Media representing capitalists is a tragedy : Senior journalist P Sainath
Tumkur: All the people in the country need to say that we all are farmers. Otherwise, we would not survive, Senior journalist P Sainath expressed concern.
Inaugurating a state-level workshop in Tumkur, he said, farmer class need to be extended. The word farmer should be extended to the landless farmers, tribal farmers, daily wage farmers and it should keep on extending. Through that, we need to stand by farmers; he said.
There are two types of media namely good media and important media. The work of the media is to represent difficulties, the pulse of the people. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi, and Bhagat Singh have set an example for this. Good media raises debate in society. It brings weaknesses before the people. Then the rulers and the corporates who support them, learn about the people's problems.
But it is unfortunate that the media field, which has become a business as a result of globalization, privatization, liberalization; is representing capitalists instead of masses. We all need to strive to develop a society-oriented media field, "he said.
Nadoja Baraguru Ramachandrappa presided over the program. Prof.K. Durairaju, Prof.GM Srinivasayya, BH Rama Kumari, Prof. Rajappa Dalavai, Sukhanya and others were present.
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Northwest, central, adjoining east India to witness heatwave conditions for next 4-5 days: IMD
New Delhi (PTI): Heatwave conditions are very likely to prevail over isolated pockets of northwest, central and the adjoining parts of east India for the next four to five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.
It said isolated pockets of Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, East Rajasthan, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, West Uttar Pradesh, West Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and scattered pockets of East Uttar Pradesh are expected to witness heatwave conditions on different dates between April 20 and April 25.
"Hot and humid weather conditions are very likely to prevail in isolated pockets over Gangetic West Bengal during April 20-26; Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal during April 20–22; Kerala and Mahe, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam during April 20-24; coastal areas of Gujarat on April 24 and April 25," the IMD said.
Also, warm night conditions are expected to prevail in isolated pockets over Haryana, Chandigarh, West Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha on April 20 and April 21, Chhattisgarh on April 20, and Odisha between April 20 and April 22.
The IMD highlighted that moderate to intense thunderstorm activity can occur over different states of south, central, east and northwest India on Monday.
There is also a possibility of hailstorms over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, Madhya Pradesh Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh on Monday, according to the IMD.
