Continued from my previous post - some perspectives

The point which I am trying to drive here is that if Indian media in general behaves in a non discriminatory fashion, it would be easier to establish just and fair society. However by indulging in witch hunt in some cases while deliberately ignoring others, the media is making a mockery of itself. Any form of intolerance and hatred is a curse to the civil society and media should not filter out or highlight incidents based on their own bias. Any such attempt creates more polarization and hostility because everybody can perceive unfairness and lack of objectivity in evaluating current situation. Several cases in points had been in the past that of banning of "The Vinci Code" movie in response to protests from some religious groups, banning of "Satanic Verses" and the death threat to Salman Rushdie, banning of some websites because apparently they treaded on sentiments of specific communities etc. In all such cases media at best played a passive role, at worst tried justifying the same. However in case of similar incidents committed by so called Hindutva groups, media was more scathing.
Ms. Taslima Nasrin's case is particularly disturbing because the brazen manner in which she was attacked, ostracized and packed in a flight by Indian Government shows the nefarious designs of fundamentalists and a weak Government which kowtows to the hoodlums and  hatred mongers because of compulsions of vote bank politics. Media was watching like Dhritarastra in Mahabharata. Question is - How long?