In addition to these , I would also wish all our Media channels to be a lot more responsible in dealing with information dissimination. Watching all the channels through the incident, I almost felt as if each of media channels were too fighting with each other at this time of tragedy to report. For a moment , I even felt that the good old DD news of the 90′s would have been far better. Some points :
a) Lot of restraint while showing graphics and material that would adversaly affect children.
b) Ban ‘live Video’ reporting on emergencies. We do want news asap, but we can very well wait for a delay of an hour or two with respect to sensitive information & videos that puts the entire operation at risk.
c)Stop ‘making’ & ‘creating’ news when there are emergencies. Just report them. And do your homework before you do that.
d)Cut all those 3-D effects and glorifying background music when you report such incidents. I just sometimes think how the victims & their families feel when they hear the news of their near & dear ones dying on these channels.
e)Support the forces in whatever way you can..Even if that means reporting exactly what the authorities want you to report. Abs nothing is above the nation. This is not the time to use your reporters to gather ‘insider information’ for scoops. You can do that once the air settles.

Information dissimination in this incident has played a very important role , even in ways that we might not have yet comprehended. Right from shaping world opinion to aiding the attackers in their cowardly act. I only hope the I&B ministry comes with a clear cut charter on Do’s & don’ts by the media in such cases which is followed in spirit.

I had seen ‘The Wednesday’ . The film very clearly showed how terrorists used the media for their own gains. It’s pathetic that we never learn our lessons.

Point 2 is what we need to do. We should tell ourselves and people around “Stop Cribbing and do something however small. If you can’t just shut up and don’t demoralize people by just being a nay-sayyer.”

Priya liked the post about what all you did to raise awareness. I guess all of us should just keep doing. We don’t when the “Chaos effect” will take over.

Inspire yourself with a few words from Gita – “Do your duty lay not claim to its fruits”.

I agree on the media part with Sukumar and i would like to add that its not just tradtional media but even the new age media is sending wrong messages.

Another problem with mails/forwards,twitters,SMS is the repeated recipt of the same fowards.I mean beyond a point we stop taking them seriously an treat it as spam.So i feel there should be check it too.

One example is the the slogans displayed during the peace march in Mumbai.I got this fotos atleast 6 times from various sources.

It is a sad state of affairs when decent citizens lose hope on the government and politicians. Just goes to show the extra-ordinary efforts that politicians need to take to restore trust in the government. Maybe, the protests and marches in Mumbai and other parts of the country will be a wake-up call.

There are certain seminal events that prove to be a positive turning point in a country’s history. And I believe this could be one.

And Priya, if you think #4 through #8 is not possible, then #9 is an impossibility. Do you agree?

Ganesh