Good Morning Call

Good Morning Call

After 64 years of Republic day we have 69,323 Newspapers in India. We
have 3418 Hindi and 594 English. We being the number one country for
population and with such a network of news paper a question comes to
mind is how many people read news paper? How many do discuss the news
and happening with others and how many of them give a thought beyond
for why this news is flashing?
Very recently when I asked a question about respected Delhi CM
Kejariwal and his protest on road? Very many said they did not like
this practice and could not give me a sensible reply. I asked them,
What AAP has achieved out of it? Everybody said sympathy. I
immediately realized, they are not reading the news papers and do not
have any follow up of current happening. A CM doing protest like AAP
party becomes breaking news for international Media. AAP party CM
takes press conference for progress report of 21 days it also become
the news on international agenda.
Just in last fortnight every news channel and news paper was buy in
the news of Devayani Khobragade. Yes, it is a very unfortunate
incidence on our part and India has taken the correct steps. Complete
nation is with her but this is not the only unfortunate incidence has
taken place up till now. One must read behind the line. Why there is
no other news on agenda? When our country is going through may
problems of food, money, infrastructure, electricity and issues and
policies of FDI. We soon are going to enjoy 4G and 5G. Every media is
collectively busy in portraying the one news and the follow-up of that
news. It seems ‘news value’ is just made for the academic syllabus and
not for practical use.
It is time to realize, India has great potential for journalism. When
we have more than 60,000 news papers in country, in coming days it is
going to increase. There will be many opportunities for new
journalists. There will be new trends in news paper journalism.
Internet facility will not erase news paper on horizon. News paper has
been an authentic source of information and it is going to be there.
It is one of the time tasted and genuine medium who has witnessed the
communication revolutions like Radio, Television, Internet, Mobile and
social networking. Every development in technology came like a
hurricane and went like a smoke. This social networking trend is like
a crossfire it will soon get over with a stroke of chaos. Everybody is
enjoying Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes of Fame. Very soon we will
realize Marshall McLuhan’s theory of extension.
News papers are going through a paradigm shift they are getting more
entertainment friendly but at the same time some news papers are busy
in maintain their genuineness and I am sure they will last long.
Today when I see people do not read news paper and do not write by
hands it is done by typing on tab. Very soon we are going to lose our
ability of reading, writing and remembering.
This is a perfect time to for those students who read news papers and
would like to carve their career in journalism. They just need to
study now; they are going to have a great career ahead.
A person is known by their company. Whose company we have now a days?
It is only gadgets we live with. They do not have self life and they
do not adopt change. We just discard them, sound too harsh but true.
Inculcate habit of reading, writing and listening and you will develop
your ability of thinking. It turns all success to you.
Let news paper be ‘good morning call’.