The "chappan ki chaati" or 56 inch chest as Narendra Modi likes to describe himself as campaigned like a whirlwind in the Gujarat assembly elections, addressing thousands of meetings and criss crossing the state in his rath. Apart from the... Read The Article
This is true that, every one want interest to write about great modi to get TRP..just now another blogs about him completed by ur Rajdeep and got 300 comments and all about favour of Modi.Now ur turn good go ahead..May be during sikh agitation no TV, But now during singur agitation or Nandhigaom agitation U can go over there and can delvier the fact and no need of CBI to bring the riot of communists to court..during kashmiri problem (1989 to 92) against Hindus no TV, but have now, please go there, and shows the situation of pandits properity, temples forcefully occupied by the local as well as POK militants and muslims..If you realy secular to show go kashmir and eastern region what is going on aginast hindus shown then we can faith your english media not bias..without doing anything simply modi,modi jabtha raha ho tho kya oha mam!..dont cry cradle tear about congress leaders unable pull people during election canvess...No problem u also can get more prize from western and Arabia country to critizise of hindus in own country and ur people to allow shoot those country without any restirication as long as u condmen hindus in all the way. hi modi where are u ., please come to national capital and rule as u wants to out these kind of people from india..
( Posted: Friday , December 21, 2007 at 12:15 )
Excellent. May Sagarika give you an impartial reply. Sometime it seems these intelligent journalists works for Dynasty.
( Posted by Nair on Friday , February 15, 2008 at 20:58 )
prakash sharma
Dear Sagarika I agree with you that in riots before 24 hours news channels were not available hence those sad clips are nt available and cannot be replayed.Why do media wants to show every time such clips which spread haterated and also anger among people who suffered and were trying to forget . If Media including yours only tell stories without showing such clips will do more constructive job. How ever what ever happened during the year 2002 was brutal but on other side if Modi Govt. has really done some good development work then its also obligatory on the part of media to highlight them. Media shoild work independently without any bias
( Posted: Friday , December 21, 2007 at 12:11 )
anant jain
Dear Sagarika,
As I read this article and others in English media with references to BBC, CNN, collective position by media etc.it just makes me feel that it is not mass media but mass propganda. I doubt their honesty, but I have no doubts about their loyalties. I do not understand when the English media will stop sermonizing the Modi mantra, most of us would never deny the role played by Modi in the riots and I do not think that one needs to do a research on that. The problem for me is that you do not understand the the psyche and the dilemma of those who are voting Modi. I think majority of them realize that he was the man resposible for the carnage, a fundamentaist but what do you have on the other side a less fundamentalist Congress, what you see on one side is a man who is honest, works hard and vouch for a corruption free governance and on the other side is a team where these are non issues. On one side is Modi who is totally against nepotism and then on the other side we see the Gandhi clan, the Solanki clan and the list goes on. This is the dilemma of the Modi voter, if the congress had provided one single leader with as much integrity as Modi probably the tables would have turned. I think most of the Modi voters are OK with the injustice done to the minority as long as the state prospers, they want Gujarat to be Gujarat and not turn into Bihar where equitable means justice for none.
( Posted: Friday , December 21, 2007 at 12:05 )
Nitin
Hey, wait a minute. I guess there are more 24/7 news channels in 2007 than in 2002. So why didn’t we have live action from Nandigram? Just now many graves are 'discovered' but we didn’t have live action. I didn’t see it except for a couple of shots or pics. We are in 2007 but more space is being given to 2002 riots, this just reflects the bias in your coverage.
And thanks for making this comment - "A political battle against the personality of Narendra Modi cannot be fought through the media. Politicians must take Modi and the BJP on through processes of politics, through the public, through competitive public manifestos, through campaigns and rallies. A sting operation or a planted story or "guided" media coverage of a certain type cannot take the place of political activity and mass contact initiatives on the part of politicians."
This just reflects what your agenda is. You were not reporting facts as a journalist should do but fighting a battle against BJP and Modi. Again goes to show how biased your channel is.
PS: My last comment was not published for obvious reasons. Thanks in advance if you publish this one.
( Posted: Friday , December 21, 2007 at 11:49 )
lG
SO finally sagarika has accepted that english media works for CONGRESS but that hasn't work and in next election congressmen have to work wo win the election,,,mere media coverage won't help them to win the election.SO that means that congress is defeated in these Polls????
( Posted: Friday , December 21, 2007 at 11:45 )
Ash Shah
I have one correction to sugest and one point I would like to make.
Correction: Should't you mention Nadigram with other incidents? May you are focusing too much on Modi.
If Modi is dictator and had planned the riots how did media covered riots so extensivly. I have not heard one media person complaning about that. Also most of the people who were with Modi during riots almost all of them are against him. I dont remember anyof them mentioning aything against Modi about riots.
India has changed a lot. Today's youth is thinking for themselves. I belive both you and Rajdeep sound more like acitvist with agenda then journalist.
I would really appreciate if you could respond this. I do belive both you and Rajdeep are real genious.
( Posted: Friday , December 21, 2007 at 11:33 )
Gaurav
Dear Sagarika,
Your hate or let me say dislike for Modi is a never ending story. In every program of yours you have always started with a view point and it ends with your view point irrespective of the debate going on.
Modi has nothing to lose with all this scathing attack of media on him. Just because of you all in different news rooms he is so famous and popular. It does not matter how eloquent of a speaker he is or what fashion statement he makes, unless you do not show what he is upto no one will know him. And yes if you dislike him stop broadcasting programs on him and bet you, your TRP's will come down. Do not forget you live your life for TRP's. It is this sweet love-hate and symbiotic relationship between media and Modi that will always go hand in hand. Neither can live without the other. Please accept this.
( Posted: Friday , December 21, 2007 at 11:25 )
abhishek
At first read, this article looks like it calls for moderation and taking up a neutral stance. Dig a little deep and you see that what madame Sagarika refers to is the collective defeat of the anti-Modi'sts in Gujrat, politicians and the media. When all of India's Hindus are begging an answer to the lack of coverage on the Godhra incident, the media continuously ignores it like a bad question and looks only at the post-Godhra syndrome. Why? Because the section that burnt down the train has been traditionally known to do it and so it is not surprising. But as well-mannered Hindus, we should sit aside and watch our bretheren getting killed and looted. Modi symbolises the return to Hindutva, the commies and the congies be damned!
( Posted: Friday , December 21, 2007 at 11:24 )
Samuel
Ok, Sagarika. So what are you - a 'Modi-fan' or 'Modi-enemy'?
Your article drifts. It's not very clear where you, as an individual, stand.
If I go by your channel's(CNN-IBN) reportages and tilts, often it appears you're a leading member of 'Modi-enemy'.
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