Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Project Hope or Project Hype - oberoi's publicity stunts

I was following bollywood actor vivek oberoi's project hope , after tsunami , and esp he did gain a lot of media attention out of the tsunami relief operations and then came Jayalalitha's accusations yesterday , as below in the media , and i feel this time around Jayalalitha is right.
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Jaya rubbishes Vivek relief
Chennai, April 4: Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa on Monday targeted Bollywood hero Vivek Oberoi, accusing him of not doing anything tangible in the tsunami-hit Devanampattinam village of Cuddalore district, which he had adopted soon after the December 26 disaster.
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Piqued by the actor’s statement on Sunday that he had to shift his Rs 11-crore Project Hope to the neighbouring Union territory of Pondicherry because of delay in allotment of land by the Tamil Nadu government for houses for fishermen, Ms Jayalalithaa said: “He has done little, but derived a lot of publicity. He did only 10 per cent of the tsunami relief work, while our government did the rest at Devanampattinam.”
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She accused the filmstar of trying to ride piggyback on the government’s relief and rehabilitation efforts to “seek publicity for himself,” and to create an impression that it was all due to his “personal effort.” ..............................................................................
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So i wonder if vivek's project is a project hope or project hype.
I know many people get involved with NGO's for one of the following three reasons
  1. Money
  2. Publicity
  3. Political ambitions.
Sad but true!

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nomad,
Do you have personal knowledge of Project Hope? Is anything being built at the new site?

Anonymous said...

Nomad,
Do you have personal knowledge of Project Hope? Is anything being built at the new site?