Nanopost of the Day…

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Lets hope the editor responds with an apology.
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DD, given how most Indian “journalists” behave (case in point: Vir Sanghvi, Vishnu Som) and remain puffed up with (false) pride with their heads in the clouds, methinks pigs will fly before your above dream comes true. 🙂

Hi Shantanu,

Thanks for bringing this article to our notice. I have written the following email to the editor. I would urge everyone (who finds the title and the article offensive) to do the same.

Dear Sir ,

I am writing this email to let you know that I found the title of the article mentioned in the subject published in Daily Telegraph on Thursday, 18th March 2010, highly offensive and the article itself, rather incomplete and one-sided. It is true that Bolywood – the Indian film industry – is employing non-Indian nationals in various roles. As a result, local film industry workers, who usually earn just about enough to keep their body and soul together, are losing out. It is also true that some politicians are trying to exploit the discontent and that strong words often get uttered in the process and that the problem is exacerbated by a lack of mature processes for issuing work permits and streamlining the process of employing foreign workers.

As I see it, a local Indian politician is trying to broaden his political base by exploiting a certain discontent. To suggest that the movement is targeting ‘White British’ actresses is going too far. There is hardly any justification for your reporter’s nationalist and/ or racial tone . The daily telegraph can certainly do better than publish such a raw and ill-researched article . I am sure you are aware that many educated Indians and IT professionals in England are regular readers of the Daily Telegraph. I, for one, certainly expect your paper to present a balanced picture, not an emotionally loaded or a racially painted and one-sided view of the matter.

Here is what the article could have and should have mentioned to complete a balanced picture.

Bolywood is not the only Indian industry employing foreigners. At this very moment, the IPL-3 cricket league is in progress, and there are hundreds of foreign Nationals, many of them British, that are being employed by media and IPL team franchises as Game Experts, Trainers, Commentators, and IT professionals. I have followed the IPL closely even since its inception, and I can confidently state that there has never been a mention of race or a hint of racial treatment. I am sure the very many British Cricket Experts and commentators are enjoying a very enriching and gainful stint while working with IPL franchises and media houses.

That your reporter feels the need to use racially loaded terms such as ‘White’ only suggests that the article has been written with some hidden agenda, or that your reporter is grossly ignorant about Indian society and Indian values. I would appreciate it very much if you could make sure that all aspects of a story are brought out clearly.

Thank You Very Much,

Sincerely Yours,

Prakash

Good. Looks like “secular” media houses are “co-operative” to each other. Note that the “White” part comes before “British”. Then this supposedly liberal country and it’s bleeding heart liberals (the newspaper in this case is a great liberal paper in British media) would go out and teach other countries about racism, casteism and secularism.