Its late at night.
A day or two after the attacks.
Set in front of the Gateway, with the Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai or whatever remains as background.
Scene opens on Barkha Dutt talking about the death of Sabina Sehgal Saikia, senior journalist of The TOI.
She's on the phone with one of Sabina's closest friend who along with her husband and couple of freinds had dinner with Sabina the previous night and was in her room at the Taj till about 6:30 pm on the day of the attacks.
At first Barkha asks the routine questions before letting go of the big one...
Barkha: "... so, did you at any point think, when you left her room at 6:30 pm, that you would be seeing Sabina for the last time?"
Ms. Dutt, pray tell me, if she or any other sane human being, did know that they would meet someone for the last time, wouldn't they, unless ofcourse they were Judas or did feel what our forces felt for you during Kargil, try and get them out of the situation? OR IS IT JUST ME???
Yeh School Hai Kya?
2 comments:
when your post, a few posts below praised barkha about the kind of 'brilliant' reporting she was doing, i was a trifle dissappointed. Coz i thought the worm knows everything...and he'd not make a hurried statement like that.Here i was frantically following online videos from India coz I could only catch CNN, which was airing bout 15 minutes late news....and I was swearing under my breath everytime i saw a barkha video. And the vid you posted between Shobha de and barkha was anything but 'journalism'. In the back drop there were bullets raining, and people dying and here she was taking a bloody opinion from Shobha de! FUCK! Opinions cant wait till the ordeal was over? And damn did you see the e-candle below near the ticker? that was an sms (NOT FREE/Toll free) campaign to send peace messages.......ugh! Dirty, filthy journalism.
* I have never been a fan of hers. But simply loved her and her opinions. Watch on...
if this is the statement that led you to believe that i was singing praises of Barkha, you are mistaken.
I was referring to Shobha De. I did not mention nor rate the journalism, did post the video coz i did subscribe to her thought as well. About politicians coming in and taking away more security forces who would serve, if not me or you, but those injured or in need.
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