BREAKING THE CHAKRAVYUH
LT
COL NOEL ELLIS
16/IV/2022
These days we get a
concentrated dose of ‘acid’ poured right in one’s skull the moment you flick
channels to watch the news. It reminds me of a combination of acids which was
called ‘aqua-regia’. Once our Chemistry teacher taught us how to make it, we would
pour it on everything metallic in the Chemistry lab. That is how toxic the mind
can become if one continues watching these news channels. Many of you would
suggest to stop watching them, but then how could one miss out on the
‘Mahabharat’ or ‘Maha-Ukraine-Yudh’ that they churn up nonstop.
‘Air raid sirens’
start blowing as they speak. For God’s sake Miss, you got to run and take
cover, but then she doles out that never ending commentary as to Why Putin
doesn’t listen to anyone & why Ukraine is in a mess etc. Please understand
that Putin is a bachelor and Zelensky is married and has too many cooks who
spoiled his broth.
Newsreaders catch
hold of a phrase and repeat it till your mind explodes. ‘Vacuum Bomb’ was one
and now there is one which sunk the Russian Warship. A missile called
‘Neptune’. The anchor would not know the difference between a ‘Bomb and a
Pataka’ but would strafe the viewers with a constant barrage of ‘gobbledygook’.
Some do look like one.
Then there are
these reporters on ground who pant as if they have just finished a marathon
run. Some of them are ‘veterans’ of the civilian kind. This is how they report
with a helmet and a bullet proof jacket on. “Let me (pant-pant) show you the
street (pant) light which was (pant-pant) hit by a Russian ““‘dobre utra’
missile” (pant-pant). As we (pant) see a Ukrainian soldier (pant-pant) guarding
the team which is trying to repair (pant-pant) it. Notwithstanding the swishing
sounds, drum beats and musical effects of a horror movie they add.
Some of them fly in
and fly out of the warzone to dole out horror stories. One of them reached
there prematurely, do you know why? Because she anticipated the war would
happen. What happened then? War did not happen. Why did she come back? The
channel could not afford the expenses of her prolonged stay. Will she go again?
I doubt, as too many reporters covering the war zone have occupied all
accommodation. Sometimes both Putin and Zelensky get confused about who is
their actual enemy.
Putin of course is
tuned in to Indian news channels, as that is from where he comes to know the
places which are hit, number of casualties of both men and equipment and the
exact location till where they have advanced. There is no way his Generals can
“pill”. One of them got sacked as he reported something else whereas the Indian
channel was claiming them to be elsewhere.
With missiles and
rockets flying left right and centre, reminds me of the 1988 Mahabharat serial.
How we loved to watch one arrow turning into multiple arrows and then a counter
from the other side. We could watch it all day. In between there would be a
lull in the battle where they would nurse their battle casualties and count the
horses and chariots destroyed, like today our reporters show us live pictures
of equipment strewn along the road.
One used to enjoy
when the focus of the war used to shift to the foot soldiers during the serial.
There would be chaos, people running helter-skelter, soldiers slashing dummy
swords at each other. Their Senapati’s watching from a distance sitting on
elephants, like how the US is looking at this war.
In between this,
chaos in Pakistan happened. We felt the Ukraine war had finished. One thing
which did bother me, that except for discussing and showing the proceedings of
Pak Parliament live, none of our news reporters went to Pakistan to commentate
on the demolition of IM live. Probably the channels had run out of reporters,
as most of them were deputed to Ukraine.
Of course, there
were a few who would invite Pakistani panellists and dispense all anger and
frustration on them, as if Pakistan would surrender unconditionally to India
during that very debate. Even if the nation didn’t want to know, we were force
fed his thoughts.
Today even the
‘cobbler’ at the end of the street knows that wheat is being supplied all
around the world from India. Crude prices are affecting the budget of the
common man because there is a war on. He understands UN & NATO are as
useless as his removed appendix.
It is very
difficult to get out of this news channel ‘gauntlet’ unless we develop immunity
or we manufacture new weapon systems called ‘Saturn’ or ‘Pluto’. Is there any
other method to break their “Chakravyuh”? I wonder!!!!!!!!!!
JAI HIND
© NOEL ELLIS
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