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Giving voice to the voiceless
Giving voice to the voiceless
In his Ramon Magsaysay Award acceptance speech in Manila on August 31, P. Sainath, Rural Affairs Editor of The Hindu, spoke of the legacy bequeathed to Indian journalism by freedom fighters who doubled up as journalists, and said he w as accepting the award on behalf of the same tradition of giving voice to the voiceless.
Mr. Sainath won the award in the Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication category for his “passionate commitment as a journalist to restore the rural poor to India’s national consciouness.”
This is the text of the speech:
This is the 60th year of Indian independence. A freedom fought for and won on a vision that placed our humblest citizens at the centre of action and of the future. A struggle that brought the world’s then mightiest empire to its knees. A struggle which saw the birth of a new nation, with a populace overwhelmingly illiterate, yet aiming at and committed to building a democracy the world could be proud of. A people who, one freedom fighter predicted, would make the deaf hear and the blind see. They did.
Today, the generation of Indians who took part in that great struggle have mostly died out, though their achievements have not. The few who remain are in their late 80s or 90s. As one of them told me recently: “We fought to expel the colonial ruler, but not only for that. We fought for a just and honourable nation, for a good society.”
I am now recording the lives of these last stalwarts of a generation I was not part of, but which I so deeply admire. A struggle that preceded my birth, but in which my own values are rooted. In their names, with those principles, and for their selflessness, I accept this great award.
In that great battle for freedom, a tiny press played a mighty role. So vital did it become, that every national leader worth his or her salt, across the political spectrum, also doubled up as a journalist. Small and vulnerable as they were, the journalists of that time also sought to give voice to the voiceless and speak for those who could not. Their rewards were banning, imprisonment, exile and worse. But they bequeathed to Indian journalism a legacy I am proud of and on behalf of which tradition, I accept this award today.
For the vision that generation stood for, the values it embodied, are no longer so secure as they once were. A nation founded on principles of egalitarianism embedded in its Constitution, now witnesses the growth of inequality on a scale not seen since the days of the Colonial Raj. A nation that ranks fourth in the world’s list of dollar billionaires, ranks 126th in human development. A crisis in the countryside has seen agriculture — on which close to 60 per cent of the population, or over 600 million people, depend — descend into the doldrums. It has seen rural employment crash. It has driven hundreds of thousands from villages towards towns and cities in search of jobs that are not there. It has pushed millions deeper into debt and has seen, according to the government itself, over 112,000 farmers take their own lives in distress in a decade.
This time around, though, the response of a media politically free but chained by profit, has not been anywhere as inspiring. Front pages and prime time are the turf of film stars, fashion shows and the entrenched privilege of the elite. Rural India, where the greatest battles of our freedom were fought, is pretty low down in the media’s priority list. There are, as always, exceptions. The paper I work for, The Hindu, has consistently given space to the chronicling of o ur greatest agrarian crisis since the eve of the Green Revolution. And across the country are countless journalists who, despite active discouragement from their managements, seek to place people above profit in their reporting. Who try desperately to warn their audiences of what is going on at the bottom end of the spectrum and the dangers to democracy that this involves. On behalf of all of them, all these colleagues of mine, I accept this award.
In nearly 14 years of reporting India’s villages full time, I have felt honoured and humbled by the generosity of some of the poorest people in the world. People who constantly bring home to you the Mahatma’s great line: ‘Live simply, that others might simply live.’ But a people we today sideline and marginalise in the path of development we now pursue. A people in distress, even despair, who still manage to awe me with their human and humane values. On their behalf too, I accept the Ramon Magsaysay award.
source: The Hindu
In his Ramon Magsaysay Award acceptance speech in Manila on August 31, P. Sainath, Rural Affairs Editor of The Hindu, spoke of the legacy bequeathed to Indian journalism by freedom fighters who doubled up as journalists, and said he w as accepting the award on behalf of the same tradition of giving voice to the voiceless.
Mr. Sainath won the award in the Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication category for his “passionate commitment as a journalist to restore the rural poor to India’s national consciouness.”
This is the text of the speech:
This is the 60th year of Indian independence. A freedom fought for and won on a vision that placed our humblest citizens at the centre of action and of the future. A struggle that brought the world’s then mightiest empire to its knees. A struggle which saw the birth of a new nation, with a populace overwhelmingly illiterate, yet aiming at and committed to building a democracy the world could be proud of. A people who, one freedom fighter predicted, would make the deaf hear and the blind see. They did.
