The left-dominated media are quickly lionizing Hemant Karkare for their own predatory political reasons: Malegaon.
I agree that Karkare deserves our undying gratitude for his sacrifice in the line of duty. But I think the leftist media is really more interested in using Karkare's memory as their trojan horse to pillory the BJP and the political right.
They don't seem to be mentioning the deaths of his colleagues Vijay Salaskar and Ashok Kamte. They all deserve to be remembered equally, and not one above the others. They also don't seem to acknowledge Karkare's role in fighting the Naxalites. It's important that the Left not be allowed to hijack Karkare's name for their own political games.
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I'm watching the disproportionate amount of idol worship the leftist dogs are indulging in, live on Deshitv, to the exclusion of the other NSG commandos. There is a big contingent of Muslims in attendance at Kurkure's funeral.
And we should ask again and repeatedly: what will it take to create more unbiased, sophisticated, competitive media outlets in India?
Surely the entrepreneurial and resourceful among us must see a massively profitable business opportunity, if not a noble social one, to bring alternative English and Hindi coverage to the masses. Of course, the drive will need to be more than commercial, lest any media venture stakes be sold to any (read far left) competitors at the first signs of success in an effort to 'cash out'.
Scribbled sample questions: what do camera equipment, camera personnel, journalist salaries, network airtime cost? can initial advertising contracts be secured beforehand? who would be willing to invest? who are some of the more unbiased and nationalist (Rajeev?) commentators around?
Or are we forever condemned to have Sardesai et al. shape our conversations for us (with shameful personal biases and without fear of competition)?
NSG commandos Sandeep Unnikrishnan & Gajendra Singh also laid down their lives. Their sacrifice is being minimized by the Psec scum.
Yeah, the Left certainly want to hijack Karkare's name, just as surely as his killers hijacked the Oberoi hotel.
One of the comments on SIFY
Posted by caspy on Nov 29,2008 12:05 PM
It was sad to see total incompetence of Mumbai police. Losing top three officers without firing a shot at terrorists shows bravado and foolhardiness and not bravery. Imagine discarding bullet proof jackets and top leaders travelling together in one vehicle and dashing cuelessly from one place to another. It was certainly national shame. Killing gangsters and bossing over innocent citizens is so very easy. They start believing in their own invincibility. But facing terrorists needs training, physical fitness and guts. Police force used to licking politicians and terrorising own citizens was seen making a laughing stock of itself in front of world TV. Getting killed in foolishness is no sign of bravery. It is time police reforms are initiated.
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14808303
What were Karkare's achievements or acomplishments before he became chief of ATS?
Karkare has shown his foolishness.
He thought it was a holywood movie. you can find enough such foolish bravery in holywood films.
Indian security forces were pathetic, response was so poor and took days to gundown terrorists.
This is a very good lession to india to not to train or help foreign terrorists
Sonia and Manmohan did their dirty work via Karkare and his ATS team. For two months 90% of ATS was busy cooking up the "Hindoo Terror" conspiracy. They did not have the time or resources to prepare for an actual terrorist strike. If only Mr Karkare could have spent just 10% of his time looking for good bullet proof vests ( instead of framing the Sadhvi on instruction from his political masters) he may have been alive today. Sonia and Manmohan have blood in their hands. The terrorists also know the help they received from Sonia. Hence they were releasing Italian tourists. Mr Karkare's family should try these two criminals in a court of law. I am not even counting the aspiring fashion model who acts as a home minister in his spare time.
>There is a big contingent of Muslims in attendance at Kurkure's funeral.
Nothing wrong in that per se.
Lets remember our fight is not against individual 'muslims' but the ideology of islam.
slim_shady, wealthy NRIs need to invest in the media business in India.
You got it right. This media venture has to be unbiased, sophisticated, competitive.
And, in the long run at least, profitable.
AGWorld: You are seriously mistaken in generalizing that fight is against the ideology of Islam. You are forgetting that this ideology is practiced by individuals, who collectively form the community - even more dangerous. Who are we to change the ideology of other individuals? If at all they are to be changed in what they are practicing, the individuals have to be addressed however nice and polished and "moderate" they appear to be.
Those muslims in that crowd at Kurkure's funeral prcession, go to the same Friday Fart Session to get their weekly dose of "ideology of peace", to which those terrorists go. It is such acts of double standards by this community that is a masquerade over their ultimate intentions as taught by their ideology originating from koran. Time has come to question each and every muslim - even those so called moderate ones - as to why their community does what it does - and why the individual is so nice and well mannered and so full of peace shit. Let's hear what their answers would be.
Yeah, maybe they had driven down from Malegaon ...
The buck really stops nowhere
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Terror+attacks+seen+impacting++Delhi+Assembly+poll&artid=D3My2FKBANg=&SectionID=b7ziAYMenjw=&MainSectionID=b7ziAYMenjw=&SEO=Mumbai,+Taj+Hotel,+Terror&SectionName=pWehHe7IsSU=
An interesting paper on the crookedness of the Malegaon blast investigation.
An unprecedented preview of what “being terrorized” means has come and gone in the last few days of the previous month. Now that everything had ended, the clamor for change in the manner in which Indians are protected in their home country will rise from among the masses. This will be galvanized by the members of the fourth estate who trying to become a part of the solution fail to realize that they are actually part of the problem. Why has India been a frequent victim of terror attacks? The answer lies among us citizens who have believed in a divisive vision of our nation segregating ourselves into groups on the basis of religion, caste, creed, state, social status, etc. These divisions were not invented by the politicians. These fragmentations in our society have always existed within us and the political establishment seeing advantage in exploiting our mistrust of each other have only caused these divisions to accentuate in their reach and scope. For things to change, we have to look within us for answers as to why a city that the vast majority of Indians call cosmopolitan is an easy prey to those who wish to sow the seeds of dissension in our ranks. It is true that we as Indians are diverse but merely speaking of unity in diversity is not sometimes enough. India needs to look at creating an environment where nefarious elements are unable to create sympathy within a segment of its populace whether these be Hindus or Muslims or Christians or the rich or the poor, etc. However, as to when the current status quo will be significantly modified to enable a safe and secure environment for us and our children to survive in, is a question that will await an answer till we as a polity open our eyes to the truth.
