Vijay Garg
Elderly people playing cards in village places as well as talking about wisdom, women sitting together in the streets in the evening with tea and sharing stories with neighbours, sitting in streets and parks, etc. has been the traditional form of communication of all social information. It used to develop social harmony and the quality of speaking one’s mind instinctively. With this, social messages and customs continued to pass from generation to generation without any book. Gradually, educated and intelligent people in the newspaper columns expressed their views and proved their mettle. Instead of places, readers started coming and going quietly in libraries. With advent of radio, people got a better chance to listen to songs and news at home instead of in musical arenas. In the thriving places, the elderly who were just miserable from home started coming to spend their time. A Ghazal applies to such elders, ‘You are smiling so much, what a pity that you are hiding’. It is only natural that when such a person is kindly asked about his condition, his eyes will be filled with more tears than the words coming out of his mouth.
Now is the time for social media like WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, etc. There are many platforms through which the society is getting closer to each other. Families living hundreds of thousands of miles away in the country and abroad seek peace without delay. From children to adults, they present their art in the court of the people at no cost. Web media is a radical change in electronic media Pint and other media have also created their own web portals to reach out to as many people as possible. Web media portals have refreshed the news and encouraged readers to find out what is going on.
In any corner of the world, any kind of political, economic, social news is in front of the world at any moment, just like parents say ‘just two minutes’ while feeding their children. Baking News has replaced the latest news today. The second has already become a race to publish news in TV channels and web news portals. There are two sides to every issue but social media is a blessing in disguise. It should be easily used for betterment of society. It is not a social phenomenon to use it to spread rumors and defame anyone Individuals, social organizations, departments, enterprises and governments are resorting to various videos, live broadcasts or digital posters through appropriate platforms to make their point. Social media is playing an important role in keeping school students in touch with teachers in such difficult times. Governments strive to communicate their policies from door to door to the citizens of the state at low cost. Society should use social media to communicate its feelings in a very relaxed and harmonious way.