cnn-ibn/south asia world as it is called here is a tie up with news biggie CNN operating in India for India. I discovered the channel while surfing for happenings in India and it was around the republic day that i saw rajdeep hosting state of the nation with country related polls blowing my mind away...
we are a nation thats surviving and growing between differences but yet a majority of us still being reserved. An avg of 30% placing the nation above religion or the contrary a startling majority of 70% prioritising something as simple and sensical as clean drinking water for all against India winning the world cup, nobel prize or more medals at the olympics...
beauty of democracy is the freedom we have to shout against dissatisfied activity by the people in the govt, freedom for me to call devegowda a drama king/hypocrite, protesting on a large scale or off late as i'm learning, the freedom of the press....inspite of the corrupted people we've got, our democracy just does me proud. Its logical for me that we've kept freedom alive in the form of democracy than giving it up by accepting anyother form of govt.
and the freedom, to strip the ministers in public, calling them rot is what the press [cnn-ibn with dig] has done..now remember that everything was caught on tape..
1. sumaru ram saroj [kirakat up, mla BJP]....bribed 5 thousand rupees for protection
2. anil kumar maurya [rajghad up, mla BSP].....5 thousand again. a poacher of endangered species.The guy carries a gun in his pants!!
3.the shocker...mehboob ali [samajwadi party, cabinet minister, UP] a drug trafficker of heroin and opium who offered to transfer narcotics in his official govt owned car for a price of twenty lakhs
4.rakesh verma[minister for prisons, UP] referred by mehboob ali
The reactions that i waited for were expected. A BJP spokesperson congratulated CNN-IBN than anything else, 'promising' action. The BSP leader kicked the media out of his house not wanting to react. The samajwadi party leader, Amar Singh shrugged saying the accusations are false. He currently does not want to react...
A BIG salute to B.K. Shivakumar and his team for actually risking their own lives to expose corruption that has rooted so deeply. If you've not seen the videos, visit cnn-ibn's website for updates and details.
3 comments:
One more interesting aspect of India is that there are too many newspapers and news channels. As such, there is a tremendous competition among them - the only way they can differentiate themselves is to come out with something new.. in this attempt, while some journalists create unnecessary sensational news, others are doing a good job.. kudos to them.. people no longer want just news..
Ahem.. a new template .. a new look.. Gud Gud!! ;-)
archana.. new look to ur blog huh?? I had a chance to watch Cnn-ibn when it was launched in India.. I thought they were pretty good.. close competition to Aaj Tak and NDTV..
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