The Freedom of Media

The guardian of liberty is media,

The sword-arm of justice is media.

Do media really deserve these tributes? Of course media enjoys freedom and it can serve as the guiding light of justice. But if it is stifled by the government or it becomes an equipment in the unscrupulous hands of party bosses it may serve as a false light to misguide, baffle and inflame the public.

In a democratic country like India, the freedom of expression and speech is a fundamental right. Subject to certain limitations media enjoys vast bony. But the other aspect reveals the fact that Parliament can pass legislation obliterating the freedom of expression in interest of certain criteria.

Media is not completely free. There are dangers that make it resilient. The danger lies in the increasing concentration of ownership and the control of the proprietor and their monopoly. Media has become a marionette in some callous hands.

Advertisements have also distorted the face of journalism. The subtle reality is that now journalism has shifted from a mission to profession. On a totalitarian it is in the hands of advertisers to control media. Government permit unlimited liberty but conditions arise when government feels that certain restrictions are essential in public interest.

It is the real time when we need to strive for the actual freedom of media.

Beyond the line...

“Empty vessels sound much.” It is a known fact actually essentially an artifact that what is vacant makes clamor. The same goes with the so called system in hand.  Thanks to the present mould we have build up. It is persuasive that has actually driven all of us away.

Now one may be wandering what actually I intend to convey. As simple as that I am not in a mood of criticizing the system, neither am I prepared to drive out the notches of the system. Indeed I am not that powerful to do that. There is no pleasure in blaming a particular system when we cannot really compromise with our belongings.

The political system is demanding. The administration is not exactly prepared to cope up the new arrivals. Don’t confuse with the arrivals of officials. Actually I am totally bewildered by the anew cases of brutality. There stands no point to specify a particular situation. It is not the time to exemplify or simplify but rather multiply. Multiply approaches and credentials to verbally ornament the so called existing system.

Everybody has their particular thinking and linking looms according to which people differentiate and relate situations. From Bagha Case to Munna Singh atrocity plenty of lip service is constantly being paid. But the upshot is pending and I can assure that it will still be anticipating for days to come. There is a reason behind getting directly so subjective. Revitalize the prior cases that may fall in the same precinct.

It is easy for the big faces to disgrace, disparage and defame other contradicting faces for the same. It is also easy to make demands in an air conditioned chambers. At times it may also be feasible to stipulate in the public but when the actual time will come the seats may be vacant. I am not pleasured by any party and of course I am not denominating my social assets but I am just giving a statement based on my presumptions which I think is sure to happen. Thanks to the Fundamental Rights of Constitution that also owe to Right to Speech and Expression.

Let us see if some externally build internal forces or the vice versa is capable of changing my stand point.

-          Anshul Majumdar