Is it good to share someone’s personal picture?

This morning, as I woke up and i checked my phone,family group on WhatsApp had message with a picture.

And t said can u identify this famous cine star cum politician..?

He is bollywood actor Vinod Khanna.

And he is Suffering from advanced stage of urinary bladder cancer

The picture was of visibly unwell and the weak Khanna embracing his wife Kavita and young gentleman, who I assume is his son sakshi khanna.

My first reaction was of disgust and the anger and I shot off message saying it was sad that the anyone would leak such private photo when someone was the suffering.and i knew that image would go viral. Within minutes I got same message on two other groups I knew it would be on the digital media next, or perhaps it be already was.

And all day I have bristled. And I have to wondered when we lost all the moral compunction as society. About how we would feel if this is the were our father or close relative or friend’s father. And The gentleman is in hospital tunic without even his lowers on, and yet that has not deterred so many people from the forwarding and sharing photo.

And even if someone has not shared it on WhatsApp messange,unfortynately but commented Get Well Soon on social media,and they should know that each time they comment online it means story appears on feed of every friend they have and that is how multiplier effect kicks in.

I think it is absolutely disgusting and deplorable. It is voyeurism to another level. A pathetic level, and where everything is an unabashed free for all.

It is easy to sit on judgment and to blame media. I have been on other side of fence, and the fact is, this is news people want to see and to read. It is really bad When people start to forward something on social networking site & with in seconds it goes viral, and you know there is reader interest, and media like most other industries is also governed by law of demand and supply.
It gives people what they want. And in return, it gets page views and the TRPs, and that is how it works. So while it is great to point fingers and say fault lies with media and they should exercise self censorship, the fact is, all of us need to dig deep inside and to ask ourselves where our collective conscience has to disappeared.

I have had very close family members battle cancer. To be sensitive, I will not even name them. All I will say is that we see them at their most vulnerable and you do not even want to talk about it,and let alone have people come to them meet them.

And Of course, reduced immunity is real worry, which is why I can only assume that this picture was clicked by relative or close friend who obviously shared it with some one else.And they shared this picture on social networking site.It is not the right way.We should understand that,celebrity also have their own life and family.