Changing Life : 2

India won the cricket world cup under the captainship of Kapil Dev.

Note: In 1983 Indian team won the World Cup for cricket against England. Thereafter it instantly became the most popular game in the country.

The language which is gaining importance in India due to the process of globalization is English.

Note: English is becoming the language of livelihood as it is the key to multiple job opportunities.

Cricket is the most popular sports in India. It was introduced by the British and has been played in clubs since then but it was only after the 1983 World Cup, which India won under the captainship of Kapil Dev, that cricket began to be played all over India.

The concept of multiplexes have changed the economy of movies. Now one movie runs in thousands of cinema halls in the country and abroad alongside other films. The competition has raised the status of movie production and now it’s an industry in itself employing crores of people.

Indian languages are the storehouse of our rich cultural diversity; each dialect of these languages is unique in itself and representative of a community. It is important to keep them alive in order to preserve and respect our diversity.

Newspapers serve an important objective in shaping public opinion and direct it towards constructive nation building. Earlier newspapers were black and white, now colour printing is the norm. Newspapers have become more active with time and their scope has enlarged to include various activities besides the regular reporting of news.

Television came to India after Independence in black and white form. Earlier there were limited channels with fixed time slots from selected programmes, now we have hundreds of channels dedicated to different thing ranging from news to entertainment to fashion to cooking in technicolour.

Dadasaheb Phalke was a Marathi producer-director-screenwriter known as the Father of Indian Cinema for this great contribution to the field. His debut film, Raja Harishchandra is the first full length India film. The govt. of India in his honour has instituted the Dadasaheb Phalke Award as the highest official recognition for film personalities in the country.

Some of the people to have won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award are:

1. Raj Kapoor

2. Satyajit Ray

3. Ashok Kumar

4. Lata Mangeshkar

5. Dilip Kumar

6. Asha Bhosle

7. Yash Chopra

8. Dev Anand

9. Shyam Benegal

10. Gulzar

‘Newspapers, the fourth pillar of Democracy’

Newspapers have an important role to play in the socio-political life of India society. The National media is the fourth pillar of our democracy. It has great power and greater responsibility towards the society in shaping public opinion, spreading awareness and leading it towards constructive work. Newspapers as the first and foremost medium of mass communication enjoy a great popular and respect. In the early days of printing press, newspapers were expected to not only report daily events but also give impetus to commerce and industry by carrying out advertisements. During the freedom struggle, various national leaders were founders, editors and contributors of leading newspapers. Mahatma Gandhi edited several including Young India in English and Harijan in Gujarati, these publications contributed to moral education of its readers, motivated the people towards right conduct and preached his noble ideas of peaceful resistance. Newspapers have evolved with time, changing its form to colour printing and has a greater role to play in modern times. It employs a large number people in various divisions of production, works as a check and balance tool for the government, stands responsible for dissemination of correct information and freedom of opinion. Hence, newspapers are indeed the fourth pillar of our democracy.