[cr-india] cr-india Digest, Vol 53, Issue 9

[vinita Bhatnagar]

satheesh,
I take your point.
If community radios have not been given
to some people and libearlly passed out to
others, yes I can see what you are saying.
But at the risk of triggering off another attack, is that the fault of
the colleges that have got the license.
And once they have got them, what are they to do with them.
I am talking employees and student volunteers not the owners.
I have worked in one such radio. i should know.
On one hand is the obsessive concern of the management
that this project is just draining money and not
bringing back revenues.
On the other is the concern of the employees that they
are not being listenened to because they are competing
against commercial stations that offer film music and entertainment.
And them there are those who want to
learn more about the world around them.
So they visit various areas of the city and try to
capture actual concerns of people. Like roads,
safety, schools that are surrounded by
drink shops, hospitals where anaesthesia is not available for
a little girl who undergoes an operation.
Land mafia that evacuates people from land that seems ripe for malls or
cinema halls.
And far froma superior top down approach, these young kids
are struggling too with the shock of what they thought and what
actually now stares them in the face.
I like the way every line I wrote was deconstructed. I am a glutton for
punishment and ready for more.
The question I am asking is this:
What kind of programmes do you think these college students
should be doing.
As Naipaul would say The world is what it is.
Licenses have been given to colleges.
How can those who have them use them more effectively?
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