NARA'S NOTEPAD
VOLUME 17
NOVEMBER 2021
NUMBER 11
Thursday, November 4, 2021
JOURNALISTS AND JOURNALISM
It was on 3 October 2021 the Nobel Prize Committee announced the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2021. The prize was awarded to two journalists – Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia. After 1935, journalism is recognized by the Nobel Prize Committee for the Peace Prize. It is appreciated by all the journalists of the world also all those who love peace. In fact, journalism can also work for bringing peace to our world. Who will not like peace? It is difficult to bring peace, but one can fight for peace by speaking and writing. There are millions of journalists who work towards this goal.
Journalism is a subject taught in universities and
colleges. Many students prefer to join the course and become professional
journalists. Nowadays journalism is a lucrative profession. Both men and women
get interested in journalism and try to excel in their jobs. We do see young
boys and girls who go to remote places, flooded areas, war happening places,
volcano affected mountains and many other dangerous places to collect true
information and report to the various media to broadcast. Such information
helps the common people and the general public to take proper precautions to
protect themselves. They help society by providing the day to day information.
Another way the journalists help society is to find
out the wrongdoings of officials appointed by the government. Journalists are
free to enquire and collect the information to make it public so that the
government can take appropriate actions. Journalism is a sort of watchdog for
democracy. Politicians are interviewed and questioned by journalists and they
are answerable to the journalists. They are answerable to the journalists also
in a way people’s representatives. So journalism is as important and necessary
as the judicial system.
Journalists are very good at putting inconvenient
questions to anyone who holds important positions in any organization including
the government. Generally, journalists bring out the inner thoughts of VIPs so
that the public will come to know about them. Journalists are good at gathering
and analyzing news from various sources. They are also good at writing and
communicating. There are many journalists who have turned out to be the best
authors of books.
Journalism is also doing its mistakes. Some
organizations bribe journalists to project their views and also work against
justice. News gets popular all over the world within seconds. Therefore, it’s
in the hands of journalists to make good news bad or bad news good. Journalists
discuss every subject with a panel of people belonging to political party
spokespersons as well as fellow journalists. They bring in a topic of the day
for discussion. The media person introduces the subject and asks for the views
from the members of the panel. Sometimes they shout r intervene when one of the
members speaks. All these are watched by people like us. sometimes it looks
like entertainment and at times it looks stupid.
Moreover, journalists are knowledgeable persons in
their own fields like sports, politics, science, entertainment, travel etc.
There are good investigative journalists who gather relevant data on an issue
to discuss with different panels and important people. Journalists are
generally known to all political leaders like Presidents, Prime Ministers, and
Members of Parliament. Most of the common man’s problems are brought to the
concerned leaders by journalists. So they are in a way friends of the common
man. We have to appreciate the efforts put forward by each and every journalist
to keep up the prestige of journalism. (nnnov2021)
DAILY HAPPINESS HABITS
The following is a list of features that promote happiness.
Health: When you maintain
your physical and mental health and manage any chronic illnesses, you're
maintaining your happiness. Chronic health issues can bring additional stress
and can make it difficult for you to do some of the things that bring you
happiness and stress relief.
Self-Esteem: Feeling good about
who you are isn't just a touchy-feely thing we worry about for our kids; it's
important for you to like the person you are right now. Low self-esteem seems
to affect many areas of your life.
Goals, Values, and
Spiritual Life: These are three different things, but they make up an important
category that involves an internal, positive focus on something that's greater
than who you are right now. These are all things that bring meaning to your
life, and this is closely tied to your happiness.
Money: It's true that,
beyond a certain point, more money doesn't bring significantly more happiness.
It's also true, however, that too little money can bring stress and challenges
to your happiness. Having enough money to live comfortably is important.
FIVE KEY MIND POWERS
• Creative
power
Creative power is of course the first
step. This is where everything begins. It happens when you have an inspiring
idea you decide to put in action. It is expressed in nature all the time via
the force of fertility.
• Controlling power
Controlling power is what you express
when you have a territory. You naturally express some form of control over your
personality and being. You express control towards your belongings, personal
space, agenda. It means that you are in charge. You are in command. Most abuses
of power are related with overuse of controlling power. It happens in families,
in business and in society in general.
• Preserving or protective power
Imagine you have property with children
playing on that property. What you want is for them to feel free while still
being protected. Preserving means, opening the space, setting free while still
offering protection. The love of a mother for a child, or the facilitation role
you can have in business are two classical expressions of protective power.
• Conquering power
This power expresses the drive to expand
your territory. You express this power when you market or product or when you
get a new diploma. You express it as well in competitive environments like
sports. It usually means that you reach out beyond the limits of your existing
territory.
• Transformative and renewing
This power is a clearing one. It is
expressed in the season's cycle. It is expressed in any form of change or
shift. Used in a more negative light, it is called destructive power. It is
death and rebirth at the same time. It can be seen and felt as a shower of
positive renewing forces. It's this power that you use when you decide to let
go or move on.
TO QUOTE
Imagination is more important than knowledge – A. Einstein
It takes a whole life to learn how to live. – Seneca
When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be
alive, to think, to enjoy and to love. – Marcus Aurelius
JUST TO LAUGH
Mr Wilson was the chairman of the United Way, which had never received a donation from the most successful lawyer in town. He called on the attorney in an attempt to persuade him to mend his ways. "Our research shows that you made a profit of over $600,000 last year, and yet you have not given a dime to the community charities! What do you have to say for yourself?"
The lawyer replied, "Did your research also show
that my mother is dying after a long illness, and has medical bills that are
several times her annual income? Do you know about my brother, the disabled
veteran, who is blind and in a wheelchair? Do you know about my sister, whose
husband died in a traffic accident, leaving her penniless with three
children?"
Sheepishly, the charity solicitor admitted that he had
no knowledge of any of this.
"Well,
since I don't give any money to them, why should I give any to you?"
LINES I LIKED
Ø Learning to mourn, to grieve, to say goodbye, is an invaluable tool.
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Leave everything a little better than
you found it.
Ø
Let everybody thrive but not at the
cost of others.
Ø
Let Nature be your teacher.
Ø
Let other people know what’s in your
mind, don’t keep them guessing.
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Learning to forget is not a choice, it’s a necessity!
Learning to forget is not a choice, it’s a necessity!
Meet you next month –2021
Professor A. Narayanan, Ph. D., FISPP
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