Very recently I highlighted this issue through one of my blog-posts: A Sacrifice, that Went Unnoticed.
Now read an excellent investigative article by Tehelka team, pointing out how Swami Nigamananda's holy sacrifice went unnoticed because Baba Ramdev and Co. happened to be media's favorite item during that period.
"BABA RAMDEV knew how to catch attention. Infamously, he also knew how to run. Swami Nigamananda didn’t know how to do either. While Ramdev was hogging national attention with emotive issues like declaring all black money stashed abroad as “national wealth” and threatening to hang the corrupt, far away from media glare, Nigamananda, 38, had been fasting for a mind-boggling 68 days for something much more concrete — and of even greater national implication. Nigamananda was fighting to save the Ganga."
It's more than just shame for Indian media, that they failed to capture and project to the masses -- what they are supposed to.
Read full article at Tehelka
No comments:
Post a Comment