The dance of Indian democracy is played out LIVE from the media houses. The giants that are as inaccessible as the Indian Parliament, they are only accessible when there is a noise. A noise of frustration, noise of desparation, voices to claim their spaces maybe the last voices. These voices are stirred and presented, in a dish decorated for short lived titillation, that gets the people walk around as knowledgeable. The mind games that are played with the actual games of the voices have huge returns, for business houses.
The strings of democracy are with them. The actors are the audience and the audience are the people, but nobody is asking why the blood flows? why the innocent are killed? why there are media trials? who gave them the right to run a trial?why are the unfair trials suffered? Their back stage is equally opaque as the oppressive government.
The blood soaked media wins again, a 9 year old well maneuvered battle of silence and titillation, for gains. And yet again a chance of democracy dies. It dies with the death of Afzal Guru. Hope it will not be followed with the blood bath of the chances of those unknowingly standing in the line. Here again is created a chance of more income with the death of the muted audience.
Long Live Media Long Live Indian Parliament and Long Live the Democracy held by them. Meanwhile rest of us will stand dumb, living with our squeaks from safe quarters (who still have a voice). Silently our days are being counted.
