Sachin Baba

IN Media Watch Briefs | 25/04/2011

Sai Baba's death is no longer about his death. It is more about who's who (dignitaries, film stars, cricketers) visiting and shedding tears. Headlines Today for instance ran a special on Sachin Tendulkar breaking down and sitting beside the Baba's body. The camera kept zooming on Sachin and his wife, only to add as a footnote that humongous crowds of "normal" "regular" devotees too have descended to pay their tributes.

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