Barkha Could Have Made A Great Banker
Barkha Dutt could have made a very good banker had she not
joined journalism for a living. Because for me, I haven’t seen a better
banker than her who cares for the profit-loss statement, both for herself and
the organization she is associated with; even if that means spewing outright venom
of lies on daily, err.. hourly basis. Not only shouting lies but the manner in
which she gives her everything to convince the nation to go by what she says on
her programs can even give some serious complex to the likes of people whom we
better refer by ‘Credit card selling
touts’. Not to malign the ‘Credit card selling touts’ entirely, they are honest
at times with few of their commitments but not Barkha Dutt.
One of such truth defying spectacle came from her in the
last edition of ‘We The People’ yesterday. Honestly, I love this program for
the topics that are generally discussed in it. Though each time there is a
topic that involves Hindus, Hindutwa, Hindu centric organizations or even BJP,
the discussion looks more fabricated and prejudiced than otherwise but I still
love to hear the pseudo seculars getting hypocritical as per the expected
lines. Or maybe the lines that Barkha and her team of cronies want to run to
appease their pay masters and political bosses. No marks for guessing who the
supposed political bosses of NDTV are.
The topic that was discussed yesterday in WTP was one such
topic that involves the presence of Hindu terror. Even if such topics are juicy and interesting to
say the least, I for an audience could have done without one more since Barkha
might have discussed on this topic on the very program, close to a zillion
times. ‘Is Saffron Terror A Reality’, she asked on top her voice to start with.
As far as difference with her previous episodes relating to the very topic is
concerned, I didn’t find any difference. Same kind of panelists full of pseudo
seculars with a very thin presence of individuals to talk on behalf of the
Hindus, a retired police officer who could be mistaken as the perpetual spokesperson
of the department altogether and of course someone from the minorities to open
his mouth and orate the standard lines on how he has to suffer because he is a
Muslim. And here I don’t understand why they call Chandan Mitra to talk on
behalf of the BJP again and again. I am not sure if Mr. Mitra needs permission from
BJP headquarters before attending any such programs but if at all he is, then
BJP must rethink about giving this man the permission next time. I am not
questioning Mr. Mitra’s loyalty for BJP but he is doing more damage to the
party than clarifying their stand on issues involving BJP directly or
indirectly. Rajiv Pratap Rudy could be a better bet any day and seasoned
storytellers like Barkha must realize this if she is really serious about
having a full throttle discussion.
Back to the topic. Well for me there isn’t any topic on what
Barkha wanted a whole lot of people to discuss and debate. As rightly pointed
out by Mr. Mitra and the retired cop, there could be nothing as ‘Saffron Terror’.
I am convinced with this conclusion as much as Barkha herself got convinced
with a lady from the Muslim community who opposed the ideology of Abinav Bharat’s
spokesperson who claimed his organization’s motto is to have a Hindu Rashtra.
Here is the first biased blooper from Barkha. She being a human has a right to
have opinions but not certainly when she anchors a show that debates on a very,
very sensitive issue. When an anchor stands beside an orator and openly takes
sides on what she said; it only shows that the idea of arranging the debate is
not to have a healthy discussion but to push the agendas that her paymasters wanted
her to. She didn’t stop there. For all those who were speaking on affirmative
on the existence of Hindutwa terror, they had Barkha standing side by them to
stamp their claims. Not only taking sides, but she also was seen even opposing
what Chandan Mitra and the councilor of Colonel Purohit has to say. Could
someone please educate this Padma Bhusan awardee that the job of the anchor is
to conduct a smooth debate, not to get involved in them with your own
prejudice, self-gain, sycophancy or whatever. If at all she can’t just resist
pushing her own lies, she could have asked anyone else from her channel to
conduct the show while she herself got into the panelist’s chair as most of the
other biased and paid speakers were.
Another blooper she did when she thought of including a guy
called Imran, who she claimed was one of the hundreds who were wrongly picked
up by the police after the Hyderabad blasts. Now here is the thing. In fact
couple of things. First, tell me one such organization or individual that hasn’t
done a mistake ever. Mistakes are part of day-to-day activities. Didn’t Barkha
herself admitted to have done a mistake in believing a woman who was nothing
but a high level power broker when the rot of Radia tapes started to dip on her
face? Didn’t even the party to which she shows her equivocal loyalty done
mistakes after mistakes? Then why she is pointing out the police in each of her
programs involving the Muslims? Aren’t the police allowed a mistake or two at times?
I agree the mistakes in case of Imran and his friends were monumental and life
shattering but does such fringe incidents really puts a question mark, the way
Barkha wanted to convey, on our anti-terror investigations altogether? Popping
the topic of illegal detention in Hyderabad or the unsubstantiated ones in
Kashmir, every time one raises the issue of terrorism only demoralizes our
security forces which already have accepted their faults quite openly. When
Barkha herself gets annoyed and threatens with legal actions on anyone who
dares to mention the Radia Tapes, then why can’t see realize the amount of annoyance
our men in uniform must be going through for the repeated mentions of one
mistake by morons every day?
