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Paranoia created by news channels and newspapers

I have seen this in USA and now after returning to India have seen the same trend here, where the emergence of 24 hr news channels has created fear and paranoia among the public. Whether it be swine flu, terrorism or the most recent example of the blow up of the conspiracy theory regarding YS Rajasekhar Reddy’s murder.

In USA, the mainstream news channels do not question the government and are all controlled by corporations. These corporations manipulate the news and only show what is needed. It was evident in the way the government controlled all the news media and created a hysteria using lies to attack Iraq. Now they have found their latest fear topic “Yemen” after the december 25th failed terrorist attack. You may laugh at it but to see real news you have to watch comedy central’s The Daily Show and Colbert Report. They use comedy as a guise to tell the truth.

In India, the news was fairly independent till the 90′s. But with capitalism taking root, more and more 24 hr news channels are being opened by corporations and politicians to spread their opinion and control the public opinion. All the newspapers are aligned with one political party or the other and show news through their views and not with an independent non-partisan view.

During the recent swine flu outbreak, everyday the newspapers and news channels will show images of people wearing masks and use sensational headlines that people are living in fear. Out of the 3 months of that news, I saw may be one person wearing mask in public and used to wonder where do these people get these images from, do they stage manage them?

The general public needs to understand this and stop watching news channels which spread lies and hatred.

RajM | January 8th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Politics | One comment

Y.S. Rajashekhar Reddy Murder Conspiracy Theory by theexiled.com

THIS IS A RE-POST AS THE ORIGINAL WEBSITE IS DOWN

What does the mysterious helicopter crash that killed one of India’s most popular politicians have to do with White House economic czar Larry Summers? Read on…

First, the crash: one of India’s most popular politicians, who heads the state of Andhra Pradesh, just died in a mysterious helicopter crash. What’s eerie is that the dead politician recently went public attacking India’s most powerful oligarch family, the Ambanis, threatening to take away their giant offshore gas concessions. Meanwhile the Ambani brothers, Mukesh (the world’s 7th richest man) and Anil (the world’s 34 richest) are battling each other in a blood feud that’s taking the whole country down with them–that’s not a hornet’s nest you’d want to stick your fingers into, even if you’re the governor of a huge Indian province. The Ambani brothers’ feud peaked in May when Anil’s helicopter was found to have been sabotaged just before takeoff . Anil strongly hinted he suspected Mukesh, but no one will ever know who did it, because the mechanic who discovered the dirt and gravel in Anil Ambani’s helicopter gear box was hit by a train two days later in what was initially ruled as a “suicide,” but which later was ruled murder.

So why would an Ambani have anything to do with the mysterious helicopter crash of Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy? Just speculatin’ on a hypothesis, as the police chief says in Miller’s Crossing, and here’s why:

Just over a month ago, as the Ambani brothers’ insane internecine war over offshore gas deposits dragged on with no end in sight, Reddy publicly demanded that his state, Andhra Pradesh, take a share of the gas deposits for itself:

Even as the two Ambani brothers are locked in a legal battle over supply and price of gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin, the Andhra Pradesh government has sought its “due share” of the hydrocarbon asset.

He even attacked the brothers’ mother, who brokered the deal dividing up India’s gas between her feuding sons:

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Sunday said that the settlement of the gas dispute between the Ambani brothers could not be left to their mother Kokilaben and the Centre must play a decisive role, for which he has written to the Prime Minister.

“The dispute over sharing of gas is not an issue to be settled by (the) mother (Kokilaben). It is for the government to decide who should get the gas and also at what price,” Reddy said on the sidelines of a function here.

Ah, Y.S., you shouldn’ta attacked their mother. Next thing you know…Reddy’s deady.

Oh, and by the way, don’t forget this one little fun-fact: Larry Summers, the guy appointed by Obama to run America’s economy, worked for Mukesh Ambani right up until he took his White House job. We’re in good hands, folks.

Mark Ames is the author of Going Postal: Rage, Murder and Rebellion from Reagan’s Workplaces to Clinton’s Columbine.

RajM | January 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Politics | 5 comments

Why India remains poor?

I have seen the Indian middle class grow by millions in the last decade, but there are still millions who remain poor. There might be a wide variety of reasons for this, but some of the ones I noticed are lack of work ethic and lack of a desire to improve themselves.

Most of the people who do daily labor in India are some of the laziest people. They completely lack any work ethic. All they care about is if they got the money to feed themselves for that day. They will not do any additional work even if it means extra pay. And most would just look for any opportunity to not work like bandhs (even if it does not affect their work) and even festivals of other religions. Whereas most of us in the middle class would look for every opportunity to make extra money and jump at a chance to work overtime so we can save for future expenses.

Some daily laborers send their kids to schools by working hard in the hope of a better future for their kids. But most of the rest do not care about their kids future, the general mentality is why should I care for my kids when my parents did not do anything for me.

The government, NGO’s and private companies are providing support,but unless a person has a desire to improve his and in turn his families lives there is nothing anybody can do. India and Indians have a long way to go before we eliminate poverty.

RajM | January 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Education | Leave a comment