The news that Hema Malini was in a car accident and was injured, has been doing the rounds since yesterday. According to reports, her Mercedes collided with an Alto car, which resulted in injuries to occupants of both the cars. The accident occurred on National Highway 11, near Dausa Midway at around 9pm on Thursday.

The focus is always on the celebs. The bottom line is that people rush to read an article that says that a so-and-so famous person was injured in an accident, and it says much more about us as humans than we think.


Salman Khan’s hit-and-run case tells the same story. While the spotlight is on what Salman Khan was drinking, which car he was driving, how his family was praying for him day and night, and how people saw tears in Salman’s eyes, there were very few who paused to think about the victims.

It’s not about whose name headlines the news, but a much deeper thought: why is so much importance given to people who are always in the spotlight? Of course, there are so many accidents that go unnoticed in the media, but the ones that include celebs are always mentioned. And in that particular accident, the celebrity is given much more importance. Why is the other story never covered? Even if the coverage is on a particular celebrity’s accident, why aren’t both sides given equal importance?
Why isn’t anybody talking about helping the families who are involved in the accident? How are they being compensated? Did they receive immediate help? Instead, there were details about the location of Hema Malini’s scratches and wounds, and how Esha Deol immediately went to meet her, while at the same time a family was mourning the loss of someone they gave birth to.

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