Vitusha Oberoi’s tactics - Journalism, ganda hai aur dhanda hai yeh.

Trust is one heck of an important word when combined with relationships. It is what helps us all to bond with others; be it family, friends or colleague. It is often said that “It takes a life-time to build a relationship and only a moment to break it” - but still there are many among us who do not hesitate when it comes to humiliating this important ‘trusting’ factor as long as it serves their purpose or hidden agendas.

My friends often joke around saying that they won’t disclose any of the (known) Bollywood gossips or in-side stories because of my Blogging obsession, especially when it comes to Bollywood. Not that my blogging passion actually stops them from opening their loud-mouths in my presence nor does it stops me from writing about those valuable filmy scoops (atleast some of them if not all). The thing is even though we are bonded together in a circle of age-old friendships, we are still very much aware of our responsibilities towards one another and those who re-side outside our circle.

But every now-and-then we come across people for whom life is more fruitful beyond the matters of relationships and trust. Just the way we watch our Bollywood movies run around the ‘betrayal’ and ‘back-stabbing’ themes, similarly stories from reel life are imitated in real life.

And here is a perfect example.

For the past couple of days, Vitusha Oberoi of Mid-day has been hogging the lime-light with her sensational story declaring Rahul Mahajan a ‘wife-beater’. In her news article she revealed that Rahul Mahajan’s marriage to Shweta is on a verge of collapse because of Rahul’s obsessive nature and over-the-roof anger. According to her, all of this shocking information was given to her by not a source but the victim herself aka. Shweta Mahajan.

Once the story appeared on the front page of the daily-newspaper, the Indian media practically went wild. Running from one end to another to dig-in more dirt; Rahul was questioned, Shweta was stalked and Ms. Vitusha Oberoi continued to make hay while the camera bulbs shined.

Whether Rahul is guilty or not! What could be the reasons behind Shweta’s denial of the labeled accusation on her husband - these questions will remain un-answered atleast till the people involved decide to come clean or open up. But what I find even more shocking is the fact that no one in the media (besides a few bloggers) haven bothered to question Vitusha’s morality here.

I mean surely (if the information is correct) Shweta must have had detailed discussions about her marital problems with the concerned writer, purely on the basis on ‘trusting a friend’. We all at one point or the other rely on her friends for support, advice and at times as a shoulder to cry on - but in Shweta’s tragic story, her friend traded in her personal grief for few glory moments and recognition.

It wouldn’t be wrong to assume that Ms. Oberoi was in it for satisfying her own aspirations, once the distressed woman (and her mother) called upon her friend for some advice and help - keeping their intimate conversation recorded on tape simply sets Vitusha’s intentions clear as crystal. Plus when Shweta refuted the published story instead of understanding a friend’s miserable plight, Vitusha Oberoi was busy giving television interviews, writing more articles on the same; all an attempt to prove herself and her written work.

One can only imagine Shweta’s mental state, not only has she being ill-treated by her so called soul-mate but also has her trust be thrashed apart by the person she considered her confidant. And to top things up, her personal life has become a public debate and tea-time conversation.

Taking ones job seriously is understandable but to stoop so low and indulge in cheap tactics, just for some short-lived success is just appalling and sick - People like Vitusha Oberoi only further degrade the profession of journalism. In short, Journalism has become nothing but a sort of dhanda with no ounce of soul or integrity.

Ms. Vitusha’s tactics also raises another important question - Can Journalists ever be trusted?

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