Winner of the Blogadda "Is Indian Media Misusing its freedom?" contest.
Submitted for the Blogadda "Is Indian Media Misusing its Freedom?" contest.
Our mediais like a game
of Badminton;
You serve
events,
they observe;
sometimes
rushing to the Net,
sometimes
tossing a question
from way back there;
sometimes
a quiet drop
of a hint
at the net,
but mostly
they return
as good as
they get........
The court
is often slippery
with the sweat
of honest people,
but
all
that exaggerated sliding,
and exulting
on reaching,
stretching
their imagination
sometimes,
instead of
flesh and blood facts....
Sometimes
the referee
turns a blind eye
to
an actual touch,
something
stepped on,
beyond boundaries;
and
how can we
forget the
"lobbies"
on the side...
Sometimes
"in" is "out",
and other times,
outsiders
are in.....
Its
all a game
to them,
complete
with
shouting and yelling folks
on the side,
drowning
the earthy sound
of an innocent wood.....
an occasional clash
of partners
standing
on the same line...
It
really
boils down
something shuttling around
desperately
here and there,
like Saina would have said,
helped
by a racquet,
or is it racket ?
Misusing , did you say ?
Probably.
Responsible ?
Nah !
They're just
tossing around
the freedom
they've grabbed from us.....
and
Like most of us,
They've always played to win .....
