I want to start this article with my Facebook status that came out in anger
“During 2011:
Tamil people: we ll throw out dmk from rule. they did 2G scam..
Indian: wat s 2G scam ??
Tamil people: we dunno, dmk did 2G scam and raja should be punished..
Now:
Tamil people: we gonna vote for modi because gujarat got developement..
Indian: oh good.. In wat way gujarat developed ?
Tamil people: we dunno, gujarat s developed and we ll vote for modi..
Indian: namaku vaaitha adimaigal migavum thiramaisaaligal .. Dedicated to tamilnadu #MOsaDI fans.. ”
I hope you got clear idea about what I am saying.
Unlike many north Indian states Tamil people got to knew about any news and political situation and controversies. And i appreciate that. But I am not sure we know in-depth or at least the full story of the news. We got this habit Probably because of our Tamil newspapers i think in which we people always read only the attractive headlines and not the original content of the news. I can understand that in our busy life cycle we don’t even have time to read any news fully. But is it good to believe just what the headlines or the main theme of the news ?
Many of my friends said said that they are supporting Anna Hazare to pass Lokpal bill. I also hearing those news at those times and i too felt that we need that bill to be passed in the parliament. When i asked my friends about Lokpal bill, i got just same few words “Anna Hazare”, “Lokpal”, “anti-corruption law”. Really i didn’t any other explanation from them.
Similarly in case of 2G scam i got only few words like “Raja”, “Kanimozhi”,”DMK”, “corruption” . thats all
and recently When asked about Modi , I am getting replies as “Gujarat”, “”Development” ..
Why are we like this ? do we really know completely about trending news ?
When I keep on thinking about this, i found that media have significant responsibility for this poor attitude of our people. They want hot news to increase their TRP rating. For that they keep on stressing about a news for a particular period even without giving clear understandable explanation for common people And as soon as the current news get cools down they move on to next issue. We people also used to be like that. I am expecting a change in this. we people shouldn’t get confused or convinced without knowing the full story.
What we have to do for that ?
“Know about a thing to praise it and know MORE about a thing to blame it.. Without knowing anything don’t even open the mouth about it..” – chozhathozhan
சோழதோழன் | chozhathozhan 