Hi!
I am currently working on my dissertation and need to do a survey for that.
Below are some images, followed by 5 simple questions. It would be great if you could look at the images and then proceed to answer the questions.
All you have to do is post a comment, with the answers to the questions (please mention question number), along with your name and age.
Thanks for your time! I hope your responses act as a propeller to my mind, which seems to have fallen into a state of inertia.
PS Now that you are here, you could read my earlier posts as well! J
Thank you once again!
PHOTO 1
PHOTO TWO
PHOTO 3
Questions:
1. Do you remember these photographs?
2. Do recall the incident which lead to this photograph being published, if yes do remember the story/report that complemented it?
3. Do you remember the publication where u came across this photo? If yes please mention.
4. What are words you associate with this photograph? (Just about a few phrases or sentences should do)
5. How often did you see this being repeated? (in same publication/otherwise)
1.remember the 1st one
ReplyDelete2. i just remember the incident not any story along with it
3. nope
4. riots
5. very often
1 remember seeing the first one in a presentation on journophotography
ReplyDelete2 no
3 no
4 the first one, just begging for mercy
the second one, shows the innate human tendency for violence and the feeling of power and control it gives u..though its kind of also like a little kid going 'yayy!!!!'
5 somehow remember seeing the first one a couple of times..
1. Yes
ReplyDelete2.these were taken during the riots in Gujarat
4. horrifying, captures the emotion which that individual might be going through..the first picture is very evocative-one can actually see fear in his eyes..
ReplyDelete5. Many times..the first picture is often used by the world press{particularly in the french and german press} whenever there is a piece about communal conflicts and tensions in India
1. I don't remember these pics, don't seem to have seen them before.
ReplyDelete2. Don't remember the pics, hence don't remember the story as well.
3. Same as 2nd.
4. violence/destruction/loss of public property/riots/Non-Cooperation etc.
5. same as 1st.
1. No (The comment above tells me it's the Gujarat riots though)
ReplyDelete2. No
3. No
4. Pleading for mercy, despair, anger, outrage, thirst for revenge, violence...
5. Not being very helpful, am I?
Neethi Ramakrishnan (22)
ReplyDelete1.yes, these are the iconic photos of the Gujarat riots.
2.i think the 1st one was about this muslim man pleading for mercy when surrounded by rioters.
3. i dnt rmbr where i saw these photos first, but these have been published again and again in almost all major newspapers and magazines, including ht, toi, outlook, etc.
neethi ramakrishnan (22)
ReplyDelete1. yes these are the iconic photos of the 2002 gujarat riots.
1. yes
ReplyDelete2. no
3. TOI
4. helplessness, fuck the system, chaos,death..
5. Noy very often.But i'm sure the first one won some award for photography.
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ReplyDelete1. Yes
ReplyDelete2. How can i forget these pics are of Godhra Riots initaited by S.O.B Narendra Modi, which killed thousands of our Muslim brothers and their families.
3. These Pics came in India Today.
4. Killing of innocent human beings in the name of religion .These pics show the plight of a Innocent human being pleading for his life and the othr a man blinded by religion hell bent on destroying everything.
5. many times whenever the Godhra Kand is mentioned .
1. second one, yes
ReplyDelete2.no
3. remember clearly that the second one was published as a magazine cover page tehelka?
4.a lil unsure about the first one.. but the second one clearly embodies the surge of confidence the right wing forces gained post the riots..
repitation i m not sure about! but hasn't certainly been widely circulated through the net..
Ans1) No
ReplyDeleteThe following two questions don't make sense then right.
Ans4) Violence, victims, disgust, hopelessness
Ans5)I think the 3rd picture is more symbolic and very common. I see something of its style being repeated often. 2nd pic clicks too. I think I have seen ti somewhere. 1st pic leaves me clueless.
Shubhi Vijay (20)
1. Remember the first two.
ReplyDelete2. Yes. Godhra riots.
3. No
4. Disturbing. Pointless. Reality.
5. The first and second ones were repeated quite often. Not sure how many times but enough to be burned into my memory.
1. Yes,
ReplyDelete2.these are photos of the 2002 godhra riots
3. i think, times of india
4.agony, fundamentalism, bloodshed
5.often.. used as a symbol of the event nd used fr represenation nd refernce to the event..
SARAH ZIA, journo 1st year..
1. I remember the first 2
ReplyDelete2. Guj Riots
3. Outlook , if I remember correctly
4. a:survival matters, nothing else.
b: the fanaticism at our doorstep
c: Aftermath
5. I think I've seen the 2nd one repeated a few times.
Vicky
1. Yes
ReplyDelete2. Yes
3. TOI / India Today
4. Politics of mob/religion
5. One major riot every 20/25 years.
1. Just the first one.
ReplyDelete2. It was the gujarat riots (2002). And the picture was with an article on how the man in the photo has moved out of guj and set up a successful tailor(ing) shop outside.
3. The Times of India
4. Anger, loss, fear, pain, pleading, blind anger
5. Quite often. Specially the first one.
1. Yes (photo 1 and 2)
ReplyDelete2.No
3. Ys, HT
4. "as u sow, so shall u reap"
5.Nearly everyday.
