A Letter to Tara News

Dear sir,
I'm more or less a regular viewer of your News Paper Headlines program.I'm constrained to say your news analyst Mr. Ganguli, of late, analyses news so superficially and perfunctorily that it's unlikely to satisfy any serious viewer of your program.One certainly expects in depth analysis of a story from journalist of his stature and not the run of the mill interpretation.For example, today his discussion on tripartite treaty signed on GTA has been very commonplace and betrayed his lack of home work.More over, it was one sided and tinted with bias.He down played the story of Pratidin which said whenever CM was speaking of various developmental activities to be embarked upon for the hills,the body language of people at Pintail clearly indicated their ecstatic mood but when CM told Bengal would never be partitioned again their body language transformed into mellowed one.However; Mr. Ganguly could read the mind of GJM leaders when they categorically said the treaty did not mean they parted with their demand for separate Gorkhaland.According to Mr.Ganguly, they had to make such a statement out of political compulsion and as if it was not wise to read too much in such a statement.Nor did he dwell on the sentiment of the people particularly of tribals at Dooars and Terai vis-a-vis this tripartite agreement.


For sometime it's marked whenever comes the question of Lokpal Bill Mr.Ganguly spews venom on Anna Hazare and the members of the civil society for their insistence on inclusion of PM and higher judiciary in the Bill and Anna's threat to go on indefinite fast again if their demand is not conceded to,though they are not elected members.But what have our elected members so far done, Mr.Ganguly?They have simply pampered corruption in high places, if not try to perpetuate it.Isn't it a matter of shame on the part of our elected members that since 1969 Lokpal Bill was revived in parliament as many as 10 times in 42 years but it couldn't find the light of the day as yet. In the mean time corruptions have increased manifold and India has emerged as one of the most corrupt countries of the world.We should be rather grateful to Anna Hazare for initiating movement against corruption through his fast unto death.The way people have extended unstinted support to him in war against corruptions is unique and unprecedented and it's given a jolt to members of the govt who according to Ganguli are people's elected representatives.Admittedly,what's most unfortunate is we've had to lose confidence in our elected representatives.Now we repose all faith in Anna Hazare and his civil society, may be it's extra constitutional power of center.That apart,corruptions are so deep rooted and burgeoning by leaps and bounds we need a very effective and strong Lokpal Bill to contain them.It's believed only Anna Hazare and his civil society can forge it.