Sunday is the time for confessions, reflection and resolutions. So let’s indulge and see what we come up with!
Media Games: Who’s made the most of l’affaire Undavalli? Nah, not Congress! TV9 and Andhra Jyoti! The channel and the publication allotted too many hours / columns for the issue and kept it live. We learned that a week before Undavalli’s PC in Delhi, Ravi Prakash and Vemuri Radhakrishna were summoned to CM’s office by KVP. They were given wind of the bombshell that Undavalli dropped on Ramoji. YSR knew that without their support the issue would end up being a damp squib, drowned in the counter blitzkrieg by Eenadu and Etv. So, YSR sought their support, and they promised, each for different reasons. Eenadu’s articles exposing the purposelessness of SEZs has hurt Ravi Prakash for his management is an interested party! Vemuri’s Andhra Jyothi which was leading over Eenadu in demonizing the YSR government was beaten hollow when Eenadu had Peddala Gaddala special. Vemuri had to do something quick to be one up again. Eenadu would become a soft target for him if Ramoji’s credibility gets weakened. He was more than willing to help. You know the results! Andhra Jyoti has certainly benefited. Reports say Jyoti's circulation spurted post the Margadarsi episode. If you'd noticed, post the Margadarsi issue, Andhra Jyoti has also slackened its anti-government reportage!! Eenadu, reports from a few districts say, is witnessing fall in retail sales of the paper — alarm bells again for Ramoji!
Presenting news, Eenadu way: Noticed the big, er mega font Eenadu used for Volkswagen deciding to set shop outside Andhra? Boy, the paper seems to take sadistic pleasure in AP losing out on the prestigious project! In this it sees an opportunity at hitting YSR! The big font almost looks like evil dance… karaala nrutyam… Illu Kaaali okadu yedustunte.. suttaku nippu adiginatlu… heartless and shameful!
TD leader’s killing: Unidentified assailants killed TD leader in Kurnool district Vaikuntam and his wife. English media reported police version that prime suspects is Vaikuntam’s sister. Her son was murdered sometime ago and Vaikuntam’s sons are the accused in the case. It’s a clear case of family feud. The sister too is a TD supporter. Eenadu and Andhra Jyoti don’t mention these details and make it look like a killing of TD leader by Congressmen! And Ramoji boasts of being wedded to truth!
We have more to say, on Eenadu’s new strategy of news focus and treatment. We will spare that for tomorrow.
Vemuri’s double game: As already discussed, Vemuri went into an overdrive over Undavalli-Margadarsi affair and reaped the benefits. But the man himself would want to be seen as impartial. So, he penned that Page One Signed editorial of his (Nov 11) that said the stringer in him is still alive, even after becoming the MD. He got the lead at the bottom! The editorial continued into Page 2 and interestingly, the Page One part (in colour and bigger font), was laced with insinuations against YSR and the continued portion (B&W, regular font) raised valid and more pertinent points that ought to be said at the outset. Vemuri, who attempted to inflict maximum damage on Margadarsi with his Special Analytical report that suggested depositors should withdraw monies from the company on Day One of l’affaire Undavalli, expressed profound concern for their welfare in his editorial. However, the paper continued its dose of 200-font headlined stories that had potential of triggering panic among depositors! Vemuri, you can’t have your cake and eat it too!
Media Games: Who’s made the most of l’affaire Undavalli? Nah, not Congress! TV9 and Andhra Jyoti! The channel and the publication allotted too many hours / columns for the issue and kept it live. We learned that a week before Undavalli’s PC in Delhi, Ravi Prakash and Vemuri Radhakrishna were summoned to CM’s office by KVP. They were given wind of the bombshell that Undavalli dropped on Ramoji. YSR knew that without their support the issue would end up being a damp squib, drowned in the counter blitzkrieg by Eenadu and Etv. So, YSR sought their support, and they promised, each for different reasons. Eenadu’s articles exposing the purposelessness of SEZs has hurt Ravi Prakash for his management is an interested party! Vemuri’s Andhra Jyothi which was leading over Eenadu in demonizing the YSR government was beaten hollow when Eenadu had Peddala Gaddala special. Vemuri had to do something quick to be one up again. Eenadu would become a soft target for him if Ramoji’s credibility gets weakened. He was more than willing to help. You know the results! Andhra Jyoti has certainly benefited. Reports say Jyoti's circulation spurted post the Margadarsi episode. If you'd noticed, post the Margadarsi issue, Andhra Jyoti has also slackened its anti-government reportage!! Eenadu, reports from a few districts say, is witnessing fall in retail sales of the paper — alarm bells again for Ramoji!
