I wonder what is so new about neo journalists' inaccurate reporting of
cultures or cultural events when the underlying reasons is commerce and
only commerce on "Incredible India"?
Take it easy. It is dramatization.
Take the ignorance easy, laugh at it (as a joke, if you can stomach) if
they put the Ganges to the south of India, or Karachi in Bengal. It is
reporting "incredible India". it is meant to mint money.
And if your self-esteem as a person with roots in the north-east does
not allow you to stomach the remarks of the ill-informed, culturally
impoverished reporter, try and correct him. You will have fun.
Expecting him to know about Sattriya Dance form is expecting too much,
perhaps ?
I may be wrong.
H N Choudhary
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From: assam-boun...@assamnet.org [mailto:assam-boun...@assamnet.org] On
Behalf Of uttam borthakur
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 6:35 AM
To: assam
Subject: Re: [Assam] since when has sattriya become a 'tribal' dance?
One Ms. Usha Rai, while speaking on the occasion of Kamala Kanta Saikia
Memorial Lectures, pointed out that the journalists are more given to
reporting lives and life-styles of Bollywood actors than giving any
importance to the peasant suicides affecting the society adversely. The
reason being sensationalism that sells.
Just to suggest that James Bond has reached India, they show the banks
of river Ganges in Varanasi, where snake-charmer Vijay Amritraj is busy
with a cobra, mendicants showing different tricks, fire-eaters
displaying their skills, scantily clad ladies with vermillion on
foeheads taking a dip in the river and Bond getting into a three-wheeler
taxi to reach Taj Mahal immediately.
The touch of India! It sells. It is commerce.
There is no reason to take offence; the description of Satriya as tribal
dance must have been deliberate to perpetuate the brand of the
north-east. It's rank commercialism of our times.
kamal deka kjit.deka at gmail.com
The very job description of a scribe is to investigate,do home work
and bring the truth out into the open for public consumption.It sure
makes my hackles rise to think of those numbskulls/half-baked/uncouth"
Indian" journos,who do not give even half a hoot when it comes to
Assam-related news being reported.
Perhaps,half of Indians view Northeastern states as a land of
mendicants,mystique and miseries.I t is really a painful experience to
watch.
KJ Deka
Uttam Kumar Borthakur
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