Like many people out there,I too need the newspaper to accompany my morning tea.Tea minus the newspaper or vice versa leaves my morning incomplete.But the point is how many of us really read the front page or the pages that talk about the issues bothering our nation or other nations.Most of us directly skip to PAGE 3 - the page that talks about the lives of the high society socialites or the 'who's who' in other words.We are more interested in knowing which actor wore what to which party or if so and so came to the party with someone and left the party with someone else or who was the best-dressed and who was the worst dressed?Who wore which designer's creations?
What attracts us to the glamorous lives of these social butterflies?
Is it because we derive vicarious pleasure from their lifestyles?
Is it because we feel incomplete within ourselves?
Is it because we wish we were in their shoes?
Or is it because of the need to keep ourselves updated with the gossip lest we feel outta place at the next get together with friends which generally end up as gossip sessions?
I am not sure of the answers.Nor am I refuting the fact that once in a while it is fun to gossip about such things.(A recently conducted study found that gossip actually helps relieve stress).But what I do feel is that we must keep ourselves updated with other 'current affairs' too.How many of us actually read the editorials which sometimes bring out the really fine points which we would otherwise miss?How many of us are aware that a ship called 'Clemenceau' loaded with asbestos is coming to an Indian port for dismantling?How many of us are aware that the asbestos could endanger the lives of the workers involved in the dismantling procedure?Why is our country ready to bury the trash of another country in our grounds even though that would mean indirectly abetting to ignore the Basel convention of which India is a signatory.
I think,as the youth of today,it is upto us to voice our views on such subjects.Afterall,every drop of water adds to make the ocean what it is.We must all do what we can,what is within our reach.We must not refrain from making the 'little' difference that we can make...only then can we truly call ourselves dutiful countrymen of 'Incredible India'.
9 comments:
ppl tend to learn things that cud benefit dem onto the occasions in the society...dey tend to copy trends n use dem to create their own "fashion statements"...news abt nation n nations can do no gud to this community..actually dey r not bothered..on dis view..page 3 stuff is justified
tat was very well said!These kind of reflections precisely show us where we r and where we otta be.
keep the good work goin :)
i dunno... i know abt clemenceau... hindu hasnt got a typical "page 3", and i feel like my whole day is gonna go wrong if i dont get my newspaper in time! so cant relate to it completely... but if u ask me abt ppl who are interested only in the page3... they are kinda funny!
p.s: wish you go back to the lighter topics!
and hey psst! i ll keep it hush-hush but wat was tat comment tats been removed???!?!?
very good topic to write about.. and a very well written article i must say.. try to send this to some news paper.
and no.. i dint know about that ship docking here.. but nor do i sit and read page three.. i attack the paper mainly for the comic strips and the crossword puzzles.. hehe.. thats the kid in me i guess.
i would second karthikeyan on tat...n hey wat was te comment tat was removed....our aquarian curiousities are tinglin us...
ok guys...I didn't delete any comment.Uma made a spelling error and she corrected it and posted it again!
i third kart!!! :) u shd come up wid more humorous stuff to break d personal record u set wid d make frndship post. but this one was VERY well written i must say.
i guess its bcoz ppl like to think n act like others so that they can feel
that they r part of the whole around them.jus bcoz most of them dont bother abt what does not affect them directly they think they shud also be like them n some dont give it much thought at all.
with a few exceptions like u manas n a few others ofcourse!!!
n partly bcoz the TV media is also jus givin more importance to what ppl want to hear n gossip abt rather than focussing on reality.once in a while its ok to talk abt film stars but i really dont still understand how getting to know whether someone u havent meant at all or dont know personally has gone to which party,with whom n stuff like that actually shud matter to u!!!
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