This is a tale of how some people try to be overly smart – for the sake of nothing. I experienced a similar incident in the premises of Nepal Television, the state-own television station. I was there as a guest for a program called Pipalbot (anchored by noted poet-cum-director Rajendra Salav) to discuss cricket along with vice-president of Cricket Association of Nepal Sriniwas Rana, former national cricket Kiran Rana and national captain Binod Das.
The shooting of the program was delayed by two hours despite everything being ready because a senior official at engineering didn’t let it go because a minister was visiting NTV.
When I reached the studio, the producers were already readying themselves for the shooting because I was late by 15 minutes. I went inside and was warmly welcomed. For next fifteen minutes, the studio-crew toiled hard adjusting lights, camera angles and other technical things.
When everything was ready, Deepak Rauniyar, the assistant producer of the program, approached to Rajendra Salav to tell him that somebody had ordered to stop the shooting. Why? Because the minister was in a visit to NTV. We all were surprised: why should they stop shooting? The minister was not probably scheduled to visit the studio or if he is why don’t he can observe the shooting in progress.
Rajendra Dai took us to canteen and offered us tea and light breakfast and kept us busy for around 75 minutes before finally he was allowed to shooting. We shoot the program – that’s another story.
I believe the minister doesn’t know this. I also know that nobody – the minister, his staff or the heads of NTV ordered stopping the shooting. This is just a case how some people try to become over-smart.
By the way, this was my second appearance for the program – I once appeared in the program to discuss football and wrote a blog – TV Appearance and Experience.
