News and their Views

Mr. Pramod Mahajan recently being shot by his own younger brother. SAD
Him currently battling for his life at Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai. MAY LORD GIVE HIM THE STRENGTH TO RECOVER FAST.
The past few days all the media channels have been busy showing this battle between life and death on television. Where he was shot, where his brother parked his car, the route he escaped from, why he shot him, how many shots were fired, how many hit him, how many are still in his body, where they are in his body (complete with the anatomical diagrams mind you), who came to visit him at the hospital, who didn’t come to visit him and blah…blah…blah.
If this was not enough then there’s this other story about Sher Singh Rana (Phoolan Devi’s assassin) currently being aired. Where he stayed, which bed he slept on, how he escaped last time etc. And, in case you are worried, Mr. Mahajan’s story runs parallely to it. The Narmada Bachao Andolan has taken a back seat for now.
But, amidst all this another person lost his life , for whom two minute stories repeated a few times a day were all the news channels could spare. And, a small column on third page was good enough for some newspapers too. That person wasn’t a high profile politician being shot at, or a fugitive who killed a dacoit turned politician, neither had he fought for any national cause as in the raising of the height of a dam. He just fought for justice to be delivered to his daughter Jessica Lal who, eight years ago was supposedly killed by a highly influential person in front of a few obscure glitterati who consider wearing a costume with our national flag’s print on it as being audacious. But, shy away from their statements when their own ass comes under question.
He died hoping justice from a hopeless system. May Lord give him peace.