and his lavatory (apologize for the foul language ,but I certainly suspect that too)for 24 hours a day. Do you think is this an occasion to be celebrated by the media? Don't they feel shame in glorifying such a small incident to all the Indians ?
Couple of things have been changed in the recent years as far as the application of this formula is concerned. First ,the initiator (kidnapper) need not be a terrorist .Yes, I mean that this process has come down to all kinds of people in the society and he no longer need to be that tall figure in black attire with revengeful eyes,mask and the AK -47 in one hand and a grenade in the other.Even a local goonda with normal looks can demand and get huge sums of money. Second, the authorities and the kidnappers are more professional in their approach and they focus on win-win. Both ensures that the other party gets an opportunity to celebrate once the formula execution is over. These are based on my inference on the recent Anand episode as I felt something fishy in all the happenings concerned.
I do not want to elaborate on this matter as this is a complex issue to address. It is impossible for the authorities to give security to everyone in the country .Same the case with an affluent dad who prefer losing his purse for his beloved son to trust the local police authorities.Forget about educating the entire criminals about the evilness of terrorism and convert them to saints so that we have a crime less world ! . But we ,especially the media ,can do one thing which does not require much effort. Please put an end to the fourth part in the formula ,the celebration. The news channels still have not closed the Anand episode. They each have one reporter in front of his house,his school,his playground and his lavatory (apologize for the foul language ,but I certainly suspect that too)for 24 hours a day. Do you think is this an occasion to be celebrated by the media? Don't they feel shame in glorifying such a small incident to all the Indians ?
posted by Panther at 4:47 AM
1 Comments:
You are right Panther. Our media *has* to turn everything into a circus event. And all the "Breaking News" and "Flash News" signs popping out every 5 minutes. Ugghhh
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