1.
Nepal Earthquake
An agonic dramatization by Indian media
Rupesh Ghimire

2.
Earthquake in Nepal
• 7.8 Richter scale
• Over 20,000 Death
• Media all over the world broadcasted an
exclusive coverage
• Extravagant International support,
Financially along with expertise and relief
materials.
• Black day in history of Nepal

3.
Courtesy : Kantipur publication

4.
Courtesy: Anuj Ghimire

5.
Indian Media Sensationalism
• Mass of reputed Media person from India
arrived to Nepal, and started reporting from
various part of affected sites.
• Exaggerated,and Focused only on the
rehabilitation work done by Indian Army.
• Reaches the affected area first in Indian
Airplane, but rather than offering help, just
only interviews the severely affected people.

6.
Indian Media Sensationalism
• A person’s house beside had turned to
rubble, and there comes the Indian media
with disgusting, shameful and not genuine
question,” How are you feeling at a
moment” ?

7.
Indian Media Sensationalism
• On their exclusive coverage the title of the
program were so irrelevant, sarcastic and
rather more dramatic than realistic.
• Extreme Dramatization on the broadcast
as if they were showing some Indian
serials.

8.
Indian Media Sensationalism
• In order to emotionalize and bind viewer to
their TV channel, Aaj Tak,a prominent
Television channel of India, displayed a
photo of two baby holding each other on
their broadcast claiming it a photo from
Nepal earthquake, which actually was of
Haiti.
• The photograph went viral over internet,
although being fake.

9.
Letter to Indian media
MEDIA IS A POWER, IF USED CAREFULLY. OTHERWISE IT
COULD ACT LIKE A WEAPON KILLING THOUSANDS OF
INNOCENT PEOPLE.

10.
The way Nepal Disaster should
have been covered
• Might have focused on providing a real
news rather than manipulating it with other
exaggerating factors.
• If Indian reporters reaches the affected
area first, then at least they would have
carried first-aid material and some food
supplies.

11.
The way Nepal Disaster should
have covered
• First and Foremost, the moral ethics of
journalism and what should be reported,
what not should be understood well, and
only trained Journalist who had previously
reported such like panic situation should
be sent for Reporting.
• Indian media should have also showed the
help from other nation on Nepal
earthquake.