Presenting news, Eenadu way: Noticed the big, er mega font Eenadu used for Volkswagen deciding to set shop outside Andhra? Boy, the paper seems to take sadistic pleasure in AP losing out on the prestigious project! In this it sees an opportunity at hitting YSR! The big font almost looks like evil dance… karaala nrutyam… Illu Kaaali okadu yedustunte.. suttaku nippu adiginatlu… heartless and shameful!
TD leader’s killing: Unidentified assailants killed TD leader in Kurnool district Vaikuntam and his wife. English media reported police version that prime suspects is Vaikuntam’s sister. Her son was murdered sometime ago and Vaikuntam’s sons are the accused in the case. It’s a clear case of family feud. The sister too is a TD supporter. Eenadu and Andhra Jyoti don’t mention these details and make it look like a killing of TD leader by Congressmen! And Ramoji boasts of being wedded to truth!
We have more to say, on Eenadu’s new strategy of news focus and treatment. We will spare that for tomorrow.
Vemuri’s double game: As already discussed, Vemuri went into an overdrive over Undavalli-Margadarsi affair and reaped the benefits. But the man himself would want to be seen as impartial. So, he penned that Page One Signed editorial of his (Nov 11) that said the stringer in him is still alive, even after becoming the MD. He got the lead at the bottom! The editorial continued into Page 2 and interestingly, the Page One part (in colour and bigger font), was laced with insinuations against YSR and the continued portion (B&W, regular font) raised valid and more pertinent points that ought to be said at the outset. Vemuri, who attempted to inflict maximum damage on Margadarsi with his Special Analytical report that suggested depositors should withdraw monies from the company on Day One of l’affaire Undavalli, expressed profound concern for their welfare in his editorial. However, the paper continued its dose of 200-font headlined stories that had potential of triggering panic among depositors! Vemuri, you can’t have your cake and eat it too!
Celebrating the Rich: Not long ago one American daily that discussed the contrasting realities of dazzling prosperity and abject poverty in today’s India titled the piece: India: One nation, two planets! Well said. The news of Andhrawala GMR making to the list of India’s Rich, ignites the same thoughts. Andhra Pradesh aptly fits the description of being one place with two worlds. We see an extremely small club of people adding wealth at a stunning pace while a huge section of populace suffer the tyranny of poverty. Suicides by farmers continue unabated. Indigent families in Anantapur have found a way of making the ends meet — husband and wife together hit the highways, husband solicits customers for his wife, mostly truck drivers. Theirs is not a shameless act but a helpless one — no means of income and kids to feed at home. Hyderabad is a knowledge capital but farmers run into debts because, in the absence of hydrological guidance, they dig multiple bores and end up with dry pumps. Hyderabad is health care capital but hundreds of tribals in Agency die of malaria and unidentified diseases, all unaccounted deaths. The anomalies are several and as striking as black-and-white combination. Yet, gloom shall not be reason to ignore success! Let’s celebrate GMR’s success. (Suggested reading: A tale of two Indias, The Guardian Wednesday April 5, 2006; http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,1746948,00.html)
Who’s Grandhi? BTW, who’s this GMR?. Till recently he was an unknown quantity. Today, he stands tall after beating Goliath Ambani, both in corridors of power and in the portals of justice. Like Ramoji, he too is a self-made man, built a business empire after odd jobs in the beginning, maintains a low profile and has unlimited ambition! But that’s an uncharitable comparison at this happy hour. So let’s leave it at that!
3 comments:
Hey Vikram, I think u r either Congress Supporter or Ramoji's hater. Your articles always criticize badly about Ramoji and Eenadu group. Get a life dude..!!
i do read your posts regularly. but somehow i felt "celebrating the rich" sounded more of a hypocrite's note. somebody rightly said, charity begins at home. i strongly feel, one need not be filthy rich to take up charity, nor does it mean a wealthy person should mandatorily do some charity work. why point a finger at others in this aspect? better we question ourselves about our contribution:-)
p.s.: it's just an opinion. no offense meant.
cheers
sunitha
Write more, more and more on Ramoji, the Hitler of the Telugu media. Eenadu office and Ramoji film city are nothing but gas chambers. There must be atleast three bits every day on Ramoji's group. your comment on Ramoji and Ram are simply supurb. We, at Eenadu, started discussing the blog. go ahead. Cheers
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