Gandhianlife, Environment And Journalism
In Reference to Environmental News Appearing in Gujarati Newspapers
Gandhi & Ambedkar thought and modern context
Sub Theme – Gandhi & Environement
Research Scholars
Mr. Nitin Kapure
Reg. 117059015
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad
Guide
Dr. Punita Harne
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad
India prides itself as the 'culture of the forest'. The Father of the Nation of India, Gandhiji, influenced the people with his lifestyle, in which Gandhiji provides an example of how to live life with nature by adopting the same lifestyle as a person living in the villages of India. Gandhiji used to talk about everyone living in the village in his thought paper Indian Opinion and Harijan. Every culture in India has struggled in different ways to save the environment in some way or the other.
The environmental movement is a systematic form of social activity. The best example of which is the Bishnoi society of Rajasthan. The Bishnoi movement took place 400 years ago. The women there agitated to save the forest by bathing the trees. This was followed by the Chipko movement in Himachal, the Apiko movement in Karnataka, the Silent Valley movement in Kerala, the Save Ganga Movement in UP, the Save The Jungle Movement in Bihar, etc.
The movement launched by the Rajasthan Bishnoi Samaj, together with Gandhiji's ideas of truth and non-violence, awakened the whole of India and supported this movement by fearless journalism. Many journalists reported during this movement and the movement got new energy. But with the passage of time, the media house's priority to such reporting began to diminish. Many newspapers and magazines do not take note of this under the pressure of a company gaining commercial benefits whenever there have been movements to save the environment.
Under this assumption, news about the environment appearing in the newspapers as well as the priority given to various issues will be researched. And if in such a time a medium like the newspaper is responsible for conveying the voice of the people to the government and this is also part of their morality.
For this reason, the newspapers published in Gujarat are published from Gujarat Samachar, Phulchhab, Gujarat Mitra, Kachchhmitra, Rakhewal, the most popular and different places. The research will be conducted in environment news in newspapers from January 1 to January 31, 2019.
