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Volume 5 Issue 29

Wednesday, 23 September 2015

21st Sep’2015, Garden City College: The media department of Garden City College (GCC) organized a national media seminar “Media Spark 2015” with the main theme Social Media 360° in it’s campus. Padma Shri A S Kiran Kumar, Chairman ISRO was invited as the chief guest, who was felicitated by Dr. S Pujar, Principal of GCC.

Delegates, research scholars, professionals and students from all over India participated in the seminar. Everyone was warmly welcomed by Ating Emmanuel, the Master of Ceremony (MC). It was followed by the GCC anthem, corporate movie and finally the lamp lighting ignited the beginning of the program. On this auspicious occasion, Department of Media Studies released a journal “Media Matters” which was launched by the chief guest and the Principal.

Dr. Sibichen K Mathew chaired the first Technical Session of the day, seven participants presented papers on different topics like “politics and comedy”, “Hard and soft news”, “Adoption and usage of social media”. Mr Mathew analyzed the presented papers in an enthusiastic manner accompanied by witty comments.

After the lunch break, event was split across seven different venues within the campus. Each session had five to eight participants . Session- II was

held at the media lab chaired by Dr. G P Shivaram. There were six paper presentations by the participants and the topics ranged from “The role of social media in enlightening woman on general issue “ to “The influence of social media on youngsters”.

Session- III was chaired by Dr. Balasubhramanya held at the Mac lab. Members of the session presented papers on “social media and censorship”, “Applications of social media in the women cooperatives”and many other social media related topics.

Session- IV was held at the auditorium and was chaired by Dr. Nandini Lakshmikantha. Papers like “A platform to misuse article 19?”, “transparency or objectivity: a study of audience expectations from news on

social media” were presented.

Dr. HK Mariswamy chaired the fifth session, which took place in crystal hall. The participants presented papers on

MEDIA SPARKS

2“Generation gap facing social media”, “evidentiary value of social media status updates”. The Chairperson criticized many participants due to bad conduction of the papers.

Session- VI was held at room no 383 in the audi block chaired by Dr. B P Maheshchandra Guru. There were six participants presenting papers on topics like “Institutional communication through Facebook”, “The influence of social media on the social skills of the youth- a cultural perspective”.

Session- VII was chaired by Dr. Sapna Naik which was held at room no. 483 in the audi block. There were a whooping number of eight participants who presented papers on topics like“Social media as a tool to govern a district: a case study on Kozhikode”,

“ E-governance – Myth becomes reality”. There was an open letter “ A wake up call today “ and many more interesting papers.

After all the paper presentations, each participants were given their participation certificates. This

wonderful day ended with the report by convener Prof. Sudeshna Das and vote of thanks by Prof. Manjunath M, HOD, Media Studies.

Sayan Chakraborty and Abhishek C MI sem, BAJ

Hindi Conference 2015Hindi – a language that is spoken

by more than 180 million people in India, is said to have originated from Prakrit, though it later showed influences of Sanskrit, besides Turkish, Arabic, English to name a few. Hindi Literature is said to have begun somewhere in the middle of the 19th century.

It is basically categorized into four parts – the age of Bharatendu, Dwivedi Yug, the Chhayavad Yug, and the Contemporary Period onwards. It was during this period that the standard Hindi dialect or the “Khari Boli” was used in poetry and prose.

Famously known as the “Adhunik Kaal”, this period in Hindi literature witnessed the emergence of well–

known and gifted writers, but, it is mainly represented by Munshi Premchand, Jayshankar Prasad, Rai Krishna Das and Mahadevi Varma. There were other important fictional Hindi writers of the contemporary

period namely, Jainendra Kumar (Sunita and Tyagapatra, Sukhada, Vivarta), Phanishwar Nath Renu (Maila Anchal), Satchinanda Vatsyayan (Sekhar Ek Jivani), Dharamvir Bharati (Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda), etc. As far as

3literary criticism was concerned, Dr. Nagendra and Dr. Namwar Singh held respectable positions in this arena.

