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BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout
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#33Honestly, a lot of the documentary is a mixture of interviews and CCTV camera footage with a fairly even handed narrative on the top – it, by itself, isn't that shocking and certainly isn't presented in a particularly sensationalist way. I'm amazed by the reaction it has generated. Yes, there's some post-colonial history there and it doesn't look great that it's the BBC that has made it, as opposed to, say, a US or c…
Imagine saying "post-colonial history" about a massacre done by Hindu revivalist movement started and benefited most from the colonial times. This "post-colonial" term has been weaponized by RSS-BJP and plays to their advantage now. Imagine if they can raid BBC offices, what happens to normal press corps.
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#34I think I will see this now
Exactly, didn't hear about the document but henchmen of mr Modi sure know how to do a good free global PR to some hard truths being told.
I love when famous people like politicians reveal their core personality under some stressful situation, that is otherwise well hidden underneath thick layers of PR and masks of politeness. Its always, almost without an exception, a very sad view.
Tells you something about what kind of people reach top politics, manage to not only survive among similar folks but thrive. And then people wonder why less and less people vote globally, choosing between 2 rotten apples and/or potato that has seen the winter of 1912 ain't motivating enough to waste much energy.
Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout
#35'Following the searches, Gaurav Bhatia, a spokesperson from Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), described the BBC as the “most corrupt organisation in the world”.' Which just about sums up the independence of the process.
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Actually it points to the opposite, given the continued press coverage of this (in some media), the lack of confidence in him and the rising likelihood that he will have to resign. In a truly corrupt country everyone knows what happened but there is no repercussion. In the BBC, everyone knows what happened and have zero respect for him and he might have to resign. No system is perfect but the BBC & Modi's government are very, very far apart on the corruption index.
Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout
#36I guess at this point I should believe the points made in the documentary. The reaction to it speaks volumes.
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Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout
#37I Germany normal people get raided by a SWAT Team if they write "[Politician X] is a penis" on Twitter[1] and this was just some 3 grade local politician.
So I guess this amount of corruption between politicians and police is available to all politicians in germany not just PMs which seems much more fair.
[1] https://www.nw.de/nachrichten/nachrichten/23086941_Aufschrei...
Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout
#38Readers should note that right now there is a huge wave of cultural-political idea exchange happening in India. Almost all institutions part of this cultural wave and defaming a central figure in that narrative can be bad. It is quite expected something like this as that Documentary came out of nowhere.
Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout
#39Honestly, a lot of the documentary is a mixture of interviews and CCTV camera footage with a fairly even handed narrative on the top – it, by itself, isn't that shocking and certainly isn't presented in a particularly sensationalist way. I'm amazed by the reaction it has generated. Yes, there's some post-colonial history there and it doesn't look great that it's the BBC that has made it, as opposed to, say, a US or c…
>policemen beating up (usually female) students with canes because they've had the audacity to protest, it can't help make you think. Tbf, having seen the COVID lockdown footage of how they would beat up even larger businessmen in suits with their canes, I can't say I am surprised. It is quite an insane sight for anyone outside the culture.
In Punjab, during Covid lockdown Police made people crawl on all fours on national highways for violation of curfew orders. Assaulted people with lathis (cane-charge, another colonial rule legacy). And then newspapers here write every year about infamous "crawling order" passed by Gen. Dyer before the Jallianwala Massacre.
Re: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout
#40Honestly, a lot of the documentary is a mixture of interviews and CCTV camera footage with a fairly even handed narrative on the top – it, by itself, isn't that shocking and certainly isn't presented in a particularly sensationalist way. I'm amazed by the reaction it has generated. Yes, there's some post-colonial history there and it doesn't look great that it's the BBC that has made it, as opposed to, say, a US or c…
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