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….. says the DNA <\/strong><\/a>– not in so many words, but that is more or less the take away. Some excerpts: <\/p>\n

Come December 6, residents of Shivaji Park in Central Dadar press the panic button. Many alter their work and daily schedules, beef up security in buildings, inform schools that their children will remain absent, and literally barricade themselves inside their homes with heavy-duty locks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why. are the Dalits going to break in to the homes and do to the people in homes what is being done to them in their homes? <\/p>\n

Post-Khairlanji and the subsequent riots throughout Maharashtra, this year’s gathering is expected to attract over 20 lakh Dalits from all over the country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As the numbers swell, heart beats of Shivaji Park residents will also quicken in anticipation of the “gross” inconvenience caused during the following days.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

what is gross? And why is it in quotes – is it gross because you think that the people have no right to gather or celebrate. or is it something else? <\/p>\n

Unlike previous years, this time too a huge shamiana has been erected at the Shivaji Park grounds to house the teeming lakhs. Colleges and other places have been rented to accommodate the devotees, says Bhadant Sanghpal, in-charge of Chaityabhoomi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Was the Shamiana erected in earlier years or is it just this year. Unlike other years what is different? <\/p>\n

A majority of hotels and restaurants have decided to down shutters on December 6. According to a hotel manager, “The crowd is unruly. We expect more trouble this year as the situation is explosive. We will shut down the hotel that day.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That also makes for complete business sense -20 lakh visitors land up in your neighbourhood – and you shut down operations. HOw many hotels is this – every single one in the Shivaji Park neighbourhood or only one. <\/p>\n

Neeta Godbole, who lives close to the venue, is one of the “worst affected”. As proprietor of Neeta Godbole Classes, she decries the noise and air pollution. “There is loud music at night, people barge into buildings and dirty them, bathe in the open on the footpaths, throw food around and make life miserable for us. We cannot go out or take our cars out for fear of hitting someone. We are under house arrest all day.” According to Godbole, parents of her pupils hound her to suspend classes during this time. “We are really tired of the whole thing,” she says. “Why can’t they do something about it?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You know the funny thing is that Mumbai is a city of celebrations & gatherings. Come December last week – the roads will be jammed with cars and people trying to get to parties. Come January it is wedding season – the roads will be jammed with people and cars trying to get to weddings. Then there is the Urs in Mahim, Ganpati, Navratri, Chatt Pooja and the big baap of all cluttered events – Holi. And, I am not even including political rallies, bandhs and other forms of spontaneous expression. I haven't really seen articles that are this patronising or one sided when it comes to their reportage. Yet, when it comes to [tag]Dalits[\/tag] congregating once a year to mark the anniversary of [tag]Babasaheb Ambedkar[\/tag] – they become the teeming masses that 'gross' out the neighbourhood. <\/p>\n

I read the DNA regularly. I quite like it. But, this is a bad and biased piece of journalism – possibly influenced by the writer's own prejudices. Having said that, in this case it is not just an issue with one sided writing. I think that the editor or the sub have not really done their job in making sure that the piece is not so prejudicial.<\/p>\n

Or does this kind of reportage reflect the values of the paper?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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