Don't sell tears... Become sensitive

I know it would be some sort of an irony if I say that the field of media is the sickest place and yet work in one. Here I get a first-hand account of the "credit" aspect that has seeped in the system... How ofter have you heard the sentences " We broke the story " or " You heard it first on XYZ channel." Quite often, isnt it...
But everyone here has turned insensitive to such an extent that they dont even bother to see the situation, the scenario... sensitive cases such as, rape cases, demand sensitivity. But shockingly, the very people who promise to fetch justice for a rape victim, turn insensitive to her. They are bothered about taking credit for telling the world that "we broke it first"... rather that turn a sensitive ear towards her...
When she , or someone in a similar position, breaks down on national TV, the channel never fails to shout aloud that "XYZ broke down ( cried ) on our channel." Truly, tears sell... and that's the reason why TV is such a hit today...

An example to support my view... Today, on Jan 14 ( Makar Sankranti ), an "alleged gangrape victim" ( I am taught to be politically correct, that's y 'alleged' ) came out of the studio after narrating a horrendous account about how she was gangraped by an MLA and some of his goons for full 15 days. The girl broke down, she was crying ( she did look like the "victim" and not an " alleged victim" ). The studio persons come out, our senior lends her a shoulder. The moment she leaves the place a cameraperson was smiling.. I hit him with my elbow for smiling... To which he replied " अरे, हम तो ये सोच रहे थे की कैमरा ले आयें बहार और शूट कर लें" .... The sentence struck me hard... but only after a while... Why after a while ? Well, because it seems even I have learned the tricks of the trade.. as my reply was... " हां.... वो तो है, सही रहता ... "

I was shocked at what I had just said... I believe the saying " कोयले की दलाली में हाथ तो काले होते ही हैं "... is true... Coz, that is what has happened...

I have always said that I am part of a profession to whose ideals I dont  connect, I never agree. I stand by this statement...

And another one -- Just when we were to wind up the bulletin, the victim said that she will burn herself and her child alive if she does not get justice. We were then instructed to say ... " The victim has said first on XYZ channel that she will commit suicide if she does not get justice."

Is that all we are bothered about? Is that what the people are bothered about... I am sure the audience does not care who broke the story, or where did they "heard it first. " Then why does the media wear these superficial, illusionary spectacles ?

We see people crying, but how many of us actually feel the pain... All of 22, and the girl is fighting a system which has never yielded to the helpless... The victims are vicitmized till they are dead... and later, their families. It is a bad world out there... You have to stand up for yourself and not let the powerful force you down...

However, saying this is easy, but to follow it needs pluck and guts....

But for now... I hate this profession...

What is justice?

Justice... What is justice? According to the dictionary, " the administering of deserved punishment or reward." 

But does that really happen? Are the guilty actually handed out deserved punishment? 

Sometimes Yes ... But sometimes No... In case punishment is given out, it is not always "deserved" or "apt"...

This is just what happened in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case... The accused was handed out a punishment, but that just seemed to be a mere formality looking at the 6 - month term... Yes, that's exactly the term of punishment that Rathore was given... He is accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl way back in 1990... who then committed suicide 3-years later... Why? Because the poor girl was made to feel like an accused, what with her brother and father being tortured by the accused... It looked as if Ruchika was the accused and that's why her family was tortured to no end, they were punished... This is the state of justice in the country... 

Yes, a girl is first molested, then her family is tortured to keep her quiet, and later she kills herself... 

And what happens to the accused? He roams around freely, treating law as his family affair... and then a free man is again set free after 19 long years... What with the 6-month prison term... And whoa... he is set to challenge that too........ 

And when does the media and the people react !!! When he is handed a "6-MONTH PUNISHMENT" ........ No one even knew about the case till then.... 

Wonder how many more Ruchika's are suffering silently.... behind closed doors....