Bangalore: An article by an Aryan/upper caste in the Deccan Herald (Aug. 16) holds the following threat to India’s state-owned TV:
“Doordarshan cannot even give one channel of clean entertainment and an intolerable ennui is shelled out day after day. The metros prove no better than poor cousins of the national channel.
For variety, there is Star TV but satellite TV in India is definitely not free viewing. A recent survey shows Star TV viewers percentage shooting up to 25% with a similar percentage contemplating a connection.
And once the Star TV Hindi channel is installed, DD will face extinction if doesn’t improve considerably, as viewers will switch in large numbers, irrespective of the fact whether they have to pay for satellite TV or not.
What is the meaning of this threat? The author says if the TV – owners (the poor, meaning the SC/ST/BCs don’t have TV) don’t get entertainment day and night from the DD, they will not hesitate to kill it.
Muslims anti – national ? : But DD is the only Indian “national” TV. Star TV etc. are foreign.
The upper castes, who are threatening us day in and day out about Indian “nationalism” and calling Muslims, Christians, Sikhs as anti-nationals, will kill their own “national” TV?
Yes, why not? When the “national” thing does not cater to the interests of upper castes, they will not hesitate to become anti-national. Because when they say “national”, they mean the “upper caste nation”. Not our nation.
Did they not invite the Greeks, Huns, Mongols, Mughals, British etc. to India and seek their help to serve their “national” interests? The Aryan “nation” is different from our nation.
So, who is anti-national in India?
(As this is written the news comes about the DD,bowing to the wishes of the Aryan “nation,” agreeing to show one stupid cinema every night.
