Wednesday, August 17, 2011

My current affairs article: Here

This is what i feel that this is a serious problem in Asia (except Singapore ) and is of high priority to solve. I think that it is moral to use one's position of power to benefit oneself just for monetary interest. This month, there a similar story about how India has “lost” over $450 billion due to illegal capital flows. Some of this is again money raised in crimes, which was illegally earned and ideally would never have existed in the first place. The other funds are deemed lost only because the Indian federal government tries to restrict capital movement. India is not the most economically advanced country in Asia, thus this huge sum of money could be put to better use and solve many of India's existing problems, such as food and water shortage, poverty and the poor living conditions of people. It seems that these so called "leaders" do not fill in the role of being a real leader, ready to lead a country on and advance. I agree with Anna Hazare method of getting justice. Very much like Gandhi, their methods of strike involved no violence but it did get the message across. However other strikes like those in egypt and tunisia involve violence, and it gets the point across. i think that the law makers of these countries should reflect on their leaders and see if they are truely able to serve and lead India, or just want benefits for themselves, and act out accordingly with their punishments.

I think that the news media should not be blamed for the unhealthy paparazzi culture and going to the extremes for sensational news. People may blame that the unhealthy paparazzi culture because the paparazzi and media go to extreme lengths to get those pieces of news, such as hacking into phones and invading the privacy of people. But one should consider how these news medias earn money. Their main source of income is readership. Without readers, a news corporation would go bust in a matter of days. And the only way to increase readership is to get those exciting and sensational news that readers are interested in. The more sensational the news and the earlier they report on it, the more revenue they earn. Thus they are forced to go to these extreme measures and get the news. It the the readers who should be blamed aswell. It is quite immature to be interested in the scandals and sensational stories about the famous, dont they have better things to do? Although it is impossible for people to totally be oblivious to these matter, both parties play a part in the healthy and true reporting of news