The unknown India

There is the unknown India which newspapers and magazines do not report about. Only the 'news' from the metros(major cities) seem important and all others seem irrelevant. So large parts of India is still unknown the modern reader. Newspapers bring to attention the problems of the people--their distress, their protests, their aspirations.Whole of rural India is unrepresented in our periodicles.Unrepresented India comprises of tribals(adivasis), farmers, dalits, and minorities. Some states like the Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab are nearby the national capital and are covered well by reporters. 'News' from many far away states like Mizoram, Assam, Sikkim and Nagaland cannot be found in any of the periodicals or newspapers.Then there are some states like Tamil Nadu, Andra Pradesh and Karnataka who feel unrepresented and ignored. Many regional states feel that the central ruling power is ignoring their problems. They know that their feelings, aspirations and  affiliations are ignored. For example, the torture of  ethnic minority in our neighbouring country is an issue which the people of the deep southern state wants the Indian government to know. But  the central government  trivialises the issue altogether. The local newspapers, TV channels and magazines of the state reflect their voices; but these voices are not heard outside the state.

When will 'news' from remote areas matter? When tribal people, land less farmers revolt, they are heard. For example,farmers are standing in water(in rivers) to protest against dams.Their causes are ignored.When farmers do not produce enough and prices of vegetables rises high, then their plight comes to light. Then, nothing is done as the farmers cannot become an united group. Same holds true of tribal populations who are protesting against land acquisitions. Their causes are never heard. News are just not reported as if they do not matter. In depth coverage is just not done.Only name sake reporting is done--a single line in 'news channel'

We do not know 'how to present the 'news' or 'how to make good quality comments'. We need correct perspective for that. We only see how the 'news' affects us. But these 'news' affect all of us because our nation's progress is our people's progress.Shallow reporting is highly insufficient.The common people's plight is not covered, while corporate interests are fully covered.Many times stories are planted to provide credibility to interests of the corporate firms.  For example, conflicts over natural resources is presented in a different viewpoint. Struggle between the capital wielders and labour is shown differently. This kind of misrepresentation will bring about more disillusionment and more public unrest in the future times to come. To know ourselves, we must know our India, the entire India.