Samudrada wrote an inportant point! Could somebody please carry out a survey of news from northeast carried by newspapers in new delhi?
that would reveal a lot! We have many Assamese people working in media in New Delhi now. It might be easier to them. Pranjit Deka Guwahati On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 samudra gupta kashyap wrote : point well taken. but we should also be careful when we use a term called "national media." some newspapers that claim to be "national newspapers" and boast of huge circulation figures, also bring out numerous editions from all over the country. but just look at one newspaper which we all know. let us call it "X". this newspaper also brings out an edition from guwahati. and the people in assam now think this "X" newspaper is doing a great favour to them by publishing a lot of news in it about assam, when the reality is that everything that it prints about assam and the n-e comes out only in the local edition and hardly anything comes out in the new delhi or other editions. so much so about self-styled "national" newspapers. another point: careless remarks made by self-styled social ativists also confuse people and can lead to dangerous consequences. take for example Prof X, a self-styled social activist. two years ago, when there was a devastating flood in assam, this Prof X issued a statement saying that "outside" newspapers and tv news channels do not carry news of assam because their guwahati-based reporters are all "outsiders." and several newspapers in guwahati carried it, very well knowing that every "outside" newspaper is represented by a "local" person in guwahati. yes, there was a time when most reporters for the "outside" media were "outsiders." today the scenario has changed, and it is 100% "local." but there are dangers of having "local" people too. those who want to become good media persons must have proper roots. just knowing english does not help. some of our "local" friends who write for "outside" and "international" media have also done the assamese people a great service by converting our dear old "bhot" (bhot o-kare bhot) jolokiya to a "bhoot" jolokiya and even wrote about it as the "great assamese ghost chili." a recent report in an "international" news agency filed from guwahati (must be by a "local" media person) also wrote about "indian tea plantation labourers clashing with ethnic assamese villagers in doomdooma." somebody should carry out a survey of news from northeast carried by newspapers in new delhi. that would reveal a lot. samudra gupta kashyap guwahati On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 bitu bora wrote : Hi, all As Sukumar has suggested, we should try to focus the creative news of our state. It is but ironical that national media does not focus on these positive aspects of our state. Even people from other states too are convinced that our state is covered by thick forests and terror strikes are rampant in our state. It is also because of the fact that most of the news covered in the entire north eastern region are negative, and so the impact. I myself studied on newspapers from four states - Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. Finally my research conclusion was that except The Assam Tribune all other news papers put less emphasis on development news. And even if that was covered the impression was negative. So, at least locally we can communicate the creative aspects of our state. The step taken by Gunaram Dangoriya and his NGO is indeed commendable. I hope, more such initiatives would be taken in near future. Regards Bidyot Bikash Borah HT Media Ltd. New Delhi sukumar baishya wrote: Hi, all Really a commendable step taken by Gunaram Khanikar Dangoriya and his NGO. Congratulations to all of them and wishing success for the project in my terror-affected motherland. These are the creative news we should focus in rather than on negative news of destruction and corruption. (Sukumar) --- KOUSHIK HAZARIKA wrote: Imagine a well-equipped hospital carrying medical facilities to rescue people from dreaded diseases like diabetes and cancer at your doorstep. It may seem impossible for people in the remote and hilly terrains of Asom, but this is what veteran herbal medicine practitioner Gunaram Khanikar is all set to make possible. With a mission to take the cardinal message 'Prevention is better than cure' to the rural masses, Mr Khanikar and his NGO, Research and Training Centre on Indian Traditional Treatment(RTCITT), is gearing up to open India's first Mobile Hospital of herbal medicines. The hospital, to be launched in upper Asom's Golaghat district, would carry herbal medicines, samples of aromatic plants found in the region, photographs of the various herbal plants as well as books containing information on the side-effect-free herbal medicines and promote herbal treatment in the state. "Our basic aim is to popularise herbal treatment among the rural masses and collect and preserve the medicinal plants abundantly found in the forests and jungles of the region. We want to promote the message that prevention is better than cure," Managing Director of the NGO Mr Khanikar said. Funded by local MP Dip Gogoi, the hospital in a six-wheeler will also take out an exhibition and a food consciousness mission to promote healthy food habits as well as herbal medicine cultivation as employment generation sources. He said, "Herbal medicines are a tried and tested treatment method for prevention of many diseases like cancer and diabetes and the North east is immensely rich in herbal and aromatic plants. But due to lack of awareness we are yet to reap benefit". The hospital will also be accompanied by eight resource persons comprising ayurvedic doctors and nurses who will try to provide ayurvedic treatment among the masses and children in the schools and colleges in the rural areas. "Our resource persons will provide training to children and youths on the identification of the herbal and aromatic plants and their commercial cultivation. We will also open a garden of herbal medicinal plants in each school and college of the state, particularly in the rural areas," Mr Khanikar added KOUSHIK HAZARIKA http://asom.co.nr/
