“Tell me, why is the media here so
negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths,
our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success
stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?” ―A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
No nation can survive when its
citizens are cynic. No nation can progress when its people look more of
negative aspects rather than positive aspects. No democracy can survive when
its press emphasizes on negativity. Unfortunately Indian press highlights more
of negative news than the positive news resulting in readers focusing on
negative aspects and developing negative thinking. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
highlighted the importance of media and implored Indian media to focus on
positive aspects and progress rather than on negative aspects.
Presently people are easily carried
away by negativity rather than positivity. With the advent of technology and
social media, information gets spread quickly. People don’t find time to verify
the information. They assume to be accurate. Some people enjoy negative
information than the positive information. Unfortunately, the information is
spread on social media without verification. In fact, social media is a double-edged
sword and it can be used either for good or bad. It can be used for
constructive or destructive activities.
Due to the cutthroat competition in
television channels and print media, the press often bombards the information
without verification to create sensationalism.
Minor things are flared up. At times innocent people get incited on
insignificant issues. Some of the journalists of regional and local newspapers
don’t have proper education. They don’t emphasize on ethics and etiquette. They
publish the information without verification. It does no good for Indian
democracy. India is the largest democracy in the world. Democracy stands on
four pillars – Judiciary (Supreme Court, High Court & Other Judicial centers),
Legislature (Parliament & State Assemblies, etc), Executive (Government), and
Press (Newspaper, Internet, Blogs & whatever which expresses people’s
aspirations). No pillar must be weakened to ensure the success of democracy.
It is time Indian media highlighted
positive aspects to inspire people to dream and achieve big. It must focus on
progress and mould public opinion to nation’s development. It must play an
instrumental role to ensure healthy dissent, discussion and dialogue for the
prosperity of our nation.
Indians constantly look for
inspirational leaders to dream and achieve big. Most of the Indians follow
Swami Vivekananda and admire A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. To conclude, India needs more than one
million Kalams to inspire more than one billion Indians.
“The media's the most powerful entity
on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the
guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the
masses.” ―Malcolm X
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