My Name is Khan

I have been reading Times of India since last 20-25 years. Earlier, the news contents was mainly focused on politics. News other than politics used to appear occasionally. There were separate papers like Screen and Cine Advance for news related to cinema. Same was the case for sports also. This has changed completely. Now a days, it is difficult to know whether the paper is aimed at focussing more on world politics or India Cinema and Cricket. The headlines on the main page contain news related to Cricket and Bollywood more often than any other news. Those readers who are not interested in these news are finding it as embarrasing. The news channels on T.V are worse than this. Their news mostly contain topics related to cinema, cricket. I have to at times switch over to BBC to know what is happening around the world. All the Indian news channels according to me are filthy, obscene, biased. These channels do not give any quality news. It is a waste of time to view such channels. The ministry of information and broadcasting is not doing nothing to improve the quality of programming. The general public is satisfied with whatever is being given in the name of entertainment. There is absolutely no protest. Prices of vegetables and essential food commodities have increased sharply in the last 6 months. Even middle class families are finding it difficult to meet both ends meet. How often has this issue been raised in media. Let there be a public debate on why the price is rising, What steps are being taken to contain the price rise. When will it brought under control. The general public wants to know all this rather than knowing how much business “My Name is Khan” has made in the first week of release or the protest of shiv sainiks over the release of the film in Mumbai or how much popular shah rukh khan is outside India. Considering the fact that 70% of the population in India does not have the basic necessities like food, clothing and shelter, it is criminal on the part of media to focus on news which has little or no significance to the real issues. Neither the government nor any of the political parties have any genuine concerns for the poor and under privileged. All they are interested in is the votes. What they give in return to the common public is the assurances, promises which they never fulfill. The media is corrupt, misguiding the general public by sidelining the real issues and focussing more on trivial issues which have no relevance to the real issues.