Drama, too, saw some great writers; Upendranath ‘Ashk’, Jagdish Chandra Mathur (Konark), Lakshminarayan Lal (Sukha Sarovar) and Mohan Rakesh (Asadha Ka Ek Din, Lahraon Ke Rajahamsa and Adhe-Adhure) to name a few. In order to pay a tribute to the age of modern writing and the writers, the Department of Languages, of Garden City College organized a One-Day National Conference on the Modernization in Hindi Literature or “ Hindi Katha Sahitya Mein Adhuniktawad” on 15th September 2015.

From the planning to the invitation, to the commencement and completion, the Department of Languages left no stone unturned, to conduct this conference. E–invites were sent to various colleges, inviting the learned and interested academicians, to participate, share, discuss and enlighten the listeners about the importance of the “Rashtriya Bhasha”. The event commenced with the registration that began at 9:00 a.m. The delegates were given ID cards and registration kits and then escorted to the Green House where a sumptuous breakfast awaited them. After everyone had gathered in the auditorium, the MCs welcomed the chief guest for the occasion, Dr. Biresh Kumar, Senior Lecturer at National Testing Service - India, Central Institute of Indian Languages. A man of great intellect and experience, Dr. Biresh shared words of wisdom and enlightened the audience about the

theme of the conference.

The inauguration consisted of the lamp lighting ceremony and the invocation dance which was followed by the felicitation of Dr. Biresh Kumar and his address on the importance of the modern Hindi Literature. He mainly spoke of the changes in society and its effects on Literature.

This was followed by a tea break, after which the honourable chairpersons for the technical sessions – Dr. Vinay Kumar Yadav and Dr. Mythili P. Rao – were felicitated. The delegates then proceeded to the respective venues for paper presentation. The morning and afternoon sessions had 15 paper presentations each. From the changing attitudes towards literature to the influence of other languages, from women’s literature to changing trends; every topic was a revelation. Not only were the presenters eager to express their views, the chairpersons too, from time to time, guided and questioned the participants accordingly. Ideas, thoughts, theories flowed from every direction; with everyone hoping that they would contribute in some way

towards making the national language better and bigger.

At the end of these sessions, everyone assembled at the Media Lab, for the Valedictory ceremony. The MCs summed up the events of the day and a report on the conference as well as the vote of thanks presented. Later everyone partook of the networking tea and left happy and satisfied with their certificates, hoping to come again the following year.

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Growing up Digital: Paralyzing us?

A few days back I was on the lookout to buy a new Smartphone. We

have entered into an advanced era, so I chose to buy my smart phone by using the online shopping option. People, who don’t have time to roam around the market, can opt for online shopping. It is the best place to get the things that you desire quickly and easily. But we never think about the quality when we order something online. There are many online consumer harassment cases that have made headlines. Still, we are looking forward to save our time.

It is a new decade, the era of social networking, the era of making connection. Face book, Twitter, YouTube, Google Plus; these are the most famous and popular social

networking sites. Browsing these sites can make you feel connected to a larger community, but such easy, casual connection in an electronic environment can also have its downside. Yes it is true that we can make contact easily with a person who is 7000 km far-away. But as per experts’ concern, they are continuously warn about the negative aspects of the internet, include internet addiction as well as online risks such as exposure to overt sexual material and online victimization that includes cyber bullying and sexual solicitation. There is a TV Show, named Webbed and another one Gumrah; totally based on internet harassments. It is important to note that online gaming is another side of a same coin. It’s similar to drug addiction. According to specialists, it

has become an obsession these days. It is also true that the main reason of depression is all those entertaining things which are related to internet.

