Violence, Geisha, Shanghai, Google ( not to mention of the dog)

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsSpotlight on Hemender Sharma, my colleague from Bhopal. He was reporting from Bhojshala the temple mosque site in Madhya Pradesh. This year Basant Panchami and friday namaz coincided. Worshippers tried to storm the complex. A riot-like situation. Hemender was firm when he replied that rioters are rioters, they do not have any religion. As collective violence erupts, media tends to link it with age-old hostilities. Hemender did not. Paul Brass of 'Theft of an Idol Fame', might be proud of him. Google.

Staying with religion. The French believe that they have the right to caricature god. But as soon as they saw what was coming, they decided to hell with freedom of expression. So the managing editor of France Soir was asked to take the train back home. Well, small rewind all this happened after France Soir, a paper, reproduced a set of cartoons of Prophet Mohammed first published in Denmark. Remember John Lennon's set of drawings on the Pope. Google. But if you are in China, you might not get it. The Chinese like the Great Wall have managed to do the impossible, censor Google. Google.

Not just Google that's facing this Shanghai Surprise. Memoirs of a Geisha, Hollywood blockbuster about the life and loves of a Japanese courtesan featuring Chinese actresses in lead roles, has been banned in China. More? Google.

Finally, forget Shanghai Surprise, let's turn the lights on George Bush, mankind's biggest surprise. This year, Groundhog Day and the State of the Union Address fell in the same week. As Air America Radio pointed out, "It is an ironic juxtaposition: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication,
and the other involves a groundhog." Do you need to Google?About the AuthorArijit Sen Arijit Sen reports from Northeast India. He was at NDTV before joining CNN-IBN in 2005. Arijit began journalism in December 1999 with The Edit page of...Read Morefirst published:February 03, 2006, 13:27 ISTlast updated:February 03, 2006, 13:27 IST
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