Shiv Sena v/s Sachin

In an interaction with the media on completing 20 years in international cricket, Tendulkar had said, "I am a Maharashtrian and I am extremely proud of that. But I am an Indian first. And Mumbai belongs to all Indians." Is there any flaw in that sentence?? Is’nt every citizen of India staying at any of the states, a Indian first…?!!

Sachin didn’t show disrespect to Maharashtra,he said he’s extremely “proud” of being a Marathi, then what made Bal Thackery to rebuke?? Just because Sachin said that he was an Indian first!! Regionality comes after nationality. First we are Indians and then Marathi or Gujarati or Punjabi,etc. Is it fair on the part of a political leader in India to criticize such a great cricketer( on these grounds?  The master-blaster is playing for India,and out of his sportsmanship quality what he said,he’s been retaliated by Thackery .Why does the Shiv Sena fail to understand that Maharashtra is a part of India? No other political leader from any of the states boasts of their state as Thackery. Its simply because they are trying to provoke feelings to get some votes.But only a handful of people will support Thackery and the majority would not. Given a choice Maharashtrians will take Sachin over him any day.

What Sachin has done for this country will leave an indelible mark in the nation’s history.His achievements have brought laurels to India& we are proud of this.But what has Thackery done in comparison to this? Creating such irrelevant issues giving way to a nation-wide uproar just to gain votes from people (But there was a time when people admired his stand for Hinduism). This time the Sena and the Supremo have just gone too far - its Sachin Tendulkar we’re talking about. This is the man who has a special place and each Indian’s heart. Whole of India and all Maharashtrians, excluding a few Shiv Sena leaders and leaders of Thackeray's party are with Tendulkar because people understand that calling oneself an Indian is not a crime!!

Media and its impact on the youngsters

Media has a greater impact on the younger generation more that the school or family has on them.The means of media which influence young generation are television, radio, internet, newspapers, magazines, books, broadcasting and text publishers. All these manipulate youngsters in what concerns culture, politics, social life, religion, fashion, education, sports and other interests too. The media plays a substantial role in the building of attitudes, behaviour and physical aspects of youth today.

Almost each teenager has a TV in his room and he may stick to it for hours together to watch a show, a movie or to find out any interesting information in the discovery channel. But they are not realizing that the TV shows them what they want to see and not what they are supposed to see. Nowadays, TV focuses more on entertainment s (we cannot deny that) although the three pillars of media are : information, education and entertainment. Here, the TRP ratings come into the scene which compels the channels to show only what the audience wants to see. Then, the internet has become much more important than the TV because it offers a variety of facts on different areas of interest. Now teenagers download a movie from the internet and watch it at home instead of going to cinema halls. Moreover they can communicate with friends and relatives no matter how far they are. Most of the youngsters spend maximum time on the internet in chatting or orkutting or tweeting or using facebook, etc. They get hooked up for hours in front of their PC/laptop. They prefer not to buy newspapers & amp; magazines as they can read them from the internet. Advertisements play a special role as they can influence young people to buy different things or to follow certain behaviours.

Media strongly affects youth culture. It is one of the important means to reach out to the masses and mould their thinking and decision making. The positive media cannot attract attention of the masses and to gain viewership, negative media has to be incorporated to balance out and attract the masses but a line has to be drawn between the positive and the negative media in the interest of the gen next......!!!