Relief at last!
Relief at last !
Good news for you folks!
The ubiquitous Bhai has been finally nailed! No, no it is not the D’Bhai whom Bharat sarkar is pursuing! I mean our own B’ Bhai whose cherubic mug used to stare at you from the front page of the oldest Oriya daily, almost every other day!
How the mighty fall! Bhai has been securely ejected out of the venerable institution which he had almost destroyed by his venality. Now he has been assigned a noble task! Relief and charity! You shall now see Bhai wading through muddy slush during the annual floods generously handing out dhotis and saris to the needy. Hope the fat slob gets washed away by the swirling waters of the Mahanadi on one of his relief trips!
If you remember folks, a few weeks back, he was the most sought after chief guest for every gathering. The hosts pushed and shoved each other to stand next to Bhai for that much treasured photograph which would announce to the world that they also knew Bhai! Forget the half educated netas! I have seen highly qualified doctors and professors standing before Bhai hands folded in abject supplication to seek his blessings!
I had the misfortune to listen to a couple of his hoary speeches. Beyond thanking his hosts and praising their efforts for organizing the function, the cretin had little else to expound. What else could he say with his pea sized brains ? Wonder if he can even write a single page of error free Oriya prose!
Phew, what a relief for us! During the last five years, Bhai reigned with an iron or rather steel hand, making the high and mighty dance like puppets. The moment, a politico was made a minister, visiting two places was fait accompli! He had to see Lord Jagannath by choice and Bhai by compulsion to pay his obeisance! His career would be doomed from day one if he failed to salaam him. Who could dare to defy Bhai’s terrifying pack of hacks?
During his golden days, Bhai was surrounded by his unsavoury cronies. The dumb sona wallah cum hotelier turned editor of the free hand out colour weekly, the half literate and unctuous Chancellor, the sleazy real estate tycoon of Cuttack, everyone sung his praises at the daily durbar!
Bhai and his chum, the racketeering Chancellor together zoomed off to Sri Lanka for their much needed fake doctorates so that they could claim that they did their Ph.d in a foreign university!
Bhai’s popularity travelled beyond the shores of Utkala. He wangled an invitation from the Oriya Society of Americas, thinking himself to be some kind of astute ambassador of the state!
During his reign, Bhai ensured that his paper’s editor who is the grand old man’s daughter had to plead to him, even if she wanted the office car to visit Bhubaneswar. He dismembered the entire coterie of trusted baristha sambadikas of the daily who had once upon a time enjoyed unfettered access to the corridors of power. It was pitiable the way he made them grovel like emasculated poodles! Bhai’s awesome moves made everyone pee in their trousers! It was understandable since any day, they could be unceremoniously chucked out.
Bhai’s total take is supposed to be well over 30 crores! Must say the bandit did really prosper, if you remember his past when his first chore in the morning was to wash the Vice President’s car. With his meagre driver’s salary, he could barely manage to save enough to help his impoverished family back home at Mayurbhanj.
Bhai did blaze a terrific path of success, which is shockingly possible only in the land of Kalinga. What else do you expect in a place where mediocrity rules supreme?
posted by Kalinga Sandha at
9:46 AM
25 Comments:
Come on guys
U dont have a topics beyound Mr braja bhai and Achut samanta,writs some thing about ours poor papu and other bunch who are looting our state,this time u have a poor test,try some thing great.
Bye
This is only one Bhai...but why do u forget abt the other two? S bhai and T bhai. All these people who are at the helm of activities in oriya papers are nothing but pimps. They use the papers only for politics...no other motive.
What abt the bosses at english papers' BBSR edition? Any details abt Mr. kar and Mr. Satpathy?
That was some writing on bhais.But you did forget about the smaller bhais hanging on to the bigger bhais ba...,the D bhai at bhubaneswar,who thought himself to be more powerfull than B bhai at one point of time now languishing and drinking away for glory in cuttack club.Hope to hear more about him from you.
Journo of lesser gods.
yes journo of lesser gods is right this b bhai abd d bhai [deba mishra ]at one point of time had plans of a coup,they treated everybody with contempt.we will be happy if you can expose this d bhai and his palatial building at cuttack.
Advetorial- the famous and profitable innovation by Times Of India seems becoming popular among Oriya sites also. Came across this piece on Naidu classes in www.odisha.com.
Looks like a paid interview...
Bhaina...any dope?
Thanks folks for all your comments!
Yes I do agree that S-Bhai and T- Bhai run papers just because they want to be in politics.
In fact, the way T-Bhai jumped parties just before the last general polls for the Lok Sabha would put any monkey to shame! Without his famous bite, he is just a harmless lapdog, happy licking the Queen's smelly feet!
The S-Bhai's paper is normally a mouthpiece for Congress but of one faction. He shamelessly uses the paper to hit the other factions of the party whenever he feels necessary.
