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Sharma

@lovanika

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Posted: 16 years ago

I was thinking the same thing all thru the whole episode of Taj Hotel.

Media made Terrorist god by showing them 24/7 an dscared th elives out of th enormal person. All this for not helping a normal person but to get TRPs for their channel.

I think what Vishal abd Priya Dutt's husband is planning to do is a GREAT effort in a "Independent Indian PUBLIC"....

mall changes, big difference

Music composer Vishal Dadlani and Owen Roncon voice their concern over terror attacks by taking up specific issues

By Namrata Bhawnani

Posted On Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Owen Roncon

Music composer Vishal Dadlani and Owen Roncon, head of an event management company and husband of politician Priya Dutt, are as enraged and upset as the rest of the Mumbai citizens about the terror attack, but with a difference. Instead of just voicing out their concerns, they have directed their frustrations, hurt and anger into starting a movement that will make a difference to the lives of people at large.

Vishal has taken up a petition that he hopes will be signed by enough people to be taken to the High Court. The petition arises from the objections raised by the broadcast terrorist encounter live by the television channels.

Vishal says, "I was shocked that every minute of the encounter was relayed live. More than generating viewer interest, it gave minute-by-minute information to the terrorists. We want television channels to follow a code of conduct while we're under attack. Some information should be classified. They even showed when ATS (Anti Terrorist Squad) chief Hemant Karkare arrived on the site. I didn't know who he was. If you assume that the terrorists too were in the same position, this news definitely helped them.

Vishal Dadlani

Members of my family, who are in the armed forces, have expressed horror at the live telecast by the channels and interviews with people in the hotel. One channel even had a terrorist giving out propaganda material. This broadcast could have endangered the lives of our commandos. They definitely did not need to point out where the heads of chambers were stuck."

However, the agony did not end there. He adds, "Rescued hostages were interrogated by the channels with insensitivity. We, as a nation, need to protect our people and armed forces and not scavenge for TRPs."

To support Vishal's petition, log on to www.smallchange.in.

Similarly, Owen Roncon is out to push for another change. Speaking about the issue he has taken up, he says, "We are taking up the cause of the needs of police and security forces, like housing, training, equipment, etc. as mentioned in the police commission report. After a public meeting to discuss these needs, we will be submitting a charter of demands based on the report to the elected members of the city. The draft is being written by the authorised people in the field and we aim to have a forum by the end of the week