Today, the generation of Indians who took part in that great struggle have mostly died out, though their achievements have not. The few who remain are in their late 80s or 90s. As one of them told me recently: “We fought to expel the colonial ruler, but not only for that. We fought for a just and honourable nation, for a good society.”
I am now recording the lives of these last stalwarts of a generation I was not part of, but which I so deeply admire. A struggle that preceded my birth, but in which my own values are rooted. In their names, with those principles, and for their selflessness, I accept this great award.
In that great battle for freedom, a tiny press played a mighty role. So vital did it become, that every national leader worth his or her salt, across the political spectrum, also doubled up as a journalist. Small and vulnerable as they were, the journalists of that time also sought to give voice to the voiceless and speak for those who could not. Their rewards were banning, imprisonment, exile and worse. But they bequeathed to Indian journalism a legacy I am proud of and on behalf of which tradition, I accept this award today.
For the vision that generation stood for, the values it embodied, are no longer so secure as they once were. A nation founded on principles of egalitarianism embedded in its Constitution, now witnesses the growth of inequality on a scale not seen since the days of the Colonial Raj. A nation that ranks fourth in the world’s list of dollar billionaires, ranks 126th in human development. A crisis in the countryside has seen agriculture — on which close to 60 per cent of the population, or over 600 million people, depend — descend into the doldrums. It has seen rural employment crash. It has driven hundreds of thousands from villages towards towns and cities in search of jobs that are not there. It has pushed millions deeper into debt and has seen, according to the government itself, over 112,000 farmers take their own lives in distress in a decade.
This time around, though, the response of a media politically free but chained by profit, has not been anywhere as inspiring. Front pages and prime time are the turf of film stars, fashion shows and the entrenched privilege of the elite. Rural India, where the greatest battles of our freedom were fought, is pretty low down in the media’s priority list. There are, as always, exceptions. The paper I work for, The Hindu, has consistently given space to the chronicling of o ur greatest agrarian crisis since the eve of the Green Revolution. And across the country are countless journalists who, despite active discouragement from their managements, seek to place people above profit in their reporting. Who try desperately to warn their audiences of what is going on at the bottom end of the spectrum and the dangers to democracy that this involves. On behalf of all of them, all these colleagues of mine, I accept this award.
In nearly 14 years of reporting India’s villages full time, I have felt honoured and humbled by the generosity of some of the poorest people in the world. People who constantly bring home to you the Mahatma’s great line: ‘Live simply, that others might simply live.’ But a people we today sideline and marginalise in the path of development we now pursue. A people in distress, even despair, who still manage to awe me with their human and humane values. On their behalf too, I accept the Ramon Magsaysay award.
source: The Hindu
Eminent journalist Palagummi Sainath on Friday received the 2007 Ramon Magsaysay award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts in recognition of his commitment as a journalist to restore the rural poor to India's consciousness.
The award, comprising a certificate, medallion and cash prize of $50,000, was conferred to him at a ceremony in Philippines capital Manila by the country's Chief Justice, Artemo Panganiban.
This is not the first time that Sainath has been honoured for his notable work, focusing on pressing issues of rural development.He was the first journalist to win Amnesty International's Global Human Rights Journalism prize in its inaugural year in 2000. He also received the A H Boerma Award in 2001 and 2003-04 Prem Bhatia Award for excellence in political reporting and analysis.The author of the highly-acclaimed Everybody Loves a Good Drought was once referred to by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen as 'one of the world's great experts on famine and hunger.' (rediff.com)
The award, comprising a certificate, medallion and cash prize of $50,000, was conferred to him at a ceremony in Philippines capital Manila by the country's Chief Justice, Artemo Panganiban.
This is not the first time that Sainath has been honoured for his notable work, focusing on pressing issues of rural development.He was the first journalist to win Amnesty International's Global Human Rights Journalism prize in its inaugural year in 2000. He also received the A H Boerma Award in 2001 and 2003-04 Prem Bhatia Award for excellence in political reporting and analysis.The author of the highly-acclaimed Everybody Loves a Good Drought was once referred to by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen as 'one of the world's great experts on famine and hunger.' (rediff.com)
India’s Best Colleges | 10 mass communication institutes in India
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India’s Best Colleges | 10 mass communication institutes in India
Ahmedabad: Small is beautiful. At least that’s what seems to be working for the two best-ranked mass communication institutes in the country.
