The latest buzz is, Dr Singh to address 'media' more frequently.
I'm nervous because last time, approx 4 months back, when he addressed media i couldn't see the Prime Minister of world's largest democracy speaking up...missed the exuberance of one of the widely acclaimed and listened to economists of the modern era...couldn't figure out 'the man' from 'a man'...and couldn't bear the sheer unpreparedness and nervousness that kept his tongue bogged down under the shrill weight of high-tones he might have attuned himself pre-confrontation. And, he's been made to undergo the same tourney more frequently! There're reasons to be nervous.
Agree.Times is changing, so does the political camouflage. A politician is not treated a sacrosanct any more, thanks more to their lusty, greedy, selfish and corrupt demeanour than other factors.Rising awareness and knowledge of and around has brought in a paradigm shift in our expectations.When we watch head of the strongest nation of the planet mingling and responding humanly to the curious contours of of a few students, we wonder 'why not our leaders'!When we see Mr Hugo Chavez tweeting with us like us, we ponder 'why not our leaders'. When we see pictures of Mr Sarkozi cracking and sharing light moments with journos, our expectations saunter 'why not our leaders'! It's perfectly alright to speak to the people who you represent, but it's highly demeaning if it's an outcome of frenzied outcries...if it's done to counter the avoidable...if it's done to bolster the the damaged cannon...and more importantly, if it's done to save the face! You are welcome Dr Singh to speak to us, but not now ...not this way.Had it been a result of natural evolution of events and political gestures than 'compulsive response measure', you would've been on the proverbial high platform.
Next. The nation has witnessed the high drama of varied degree since he last spoke to the media. Civil society has been on the coil and boil expecting each time from their 'honest' PM a word of courage or caution.None came. Why now?
If through media, they want him to connect to the people, there are serious doubts about that. Media as a medium of concerted concern has lost its dignity to the fiefdom of TRPs.What he intends to say is to be delivered, nobody can be sure. At the end of the event, he may find himself wondering at what is being beamed as the 'breaking news' wasn't even imagined, there's no wonder if a break is ink out of no news. What is spicy is what is salable,and media is a business of selling space; and that you know comes with TRPs...your plain, clear and clean content is not the news!
Silence is golden! Probably the damage is done beyond repair. The more you explain, the less you convince is the dictum. Your said or unsaid words would give fodder to controversy demon than quench the unquenchable you, Dr Singh, seek to seek.
It reminds me of an analogy. There was a king who lived in a palace atop a hill. One day, a few aggrieved villagers climbed and knocked his door.He was inside, but couldn't dare face them. They stayed there for a day or two, and then came back thinking the king was not in the palace; they concluded, had the king been there he would surely have helped them. Likewise, we construed that all these news somehow were not reaching to our PM, otherwise he would have come to our rescue. Now, the PM is out and we know he knew we knocked! We feel betrayed, more than ever!
He'll be addressing the media more frequently. How frequently...once a week, there are rumours.When the nation is struggling with inflation which threatens to explode into double digit any soon...when FDI is down by over 23% while in case of China it's up 34%...when Sensex is on a roller coaster...68% of agri land is on the verge of desertification...the biggest FDI project is in jeopardy, etc etc etc...our worthy PM has time enough to romance the media! His face is more important or the nation, he must decide, soonest!
I'm nervous, suspicious and betrayed like many others who know interaction with media does not address our concerns, they are too deep to be fathomed by hypocrisy and too simple to be fooled by inaction.
We want real solutions to our real problems and this is the only reason we've put you where you are. Deliver and then speak to us...we hate it when you explain only!
I'm nervous because last time, approx 4 months back, when he addressed media i couldn't see the Prime Minister of world's largest democracy speaking up...missed the exuberance of one of the widely acclaimed and listened to economists of the modern era...couldn't figure out 'the man' from 'a man'...and couldn't bear the sheer unpreparedness and nervousness that kept his tongue bogged down under the shrill weight of high-tones he might have attuned himself pre-confrontation. And, he's been made to undergo the same tourney more frequently! There're reasons to be nervous.
Agree.Times is changing, so does the political camouflage. A politician is not treated a sacrosanct any more, thanks more to their lusty, greedy, selfish and corrupt demeanour than other factors.Rising awareness and knowledge of and around has brought in a paradigm shift in our expectations.When we watch head of the strongest nation of the planet mingling and responding humanly to the curious contours of of a few students, we wonder 'why not our leaders'!When we see Mr Hugo Chavez tweeting with us like us, we ponder 'why not our leaders'. When we see pictures of Mr Sarkozi cracking and sharing light moments with journos, our expectations saunter 'why not our leaders'! It's perfectly alright to speak to the people who you represent, but it's highly demeaning if it's an outcome of frenzied outcries...if it's done to counter the avoidable...if it's done to bolster the the damaged cannon...and more importantly, if it's done to save the face! You are welcome Dr Singh to speak to us, but not now ...not this way.Had it been a result of natural evolution of events and political gestures than 'compulsive response measure', you would've been on the proverbial high platform.
Next. The nation has witnessed the high drama of varied degree since he last spoke to the media. Civil society has been on the coil and boil expecting each time from their 'honest' PM a word of courage or caution.None came. Why now?
If through media, they want him to connect to the people, there are serious doubts about that. Media as a medium of concerted concern has lost its dignity to the fiefdom of TRPs.What he intends to say is to be delivered, nobody can be sure. At the end of the event, he may find himself wondering at what is being beamed as the 'breaking news' wasn't even imagined, there's no wonder if a break is ink out of no news. What is spicy is what is salable,and media is a business of selling space; and that you know comes with TRPs...your plain, clear and clean content is not the news!
Silence is golden! Probably the damage is done beyond repair. The more you explain, the less you convince is the dictum. Your said or unsaid words would give fodder to controversy demon than quench the unquenchable you, Dr Singh, seek to seek.
It reminds me of an analogy. There was a king who lived in a palace atop a hill. One day, a few aggrieved villagers climbed and knocked his door.He was inside, but couldn't dare face them. They stayed there for a day or two, and then came back thinking the king was not in the palace; they concluded, had the king been there he would surely have helped them. Likewise, we construed that all these news somehow were not reaching to our PM, otherwise he would have come to our rescue. Now, the PM is out and we know he knew we knocked! We feel betrayed, more than ever!
He'll be addressing the media more frequently. How frequently...once a week, there are rumours.When the nation is struggling with inflation which threatens to explode into double digit any soon...when FDI is down by over 23% while in case of China it's up 34%...when Sensex is on a roller coaster...68% of agri land is on the verge of desertification...the biggest FDI project is in jeopardy, etc etc etc...our worthy PM has time enough to romance the media! His face is more important or the nation, he must decide, soonest!
I'm nervous, suspicious and betrayed like many others who know interaction with media does not address our concerns, they are too deep to be fathomed by hypocrisy and too simple to be fooled by inaction.
We want real solutions to our real problems and this is the only reason we've put you where you are. Deliver and then speak to us...we hate it when you explain only!
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