On the occasion of celebrating 71st anniversary of birth of The Republic (India), it is appropriate to ponder over the plight of India’s aam janata (public), unarguably a complex mix of the currently estimated 1,400 million people marked by profiles as diverse as one is willing to dissect and dwell deep. Their aspirations to live happily is well-taken, but to what extent they are making honest efforts to realise the wish is a big question. The three pillars of Democracy namely Legislature, Judiciary and Executive, being overseen by the fourth namely Media, need to provide stability similar to the tripod, but are they fulfilling that need is another and bigger question, in the backdrop of what is going on in the land.
There are no prizes for the right answer to the two questions, but one can venture to express one’s understanding or otherwise of the underlying factors creating the scenario by the aforementioned four (may be three) pillars. The land’s media, by and large, is doing its bit in enabling people to be aware of the happenings and more importantly the human factor behind the scene.
