India. The Modi Question (2023)
BBC Documentary (2 episodes)
Around the late 1990s, when I was working in Johor Bahru, I enjoyed the BBC worldwide service radio transmissions from Singapore. At that time, what appears to be an alternate universe to think of it now, their discussions were fair and extensive and looked at topics from all angles. Undoubtedly, their fundamental role in modern society has been exposed over the years. Their reporting of the elusive Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq and their many shenanigans are now open secrets. Their job is to be a tool of the US and a lap dog of the military-industrial complex.
A testimony of their rumour-mongering duty is this 2 part BBC documentary. It is an obvious case of biased reporting and ridiculing the choice of the citizens of the world's biggest democracy. Even though the BJP returned the votes with a more significant majority the second time around through what is deemed a fair election, the West cannot fathom the nation they once thought would disintegrate soon after its Independence.
At a time when Europe was in Dark Age, India and China ruled the world. The West stirred from slumber during the Era of Enlightenment, distorted the world order then, and exerted their will over the rest. With so many mischief and arm-twisting manoeuvres, they claimed dominance over the rest. They determined the world narrative and laid the foundation for how everybody should think. This was essentially the order of the day for a good millennium. At least, this is what the current generation is made to believe.
The 20th century saw the turn of the tide of the status quo. The colonised have been jolted off their ignorance. They are eager to reclaim their place in the world order. But the former colonial masters will not take this loss of stature lying down. They are going to put up a fight tooth and nail. BBC, CNN, Al-Jazeera, and other western media outlets quickly prance and sink their claws at former colonies where it hurts most.
2024 is an important year for India. It is when the nation goes to the polls. The world knows the sun has been shining bright on these so-called third-world countries. Economics is a zero-sum game. Profitability on one end means a loss on the other. A strong India is not healthy for the West. Hence, the rapaciousness to run down India and Modi, whose party is pipped to come out victorious in the next polls.
BBC selectively picks up internal problems within the world's most populous nation and puts a religious angle to them. It paints a picture of blood-hungry Hindus dying to sink their teeth into the jugular of the Muslims. The Muslims are portrayed as pitiful victims, never retaliating or casting the first stone in any calamity. An internal problem like the arbitration of Article 370 in India-controlled is made an international issue. The justice system is painted as tainted and working to the puppet strings of Modi. They make a mountain about the 2002 Gujerat riot, accusing Modi of being the master conspirator. To give legality to their presentation, the BBC had sourced the services of Indian sepoys like Arundhati Roy and leftist academicians from the UK.
Come to think of it, the Western Media is just doing what they had been doing all this while, bending public perception and skewing their way of thinking to benefit the West. Voice of America (VOA) was doing the same under the guise of being the voice of the free world.
BBC selectively picks up internal problems within the world's most populous nation and puts a religious angle to them. It paints a picture of blood-hungry Hindus dying to sink their teeth into the jugular of the Muslims. The Muslims are portrayed as pitiful victims, never retaliating or casting the first stone in any calamity. An internal problem like the arbitration of Article 370 in India-controlled is made an international issue. The justice system is painted as tainted and working to the puppet strings of Modi. They make a mountain about the 2002 Gujerat riot, accusing Modi of being the master conspirator. To give legality to their presentation, the BBC had sourced the services of Indian sepoys like Arundhati Roy and leftist academicians from the UK.
Come to think of it, the Western Media is just doing what they had been doing all this while, bending public perception and skewing their way of thinking to benefit the West. Voice of America (VOA) was doing the same under the guise of being the voice of the free world.
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