Media is not a commodity

Bhubaneswar, 28/11: Media is losing its moral value under the servitude of commerce. News appears a product and the media houses aim at selling the product and profit making, stated the Akhila Bharatiya Karyakarini Sadasya of RSS Sri Ramamadhavaji at a seminar on "secularism and role of media since last 50 years" here today at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in the evening organized by Vishwa Sambad Kendra Orissa.

Being invited as the chief spokesperson in the seminar, Sri Ramamadhavji focusing on the historical background of the media said media was served as a mission for the freedom of nation that Gandhi was executing Harizan and Young India. With the course of time media was converted into a profession. And in the modern era, it was automatically turned into an industry, which aims at getting profit. Referring to the current function and situation of its organization, he viewed that till this date there is no editor in the largest circulated and reputed newspaper in India rather the executive managing editor who tries to manage the editorial section. The purpose is to go through a situation instead of serving the nation with a mission. It is not monolith today. Not only the media is independent but also the media persons are free to interpret the same topic and concept with a little bit spice. Therefore media never acts as the social reformer as the less people is available to have opinion and revolution whose majority is not considerable. In the context of Hinduism on the basis of secularism, he said there is no Hindu terrorist in India – it is a technique for the distortion in the name of secularism.

Under the presidentship of Indulata Dash, the director of Yaga and Prachya Vidya Prastisthan, the chief guest Jagdish Pattanaik who is a writer expressed his surprise at whether India is a nation in making or it is there before the independence. He suggested for the establishment of secularism the only way is to keep respect towards each religion and community and the great souls who have left their personalities to be analyzed and followed.

On the concept secularism Indulata Dash stated giving the special reference of Veda that suggests seeing all the beings within oneself that Hinduism believes Secularism, which has been used in Indian constitution. The famous sacred mythological piece Gita teaches protestant through a weapon. A weapon may kill hundred but a pen can kill thousands and above people and even a civilization when it will be misutilized in a negative way. So media should be served under responsibility and potentiality under the service of secularism.

The secretary of Vishwa Sambad Kendra Orissa Sumanta Kumar Panda introduced the guests and addressed the meeting. After the question and answer session, Laxman Panda delivered vote of words in the end. Along with the RSS members most of the media persons and eminent personalities were present and participated in the discussion programme.