Sometimes, I really wonder whether India means only the North-India to the satellite TV news channels. Whenever you switch on the news channels, either Hindi or English, for more than half of the instances you would find the smallest things happening in the north. That too, especially in New Delhi or in nearby 

vicinity! As if, the rest part of the country, south in particular, does not exist!

Because of this attitude, the characters of hardly any importance to the pan-national interests on the larger canvas, like Mr.Arvind Kejriwal & his “team”, unnecessarily get undue coverage & hence importance which is undeserved. Any development, statement or reaction at the “state” level in Delhi features boldly across all the news channels as if it is of the top national interest. News & events of larger national importance are sidelined for the useless garbage activities happening in Delhi & surrounding. Thus, the entire limelight is subtly taken away by the low-importance leaders like Kejriwal & gang!

We witnessed this recently during the Chennai floods. This was a nightmare for the whole country, but the rubbish channels made it appear as a small disturbance without any impact on the national life. Also, after the floods, the Pondicherry CM visited Delhi to see the PM, but it could hardly feature in the national news channels. Common people like me came to know about it only after reading in the newspapers.

For a common citizen, there is hardly any difference in the levels of Kejriwal & the Pondicherry CM. Both are the chief ministers of small tiny states or a UT. It’s a fallacy that we do not even know & remember the name of the Pondicherry CM & Kejriwal’s name keeps on banging on our head for most of the time we watch or listen to the news. So many things must be happening in such small UTs or states, many good things might be underway at these places also, but how could we know about it?

This kind of approach on the part of media is certainly not helping the cause of togetherness. We can not blame the parts of our country like south & the remote NE , if they start feeling distance from the mainstream. Media should grow up & get matured enough to sense the thing…..