“NEWS” (North East West South), reminds me of the days when as kid we were forced to watch it for long half an hour on DD (Doordarshan). It was a compulsion those days to watch the English news at prime time 9pm. There were few good reasons for that (a) it use to enhance our knowledge about the world. (b) Enhancement of English language. Etc etc………Going back in the memory lane I realize that the NEWS was more than perfect then, than it is now.

News now is more of TRP & footage than real news. At times it is really difficult to sit with parents & kids to watch the news channels. They nearly show everything except for the real news these days. I find superstitious things like ghosts etc are being promoted more than anything else. Also, the NEWS channel’s have changed the definition of NEWS from being important & major issues that everybody should know to anything & everything that everybody should know. They cook up false sting operations & victimize anybody just to get their TRP’s high. Instead of NEWS channels they are more of entertainment channels, which never forget to show at least once in a week about Mallika Sherawat/ Rakhi Sawant or The Big B of Hindi Cinema. The silly things & issues are aired for good half an hours or so but important news like the nuclear deal or any major issues can been seen for hardly few seconds or minutes.

News Channels in India

I am not against the NEWS Channels, but I just want to tell them we are not interested in seeing some melodrama in a NEWS channel. We do not want to hear assumptions of few about who killed innocent Arushi & unnecessarily create opinion about the victim’s family & her own character. We want to see the some genuine NEWS. Till date also after my hectic day in office I prefer The NEWS on DD, as I know if I need to know more about what’s happening in India & World and not only about what’s happening in Delhi & NCR’s then I can trust Doordarshan only. I hope the NEWS channels will learn to act responsibly when they air any piece of NEWS, as they have to take care of the fact that they are being watched by not only the adults but youngsters as well.