Mob Media & Memory
India is a beautiful country with a strong integrity which when challenged is ready to fight for on need.
When someone spits in a public place, its overlooked but when the same is on our clothes or at walls of our home, it’s questioned and fought over. It’s not the love for country that people look up; it’s within their own self. People cannot question safety, sense of responsibility, awareness be made when not practiced in general sense by themselves. I firmly believe that good things begin with self first, if one cares for own home, property. Does that not mean that it should be taken to next level saving public properties and roads because it is what we have been paying for to the government in the form of TAXES which might have been summed up to more than you might have saved if calculated from the times of our people earlier in our family.
- What about times when India is cool, calm and quiet the vigilance of people and love for country is absent?
- Absence of Media (News channels, Papers, Reports, Polls, Radio, etc.) for something which is bad and yet not answered to people?
- What is definition of beautiful country?
It’s the responsibility of Media to generate a Memory for anyone who does patriotic work even of small scale in order to give them recognition, to make them a part of Mob and yet let them be popular amongst Mob, rather than making them fade with time.
Infact, it’s the Mob that makes difference between popular, to some not needed and forget very easily who are needed the most.
It’s the memory of people that matters here. How many people remember Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma who died battling terrorist in Delhi? How many people are thankful to that very person who fought for country without any greed or demand, just with a sense of responsibility so that citizen of India could sleep without fear because he was guarding the security. Money can never get him back to his family, but it should have been impeccable respect of everyone. Martyrs are never give their life for a city, state or country but for all the world. Something which every country should think about, rather than making political issue and earning money in the terms of TRP. Heroes are not of nation, they are for every one who claims to be a human and not a terrorist.
The list goes endless, what about martyrs in Mumbai attacks?
Major Sandeep Unnikrishna, NSG commandos and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Chief Hemant Karkare were few of martyrs that I would never like to forget. I would keep adding to the list of people who were either victims or fought with a brave heart. To face terrorism and yet not to give up, to fight is a trait of a hero. Heroes are not born by birth, they are amongst us and we need to encourage and take part in every possible way to not let the Mob forget about who are real heroes and not just the ones who take up all the screen just because being painted in silver. It’s the fake that tries to shine more but does not have worth rather than original which is humble and remains calm.
Just demonstrating anger in media is not a solution for the citizen. Waiving hands on screen is not a way either to fight terrorism. Take up the responsibility to bring anyone or everyone to task who does anti-social work. Be it throwing paper bits on roads, neither one should fear picking one and dropping it in trash can. Charity begins at home, memory begins with our self, repeated discussions and till the time that people stop talking about terrorist and talk more about martyrs.
Country needs progress but it comes from its people and not from some external source. This realization has to be made in Memory of Mob and which can be achieved by Media by repetitive discussions to make public aware.
If this has been a worth of script that I have posted, the question of “What is definition of beautiful country?” should be answered by all of us. If possible, please post a copy of your stand here as a comment so others can understand the sentiments.
