That’s the contradiction of India or its hypocrisy – call it what you will. But no channel called this a “human bomb” or “corona warfare”, no channel characterised them as criminals or condemned the sants and sadhus in the kind of language they had used for the Tablighis-even though this congregation was a thousand times larger than the Markaz one in Delhi - and at a time when Covid-19 cases are surging each day. However, news channels’ coverage of Haridwar continued to dip in and out of Kumbh Mela, half in horror, half in awe at the audacity of it all. Anchor Rahul Shivshankar gave a piece of his mind to a BJP panelist on his Tuesday primetime show: “I will not allow you to, artfully, put the responsibility on the public…. NDTV 24×7 reported that at least 594 people were found positive Monday/Tuesday and there were over 2,800 active cases at the Kumbh Mela – “Absolute disregard for Covid-19 protocols,” commented the anchor.Īfter reporting on the holy dip for two days, Times Now was, finally, horrified by what it saw: #StopSuperSpreader events, it demanded. In the last so many days, news channels have shown us stills, video footage of thousands on the banks of the Ganga with “social distancing thrown to the wind,” observed India Today’s Gaurav Sawant. Meanwhile, in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, “9 lakh take the holy dip” during the Kumbh Mela ( CNN News18). “Curbs are in place… but the visuals are very disturbing,” said the anchor.Īlso read: Poll rallies to Kumbh Mela - Modi-Shah’s conscience must take a look at latest Covid surge The Covid-19 tally has crossed 1.60 lakh daily cases in India.
The Tablighis were condemned as “super spreaders” by TV headlines, anchors, reporters, and accused of “corona jihad”.įor several days, we saw footage of the Nizamuddin area cordoned off and the Tablighis emerge, one by one, surrounded by police as if they were criminals – remember? Channels like News Nation chased the Tablighi members across the length and breadth of the country unrelentingly, while ABP News called them a “human bomb”, and everyone was outraged by their irresponsibility.Ĭut to April 2021. Just over a year ago, the outbreak of the virus in the Tablighi Jamaat headquarters in Delhi spread across TV news channels, especially Hindi ones, like the virus itself. After watching our disastrous response to the coronavirus, the Nobel Prize-winning author would have been tempted to call it, India: A Million Hypocrisies Now, or if he felt more charitable, India: A Million Contradictions Now. Naipaul were alive today, he would have written a different book from his (in)famous India: A Million Mutinies Now. The Zee News website covers the news of Zee News channel in both languages English and Hindi.īesides India, the broadcast area of Zee News extends to international countries as well.If V.S. The regional channels of ZMCL that its subsidiary companies are running include Maurya TV and Zee 24 Ghante.įor providing online coverage of its channel, Zee News manages websites such as the Zee News and Daily News & Analysis.
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