Sushmita Ghosh, 42
Mukesh Vanjani:
ReplyDelete1) Nope I don't, although photo 3 rings a bell
2) No I don't, photo 3 still seems familiar
3) helplessness, terrorism, poverty, frustration, rebel, help
4) never
Kesang(20)
ReplyDelete1) Yes,second and the third one.
2) Yes,Godhra riots.
3) Frontline?
4) voilence, death, destruction- politics
5) Quite often
1) yes
ReplyDelete2) they are of the gujrat riot though i dont remember the exact story.
3)dont remember what publication though i saw them on tv.
4)anger, revenge, hatred, sadness, helplessness, shame( that it happened in india). showcases how every human has the tendency to become "evil" .
5)i def saw this getting repeated though i dont remeber where and when. seems as i have seen it many times.
1. Yes..only photo 2
ReplyDelete2. guj riots(photo 2)
3. I think I saw it in outlook or India today..
4. Domestic terrorism, Caste based politics
5. U see such piks very often...very very often now days!!
Astha
Name-satviki
ReplyDeleteage-20
1.yes
2.they were published during the Gujrat riots and i remember the story accompanying the first photo.
3.don't remember the publication in which it was published.(although u have a couple of names going around in my mind-Outlook , India today, ToI and HT. but then im not sure, which one actaully published it.)
4.photo1-hopelessness, defeat, resigned to their fate,. photo2- victory, retribution,glory. photo3-after math. complete destruction.
5.recall the first two pics being repeated very often. dont know whether in the same publication or elsewhere.
1. yes
ReplyDelete2. they are the pics which became the icons of the godhra riot.
3. tehelka and outlook did publish them. so did the TOI.
4. the first photo was about a muslim man begging the hindu mob to spare his life and that of his family. for me it depicts hopelessness, terror. the second pic is the most offensive for me. a right wing hindu fanatic and his contribution to the righteous cause! it depicts lunacy and the feeling of being heady on power.
the third pic depicts sad state of the security with the police arriving only after the deedis done.
5. it was repeated in the same publications a number of times.
aditi chakravarti. 2
1. Yes, remember all three
ReplyDelete2. Godhra riots and Bombay riots, dont recall any story
3. i think it was HT but not sure. 2 was a magazine..
4. 1- helplessness, fear,
2- aggression, fanatics disturbing
3- typical photo of riot/war
5 yeah,,the first two
1. yes, yes, yes
ReplyDelete2.The incidents yes! The story no, since these photos were all over and used multiple times.
3. NO
4. Godhra, Narendra Modi, Communal riots!
Anti- Sikh Riots, Indira Gandhi Assasination, Operation Bluestar !
5. Cnat say
Garima
PHOT O 1
ReplyDelete1) Yes I do remember
2) The occasion are the Godhra riots but don’t remember the story that was published with it .
3) Maybe a daily like Hindustan Times
4) The helplessness and fear is very clear in his eyes . He is very uncertain whether he will be left alive by the mob .
5) Very often . It has become the face of Gujrat riots .
PHOTO 2
1) Yes , I remember
2) The occasion is Gujrat riots but once again don’t remember the story.
3) No
4) The words that come to my mind are disgust , shame and pity for this man . He thinks that he his doing a great job by killing people but can’t understand that he is nothing but a puppet in the hands of the bigger divisive forces who have actually brain washed him and many others to complete their cause .
5) Not much .
PHOTO 3
1) Yes I do
2) The incident are the Bombay riots but don’t remember the story coz they happened way back in 1993 when we were kids .
3) No
4) Can’t associate any words for this . sorry
5) Not very frequently .
NEHA
1. yes i do remember them.
ReplyDelete2.the gujarat riots.
3.do not remember the publication but these pics were also available on the net.
4. human nature.
5. these pics have become the face of the riots, very easily available on the net. Yes, have seen them very often, time and again.
1. Yes (2/3)
ReplyDelete2. nope...bt ws the godhra and bombay riots..don't remember story
3.Nope
4. emotions of varying kind.
a) despair. desperate final solution
b) aggression. power. on a mission
c) death
5. not really
Aditi, 20
1. yes to all
ReplyDelete2. no..i know that they are photos of riots
3. some of the main national dailies.
4. Its becoming the norm of society...violence and riots..
5 yes very often
neha, 21
1. Yes i remember all
ReplyDelete2. do not remember story.
3. Not sure but i think HT did carry one of the photo
4. photographs seem to very polarised..but it is not all black and white..
5. been repeated many times..
Karthik,21
1. yes 1 and 2
ReplyDelete2. no
3 no but was a newspaper
4. apathy,maniac, sad
5. no
priya,20
1. yes only 1 and 2
ReplyDelete2 Yes the first one was about this tailor who was a msulim and is seen here begging for his life..
3. no
4. way of life in a politicized society
5 Very often
1. yes
ReplyDelete2. no, but it was during Gujarat riots
3. no
4. terror, fanaticism and destruction
5. No i have not come across the photographs often, though the frst one became iconic and was repeated.
Mansur, 20
1. yes, i remeber these photographs
ReplyDelete2. No, except that it was Gujarat riots and Bombay Riots
3. I am not sure but Tehelka published the second photo
4. unfortunately violence is growing realtiy
5. yes, esp the first one and to a certain extent the second one
savita, 20