It is easy to point fingers and pass the buck in events that invite immediate scrutiny from the masses as a result of the proliferation of the media which takes very easily to the role of being the judge, jury and the executioner. It is in instances like this that the media has to exercise civic restraint instead of being the sounding board for misguided miscreants who wish to sow confusion among a panic stricken public. This was pronounced all the more when the Editor-in-Chief of a prominent news channel was among the first to report fresh terror strikes on Friday without verifying the antecedents of those sources. It may be true that in matters as these where time is always of the essence in reporting a news story, particular emphasis has to be laid on responsible reporting to ensure that an already bad situation is not allowed to take a turn for the worse on account of an error of judgment on the part of the fourth estate.
The political establishment owes India some explanations as to why there was no action in response to information that terror strikes in Mumbai were imminent. Was it because of complacency as was displayed by the deputy chief minister who had the cheek to call an attack of this magnitude an insignificant event or was it because of the belief that “The Spirit of Mumbai” would prevail? Whatever be the reason, there is an indisputable need for reforms with regards to how security is managed within the country. Maybe the Ministry of Home should be a portfolio that is managed directly by the Prime Minister with accountability and a failure resulting in his removal or resignation. However, all said, the act of ensuring security has to begin at the grassroot level with the local police forces across the country. It is time that the institution of the police force is brought out of ignominy and exalted through better pay, opportunity and training to ensure that incidents of these stature are prevented through increased, better and sensitive policing.
A sad state of affairs was revealed when it was put out in the court of public opinion regarding the lack of coordination between a number of our national and state agencies in charge of formulating our response to this incident. It is possible that this could have arisen on account of the ill-preparedness owing to the non-existence of an anti-terrorism doctrine. It is now time to rise above political partisanship and create a position on how in the event of future incidents, damages and loss of life can be contained to a bare minimum as it is important to remember that though prevention is better than cure, it is not always possible to prevent. After all, it has been said time and again, the terrorists only have to get lucky once but the intelligence forces and response teams have to be lucky always. Maybe if a foundation is laid to putting in place a response framework, the NSG might not have to waste precious time in getting to the focal point of future incidents.
As a response to the public anger which has been galvanized by the press, there have been resignations of those in positions of power. Yes, it does prompt the appearance of a government cleaning house bowing to popular opinion, but does it really mean a call to arms in response to a definite threat in a manner which is the need of the hour. These resignations are nothing but an eyewash to appease the angry majority who will go about their business when they see some form of reaction from within the halls of power. However, we should not be fooled by incomplete actions and half measures for these are the very reasons why our nation is still vulnerable to the threat of terrorism inspite of us hankering for the position of the 21st century’s superpower. All these aspirations will mean nothing if our political and intellectual elite fail to address the basic need for security. It was nothing short of disgusting to watch certain sections of the political elite who had previously gunned for Hemant Karkare with respect to his handling of the Malegaon issue rush to beatify him when he had martyred himself in the cause of the country. This is what we as a nation do not need at this time.
The aftermath of the attacks have seen India’s position deteriorate as a rising power to fall to the depths of a third world nation as was evidenced by a report which positioned India as being among the 20 most dangerous places in the world in the company of the likes of Pakistan, Sudan, Somalia and others. For us as citizens, there is no escaping the fact that the attacks have affected the global perception of India irrespective of what our politicians and some PIOs have been shouting from the rooftops. This is why; we should be united in our response by giving our country what she needs in this hour of grief remembering that it is not the past that matters but the present by using it as a bridge to create a better future. There should rise from among our midsts more brave and courageous sons who will stand against the threat that now resonates in our collective consciousness. These attacks have robbed us of our innocence and it is but a necessity that we need to respond adequately and appropriately.
Though it is true that this has been an incident which has drawn the eyes of the world upon us, there is an opportunity that lies in the form of a silver lining to the dark cloud that is terrorism. Just as Franklin Delano Roosevelt unveiled the New Deal which led to the vanquishing of the Great Depression in the United States, our political and our business fraternity needs to come together on this issue and single-handedly resolve to increase the allocation of resources to strengthen our security infrastructure. This is not only as a means of increasing our sense of safety as citizens but also as a means of increasing employment and tiding through the financial crisis as more jobs means more spending and increased prosperity through the development of the internal economy.
Yes it is a fact that there have been lapses with regards to the handling of the attacks from the time that the terrorists initiated the standoff. There will be more revelations that will come out in the coming days that will intensify public anger. But maybe this is a subject that will have to be dealt with sans emotion in an objective manner in partnership with those that have successfully fought terror in the past without turning it into a spectacle that enables selfish vested interests to draw capital out of the suffering of many and the shame of a nation.
It is time for us to stand together as one nation indivisible and say enough is enough and mean it for once. To those that have lost their loved ones, I offer my condolences as a proud Indian and hope that we are able to learn our lessons from this tragedy and move forward and onward implementing policies which ensure that the sacrifices of these brave sons were not in vain. The war cry must be “Remember, Remember the 26th of November” if another tragedy of this proportion should not repeat in the annals of our history. Stand together, be focused and stand proud, for we are Indians and we will not be cowed down.
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