I have been growing more and more skeptic about the worthiness of news as it is being presented to us. Not only I would question the worthiness of news, but also raise questions about intoxication of our minds by these half-baked news stories.
The news sellers want the government to save its pupil from being treated by quack doctors. Yet they like to enjoy the freedom to intoxicate the minds by whatever way they wish and call it freedom of press. Isn't it the responsibility of the government to protect the citizen from the perils of wrong and misleading information?
Keep the above seriousness aside, here is a forwarded mail by Anala by which I was kind of surprised as it bore much similarity to my own thoughts. Here it follows:
Prashant (TV Anchor): Two persons have been injured in a freak climbing accident. Jai and his
companion Zeenat had gone up a hill to fetch a pail of water when Jai fell down
and broke his crown. Zeenat came tumbling after. Live from the hill, our
and broke his crown. Zeenat came tumbling after. Live from the hill, our
reporter, Amrita Shah, takes up the story.
Amrita Shah: Thank you Prashant. Well, as you say, two persons - Jai and Zeenat - had gone
up a hill to fetch a pail of water. Suddenly, Jai fell down and broke his
crown and Zeenat came tumbling after. Prashant.
Prashant: Thank you Amrita. What do we know about the hill?
Amrita Shah: Thank you Prashant. Well, as you say, two persons - Jai and Zeenat - had gone
up a hill to fetch a pail of water. Suddenly, Jai fell down and broke his
crown and Zeenat came tumbling after. Prashant.
Prashant: Thank you Amrita. What do we know about the hill?
Amrita: Not too much. Jai was going up the hill to fetch a pail of water when he fell
down and broke his crown. Zeenat came tumbling after
[Headline appears at the foot of the TV screen: "hill breaks crown of pail-boy Jai"]
Prashant: What news of Jai and Zeenat?
Amrita: Prashant, it seems that Jai had gone up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
We know nothing about the pail, or how heavy it was but it seems that Jai
fell down and broke his crown and Zeenat came tumbling after. I have here with me,
an eyewitness to the accident, Mr Shahid Trivedi. Mr Shahid, tell us what you
saw.
Shahid Trivedi: Jai and Zeenat went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jai fell down and
broke his crown and Zeenat came tumbling after.
[Headline appears at the foot of the TV screen: "Boy and girl tumble down hill. Water spilled"]
Amrita: Jai and Zeenat. What do we know about them? Are they brother and sister? Are
they married? Just what were they doing on the hill together?
Shahid Trivedi: Jai and Zeenat went up the hill to fetch a pail a water.
Amrita: And what happened next?
Shahid Trivedi: Jai fell down and broke his crown.
Amrita: Go on.
Shahid Trivedi: And Zeenat came tumbling after.
Amrita: Prashant, there you have it. Two people innocently going about their business
to fetch a pail of water when one of them falls down, breaks his crown, and
the other comes tumbling after. Back to you in the studio Prashant.
[Headline appears at the foot of the TV screen: "Water errand ends in tragedy"]
Prashant: I have with me in the studio now, Professor Chandrashekar Belagare from the
Indian Institute of Applied Hill Sciences. Professor: a hill; Jai; Zeenat; a
pail of water. A tragedy waiting to happen?
Professor: Well that depends on the hill, the two persons, the object they were carrying
and the conditions unde rfoot. Let us look at the evidence so far.
Jai and Zeenat
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jai fell down
And broke his crown
And Zeenat came tumbling after.
Clearly, one would suspect that if Jai's fall was severe enough to break his
crown then the surface of the hill must have been slippery or unstable. But I
think were overlooking something quite fundamental here. Who was carrying the
pail? Jai fell down and broke his crown and this is the key Zeenat came
tumbling after. If Jai and Zeenat had been carrying the pail together, would
they not have fallen at the same time? The fact that Zeenat came tumbling after
suggests that Jai lost his footing first and perhaps knocked Zeenat over as he
slipped.
Prashant: Professor thank you very much. So there we have it, two persons Jai and Zeenat
went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jai fell down and broke his crown
and Zeenat came tumbling after. Later in the programme, Osama bin Laden
captured in Afghanistan , President Obama says he did not deserve the Nobel prize,
and Pakistan launches nuclear warheads against key Indian cities. But next up,
join us after the break for a studio discussion about hills, boys and girls
and whether water-fetching trips should be supervised. Well be right back...
down and broke his crown. Zeenat came tumbling after
[Headline appears at the foot of the TV screen: "hill breaks crown of pail-boy Jai"]
Prashant: What news of Jai and Zeenat?
Amrita: Prashant, it seems that Jai had gone up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
We know nothing about the pail, or how heavy it was but it seems that Jai
fell down and broke his crown and Zeenat came tumbling after. I have here with me,
an eyewitness to the accident, Mr Shahid Trivedi. Mr Shahid, tell us what you
saw.
Shahid Trivedi: Jai and Zeenat went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jai fell down and
broke his crown and Zeenat came tumbling after.
[Headline appears at the foot of the TV screen: "Boy and girl tumble down hill. Water spilled"]
Amrita: Jai and Zeenat. What do we know about them? Are they brother and sister? Are
they married? Just what were they doing on the hill together?
Shahid Trivedi: Jai and Zeenat went up the hill to fetch a pail a water.
Amrita: And what happened next?
Shahid Trivedi: Jai fell down and broke his crown.
Amrita: Go on.
Shahid Trivedi: And Zeenat came tumbling after.
Amrita: Prashant, there you have it. Two people innocently going about their business
to fetch a pail of water when one of them falls down, breaks his crown, and
the other comes tumbling after. Back to you in the studio Prashant.
[Headline appears at the foot of the TV screen: "Water errand ends in tragedy"]
Prashant: I have with me in the studio now, Professor Chandrashekar Belagare from the
Indian Institute of Applied Hill Sciences. Professor: a hill; Jai; Zeenat; a
pail of water. A tragedy waiting to happen?
Professor: Well that depends on the hill, the two persons, the object they were carrying
and the conditions unde rfoot. Let us look at the evidence so far.
Jai and Zeenat
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jai fell down
And broke his crown
And Zeenat came tumbling after.
Clearly, one would suspect that if Jai's fall was severe enough to break his
crown then the surface of the hill must have been slippery or unstable. But I
think were overlooking something quite fundamental here. Who was carrying the
pail? Jai fell down and broke his crown and this is the key Zeenat came
tumbling after. If Jai and Zeenat had been carrying the pail together, would
they not have fallen at the same time? The fact that Zeenat came tumbling after
suggests that Jai lost his footing first and perhaps knocked Zeenat over as he
slipped.
Prashant: Professor thank you very much. So there we have it, two persons Jai and Zeenat
went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jai fell down and broke his crown
and Zeenat came tumbling after. Later in the programme, Osama bin Laden
captured in Afghanistan , President Obama says he did not deserve the Nobel prize,
and Pakistan launches nuclear warheads against key Indian cities. But next up,
join us after the break for a studio discussion about hills, boys and girls
and whether water-fetching trips should be supervised. Well be right back...
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