Reading newspaper in the morning gives heartaches. Switch to a news channel and you see the blood splashed everywhere. Add to that an infinite number of crime stories and diaries making the life a living hell. Breaking news almost breaks your heart and a bit of head too. Eventhough you may be miles away from the place of crime, you are made to feel and suffer the pains of everybody involved. Some may say this is necessary and even justify it as the very purpose of showing it. But a newspaper and a channel full of this content more often wears down heavily on the human mind, which then for some strange reason refuses to think positively. Its not that good things are not happening at all. Infact they are much more and better than these. But a sad news ends up consuming the entire space in the media which incidentally finds pleasure in sensationalising the content. Competition has forced media to present the news in as grotesque a manner as possible.
No wonder the Indians often talk cynically. They fail to see the brighter side simply because they are not exposed to it. The young India is such a gutless and courageless one. Give them computers, they will write scores of softwares. Hand them a condom and they will knock every door on earth to sell it. But ask them to step into politics, manage hypocrisy and contradictions, govern and lead: the answer is a simple no. It has become such a fashion from students to film stars to keep complaining about dirty politics and say "Oh! politics is not for me, I cant lie you know and blah blah blah".
The question is, can't we have enough good things to say and show? So many encouraging developments take place in the society every minute that deserve our attention. Media can pro-actively search and bring it to the audience. Even in some of the most troubled places of earth, the front page is consumed by such encouraging headlines and the bomb blasts etc which have become a sort of routine for the citizens, get published in some obscure corner of the paper. Can the media in India also do such things. Can they resolve to showcase atleast one very encouraging and positive development each morning. With the power that they command today, they can make an entire generation embrace challenges. And ofcourse it would make the life a lot more pleasant and livable.
I recently found a site that is dedicated to spreading the good news all the time. You will definitely be surprised to see http://goodnewsindia.com/, a site that talks of positive action, steely endeavour and quiet triumphs and news that is hidden below the sevaral layers of the mainstream media. "Lead India" was yet another initiative that came as a relief from a reputed publication like Times of India.
Are the media giants listening?
No wonder the Indians often talk cynically. They fail to see the brighter side simply because they are not exposed to it. The young India is such a gutless and courageless one. Give them computers, they will write scores of softwares. Hand them a condom and they will knock every door on earth to sell it. But ask them to step into politics, manage hypocrisy and contradictions, govern and lead: the answer is a simple no. It has become such a fashion from students to film stars to keep complaining about dirty politics and say "Oh! politics is not for me, I cant lie you know and blah blah blah".
The question is, can't we have enough good things to say and show? So many encouraging developments take place in the society every minute that deserve our attention. Media can pro-actively search and bring it to the audience. Even in some of the most troubled places of earth, the front page is consumed by such encouraging headlines and the bomb blasts etc which have become a sort of routine for the citizens, get published in some obscure corner of the paper. Can the media in India also do such things. Can they resolve to showcase atleast one very encouraging and positive development each morning. With the power that they command today, they can make an entire generation embrace challenges. And ofcourse it would make the life a lot more pleasant and livable.
I recently found a site that is dedicated to spreading the good news all the time. You will definitely be surprised to see http://goodnewsindia.com/, a site that talks of positive action, steely endeavour and quiet triumphs and news that is hidden below the sevaral layers of the mainstream media. "Lead India" was yet another initiative that came as a relief from a reputed publication like Times of India.
Are the media giants listening?
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