I remember seeing another interview with one of the senior officials of the American Sikh association. He was also very well spoken and avoided injecting race.UnderAGreySky wrote:Another person who deserves credit is the Sikh gentlemen who seemed to be a high-up official amongst the American Sikh community, who was being interviewed by an Indian channel. The interviewer ranted a bit about "racism" in America etc etc, only to be gently corrected by this person. The Sikh representative pointed out that the man who took 7/8 bullets and prevented further deaths of people in the temple was white too, and it's not fair to stereotype a country based on the actions of one man.
Lots of grace under trying circumstances.
Some Indian TV channels have handled the issue well (CNN-IBN and NDTV) while others (Times NOW) have been absolutely horrendous. If nothing I've confirmed which channels I'm going to permanently avoid.
I agree Indian media outlets do indeed go overboard at times. Though I remember seeing hyped up news stories on NDTV. Time NOW I was not aware of.