In July 2008, as part of the admission procedure at my journalism college, IIJNM, I had to give a small write-up on why I wanted to be a journalist. I found that piece today among old documents on my computer in my hometown. Hahaha... I had joined journalism to change the world, but what did I do as a journalist in my 4.3 year-long career? I'll come to that in a later post. As of now, let's have fun reading an unrealistic young idealist's Utopian dream, written in poor English, pasted here verbatim. It starts on such a narcissistic note!
As a journalist, I wish to bring up all such issues into conscious and subconscious minds of our middle class (the most influential section in any democracy) and make them lot more active, aware and involved in our democracy… To bring upon the necessary changes and turn our potential into performance, to bring back the “legacy” to the name I N D I A.
P.S. To meet my objectives, I needed to learn not journalism, but Godism. Hahaha...
Why I Want To Pursue Journalism
& What I Hope To Achieve Through It
95.69
percentile in MAT – the candidate would get admission in any good b-school he
wants (isn’t it?), can opt for a lucrative career as MBA. If he decides to let
it go and goes for journalism, much less rewarding in terms of pay, it is clear
that the individual’s passion for the
chosen field exceeds his preference for luxury and money.
I’m
very keen to join journalism. I want to be a very popular and influential writer who’s capable of awakening masses and charge
them up. I’m very patriotic in nature, I love my country very much. That’s why
it hurts to see how this country, once known as ‘The Golden Bird’ has deteriorated
in every sphere. 60 years past independence and we’re still a developing
country.
Basic
amenities like food, cloth, shelter still inaccessible to majority of
population. We in Mumbai house Asia ’s biggest
slum. Millions live below poverty line, millions still illiterate; despite the
overtly leniently set limits for both. 60% of our population living neglected
and overlooked life in villages. We produce surplus food, yet thanks to ill
management we’re facing crisis. Communal harmony, concept of equal society
still a distant dream.
High
corruption, bureaucracy, red-tapism, complacency are all taking us down. For
what we are, where we are today, we, the common people are as much to be blamed
as our politicians.
As a journalist, I wish to bring up all such issues into conscious and subconscious minds of our middle class (the most influential section in any democracy) and make them lot more active, aware and involved in our democracy… To bring upon the necessary changes and turn our potential into performance, to bring back the “legacy” to the name I N D I A.
~The end~
P.S. To meet my objectives, I needed to learn not journalism, but Godism. Hahaha...
