Those who died that bleak evening were people from all walks n strata of society. Some were lone bread earners, some were the only child, some were doting parents... On top of it, we print an article relating only to the wealthy Diamond Merchants who perished?
Bravo Rediff! This is the least that can be expected. A tragedy of multifold magnitude has hit Mumbai once again. It has done in the past n will keep on encoring in the future. Thanx to our infertile politicos n leaders. And for that matter, our people's mentalities as well.
Instead, I think we should have gone to the middle n lower stratas as well n shared their woes, sorrows. That would have been more befitting. Are glitter n halo the only existing aspects for consideration in life?
RE:The diamond merchants...
by Rajeev on Jul 16, 2006 04:54 PM Permalink
Dear Prashanth, It seems that you are one of those guys who react to headlines & book titles rather than read the full stuff b4 blurting out your well phrased vocabularies!! Read the paragraph..."But none of these folk were the hotshot diamond merchants .... Freelance brokers -- like the 15 who tragically perished on 7/11 -- are the foot-soldiers of the trade. ........Others, without passes, do their trade right on the street. "They probably earn Rs 8,000 to Rs 12,000 a month. They often carry their diamonds tucked in packets even when they travel on the train.....Their income does not afford them the fancy flats in Malabar Hill here so many successful diamond merchants live. ....-- live in very modest homes from Goregaon, northwest Mumbai, and Virar, a satellite township of Mumbai, and commute on the local train into Mumbai every day. Some of them share flats and leave their families back in Gujarat. .....Work finishes at about 6 pm and they climb onto trains headed to the suburbs from Charni Road station and that was how 15 of them became casualties on Tuesday. Whether it be the glitter n glamour or rags, lives are lives too precious to be lost.
RE:The diamond merchants...
by vasu on Jul 17, 2006 11:54 AM Permalink
Nobody would have thought on your lines. You have stressed upon appropriate strong words the responsibility that media holds to the safety of the society. It is high time that media starts to view things in all aspects and then write stories.
