![The [Be In Oman] Blog](http://bp3.blogger.com/_lnGQeh9uOG0/SJc5H797xBI/AAAAAAAAAoI/a1BarJaar-w/S1600-R/beinoman02.jpg)
'The Times' Talks Murder
I've just read an amazing news piece in the Times of Oman's website today. A story about an Indian woman who killed both of her kids and tried to commit suicide all here in Muscat!
In one of the rarest cases reported among the expatriate community here, a middle-aged Indian woman strangulated her two children to death and made a futile attempt to kill herself.
It is such a horrific event and it's definitely something that you might not hear about much here in the Sultanate.
I sympathize with the family involved and all but this is not the reason why I am writing about it.
I wanted to point out the story itself and say, that a story like this is very rarely put in newspapers and especially english newspapers. Not because things like these never happen but because of all the censorship that we are facing in the English media. The news that we read in our newspapers here are mostly ready-made news which are usually provided by the companies, industries, ministries or whatever story they are writing about. Most of the stories that papers write about here are not considered real journalism.
But look at this piece for instance:
The ‘Times’ did come across some missing links at the time of its enquiries, but eyewitnesses, including the caretakers of the buildings, pointed out that Priya had been taken into police custody between 8 and 8:30am, though the police had reached the spot approximately after 5am. Her dress was stained with blood while bruises were visible on the bodies of the children.
This gives me hope that maybe things could finally be changing in the local journalism aspect of the country. But I can't help it think: would they have reported this story if it had happened to an Omani family?
5 comments:
yea
i cant grow out this story
i hv posted in my blog too
thanks for the suggestion i will follow it
I am so glad you blogged this. And I'm glad to see the papers taking risks for a change.
I was sad to see that much of the reporting seemed to be guess work and eyewitnesses were not named or directly quoted. The article reeked of Trial by Media.
I'm also glad you raised a major point- Would the papers have covered it if it had been an Omani family?
Had the family been Omani, I am 100% sure we never would have heard a peep about it in the press. Take for example:
Last year when the Time's ran a picture of a guy convicted of murder with a car (he had been drifting, and crashed into bystanders) the community seemed not to think it was appropriate to publish his picture. (after rushing out to read all about it, of course)
I was away on Business when the guy shot up the Ministry of Education a few years back, but as I recall, that got little or no coverage in the media either. Two days later it was as if the event had never happened.
WHen the two kids on Quad bikes ran a stoplight and were crushed by a speeding car, (While Running From the Police!!!!) THe only mention in the paper was a condolence message to the family. The guy who got in the most trouble for the incedent was the ROP officer, who was just doing his job.
Back to the article about the WOman who killed her children:
What I'm really sad to see how the community at large (employer, nighbours, family, schools) failed to notice or intervene before it was too late for the kids.
It makes me incredibly Sad.
Those are great examples suburban. I also feel sad that nobody saw the woman's behavior to be at any risk to the children before all of this happened. I would assume that she was very depressed to be able to commit this. didn't anyone notice?
I think one should,look into that woman's state of mind to commit this barbareous act. Dont forget that she is a mother ans she wanted to kill herself also. The real reason to make this woman commit this has to be looked into and the responsible people should be booked in.
Post a Comment