How Mainstream Media Is Misleading The People

Few days ago, a huge furor was made in the social media after Deepika Padukone, a leading film actress, responded to an article by one of the biggest media house in the country, The Times of India, which shared a video on its twitter feed titled ‘OMG!! Deepika’s Clevage Show.’

Similar kind of articles have become endemic in mainstream media, who are willing to sell their ethos if that were to ensure a few more readers. This isn’t an isolated incident and what we have been consuming in the name of news in the past decade has left a lot to be desired. The only reason this particular news got coverage was because the actress in question chose to respond to the news by saying what she did with her life and body was her personal business. From objectifying women, to highlighting wardrobe malfunctions to wanting to be in the bedrooms of celebrities, we have seen it all in this age of digital media.

 

Reservation – A Necessary Evil In A Diverse Society

‘Reservation’ – one word that never fails to evoke reactions across all the segments of our country. Everybody who is anybody has some opinion or the other on the topic of reservation. While reservation has been known to exist since the time of independence, the topic usurped national conscience in 2006, when the government passed the OBC quota bill, giving 27% reservation for OBCs in central educational institutes.

The passage of the bill was followed by huge backlash, with student protestors making their presence felt throughout the country. Both, the ones beneficiaries of the bill as well as the ones at the receiving end of it had their opinions to share which, most often than not, were not in the kindest of tones to the opposing parties. The backlash is such that even till this day, whenever the results of an all India level exam like IIT-JEE, AIPMT or CAT is declared, we still find a few students raking up the issue again and blaming it for not being able to clear the exam or getting the college of their choice.