The tour guide turned deputy resident editor of the English daily SK -Bhai is our own Sakti Kapoor. He has a terrible reputation with the fair ones. Known to drool whenever he sights any female below 40 years of age.
Usually,lunges at the young female reporters in his office after he returns sozzled from the famous watering hole which claims to be proud to be in Orissa! Many a promising lady reporter had to abort their careers due to Bhai's shameless attempts!
SK Bhai was involved in a case at Kolkata when he attempted to paw a Bong lassie during a meet.Almost got locked up by the police but saved himself by falling at her feet and begging mercy!
Bhai is also well known for his tansfer and posting trade, since he hobnobs with top babus at the watering hole. Wonder from where he gets the moolah to maintain his luxurious lifestyle,since he draws a dog's salary from his stingy paper.
Sometimes,Bhai does put up ridiculous centre page write ups. Invariably, these impulsive brainwaves strike him, if he is served stale food in the train or the BMC fails to lift garbage near his house!
Otherwise,the paper has degenerated to being a mouthpiece for publicity seeking babus. Usually you will find soft handout news reports about the number of BPL cards distributed or the review meet held by a district collector of a nondescript mofussil district. Boring interviews of local corporate honchos and their business plans are usually given prime space.
Hard news is shockingly absent and understandbly when you have a randy DRE like him who only opens his eyes when he sees female flesh!
Bhai does needs to lock up his s-drive in a Godrej safe if he wants to keep out of trouble!
Otherwise, I shall beg the paikas to take out their rusty swords to castrate Bhai, if we want the safety of his office gals. Then his only option will be to join the Queen's race for his kicks! Ha! Ha!
On the other hand, the Bhaina who works for the largest circulated English daily of Orissa does not have any vices I know of. A strict teetotaller and family man, he commands respect in the government as well as the public and never hesitates to carry hard hitting stories in his paper.
Must say, he has suffered for his fearless reporting since some renegade babus abuse him when he hits their interests!
Bhaina does encourage his stringers from the districts to file off track stories as well. Hats off to him!
Re : Advertorials
The sad thing is that we do not have a good consumer movement in the state. It is an insult to the rights of the reader to be forced to read advertisements on the front page itself with the same font and style as news.
At the end of the piece you will find "advertorial" printed in microscopic letters. Sometimes, there is not a single column of news in the first page. Only a full page ad. This is condemnable!
We have paid money to read news in a newspaper, not see the advs. Ofcourse, they may carry ads to ofset the cost of the paper, but they should not depicted deceptively in a manner in which the reader's precious time is lost by reading it involuntarily, thinking it to be news.
Somebody should complain to the Press Council as to how much space should be devoted in a paper to ads.
Secondly, it should be made mandatory that no ads other than ear corner pieces should be carried in the front and back pages of the newspaper.
As readers we should protest to the management, most of whom are in the trade to earn money and not do journalism.
Bhaina
another example of advetorial in oriya media
http://orissasambad.com/othernews.asp?otn=5127
Kalinga Sandha must be out of his mind when he gives a clean chit to the other Bhaina (not SK , but the journo of the other English daily).
I presume Sandha is talking of Ram Ram Satpathy.
But is he a fearless non-compromising journo as Sandha claims?
Ram Ram stays in a government bunglow...Press Council clearly says thats a favour.
Ram Ram has also taken a government plot from the minister's quota. He paid Rs 3 lacs. The market value of the plot now is Rs 15 lacs.
So does all this make him a great journo who reports without fear or favour?
C'mon Sandha. Dont be delusional. This Bhaina of yours could be a shade better than the crappy SK. But he his no saint either.
To last Anon,
Thanks for the dope. Plz don't expect KS to know everything on this earth.
Honestly,was unaware of this, but did know that he lives in govt. digs.
Since almost everyone lives in govt. acco., thought that is one thing unworthy of mention.
However, he does work for a mainstream English daily unlike some who are pure racketeers without any paper even!
Agreed he is not a saint if he has licked the sarkari cream!
Dear Sandha
living in government quarter for a journo is no ordinary a thing. it actually signals the beginning of their end.....ethics are given a quiet burial and professional integrity is compromised beyond repair.
Press Council of India has repeatedly said so. So have well meaning national editors.
Journos, for that matter, have no business to stay in government quarters.
Being recepient of government favours, the journos truly cannot claim to be unbiased or fearless.
Some do pretend however to be uncompromising..like our Ram Ram Satpathy bhaina. Its sickening!
Last anon appears to be a Navin Niwas chamcha who finds Ram Ram Satpathy a difficult person to handle and impossible to convert.
Huh....
Some twisted logic here by the last Anon...
But I can well understand. Facts at times can be very bitter.
Let Ram Ram Satpathy deny that he does not stay in a government bunglow or that he has not taken a government plot of land from the minister's discretionary quota.
If he does so, I am willing to shave, strip and fall at his feet to seek pardon publicly.
