Rajkumar Sushan Singh *
India is celebrating 60 years of Independence with great pomp and show. But the Northeast India is not so responsive to such celebration. Still the Indian Government does not take constructive steps to bring the Northeast into the mainstream.
People of the region still feel neglected and cannot interact with other regions in a positive note. It doesn't mean that people of the region do not want to feel as Indian.
Of course, they also shared and celebrated the joy of the nation with great enthusiasm when Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his boys brought 20 Twenty Cricket World Cup from South Africa. It is high time to find a way out.
To bring this region to the mainstream, more attention needs to be given from cross sections of society as India is moving towards super power.
Apart from the initiatives from Government, NGOs and other stakeholders, media need to play an active role in Nation building giving importance to the Northeast India.
But the fact of the matter is that national media or mainstream media cannot perform much in the region. It only gives attention only when insurgency related issues crop up there.
Does it mean that there are no any positive activities? Media coverage of the region, at least, tries to create such an illusion.
Of course, there are many day-to-day activities and achievements, which even can become the leading story in print and electronic media of mainstream.
But as it is not highlighted the people of the other region cannot access that news. That is why many people do not know much about the region.
In this regard, northeast need to produce professional media persons who can highlight newsworthy developments, which will give positive impact in bringing the region into the mainstream India.
To produce professional media persons, it is also required establishing media courses in college and university levels. But the sorry condition is that there are not much media courses in the entire Northeast.
Media, being a professional, course requires huge amount in pursuing the course. So those who cannot afford these fees cannot pursue this course. Ultimately, they cannot fulfil their dreams.
In terms job opportunity, media is a booming sector. So, University Grants Commission and state Governments need to give impetus in establishing media courses in the region.
By doing this, more media persons would be coming out from the region and helping in Nation building. In due course, the feeling of alienation would be wiped out from the North-Easterners through media.
Hurrah!!!!!!! Media !!!!
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* Rajkumar Sushan Singh, a Delhi-based Journalist, working in a media house, regularly contributes to e-pao.net. The writer can be contacted at sushanrajkumar(at)yahoo(dot)com . This article was webcasted on 04th Oct 2007.
Source: http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=news_section.opinions.Role_of_media_in_North-East
India is celebrating 60 years of Independence with great pomp and show. But the Northeast India is not so responsive to such celebration. Still the Indian Government does not take constructive steps to bring the Northeast into the mainstream.
People of the region still feel neglected and cannot interact with other regions in a positive note. It doesn't mean that people of the region do not want to feel as Indian.
Of course, they also shared and celebrated the joy of the nation with great enthusiasm when Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his boys brought 20 Twenty Cricket World Cup from South Africa. It is high time to find a way out.
To bring this region to the mainstream, more attention needs to be given from cross sections of society as India is moving towards super power.
Apart from the initiatives from Government, NGOs and other stakeholders, media need to play an active role in Nation building giving importance to the Northeast India.
But the fact of the matter is that national media or mainstream media cannot perform much in the region. It only gives attention only when insurgency related issues crop up there.
Does it mean that there are no any positive activities? Media coverage of the region, at least, tries to create such an illusion.
Of course, there are many day-to-day activities and achievements, which even can become the leading story in print and electronic media of mainstream.
But as it is not highlighted the people of the other region cannot access that news. That is why many people do not know much about the region.
In this regard, northeast need to produce professional media persons who can highlight newsworthy developments, which will give positive impact in bringing the region into the mainstream India.
To produce professional media persons, it is also required establishing media courses in college and university levels. But the sorry condition is that there are not much media courses in the entire Northeast.
Media, being a professional, course requires huge amount in pursuing the course. So those who cannot afford these fees cannot pursue this course. Ultimately, they cannot fulfil their dreams.
In terms job opportunity, media is a booming sector. So, University Grants Commission and state Governments need to give impetus in establishing media courses in the region.
By doing this, more media persons would be coming out from the region and helping in Nation building. In due course, the feeling of alienation would be wiped out from the North-Easterners through media.
Hurrah!!!!!!! Media !!!!
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* Rajkumar Sushan Singh, a Delhi-based Journalist, working in a media house, regularly contributes to e-pao.net. The writer can be contacted at sushanrajkumar(at)yahoo(dot)com . This article was webcasted on 04th Oct 2007.
Source: http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=news_section.opinions.Role_of_media_in_North-East
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