Why Peshawar attack drew more outrage over Assam

[hassan zohaib]

Reasons are:
1- shining India.
Indian media especially does not bring the issues into limelight,which affect the above stated dream, because to some extent,as far as foreign policy is concerned, its and Indian establishment interests are overlapping.
2- no involvement of big players
If any of international big players were involved here then there would a lot of media time given.
3- India's influence
In international economy, influence of india matter

 

[psynic]

Has more to do with the victims' class than the attackers' religion. An year ago, some 80 random Christians were killed in an attack in a church and it didn't generate the same outrage as 16/12, did it?

 

[vegav]

I agree,both are equally brutal.But i feel going into a school and massacring kids is way more brutal.

 

[HariPrasad]

-No Kailash Sathyarthi saying take me hostage and spare the kids.
-No Malala condemning the killing of children -No hashtags like the ones we had seen during the Peshawar attack -Headlines which state outrage in Assam and not outrage in India.
-No candle light marches outside the India Gate
-No SMS campaigns on television seeking support for the victims Irony: Peshawar attack vs Assam attack

All this despite the death count in Assam shooting up to 82 of which 23 were women and 18 very innocent children whose lives were cut off even before they could even understand what this world is about. Were the victims not high profile:

The Peshawar attack was no doubt a horrific one and while we must completely condemn the killings in all possible ways, one must also not forget that what happened in Assam was nothing short of barbaric. The problem is that the victims were Advasis who do not fit the definition of the up market people. Does this incident not hurt the conscience of the so-called conscience keepers of the nation who are outraged?
Irony: Peshawar attack vs Assam attack When the Peshwar attack is took place, there were scores of hashtags supporting the victims and families. While there is no harm in raising ones' voice against meaningless violence a though ought to be spared for the children who lost their lives in Assam as well. they were as innocent as those kids in Peshawar.

More outrage during the exodus:
When there was a massive exodus two years back when students left various cities to return home there was such a major outrage across the nation. People came out in the open expressing solidarity and there were several debates condemning those who were rumour mongering in a bid to scare away these people. While every incident attempting to terrorise people needs to be condemned in a big way the idea is not to be selective while doing so. Cause is fine, but why kill? There are various explanations that have been given and the reasons explained for this attack. However under no circumstance can violence be justified whether it is killing a man, woman or child. The allegation against the tribals by the militants is that they had been supporting the security forces and hence this was one of the reasons for the attack-the other one being it was revenge. However this attack was more to demonstrate the strength of the organization which was dwindling in numbers.

An outfit which started off with 3500 people has just around 400 today. Moreover there was a new set of cadres who had come back from Myanmar after training. The intelligence says that they had to show their capability and ensure that terror is spread. Only by spreading terror can are such forces relevant. State has failed, centre needs to act: The Union Government has decided to take up this issue very seriously. It is clear that the state government has failed and even when concentrating its own security, it did so in expected areas.

Since yesterday the Assam police have been saying that they had focused on the Muslim dominated areas instead and there was hardly any presence of security personnel in the tribal belts that were hit. For the union government it is big a challenge ahead and it needs to bring all the groups under one roof and get them to talk before finding a lasting solution to the problem. The home minister will visit Assam which is under red alert and take stock of the situation before returning and discussing the issue with the Prime Minister and the National Security Advisor.
@oye_natta

Why Peshawar attack drew more outrage over Assam - Oneindia

Simply because the people killed were the enemy of those who killed them. The killers did not shoot to kill some one to whom they do not know.

 

[Tshering22]

Our private media is very insensitive and TRP centric. Money comes before ethics for them.

Because the media is govern to much freedom and everything is legitimate with 'freedom of speech'.

Once the government beings on clauses limiting the overly not required levels of media freedom, then see how these buggers fall in line.

 

[halupridol]

why no hue n cry in the level of peshawar attacks?
because rest of India is pretty much oblivious to the existence of NE,,,,rest of India feels more connected with Pakistan thn wid us,,,,,,,,how many Indians can name couple of districts from each NE state,,,,,hell,,how many even know the capitals.
apart from Assam n few towns here n there,,most of NE is still living in a diff era,,,,,,no mobile phones,,no land lines,,no courts,,no police,,,no hospitals,,no roads....
but thn these r not the "real" issues,,,,offcourse,main culprit is christian missionaries.

 

[Razia Sultana]

Because the media is govern to much freedom and everything is legitimate with 'freedom of speech'.

Once the government beings on clauses limiting the overly not required levels of media freedom, then see how these buggers fall in line.

I would not like any curtailment of freedom of speech. thats not the solution. media needs to get mature faster.

 

[Tshering22]

I would not like any curtailment of freedom of speech. thats not the solution. media needs to get mature faster.

You think they don't know the truth? They know it as well as we do. But they are PAID to write all the garbage by those entities that have vested interests.

I also love the freedom we have in India but the media, ESPECIALLY the english speaking national media must be curtailed. They are just too anti-national

 

[Razia Sultana]

You think they don't know the truth? They know it as well as we do. But they are PAID to write all the garbage by those entities that have vested interests.

I also love the freedom we have in India but the media, ESPECIALLY the english speaking national media must be curtailed. They are just too anti-national

I will agree with you except for the curtailment of english media and that they are anti national. Perhaps money is more important to them than anything.

 

[Tshering22]

I will agree with you except for the curtailment of english media and that they are anti national. Perhaps money is more important to them than anything.

Razia ji, no one is telling them to curtail what has to be spoken. But curtailing what is threatening peace in India and manufacturing news should be done.

Look at what these media channels are doing these days. TOI recently had to apologize to Sachin Tendulkar for false reporting.