It was 31st of October, known as peace day, but unfortunately nothing what can be called peace was seen as news headlines.
With an initial protest against North Indians in the starting of the year, leading to a man loosing his life, The Raj Thackrey episode completely shattered my mind, for the story of publicity was no more let it go types.
Having an option of Delhi & Mumbai as two metros to move out for studies, my parents were too keen to opt for Mumbai amongst the two, & the reason being, ‘it’s a safe city’. After shifting their, it was nearly every alternate day, that they use to call me, for there’s news flashing on television. MNS (Maharastra Navnirmaan Sena) members burning postures , hitting Taxi’s and the never ending dadagiri.
Though it never affected me, because generally it’s under poverty line people, who cannot afford to hit back & can just take it with no options in hand.
I never wasted my time thinking about the various publicity stunts that captured the daily front headlines, but media was the main ingredient to make Raj Thackrey, The Raj Thackrey, whose image was portrayed not less than of that of the Prime Minister, may that be in terms of his security or the way everything gets hindered with the slightest disturbance in his policies.
Actually a handsome personality is all what is required to just hit the chords of the target audience & rest can be taken care of gradually. An aggressive leader is the demand of the day that is what even forced the Jet employees to approach a person like him.
Agenda setting is in the hand of the story makers or the story tellers, and unfortunately the masses are in the no option zone. Young Politician like Rahul Gandhi on the screening of blockbusters like Om Shanti Om or Rock on, doest makes it that big; But Raj Thackrey definitely makes an extra large difference for the same situation, which can be indeed captured for an hour’s news feature.
I still remember Salmaan Khan being in limelight for quite a sometime for his wrong deeds, but a bit bad & some better is enough for a clean chit, to play with the usual diehard emotional audience.
And so, no wonder a zero today can be a hero tomorrow, all blessed by the bios communicators.
With an initial protest against North Indians in the starting of the year, leading to a man loosing his life, The Raj Thackrey episode completely shattered my mind, for the story of publicity was no more let it go types.
Having an option of Delhi & Mumbai as two metros to move out for studies, my parents were too keen to opt for Mumbai amongst the two, & the reason being, ‘it’s a safe city’. After shifting their, it was nearly every alternate day, that they use to call me, for there’s news flashing on television. MNS (Maharastra Navnirmaan Sena) members burning postures , hitting Taxi’s and the never ending dadagiri.
Though it never affected me, because generally it’s under poverty line people, who cannot afford to hit back & can just take it with no options in hand.
I never wasted my time thinking about the various publicity stunts that captured the daily front headlines, but media was the main ingredient to make Raj Thackrey, The Raj Thackrey, whose image was portrayed not less than of that of the Prime Minister, may that be in terms of his security or the way everything gets hindered with the slightest disturbance in his policies.
Actually a handsome personality is all what is required to just hit the chords of the target audience & rest can be taken care of gradually. An aggressive leader is the demand of the day that is what even forced the Jet employees to approach a person like him.
Agenda setting is in the hand of the story makers or the story tellers, and unfortunately the masses are in the no option zone. Young Politician like Rahul Gandhi on the screening of blockbusters like Om Shanti Om or Rock on, doest makes it that big; But Raj Thackrey definitely makes an extra large difference for the same situation, which can be indeed captured for an hour’s news feature.
I still remember Salmaan Khan being in limelight for quite a sometime for his wrong deeds, but a bit bad & some better is enough for a clean chit, to play with the usual diehard emotional audience.
And so, no wonder a zero today can be a hero tomorrow, all blessed by the bios communicators.
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2 comments:
Nice writeup.
People lament that politicians of no integrity are ruling us, as if its god who decides that who will be elected. We elect them and we send them. Not just the rural folks, but the educated class too is to be blamed.
The region based chauvinism that is being propagated by this goon draws its strength from the fact that somewhere its people like you and me who support him.
But then its voices like yours that makes us believe that the world has still not forgotten how to make distinction between what is wrong and what is right.
Do keep posting...
Thanx...
Abhinandan, seeing the bit of present political scenario, I feel it’s too improbable to run after people to ask them to vote, may that be educated or non-educated class, If not Raj Thackrey than whom? At least the regional people have some sort of assurance in his dictatorship. Who has the time to think what is wrong what is right? Am I really bothered with this?? The patience of optimism has been lost and will be hard to stick at. If the roads are bad, let them be, some other publicity stunt maker will surely do his bit of job someday , for he is even not bothered for us but for votes, and the rest will be taken care by the media, And ultimately limelight is only what matters in this political lifecycle.
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