Vishal Dadlani files Petition for Change
Our Vishal Dadlani has filed a petition - Support him Friends!!
Courtesy: bollywoodhungama/By Joginder Tuteja, December 2, 2008 - 15:23 IST
"I have been mighty upset ever since the Mumbai terror attack. The disappointment is not just for those ghastly three days that I spent in front of TV but also the activities around me that have been taking place ever since then", says a visibly disturbed Vishal Dadlani who is now filing a petition for CHANGE.
"It is good to see us venting our frustration through blogs, SMSes and other means. However, I want people to stand up for the cause and do something about it as well. This is why I am filing a petition for CHANGE. I am addressing media here. I think that in the absence of responsible self-censorship, the media must be instructed to act in a particular manner, as required by on-ground reality."
For this purpose, he has opened a website www.smallchange.in through which he is calling people to sign a petition that aims at inviting a change in the way electronic media operates in such times of National distress and emergency.
He says, "Just like the rest of the world, I saw our local Police try to figure things out, I watched our valiant Officers Karkare, Salaskar and Kamte arrive, and almost immediately, lose their lives. I saw the NSG and Marcos arrive and started to watch each step of their operation, when suddenly, realization dawned! Over the next thirty or forty hours, I watched, helpless and frustrated, as our very own electronic media did things that seemed blatantly wrong to me. What they were broadcasting in the name of the news, were in fact the exact operational procedures, locations, and actions of our anti-insurgency forces! Minute-by-minute!"
Vishal goes on to put forth the following questions:
1. Is it acceptable to us that what should have been a classified operation, was in fact an open book? Are we fine with the fact that terrorists inside the besieged buildings could have had real-time access to the same news channels that we did, thus giving them complete and thorough information about the actions of our forces?
2. Whether it’s correct, both morally and legally, for a TV channel to broadcast to the Nation, an alleged live phone call, purportedly from one of the terrorists?
3. Some TV channels also had "live-and-direct" phone conversations with guests within the hotels, in which the said guests divulge their locations and room numbers. I can’t see the point, or the newsworthiness of this.
In his Petition to the High Court of Mumbai, he is also looking at the Hon’ble Court calling for the complete and unedited footage from all TV News Channels broadcasting the attacks ‘live’, starting from 9:30pm on Wednesday 26th November 2008 and until the morning of Saturday the 29th November 2008.
"I urge more and more people to come forward and be with me in this initiative. Please visit www.smallchange.in to read the full text of the Petition and sign there to support the cause. I am willing to drive this initiative to the fullest and promise to go to Court as and when it is required. I don’t want the voice to die down", concludes Vishal.
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I am not able to open this site so i will try later on.
I am upset with two things,
insufficient and careless security system and the political drama which is still going on.
even i am not able to open the link.. actually for me it opens blank page. i hope they get it fixed soon.
vishal.. i am with you and i wholeheartedly agree with everything you say.
it is our fight and we all together will fight this out. enough is enough and enough to bad rubbish.. right now its time to act so that we dont see any such dreadful day ever again.
its so amazing that small terror groups can come and do such disgusting stuff.. its time we all get together and wipe them out forever. all terror groups need to die. i hope entire India wakes up to take action against evil forces together. its also really disgusting to see some of our own people pointing at indians and dividing the unity.. its high time they grow up!!
same here. unable to open the site.
Kudos to VIshal, We need people like him to stand up like this!!! God BLess!
we need more & more ppl like ‘vishal’….
unless & untill evry indiviual becomes socially responsible & aware abt his duties and responsibilites,its vry difficult to think abt betterment of society…..
its b’coz we always wait & expect others to get the job done.
Hello Vishalji,
I totally undersand the frustration.
Since we are unable to open the link, we are not able to do the needful to support the cause.
ThanQ for taking the initiative.
Best wishes…Suroma
Great initiative Vishal. I wish you goodluck and hope we have more and more people like u.
Me also facing the same problem, can’t open.
Vishal very good job. We are all with you…..
The shooter got gold in olympics is getting 1 crore from the govt. But the same govt. is giving only 5 lacks to the brave people who died while fighting with bloddy terrorists( who are not at all human beings)………….
Theese politicians are ready to increase the salary of mps’ ministers’ & all….. But when the army men who is saving our country are asking for increase in their salary ………
You all know what happened ………….
This hurts alot all of us…. so sad.
the site is up and running…
Praveen you are right, now im able to open.
i still cant
it show blank page
Signed….the site is working, if it doesn’t work for u…try again later, its just slow due to the overwhelming response
signed!!!
friends i hope you too have signed the petition.. also forward it in all your friends circle.