Indian media, strangely , suffering from sensex mania. The day will not pass without its mention. Whether it goes up or down it's a page one story.
Some papers have dedicateda fixed space in the front page as if its a national news worthy to be printed there daily.
On 20 April, Hindustan Times carried page one story with the above figures prominently displayed at the top.
Sensex indicates the mood of the stock market. That's all. It doesnot depict the national economic scenario or state of our economy. In our country only 1.5 percent of people invest in the share market. So, it cannot be the parameter to gauge the mood of the economy.
Yet our newspapers report it. Hundreds of people die or suffer due to malnutrition, debt, dowry and other social evils. But such incidents hardly find space in the so called national dailies and regional dailies.
Why? Is media becoming too elitist or pro rich? It's a serious issue and media has to address to it urgently.
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