This post refers to one of the most important pillars of our Democracy i.e. the Media.
The media not only ensures that the people are well aware of what all is happening around us in our cities, states, the Country or the World but also reflects and reports on the performance of our leaders by taking up people's grievances or appreciations.
Following this chain of thought we need much more of an "investigative" media who at all levels i.e local,state or national keeps a check on what is happening.
We need our journalists and media to be much more of a democratic instrument whom the common people can use as a grievance or appreciation reporting tool.
For instance even at a district level we need our media to constantly report the problems that are being faced by the people, what steps are being taken by the administration, are our leaders and bureaucrats fulfilling their roles and responsibilities etc.
Throughout our history be it from the times of our freedom struggle to now, our media has been doing so and have been playing a very vital role in our system of governance but it needs to be more proactive and vigilant.
However it is of utmost importance that while doing so it has to abide by its core principles of unbiasedness, transparency and honesty.
The media not only ensures that the people are well aware of what all is happening around us in our cities, states, the Country or the World but also reflects and reports on the performance of our leaders by taking up people's grievances or appreciations.
Following this chain of thought we need much more of an "investigative" media who at all levels i.e local,state or national keeps a check on what is happening.
We need our journalists and media to be much more of a democratic instrument whom the common people can use as a grievance or appreciation reporting tool.
For instance even at a district level we need our media to constantly report the problems that are being faced by the people, what steps are being taken by the administration, are our leaders and bureaucrats fulfilling their roles and responsibilities etc.
Throughout our history be it from the times of our freedom struggle to now, our media has been doing so and have been playing a very vital role in our system of governance but it needs to be more proactive and vigilant.
However it is of utmost importance that while doing so it has to abide by its core principles of unbiasedness, transparency and honesty.
No comments:
Post a Comment