what is real and what is not. what is true and what is not. these are two permanent questions i have in mind. Today i saw something which was hard for me to beleave. I saw some Tibetians protesting for their right and freedom. All of a sudden polices comes and start talking to them and with in a span of 15 mins they started beating them up. They were dragging them all over, putting them into buses. They did not cared who is it girls, guys, women. they were just pushing them and dragging them. When some of them actually said leave us we will go home. But even then they did not let them go.
I failed to understand what was it? when everything could have been sorted out calmly then why it all happened. May be because some people wanted to make it big. May be because some big people wanted it look attractive and appealing to the audience. I do not know.
But yes! this was my first such experience and i was thrilled by what all happen. I also understood the importance of a photographer. For good or for bad, i don't know but yes photographers do play a very important role.
It is the poilitics of fear, of alliances, past present & future. I am curious to know, how did this incident make you realise the importance of photography?
ReplyDeleteyeahh as i see such hard things happening around me...may be i was not very much disturbed but yes it was something i never experience before. but after coming home as i was checking my Facebook i saw one photograph from that protest only where a 28 year guy burnt himself. the photographers there were only taking the photograph they were not really helping him out but that was the need of the moment.but the general audience did not understood and started criticizing the photographer but they all forgot that they know something like that happened only because some photographer captured it.... so its not easy to be a photographer but i think its an important job one has to do.
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