Lovely piece and wonderfully insightful. I had a question- do you think that the media’s non coverage of the ‘common man’ and issues relating to working conditions and rehabilitation is because of its nationalistic nature or more so for its middle class values and markets which privileges national pride over rural migrant labourers?
I think, the media, though screechy and sensational at times, has played a largely salutary role in highlighting the deficiencies throughout. The fact that it chose to highlight some more than others may not be its failing or a product of its nationalism as much as it is a failing of middle class India itself and what it judges as its priorities today. Which is I think a larger question that will confront us time and again in the years to come. I’m not a great fan of the Indian mainstream media, but I think the CWG is one occasion when we should blame ourselves much more.