Second, our investigating authorities or for that matter any agency across the globe, most of the times work on
perception. When I say this, I do with some conviction. This is only perception
that pushes our police forces to round up the notorious thieves of the area
whenever a case of theft is reported. This is a routine first step in any
criminal investigation. So people like Imran, how aggrieved they may be must
first look within before blaming the police forces.
I still remember when I and a friend of mine who happens to be a Muslim were travelling to USA. During a stopover at Heathrow, he was pulled inside a closed area for a strip search while I was allowed to go through after a simple metal detector and physical scanning. He didn’t blame the Heathrow authorities for such discrimination but few rascals from his own community. My friend has got nothing to do with terror or terrorism; he yet has to go under a special scrutiny. Why? Because the chaps at the London airport work under a perception. And the perception, whether we like to admit or not is – ‘paint all Muslims through the terrorism brush until swayed otherwise’. Who the real culprits for such skewed perception? Yes, not those who guard the gates at Heathrow but the scoundrels who are spreading the language of terror throughout the world. They are the bastards who should be blamed for such discrimination as rightly done by my friend.
I still remember when I and a friend of mine who happens to be a Muslim were travelling to USA. During a stopover at Heathrow, he was pulled inside a closed area for a strip search while I was allowed to go through after a simple metal detector and physical scanning. He didn’t blame the Heathrow authorities for such discrimination but few rascals from his own community. My friend has got nothing to do with terror or terrorism; he yet has to go under a special scrutiny. Why? Because the chaps at the London airport work under a perception. And the perception, whether we like to admit or not is – ‘paint all Muslims through the terrorism brush until swayed otherwise’. Who the real culprits for such skewed perception? Yes, not those who guard the gates at Heathrow but the scoundrels who are spreading the language of terror throughout the world. They are the bastards who should be blamed for such discrimination as rightly done by my friend.
Like my friend, Imran and his associates are a causality of
a similar perception. The real culprit here is not the Hyderabad police but the
bots who teach hatred as part of their daily curriculum. It is not the SHO of a
particular outpost who is answerable but the Mullahs who run the breeding
grounds of terror in their own backyards. People like Imran will continue to
suffer the wrong way as long as none at some point tries to change this very
perception. While I could show empathy for Imran and many like him, I certainly
can’t brandish our security forces as idiots for the mess since it is the few
from the community to which the Imrans, Salims, Javeds, Sarfarazs of the world
belong who are responsible for this miscarriage of justice and violation of fundamental
rights of the Muslim youth.
But could Barkha see these facts through her prism of hypocrisy
and lies? For her, terror acts perpetrated by Jehadi terrorists on routine
basis could be overlooked but not the fringe incidents where Hindus were found
involved. Here even terming involved is an exaggeration since none is yet
convicted in any of the alleged crimes but hundreds from the other religion
rotting behind bars after conviction carry no sense of urgency for her. Imrans
of the world are a burning issue but not the hundreds of innocents who lost their
lives during 26/11 or elsewhere. Digvijay Singh going to Ajamgarh and cajoling
the terrorists is nothing compared to the remote association of Colonel Purohit
with RSS. Akbaruddin Owaisi claiming to wipeout Hindus in 15 minutes is secular
but Abhinav Bharat having an ideology of a Hindu Rashtra is thoroughly communal
and worth lambasting daily.
this lady is a real fraud, who work and do anything for money... she is a shame to journalism
ReplyDeleteshe is fraud like her medai house..Entire nation knows it.
ReplyDeleteits fashion for all frauds, to take for fake secualrism..to cover their frauds.
Burqa is a hi paid employee of filthily corrupt Khangrass party since 10yrs. If CBI did perfect probe of 2G, she should have been behind bars for liasing between crooked minister, Page 3 pros and a cheater biz head.... she is just aged class whore.
ReplyDeletecredibility of ndtv and barkha is at zero level......
ReplyDeleteWhat a waste of life ! This Bit@ch must be eradicated
ReplyDeleteJust one question. Why does BJP agree to participate in NDTV debates ?
ReplyDeleteI was pissed off to watch that show. People like her live in a denial about Islamic terrorism. It is a mental disease with all leftist liberals. They will criticize Hinduism and Christianity (in the west), but when it comes to Islam, they will crawl under a stone.
ReplyDeleteI like your articles. I have seen few spelling mistakes and also some grammatical mistakes in your current article as well as your other articles. It may be due to oversight but these types of errors can be fixed very easily. Please do not misunderstand. We need someone like yourself to stand up and expose these liars. I believe Hindus were finally liberated on 16 May 2014. Hindus should celebrate 16 May 2014 as their independence day. I wish journos like Barkha, Rajdeep, Sagarika Ghosh, Nidhi Razdan and that Idiot Karan Thapar should be sent on a spacecraft like Voyager, never to return to earth.
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