People are using all these tools every day, and it’s now nothing but our daily need. But somehow it’s affecting the mankind. Side by side these communicating avenues are affecting our social and mental health in several ways. It makes people more anxious and socially awkward, can produce cyber bullies and most important it’s making people dependent upon the digital galaxy. The only positive use of such technology is a positive attitude, knowledge and happiness. So it’s not we, the Galaxy its self is the one and only Guardian.

Bhaswati

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Drugs and Indian youngsters

Major reasons why young Indians will take drugs?Enjoyment, Ambiance, Curiosity,

Promotion and Cost are the major five reasons. It is estimated that there are 7.5 crore drug addicts in India. Now a day’s, having drugs is a qualification to get into some friendship bond among some youngsters. If people are not addicted to any kind of drugs, then he or she is marooned. “White-collar addiction is coming out of the woodwork. Many youngsters are driven to drugs by peer pressure, boredom and stress. The habit of having drugs in India starts between the ages of 12-18, because it’s the time of experimentation and identity formation. This habit of taking drugs continues till the age of 60. In India, about 20 million children a year and nearly 55,000 children a day are drifting towards tobacco addiction. The use of certain drugs such as whitener, alcohol, tobacco, hard and soft drugs is especially wide spread among school children. Heroin, opium, alcohol, proxy sphere, cannabis are the form of drugs youngsters take in India. Though government takes numerous amount of action to protect youngsters from

drugs, it’s not completely wiped out. We think education will change this scenario. Though education evolved as a major factor in our country, the same scenario is continuing in our country. Our government is very good in making awareness but lack in punishing the abusers. The Indian penal code has strong rules and regulations, people are not ready to follow the rules and regulation and the government is also not ready to impose action on abusers. We are ready to adapt the foreign culture in our country in the way of enjoyment, celebrating things,

at presently clicking selfies. But in the way of contributing to our nation, the result is entirely zero. When a survey had been conducted, the question rose to so many individuals, the answers are really shocking. The answers given by many of them are “I am earning so I am using drugs “ Why should I worry about my country and our people? We can accept what they are telling but we are living in a society so we are having the responsibility to make our society proud.

Rajkumar !st Sem MEM

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Importance of an Old Age Marriage

Marriage is normally seen as a connection or bond between

two young people across the world. In India also, the search for a bride as well as groom normally starts the moment a child becomes mature or enters into teen age. However, have we ever thought that even old people have the right to remarry? Most of us would have never given it a thought.Old age people, who have lost their partner, have already fulfilled their responsibilities of bringing up their children, settling them in their career and finally marrying them off. The children are busy handling the challenges of their own lives. They hardly have any time to spend with their parents. Some of the children are not even staying with their parents. Though grandchildren in many cases

turn out to be a big support, it does not last long due to long hours in school and so on.Imagine the loneliness of an old parent who has nobody with whom he can share his life, feelings and problems. To overcome all this, many old people gather the courage to voice their desire to marriage. Some could manage to face the odd behavior of the society towards them while others give up and live with embarrassment.Despite a conservative attitude towards old age marriages, its numbers are increasing in the urban areas. People normally meet their partner in various social gatherings. The court marriages are considered to be the ideal way of marrying in such cases.Such marriages take place mainly to

fulfill the need of companionship and security and after all everyone have a right to be happy even at an older age.These marriages in our society are considered as an unethical act. The main problem is the acceptance of marriage by the society and by the family as well. At times for the sake of their family’s happiness, many could never find the courage to speak their heart out. A life partner can actually make a life better in old age. A person has someone to be with rather than being alone. Often seen that the family usually ignores their parents in old age, considering them as a disturbance. This is the time when a partner or a life partner can actually make a difference.

HiteshMJM

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ROLE OF RELIGION IN HUMAN LIVESEven though people say religion

is unnecessary it makes you a stronger and more determined person. People learn the value of religion from their childhood days which makes them strong enough to think positive. Even though there are different kinds of religions being practiced each religion teaches to live with peace and harmony in this world. Religion teaches the meaning of life and helps us to self evaluate. Religion creates a perfect balance in our life and shows us the way of simplicity and righteousness. It is the responsibility of parents to imbibe in their children the fear of God so that they will carry their values and teachings all throughout

their life. In ancient history we have emperors preferring Godly path after

regretting deeply for the massive destruction caused by them.