The Mudra Institute of Communications in Ahmedabad (MICA) is the best mass communication institute to study in the country. It is closely followed by Asian College of Journalism, or ACJ, Chennai.
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Amid a media boom and a frenzy to hire journalists across multiple media—print, online, television—employers have been increasingly witnessing a dearth of employable talent, despite about 200 colleges who offer journalism programmes recognized by the University Grants Commission.
According to a report by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), an industry lobby, India’s print and broadcast industries are expected to grow at a compounded annual rate of 14% and 22%, respectively, until 2012. While print is estimated to become a Rs28,100 crore industry by 2012, television will be a Rs60,000 crore sector.
The schools say that their size works in their favour. For example, MICA has approval for intake of 120 students in its course on communication management. It has also started a one-year postgraduate programme for professionals with prior experience with a batch of up to 25 students, and runs a six-month crafting creative communications programme, again with a maximum of 25 students.
“So for a student strength of 170, our faculty strength is 37. We equip our students to find their own solutions to problems and not tell them what the solutions are. Small size helps us give proper attention,” said Naval K. Bhargava, dean, international relations, MICA.
Sashi Kumar, chairman of ACJ, too maintains that being small helps. ACJ has a policy of having one faculty member for 12 students. Though ACJ can admit 120 students, Sashi Kumar says it does not take more than 115 students. Permanent faculty strength is 13, with 25 visiting faculty. “Journalism is not about lectures but about intellectual training. We deal in ideas, so keeping small size of student batch helps,” he adds.
Having a smaller batch size also helps in better communication and brings in openness. “I liked the ethos of MICA and the promotion of free thinking. There is something very creative and dynamic about the place. There is a real sense of excitement in learning and the tutors are exceptional in bringing their zeal and interest to the students. Amazing infrastructure, facilities and coursework makes MICA stand out from other institutes,” says Megha Vadodaria, MICA alumna of 2005, who plans to go to the UK for further studies. She is currently working with her own media house, Sambhaav Group of Publications, in Gujarat.
The other trait that has helped these institutes maintain edge is keeping their curriculum in sync with times. “We are very focused on the needs of the market and the industry. We make students better equipped with what a consumer is likely to think and demand. Our students understand the consumers, their sociology, culture, socio-economic aspects. All sounds simple when you see the net results, but it is not so in reality,” Bhargav said.
For its part, ACJ is now working to teaching students the nuances of working in a fast-changing media sector, and also to better leverage technology. “Today people talk of podcasting, convergence, IP TV. What was taught to students in 2001 or even 2007 would be different from what they would learn in 2008 or 2009,” Sashi Kumar said.
Though both teach students to use mass media to reach their target audience and do not challenge the ratings, surprisingly, they both desist from calling themselves mass communication institutes. “We are allergic to the word ‘communication,’ as it has been abused by many university colleges in the past. We are more of a journalism institute,” Sashi Kumar said.
It is a view shared by alumnus and deputy news editor at business television channel CNBC , Harsha Subramaniam. ”I feel it is not right to call ACJ a mass communication institute as it is purely a journalism school. I feel mass communication institutes also teach advertising, public relations, corporate communications as part of their curricula,” he adds.
The MICA director, international relations, too feels that MICA is more of a communication management institute, linking them to Indian Institute of Management (IIMs). “We basically teach management with communications management at the heart. The only difference is that our subjects are different than other management schools and media is only one part of our curriculum,” he adds.
And how are these institutes looking to the future? MICA is already in talks with an international university to provide a dual degree course to its students in the future. ACJ has been receiving a lot of requests for a similar institute in North India and in the West Asia. Both are exploring these options, even as they churn out small and intimate batches on the domestic front.
source: livemint
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In India there are about 4,720 newspapers, 400 TV channels. Andhra Pradesh has highest number of Television news channels in South India. 13 channels out of 36 TV channels in AP are news channels. 12 channels are entertainment channels
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Music – 2
Children – 3
Women -1
Spiritual – 5
News – 13
Entertainment 12
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