E xercise for B ox . The Rescue of Prince Prince, a -year old boy had fallen into a -ft borewell shaft in Aldeharhi village in Kurukshetra, Haryana, and was rescued by the army after a -hour ordeal, in which a parallel shaft was dug through a well. Along with food, a closed circuit television camera (CCTV) had been lowered into the shaft in which the little boy was trapped. Two news channels… suspended all other programmes and reporting of all other events and for two days continuous footage of the child bravely fighting off insects, sleeping or crying out to his mother was splashed on the TV screens.
They even interviewed many people outside temples, asking them “what do you feel about Prince?” They asked people to send SMSes for Prince. (Prince ke liye aapka sandesh hamein bheje xxx pe). Thousands of people had descended at the site and several free community kitchens were run for two days. It soon created a national hysteria and concern, and people were shown praying in temples, mosques, churches and gurudwaras.
There are other such instances when the TV is shown to intrude into the personal lives of people.