So, what explains the mismatch between the media outcry and the reality? (i) Are we, South Asians, just last-minute specialists who like to work under pressure? Getting the job done on the thook-lagake principle? It works ... may not be in a such a planned manner, but so what? (ii) Is the global (read: Western) media capable of seeing Third World countries only in negative stereotypes (as corrupt, bumbling bureacuracies... which we all are in a way, except that the affluent world is probably more efficient and organised in its own big-bucks corruption)? (iii) Does our own media take it cues from the agenda the global media lays down, specially that of the "Commonwealth"? (iv) Did part of the dominant Indian media get miffed on losing out lucrative PR contracts? (v) Is one of the current main planks of the Indian opposition (oh-this-Kangress-is-simply-too-corrupt... which it is, but who talks about the US robber barons of the past and today all the time...) being taken a bit too far? (vi) All of the above?
Your guess is as good as mine! Intrigued, FN Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490
