There is something very disturbing about media houses falling over each other to sanitize the image of Rahul Mahajan. For someone who indulged in an orgy of excesses, with his father’s urn lying in the next room, and who ended up in hospital OD’ing on some narcotic or the other, and in whose party someone lost their life - Rahul Mahajan seems to be treated not as someone who fucked up beyond measure but as a poor lost boy.

The Financial Express tells us that Rahul Mahajan is off to Seychelles on his honeymoon - the FE not page 3 of the ToI. The Bombay Times shows us Rahul Mahajan getting a Rakhi tied on his hand by his sister The BT today carries an interview on Rahul, his life and his take on his uncle.

Any where else in the world, the media does not make excuses for people charged of crimes. While there are many who will argue that drugs should not be banned - and it is a view that i don’t disagree with - for now narcotics is illegal. Lobby to change the law, instead of making a law breaker into a role model. The same happened with Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Fardeen Khan, Sunjay Dutt, Salman Khan - the message that the Indian media is putting out is so long as you are attractive and glamourous, it is ok for you to break the law, and even be caught breaking it. And oh don’t worry, if you break the law and are caught, for the right amount we will set about whitewashing your image. I hope that media houses are getting paid and paid well for this kind of a whitewash job. I would hate to think that journalists and editors were abandoning the basic principals of good & responsible journalism for free.

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