Tavleen Singh criticizes Indian media for not questioning government ministers and police officials about their handling of protests, calling it a serious lapse. She expresses shame at the media's failure to focus on the government's response to the protests.
“It is outrageous that you would shoot at children, at students.”
The one thing that I didn't find, either on television or in print, was tough questioning of the people in authority about the way they were handling the protests. I don't recall seeing or reading interviews with government ministers or police officials. Given the Indian situation that prevails, is that understandable or was it a serious lapse in failing? It's not understandable under any circumstances. And I want to take up on what Siddharth said about the pellet injuries. I mean, it is outrageous that you would shoot at children, at students. But instead of discussing that on the talk shows, or actually even in the editorials, there have been very few. But what you have instead is, I was watching a program just accidentally this morning, where the justification of doing the protest, is being, you know, the onus is being put on the protesters and saying, should you not have done that? Where were you on the 20th? Why weren't you leading the protest? Where was Deep K? You guys are not leading and that's why there's chaos. And what is worse is the attention that has been given to the prime minister's midnight selfie is just, you know, it makes you don't know whether to laugh or cry. Social media is full at the moment of, you know, how it's been seen by more people than ever in the history of mankind. And he himself has taken this up and said, I thank you very much. So what are they trying to do? He is at the moment, if there were approval ratings, he's at a very low point. So are they trying to say, no, this is still not worth paying attention to? You know, I actually am really, really ashamed at the moment of the Indian media. newspapers and the thing. This is a major, major protest. It's spread across the country. And what do we have? We have people trying to question the protesters instead of, as you said, the ministers. Nobody has even tried to question them as far as I can see.