But then he cannot since the favours he has taken are well-documented and undeniable.
By the way the last Anon, Ram Ram has taken his government plot from none other than the Naveen government. And he has been allowed to stay in the govt quarter by the same Naveen regime.
Wake up, Anon. Facts suggest Ram Ram is no conscientious anti-Naveen crusader. His integrity has been compromised...hook, line and sinker.
A sprawling government quarter and a plot of land, and you still say Ram Ram is yet to be converted? To me he appears to be a "wolf in sheep's clothing."
Rajaram Satpathy has been in journalism for over 20 years.
He began his career with Indian Express, Chennai and then worked for The Sambad for 7 years.As a fellow journalist who has known and watched him for at least 15 years I can say he has all along represented quality journalism,taken up issues of great importance and never
ever compromised with the powers that be.
Big deal if he took a plot of land from discretionary quota. He paid the same amount as others who got plots in the same area through lottery. And he is not the only journo to get plot from the discretionary quota. And he is not the only one to occupy government accommodation.In any case government quarters are not Naveen Patnaik's or for that matter any chief minister's paternal property.
It's good to see journalists getting the same kind of accommodation as ministers and
IAS officers. That sends out a message loud and clear...to the rest of the society.
I am not aware of any single instance where Rajaram Satpathy reciprocated through his pen any favour he is alleged to have received from the powers that be.
There are many things that younger journalists must learn from him. I of course don't expect upstarts to
accept what I have just said.
Fantastic!
A true role role here, though skewed.
A lesson of a lifetime on how to be a crusader despite taking all the favours.
Who said staying in a sprawling govt accomodation is a favour? Its a matter of right for self-proclaimed anti-establishment journalists.
Surely the Press Council of India, which advises journos from staying in govt accomodation, is an ass. Our last Annan knows better!
Taking government plot at concessional rates is also a subject a fundamental right. Thounsands apply. Most of the commoners dont get. But a few influential, "honest upright"Bhainas get it - not through lottery, but through the ministers discretionary qouta.
Surely these Bhains paid for their plots. It doesnt matter that they paid much less. The plots they got for Rs 3 lakhs is worth Rs 15 lakhs in the market.
But does this constitute a favour? Surely not, according to the last Annon.
Just as he says staying in a govt quarter is not. If IAS can stay, why not journos. But then, IAS work for the govt. So do we presume these selected journos work for the government too??
Thats the point. In great Kalinga, you can take all the favours and still pretend to be a anti-establishment crusader. Hats of to the likes of Ram Ram Satpathy and his flunkies like the last Annon.
"I am not aware of any single instance where Rajaram Satpathy reciprocated through his pen any favour he is alleged to have received from the powers that be."--
The above argument made in an earlier posting is weird.
It means it is okay to take favours as along as you dont reciprocate.
So by the same logic, it should be okay to take bribes as long as you dont do the work the bribe has bee paid for. Am I right?
I never knew that taking favours and bribes are right.
I used the qualifying word
"alleged"...so I meant Rajaram Satpathy may not have taken the
so-called favours as alleged by you. All these miserable politicians including the present chief minister expect your loyalty when they help you get a job for your wife, or a plum post for your retired father,easy access to their dining and or bed rooms..and they love people who fall hook, line and sinker...Not the rustic, earthy and straightforward journos
like Rajaram Satpathy.
He is one of our finest scribes and such acrimonious charges against him is not desirable. But surely I welcome the heroic commitment of the last 2 anons to
journalistic ethics and values.
Lead by example and allow me the privilege to be very proud of you.
Acrimonious charges against Mr Satpathy?
Well, he invited them. We didnt ask him to stay in a government- provided bunglow. Neither did we ask him to take a govt plot at a concessional rate from the minister's discretionary quota.
Dont forget the saying : "you reap what you sow."
Despite taking all the favours, if he still remains among the very best, it speaks of the total bankruptcy in the Orissa media.
Anonymous said...
I used the qualifying word
"alleged"...so I meant Rajaram Satpathy may not have taken the
so-called favours as alleged by you......
So does it mean Ramram does not stay in a government bunglow? Or that he has not taken a govt plot ?
C'mon, both are irrefutable truths.
Even the Anon, in one of his earlier comments, justified Ramram's acceptance of a govt bunglow and plot as "no big deal." Why is he changing tune now and saying Ramram may not have taken the favours???
An appeal to all !
Will you guys for a change use some user names instead of posting as Anons all the while!
The debate becomes confusing when anon supports an issue and anon also opposes the same!
You do not have to log in with your Pan card names! You could log in your comments with very interesting usernames.Use your imagination plz!
Then it becomes simple to follow.
Ramram supporters have finally been silenced, huh ?
LET A MILLION DOGS BARK
Surely. Dogs bark mostly at thieves. And in Orissa, at crooks.....
Sandha fan
Let the dogs bark louder. Three cheers for the barking dogs!!!
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