The day I heard about the sudden announcement of Pratibha Patil’s candidature, I surfed all the Hindi channels for more news about her. Her candidature was not important news for any of the prime-time bulletins. One leading channel had a special programme on how Rampur ka nawab was caught distributing sewing machines. There was a promo for a special programme on wife swapping. My mother shared my frustration: “ab to khabar ki channel par bhi khabar nahin dikhate”. I thought of SP once again and wondered if Hindi television would still show all this if he was still around?
The writer is a political scientist at CSDS, New Delhi
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