Dear Ms. Zeenat,
You would find many other comments and my answers which are already
discussed at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khabor/message/15176
Thank you,
Synthia
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, zsyed01@... wrote:
>
> Dear Alochoks:
>
> I am sure we have all heard of the proverbial "casting couch" where
people are asked to do unspeakable, immoral things just so that they
are able to land the role of a lifetime or even manage to get their
foot in the door. It is heinous and egregious.
>
> But, the reality is there are those who are either desperate and
are willing to demean themselves. Or who have a different set of
morals and consider it simply a means to advance their career or
those who simply don't know any better. People like that make it
possible for such processes to continue. If they refused to cooperate
at the possible expense of their career the prevalence of such
disgusting behavior would have been limited or decreased.
>
> I wish Ms. Haque could actually file against the man who
propositioned her. I would be very curious to know who he is and
where he is in the hierarchy of the organization and what the
organization as a whole would do if these things were made known in a
larger media. What kind of laws do we have in Bangladesh regarding
harassment? This entire think stinks of a HR violation.
>
> Zeenat Syed
> Atlanta, GA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: synthia.haque <synthia.haque@...>
> To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:42 pm
> Subject: [ALOCHONA] BEWARE OF CHANNEL-I OFFICIALS
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> I dropped my CV to Channel-i for a post of News Presenter few
months
> back. After several auditions I remained at their short-list with
> expectation to be selected finally. At this stage I received a call
> to my mobile phone one mid-night from a person who described
himself
> as a senior official ("Kormokorta") of Channel-i and asked me
whether
> I am interested to be his 'friend'. He called the mobile number
which
> was only at the CV that I dropped at Channel-i. Even after he knew
> that I am married (from the CV), he wanted to take 'advantage' of
his
> post. I had to reject his proposal with hate to be a News Presenter
> of this century.
>
> I knew that model girls, film actresses and other professionals of
> glamour world have to 'sacrifice' sometimes to get positions. But I
> had no idea that News Presenters have to face same problems. Now I
> lost honor to the profession and faith to the TV channels of our
> country.
>
> Regards,
>
> Synthia Haque
>
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