Media and Its Role in Strengthening the Power of the Masses

The media and publication sector in Assam has gone a long way now with the electronics and print media playing exemplary roles in both disclosing the crime and criminals and also taking initiative in the removal of crimes from the region. Assam, till a few years ago, did not have that strong and well-powered media as it has today and hence, right from the government to the illegal private organization or other miscreants, everybody has learned to stay alert and away from unlawful acts in the fear of being unveiled to the masses by the media.  

Although the number of private satellite news channels in Assam has increased with time, but these has not left any adverse effect on the print media. In fact, both the types of media are seen to have occupied a particular place, irrespective of the fear that electronics media will soon take the market off print media and one day print media will go extinct. However, some of the old newspaper organizations that were established way back in the 70s still exist and are still maintain that strong rapport with a huge number of permanent readers. The Dainik Janambhumi newspaper that was first launched as a weekly paper in the year 1947 can be mentioned as an example in this context. 

  

The Janambhumi Group of Publications was established in Jorhat and then in 1972, the group launched a daily newspaper, Dainik Janambhumi. The second and third editions of the newspaper have also been launched now from Guwahati and Tinsukia in 2001 and 2004, respectively.

Presentation of news in simple and straight language and easy-going words are some of the key factors that has enabled this newspaper to connect well with the common people and build a bridge with a large number of regular readers.

The role an editor, the batch sub-editors and the reporters play in the development and maintenance of a newspaper, is the most vital part of the print media as in the negligence of any of these factors will result into the generation of baseless and ineffective news.

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Makum- The “Meeting Point” of India and China in the Yesteryears

A beautiful place at first glance and a peaceful green surrounding prevailing around, Makum is a small town based in Assam’s Tinsukia district. The meaning of the name Makum in Chinese language is “meeting point” and the Chinese connection of this town can leave anybody feeling devastated and heart wrenched as the past of this place was not as pleasant and peaceful at a time as it seems now. The tearful days the Chinese origin people had to suffer in this place at once is history today and at the same time, shows up as a mournful past as well.

It is this Makum that remains a quiet witness of the Sino-Indian War of 1962 which had destroyed the peaceful living of the place and compelled the Chinese origin people to leave this place and escape to China. While 16 such Chinese origin families are still there in Makum who has everything to say about the mournful past and shed tears stating what painful past they and their kins had to go through.

Kaushalya Dutta Baruah, a resident of Makum, speaking about her past and the early years in the town, states, “When I was a small girl, the then Makum was a heavenly abode where the Chinese origin people dwelled peacefully with the other locales. My earliest childhood memories include playing with my friends who were mostly Chinese-origin descendants. Many of the descendants of pure blooded Chinese had married people from other communities such as tea tribes, Ahoms, Marwadis etc. Everybody lived in unison and harmony.”

It was in the early 19^th century when the Chinese people had migrated to the neighbouring nation to Assam, they had found a beautiful place to settle and live happily with the locals. Such was a time when Makum was popularly known as “China Colony” with a flourishing Chinese population of around 2000 people.

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Manipur Celebrates Music and Recalls Peace

Manipur is a land of beauty, of tranquility and of peace-loving people and to celebrate love, art, music and peace, the state celebrated a three-day long festival in its Andhro village recently. The celebration of the festival aims at encouraging the youths to unite and think about the protection of the wildlife and the environment. The co-dwelling of wildlife amidst people has been encouraged and aimed at enhancing through the festival and to a great extent, the organizers of the festival have succeeded as well. 

The music and art festival celebrated by the youths and music lovers in Manipur carried the theme ‘Where have all the flowers gone?’ The meaning of the theme, as stated very directly, is to recall the bright beautiful days, to encourage people to love nature, to nurture and breed wildlife and bring the good old days back.

The festival showed many folk musicians coming together at one platform and this was one of the most iconic moments to witness and keep framed in heart.

Akhu Chingangbam, the organiser of the festival, said, “In Manipur we hardly have a platform for a youth at the same time it’s a festival about the environment which is very much decaying so we the youth gather together and trying to do something for ourselves to get platform at the same time for the cause of environment and bringing awareness to the people.”

Chingangbam also sang a song about nature and social issues. Apart from the music concerts, there were tree plantation events to commemorate and pay tribute the US folk singer and activist, Pete Seeger on his 96th birth anniversary.


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The Capitals of the North Eastern States are to be Developed as Smart Cities

Good news for the people living in the Northeastern states as the cabinet has declared lately that it will develop 100 cities of the country into smart cities and surprisingly and much to everybody’s contentment, the eight capital cities of the eight Northeastern states are too incorporated in the list of these cities to be developed. So, this means, Agartala, Dispur (Guwahati), Shillong, Aizawl, Imphal, Kohima, Itanagar and Gangtok etc,. all eight cities are soon to be seen in the form of smart cities and the standard of living in these cities are to be enhanced.

In fact, not only the capital cities of the bigger states, but the capitals of smaller states which have less than one million people too are being proposed to be developed.

As per the criteria set for the cities to be eligible to be converted in to smart cities, prepared by the Urban Development Ministry (UD), the Northeastern states have been able to qualify. An UD official states, “Almost all capitals also happen to be the largest cities in their respective states.” Some other cities eligible to be developed under the scheme are Delhi, Srinagar, Goa, Shimla, Dehradun, Puducherry, Ranchi, Kavaratti, Chandigarh, Silvassa and Port Blair and so on.

However, the final list of the cities is yet to be declared and the decision will be made on the basis of the performance of the cities in the ‘city challenge competition.’ The qualifying cities will only be incorporated in the final list.

Necessary improvements in the proposals too are required by the respective states. A source said, “The Centre will provide the necessary hand holding so that their proposals make the cut.”

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