How and who killed Sunanda Pushkar?

Again my question is… what is wrong with Indian media, especially the visual media? Why these new generation visual media ‘prodigies’ are always exaggerating anything  that comes near their vicinity? How can these   ‘Goswamis’ become experts on anything under the sun?  Who on earth has authorized  these modern day ‘Sherlock Holmeses’ to authoritatively conduct and declare the verdict on matters which are no way under their ‘jurisdiction’?  Still as poor ‘viewers’ of these  nonsense ‘cubs’  tolerance is the only option before us. Isn’t?

Knowing about ethics of journalism and adhering to its basic principles are some minimum qualities that a journalist must possess.  The label of journalism doesn’t permit anyone to go overboard on any individual and tarnish his/her  personal or professional image in the public.  It also doesn’t permit the intrusion into anyone’s privacy.

Coming to the case of Sunanda Pushkar’s death,  I expect  our media to act with little more responsibility.  When debate sessions in our news channels becomes battle fields of words,  mission of these channels to identify the real issue gets sidelined and only to increase their TRP rating becomes the ultimate goal.  I do not blame their marketing strategy. However, what I am concerned is, should they play this dirty game in someone’s expense?

Why do I say this is, there are many anchors who conduct these debates with their pre-notion on the subject.  Let them have it. I am not against it. But how can they force others to believe and agree to their  views?  For example, when I express some opinion on one subject that is just ‘MY’ opinion and need not necessary it must be the truth.  If our debate anchors conduct their program with this point in mind, they will be successful in extracting more information from others in the debate that will ultimately  bring out something good out of the show.

There are lot of speculation going around on the cause of Sunanda Pushkar’ death. Everyone has the liberty to assume things  with their own intelligence and have their own perspectives.  However,  it is very pathetic to see the argument of some media people who are trying to play junior Sherlock Holmeses and forcing the viewers to believe that it is a murder case that has been surely carried out by her husband Shashi Tharoor.   When I first ‘saw’ the BREAKING NEWS  on these TV channels saying SUNANDA PUSH MURDERED: CONFIRMS DELHI POLICE, I thought the police must have got some solid evidence that made them to come on this conclusion. However, my repeated efforts to find out through these ‘channels’ , there was nothing ‘new’ I could  summarize from the new revelations. At least these junior ‘Sherlock Holmeses ’ must have taken some more pain to dig further deep into extract something solid that has made the police to reach into this conclusion. Strangely, the police had nothing new to reveal, except she died “UNNATURAL’ death and it  was cause of POISONING!!!!! Arre baba, this was something we are hearing from day one, there is nothing new.  Can someone come forward and enlighten me if ‘unnatural death’ means  it is only a murder? Because our media people are making out it in that way. Then came the photographs of her body which shows bruises and injection marks which these medias  showcase as the proof that Sunanda was attacked by someone.   Followed  by now infamous ‘INJURY NO. 10” that could be the cause of the death!!!!!.  I really surprised how these ‘over-reacting’ media people gets such false information and wasting hours of hours of time just on arguments.  When these same people who have managed to capture a copy of the FIR all their arguments have got bumped.  In the FIR it has been stated that the injurious found on Sunanda’s body are 12 hours to 4 days old and none of these injuries are amount of her death.

There are also other statements that have been made out by people like Nalini Singh and Shobha  De. One of the statements was  Ms. Sunanda has revealed that she has some serious illness and she is not going to survive for a long time. Other is Shashi Tharoor is connected to some other ladies and he is not sincere to Sunanda. How far it is true or false to be a matter that needs to be probed and proved.

However, from an ordinary thinking mind I can summarize the whole happenings in some other way which will be more scientific and logical.

That is……..Sunanda was very much suffering from some kind of mental depression.

There is a possibility that  she was suffering from narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). This condition must have developed from her attitude of over possessiveness towards her husband. The way it has been told by her friends, she threatened Shashi Tharoor and complained about his sincerity towards her. This claim leads to believe that she was mentally depressed and could not stand to tolerate her husband getting associated with any other woman other than herself.

Now coming to NPD, it is said, people who are diagnosed with a narcissistic personality disorder are characterized by exaggerated feelings of self-importance. They have a sense of entitlement and demonstrate grandiosity in their beliefs and behavior. They have a strong need for admiration, but lack feelings of empathy. It further states that NPD is a Cluster B personality disorder in which a person is excessively preoccupied with personal adequacy, power prestige and vanity, mentally unable to see the destructive damage they are causing to themselves and to others in the process.

I have made above observations on the basis of the statements and arguments that I have heard and read in the media and not on any medical ground.  However, if the observation holds any water, it is easy to reach on to a convincing conclusion of Sunanda’s death theory.

That is…. It was habitual for her to get into argument with her husband on subject that are mainly connected to some woman or women. There is no wonder even if she has threatened him by bringing matters he has been infamously associated with --  matters such as IPL etc.  One of the interesting part of the whole episode is, no one, even her close relations, never never, never ever, (courtesy Arnab) have pointed a finger at Shashi Tharoor  accusing him of hurting her physically or emotionally any point of time. 

Initially there were lot of arguments going  on about the injuries on her body and it was made out to be the result of an attack on her. Then the Dubai connection and unknown people staying in the hotel with fake passports etc. etc.  However, when the FIR became a public document through the ‘efforts’ of visual media, most of these claims had to be shelved and now these media prodigies are looking for other ‘loopholes’ in the inquiry, (FYI: A injury mark appears NOT only when a person gets attacked by someone but it can also happen in other way around, I mean hitting somebody can cause harm or injury to your own body too. As the injuries in Sunanda Pushkar’s body seems to be minor ones, the chances of above possibility increases.).

From all the evidence that has been revealed and are in the public domain suggest that it was a possible case of suicide or a death due to overdose of drugs.  The Delhi police claims it is an ‘unnatural death’ and she has been ‘poisoned’.  However, there is no reason or evidence to believe till today that she was poisoned by someone else. If at all poison was administered, it should have be done by herself.

Let me conclude with a report appeared in the Economic Times on January 21, 2014.

‘Autopsy report shows 27 tablets of Alprax caused Sunanda Pushkar’s death’

Autopsy findings in the death of Sunanda Pushkar are believed to have indicated that she had died because of an overdose of a prescription drug, Alprax, which may have made her slip into coma and perhaps die in her sleep last Friday. Though there are over a dozen minor injury marks on her hands and face, they are not related to her death, the doctors at AIIMS are believed to have said in the autopsy report terming the cause of death as "drug overdose".

Now the Delhi police have two options. Either they must admit that the above autopsy report was the one that they have received from doctors of AIIMS or they must come out and reveal something that they were able to lay their hands on to believe it was a clear case of murder.  Whatever the truth is, it is the responsibility of the Delhi to police to put a full stop to all speculations and embarrassments.