I
asked a friend if he read the newspaper and he replied, ‘Yes of course. I read
Bombay Times everyday’. Mon cheri, unless you are enrolling for a Bollywood
Trivia Quiz or you are one of the few people who are interested in where the
‘cool’ Page 3 crowd is partying, Bombay Times is not news. The only reason I
use it is to check movie timings.
The youth are not expected to read every inch of the newspaper or know what’s happening in some remote African country. But it is really shameful if you are well aware of the brand of underwear Kareena Kapoor is wearing and have no idea who the 13th President of India is. The first thing the youth of our nation need to do is get off Facebook and get a reality check.
Television news channels like ‘IndiaTV’ have managed to make a mockery of all other respectable news channels.
News Anchors are supposed to give an unbiased view of the political situation in the country. However, many a time we see them asking questions motivated by prejudices. How are we to form an opinion of our own if we don’t see both sides of the story?
When we think of youth-led media we only think of MTV, Channel V and a host of other music channels. The ‘M’ in MTV is long gone now and all they air are mindless reality shows which I personally feel, will lead to the decadence of our intellectual capabilities.
Take an average sixteen-year-old boy for example. Do you think he would want to watch a 40-something Old Uncle talk about the current state of the economy rather than watching a 20-something in a miniskirt? (What she’s talking about automatically becomes interesting to them). So why not get the pretty girl to talk about something relevant?
What I am trying to say is, we should make the youth enlighten the youth. After all, who understands the sorrows of puberty better than an adolescent himself.
The youth are not expected to read every inch of the newspaper or know what’s happening in some remote African country. But it is really shameful if you are well aware of the brand of underwear Kareena Kapoor is wearing and have no idea who the 13th President of India is. The first thing the youth of our nation need to do is get off Facebook and get a reality check.
Television news channels like ‘IndiaTV’ have managed to make a mockery of all other respectable news channels.
News Anchors are supposed to give an unbiased view of the political situation in the country. However, many a time we see them asking questions motivated by prejudices. How are we to form an opinion of our own if we don’t see both sides of the story?
When we think of youth-led media we only think of MTV, Channel V and a host of other music channels. The ‘M’ in MTV is long gone now and all they air are mindless reality shows which I personally feel, will lead to the decadence of our intellectual capabilities.
Take an average sixteen-year-old boy for example. Do you think he would want to watch a 40-something Old Uncle talk about the current state of the economy rather than watching a 20-something in a miniskirt? (What she’s talking about automatically becomes interesting to them). So why not get the pretty girl to talk about something relevant?
What I am trying to say is, we should make the youth enlighten the youth. After all, who understands the sorrows of puberty better than an adolescent himself.
