“Chicken Tikka Masala” in American style
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Posted on: 9/14/2013
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“Chicken Tikka Masala” in American style
By: Imbisat Mallick
Pakistani journalism is
known for its quality to distort and exaggerates the news to create
sensations and attract readers. This
disease is very much contagious and it seems that after working few years in
Pakistan, American journalist Declan Walsh of daily news paper New York Times
has also become the victim of that infection. Declan’s latest article in New
York Times surely made most of our Pakistani journalist who believed in yellow
journalism proud but made millions of people of Pakistan despondent, who had enough
of those journalist mafia.
The critique itself gives
the impression that Declan hardly done any legwork in writing that sensitive
article. More likely an article was delivered to Declan, and he just added his
name on top of the piece. Pakistani nation particularly people of Karachi are
so used to that kind of fabricated and fictitious stories in some Urdu news
papers, thanks to local news paper Daily Ummat, but article of Declan Walsh
appears to be the “Chicken Tikka Masala” in American style. Declan either had
some unsettled favours from any of his Pakistani friend during stay of Pakistan
or he received any remuneration, it’s just all square now after the publication
of that article. Keeping in view that Declan’s thoughts and line of action are
very much Pakistani, why on earth he was branded as persona non grata and expelled from Pakistan in May 2013.
One thing could be safe to
say that the credibility of Declan is under sword now, as New York Times is an
illustrious and credible news paper not a final year semester project of
undergraduate student.
The burning question is
why Declan decided to associate his name with such article which is full of
fictional material and no ground reality. If Declan carries on writing that
kind of articles then he would surely soon emerges as Ibn-e- Safi of English
literature. World soon might witness the competitor of Joanne Rowling of Harry
Potter in the shape of Declan Walsh. Some how, it’s good news for kids that
Declan has left journalism and now he has become fantasy story writer, kids
could have another addition to their wish list at the festive session of
Christmas.
The new talent of Declan
Walsh also forced Daily Umaat administration to start publishing English
version under the editorship of him. Jamaat-e-Islami and the US are so united
when it comes to oppose MQM and Altaf Hussain, despite being so distant in the
ideas and thoughts. The unification of Jamaat-e-Islami and the US as a team is
an early indication that Taliban attacks on our security forces and innocent
people might end soon.
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