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Environment is an issue that not a lot of readers pay attention to. The recent views of koli’s (fishermen) on coastal road project and the protest against coastal road in Juhu was one of the recent environmental news covered by Times of India. But is it actually highlighting the coastal problems? The effects this project would have on marine? After reading it you would agree with me that it doesn’t. It seems like a political propaganda more than awareness that the paper is trying to spread. This project gave us an opportunity to actually pay attention to minute errors. Newspaper: The daily mail (e-paper) Duration: 10 th August – 31 st August 2015 Daily there are more than 1000 articles published on daily mail with most of them highlighting the political and economic scenarios taking place in the world. These news are mostly male dominant. But what even overshadows the youngsters interest from news around the world is SHOWBIZ. The amount of importance given to such new...

“Some men see things as they are and ask why. Other dream things that never were and ask why not.”      A quote by Bernard Shaw which describes him as a person perfectly. George Bernard Shaw, the greatest of the many Irishmen who have written fine plays in English language was born on 26 July 1856. Shaw was the youngest among the thirteen children in the house. At the age of fifteen he realized the incapability of his father to lead the house and saw his mother’s devotion more in music than to raise her children. He then developed an independence of mind and spirit which enabled him to be a man without getting swayed away by the customs. In George Orwell's   Animal Farm , Mr. Whymper a man hired by Napoleon to represent Animal Farm in human society, is loosely based on George Bernard Shaw who visited the U.S.S.R. in 1931 and praised Stalin and what he found. The love of music that he had gained from his mother let Shaw settle in London. He was a music c...

“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.” -           Abraham Lincoln What is democracy? Democracy is defined as a government of the people, by the people and for the people. The finest form of government in which every individual participates consciously and have the sovereign power to determine their destiny. This is what the Oxford University defines democracy to be. But I find H.L. Mencken’s (An American journalist regarded as one of the most influential writers of 20 th century) definition rather convincing. He said ,” Democracy is a pathetic belief in the wisdom of individual ignorance.” ‘On Democracy’ is a book by Robert Dahl, a political scientist and educator, whose beliefs and concerns are presented through this book. He begins his book by giving a brief introduction of the Ancient Greeks who are believed to have sowed the seeds of democracy. Having...