INDIA FIGHTS BACK


A  new Hindi Entertainment Channel, Investigation Discovery -ID, made its appearance in India in 2014. I had watched some episodes of this channel on my visit to London the previous year. It was a dramatized version of real life episodes and one wondered if truly any god fearing human being ever lived on this earth! It was a challenge to watch mankind at its worst- in episode after episode. The detectives had little to go by, they built clue upon clue, gathered witness and circumstantial evidence, and tried to solve the crime and nail the guilty

Upon its introduction in India, the ID channel was advertised as a ‘hit in the US and one of its fastest-growing channels’. Internal research had shown the channel had potential in the country.  The channel producers were confident that ‘these stories relate to anyone who watches it.’

Prophetic words, indeed! Over the last two weeks, every national English news channel seems to have been inspired by it! What is more- the people who so long had been in the know are getting to hear and see it for themselves. The new forensic detectives, this time, the news reporters have ‘breaking news’ for the present powerful political masters. The media has become the medium,  offering  compelling ‘True Stories’ of investigation, crime and suspense promising intriguing  twist and turns that culminate into thrilling conclusions!

The ID channel has some captivating series; it seems so apt in the context of news on every English national news channel!

DISAPPEARED: Who knows the truth? Investigations aimed at solving how and why people simply vanish, from India. - On the trail of Mallya, Lalit and Karti.

WHO THE (BLEEP) DID I MARRY? Marriages are not always what they look like!  Falsely accused, says Shashi Tharoor, it’s a farrago of distortions, misrepresentations.

EVIL IN LAW: What happens when a meddling mother-in-law oversteps her bounds? Revealed: Robert Vadra's mother enjoys VIP status

BLOOD RELATIVES:  Family members get along very well on the outside but hide a lot more beneath the surface. Murder charges against media tycoons Indrani and Peter Mukerjea.

STOLEN VOICES BURIED SECRETS: Secret that had been buried for decades: Women can say triple talaq, Muslim law board tells Supreme Court

The WILL: Family Secrets Revealed: the outrageousness that abounds when the famous depart. The Legacy of Tamil Nadu chief minister, Ms J Jayalalitha.

BEHIND MANSION WALLS: What happens when wealth and vice collide?  CBI books P Chidambaram’s son, raids homes and offices.

HARD EVIDENCE: does the evidence alone prove the suspect's guilt? Pakistan violates ceasefire in J&K

MURDER AMONG FRIENDS: Jealousies and resentments that inevitably leads to the unthinkable. Kapil Mishra gives CBI ‘evidence’ against Arvind Kejriwal

EVIL, I: A show that profiles the serial crimes they commit: Congress launches two-year campaign to ‘expose’ Modi government

MARRIED TO THE MOB: True stories of women who were swept off their feet by the mafia and entered a world of pain:  West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday - talk of 'vendetta'

LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE: 
Sofa, AC installed for Yogi Adityanath's visit to martyr’s family, removed after he left.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?  
Pakistan’s arguments in ICJ inconsistent, says India

HOUSE OF HORRORS:  
I-T raids on 12 individuals at 20 places linked to Lalu family’s property.

MURDER ON CCTV: Will this CCTV footage unravel the mystery?
Tamil Nadu Youth hacked to death, severed head thrown inside police station

YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE: 
Paper balls thrown at UP Governor Ram Naik contained messages of public concern, says opposition

KILLER CONFESSIONS: 
Ransomware cyber attack: Over 48,000 attempts of WannaCry in India, West Bengal worst hit, says Quick Heal

NIGHTMARE NEXT DOOR:  
Government considering evicting Congress from official bungalow


I WAS MURDERED : wait for a first person perspective and witness the anguish of family and friends as they peel the layers off the victim, an IAS Officer Found Dead On Roadside In Lucknow

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