Now a day’s people give more

importance to religion than money, power and positions. They started to think that a belief in God and in that religion plays huge amount of importance in human lives. True religion is all about the teachings of life and to explain regarding the way one should live his life. As we have seen people preaching about religion only through words and not in behavior. If religion is truly important in one’s life the fruits will be seen. Even though religion is not necessary it functions as an important significance in human lives.

Raghu I Sem, MJM

FAR BEYOND THE MIST IN PLANESFar beyond the mist in planes, shadows speaks words

insane. Out of truth you seek advice,

from someone like you in disguise, how you see it depends on you, when words seize to be

nebue. All that matters is you to stand, when time plays you in

hand. I have heard of something unknown, what lies beneath the unturned stone,

a voice speaks if you listen, if you lend your ears even, he tells the story of you and I,

he speaks of something if not being shy.

If you ask him of what it is, he stops to speak and seeks an ease.

Don’t judge him, on something he says, he dislikes people he doesn’t embrace.

If he stops don’t start again, he will think you to be insane. I have seen him in colors of life, he is not a person but a

vibe, an aura that stays amongst us, an entity from dawn till

dusk, here ends my misty art, I take my leave for a new start.

Sharadindu Bhattacharya

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Publisher: GCC Publication, Garden City CollegePatron-in- Chief: Dr. Joseph V. G. Chairman, Garden City CollegeEditorial Board Patron: Dr. Siddaramaiah Pujar Principal, Garden City CollegeStaff Editorial Board : Dr. Payel Dutta Chowdhury, Vice-Principal, GCC. Prof. Manjunath M. Prof. Revathi Anand Dr. Brajesh Kumawat Prof. Liji Ann John Prof.Joyce Thabitha Sherley Prof Shivani VermaPicture courtsey: Perzcy Andrews Gautham ThomasStudent Contributors: Bhaswati Rajkumar Hitesh Abhishek C M Raghu Sharadindu Bhattacharya Sayan Chakraborty Student Editor: Isha Sehgal

CULTURE OF COLOURS China : red as a symbol of invitation. America : red as a triumph. South America : red as a colour of mourning. Russia : red is for communism. Western World : red is for love, passion, danger.China : yellow is for nourishment.Japan : yellow is the colour of spirit. Egypt : yellow is the colour of mourning.India : green is the colour of Islam. Western World : greem is the go sign.China : green means that life is cheating on you.

Red Indians : blue for them is trouble, defeat.Iran : blue is heavenly.Western World : blue is for depression.Thailand : purple is for mourning. Japan : white carnations symbolizes death. Western World : white refers to brides, peace,surrender,purity.The colour white symbolizes all.Colour preferences often change according to the culture.China : black is for young boys.

Isha SehgalMA Mass Communication &

Journalism

RED, YELLOW and ORANGE are referred to as the warm colors. BLUE, GREEN and such like colors are a bit loud. If there is one difference in the creative world, it would be the psychology of colors. Seeking out information about a color or any particular thing in the world is also referred to as a job. Psychology of colors is a determinant of human behaviour in relation with colors. If we know the psychology of colors, we can apply it better on the communication part. It works in small dozes. It is said that RED

color has a negative on good people, it allows people to act with a greater force. It gives energy and has an appealingspark, used to stimulate body and mind. PINK is for diet therapy. ORANGE is for appetite. YELLOW improves health. GREEN helps release depression. BLUE is for calming. PURPLE suppresses appetite. GOLD for achievement. WHITE has no real psychological impact. BLACK is for power and self confidence.

Isha SehgalMA Mass Communication &

Journalism

Psychology Of Colors