Trichromatic Posted May 16, 2012 Posted May 16, 2012 When the opinion of the unattractive sweaty Indian is less important than that of his better looking, English speaking, compatriot. I can't remember exactly what I was told was lacking in the footage, but I remember the gist of it: the people didn't look good/educated enough for TV. They spoke Hindi too. There's a word for that in India: ghhaati. Low class. I got it. They wanted freshly-scrubbed white-collar reactions for the white-collar-catering Inglis channel. Didn't matter if white-collar India didn't care about diesel prices. What about what we had initially been told at NDTV about journalistic ethics and the real issues and how journalism was supposed to be a pillar of democracy, the voice of the people? Or was it the voice of certain sections of the people depending on the segment of India you were catering to? The unattractive sweaty Indian is also a part of India. In fact, he is about 90% of India. http://www.the-nri.com/index.php/2012/05/voice-of-the-people/
Crookbond Posted May 17, 2012 Posted May 17, 2012 The Indian diaspora feels proud to see India looking so dynamic and good on NDTV. “India is developing so fast,” they always say so proudly, “everyone speaks English so well now. It is not the India we left.” And then they proceed to daydream about a return to the homeland that never happens. :hysterical: Our generalizations :hatsoff:
DomainK Posted May 17, 2012 Posted May 17, 2012 Is it not natural that the educated and more articulate will find more space on tv than the uneducated and less articulate ones?
Crookbond Posted May 17, 2012 Posted May 17, 2012 In context of the story, you don't always need opinions of "educated & articulated" folks.
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