life in limbo...

Just the day before, i was tuned in to the evening news, when the new spurt to the Indian media industry - Pramod Mahajan, and his dismal state in the Hinduja hospital was being avidly regurgitated by the press.

Lets just take a peek at the air time devoted to this tragic happenstance. The day he was admitted, the nation was in shock, most of us expecting him not to make it with all those bulets pumped into his torso. Our media smelt blood...The result- 23 hours of media coverage a day! 3 days pass and the media coverage has dwindled to less than an hour a day. His current condition is 'critical yet stable', which for the media translates to 'he not gonna be dead soon'.

This scavenger approach to press coverage has baffled me since a long time. Whats even more baffling is how the hell did Pravin Mahajan manage to miss with 3 bullets!!!! I guess it was the abject shame he felt at his appalling aim that led him to surrender himself.

But everything has a bright side to it. Atleast the hospital admission got the Indian top ministers to rush there at 9 in the morning, a time most of them would have just witnessed during the republic day flag hoisting (hoping with fingers crossed). Also, some hot shot liver surgeon was flown down from London to treat Mr. Mahajan. Now coincidentally, it so happens that the ace surgeon is a Muslim. I guess with Mahajan's life on the line, Hindutva or any practical semblance of it goes for a toss!