Why the mineral-rich states are the most fucked up states in the country…??
Just done with watching Barkha Dutt's 'We the People" on the topic of the Maoist Muddle , and the last half of the Doha Debates where MJ Akbar and Sachin Pilot on one side, and teesta Setlvad and Seema Mustafa on the other debated whether Muslims were being targetted in India. While the first show, as expected, went around in circles, the motion was resoundingly defeated in the BBC show.
A young man from Jharkhand has started his blog LOSER's SPACE and the banner question in red at the start of this post is actually the title of his first post. Do click on the link and read his post!
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What I particularly liked in "We the People" was how some people actually stood up to Barkha and pointed out that she was cutting out views which were not in harmony with her own world view.
Both Dinesh Trivedi as well as Kanchan Gupta at different points during the program stood up to Barkha when she cut off some comments (made by others), ridiculed some, etc.
Typical Barkha tactics! But first time I am seeing her being admonished.
And for once, (unlike Vikram Chandra, who always uses this line), she couldnt use the standard "Why are you blaming the media for it?" shield :-)
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