WHY DO WE NEED STUDENTS TO CHANGE INDIA FOR US?

“Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually do”            

• Steve Jobs

Where else could we see people coming together embracing each other's culture (enjoying all the while), getting criticized for their regional issues and passing their own light judgements on those matters (disguised as comments of course), proud of the fact that their thoughts matter as they have grown to be adults, breaking social stigmas, talking about solutions to issues, trying to be of use and more strictly, at a certain point dreaming of the world to be the same? This is how the student crowd is changing the country.

What education imparts to an individual goes much beyond the realm of academics and discipline. It ignites the mind to wonder, compare, process and in cases, revolt! Yes the country talks about being better. To change within, to make amends to the wrongs, to be more compassionate, to be more open but what it actually does is to carry on the same routine with just a thought of change. That's all. Maybe the society is still immature to change or is incapable of it because it's the generation that's not ready to move on. With stagnant issues, it becomes difficult. So as to what changes have they to make if at all their life would ever be the same. But that's something the Young generation doesn't need to worry about.

They know what's wrong with the society and what's the solution because we talk about it. And they are willing to make changes because they don't have an experience of adjusting to the circumstances (as opposed to the older generation who pretty much seem to be too attached to the issues to set them right). They need fast changes and changes that will make the field (society) better and for them to start life.

Fascinated by politics, laughing at discrimination, brimming with business ideas, holding patriotism dear and disgusted with people making decisions for them is how they make themselves aware about their rights and duties. For example if not for those pathetic 'voters’ who sell votes, politics would have been set right in this country long ago by these individuals. Same goes for the communal hatred brewing in parts of the country, corruption, and even to an extent, civility.

What is to be celebrated is that this is something that comes out of a necessity to revolt, to change and more importantly, to prosper!

IS FAKE NEWS FREEDOM OF SPEECH? Media scared to be accountable?

Don't we all need a responsible and answerable media if we are considering it to be a pillar more stronger than the government in the structure of democracy? Of course we do! And if anything else this is required even more now since media is influencing pretty much every aspect of the life starting with electoral politics to building perception about every other minute feature of the outer world.

Media in our country has visibly stooped down in it's standards.(why?) Well maybe for starters, it's politics centric, TRP hungry and overconfident. Some of the media around the world who are still considered to be the best in the field and act as a reference for all the others have some straight reason for them to be the best. They take authenticity of the subject seriously, criticize for well enough reasons and be well within the boundaries of performing a fair ritual of Justice for the debate and not passing judgements well before courts.

Recently Malaysian lawmakers decided upon making fake news a punishable offence. This step indeed has been criticized by human rights activists as it can be used as a tool by the government to have complete control over the media. But is it so? Is ‘fake news’ synonymous with 'freedom of expression’? No! If anything it spoils lives, influences gullible minds and last of all makes the media somewhat irrelevant.

Media accusing politicians of corruption openly, making fun of the lawmakers, abusing able businessmen, not really caring about the poor but deciding what's good and what's wrong for them, considering videos trending to be the gospel truth and passing on judgements on sub judice matters (which is an punishable offence but I don't know why no one has been ever punished). The only media controlling body is the press club but it's kind of seen to controlled by the rich channels. Thus all accountability of the media goes right out of the window.

I guess that such steps have been from a time, due in India. Where debates are pretty much jamming sessions and ‘selling news’ is provident. And if the argument of the government controlling media by deciding which is right and which is wrong, I think there are ways other than scraping of the thought of the media being accountable.