[Reader-list] kashmir pictures

[Rahul Asthana]

Are we,as a society,communal?
Depending on that answer,I don't see why we cant make the same assumption about press etc.Though it may manifest itself in different and ostensibly more sophisticated ways,it shouldn't be surprising if the subset reflects the same quality as the superset.

--- On Wed, 8/13/08, mahmood farooqui <mahmood.farooqui at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: mahmood farooqui <mahmood.farooqui at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Reader-list] kashmir pictures
> To: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>, "Aamir Bashir" <unattore1 at gmail.com>
> Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 12:33 PM
> Yesterday, nine Kashmiris were allegedly killed in the
> valley because of the
> police firing.
> 
> Today, in the Bombay editions of the Times of India and
> Hindustan Times,
> there is an identical image of a policeman being attacked
> by a Kashmiri.
> There are no images of any Kashmiris being killed or
> attacked by the police.
> 
> The Urdu daily Inqilab, however, shows a Kashmiri injured
> by the police
> firing.
> 
> Is it simplistic to say that all press is communal?
> 
> Is the poser itself simplistic?
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