I am sure all of you have heard about the Sanjeev Nanda BMW hit and run case. It got a lot of media attention and finally he was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.
In a recent accident another BMW hit a motor cycle and one of the passengers died. Media celebrated the event…. fair enough.
Now last week in one of the news channels I saw another BMW accident. It was no hit and run case, no one was injured seriously, just a plain simple accident that involved a motorcycle and BMW. The media was celebrating even that.
This got me to thinking. Whats so special about accidents involving BMWs ? Why do they get so much of media attention ?
Are these media people trying to instigate the hidden jealousy within us ?
Well said dude.. this was exactly what i was thinking when NDTV had a flash like “Another BMW hit and run”. These are just some results of commercialization of media. They want business, they MAKE news for it. Not just REPORT them..
Comment by sreekanth — September 22, 2008 @ 3:34 pm
hahahahahaaaa exactly this is what I thought when I read the news myself!
Comment by scorpiogenius — September 23, 2008 @ 3:12 am
Long time back, ppl used to drool when they see a BMW or Audi. A news involving them wud attract our eyes.
We grew up, number of Audis n BMWs in the road too, but the media didnt.
Comment by Vishnu — May 21, 2009 @ 5:21 pm
Owing to the hue and cry created by Media, Sanjeev’s name on the internet invariably pops up the infamous BMW hit-and-run case. What very few are able to see is that he has suffered enough for his unintentional mistake, that he compensated the victims to their satisfaction and faced the trial in the hope of justice. It was only in 2009, 10 years after the unfortunate incident, that Justice Kailash Gambhir reduced Nanda’s sentence after terming it a case of negligence rather than culpable homicide. Whoever has met Sanjeev, believes that he has been punished more than enough. Sanjeev Nanda, who graduated from The Wharton School, one of the finest business schools in the US, has the calibre and vigour to put the past as past and look ahead to opportunities and blessings that life has to offer. Media hue and cry will always be there, but for the people who know Sanjeev Nanda well and have worked with him, he will always be an exemplary businessman, a great friend & family man and above all a good human being.
Comment by krishna — May 6, 2010 @ 4:23 pm