Indian Opinion

Mukesh Devrari This author feels that people who are running the globe are not as smart as we would like to believe. We read about many idiots, fanatics, lunatics and maniacs who ruled different parts of the world at different point of time. They were there because of the monarchy. It was a political system which did not give the choice to citizens to elect their own masters.  In the 21 st century, we believe our common sense has evolved to a great extent. No matter what may come, we will never accept dictatorship or one party system or any other form of the totalitarian regime. However, this belief is rubbish and cannot be further from the truth. The world easily accepts that a 33-year-old Dictator King Jong Un running North Korea with the help of another totalitarian regime (China). He has made his nation de facto nuclear power.  Soon, he will have the capability to annihilate the human race from this planet, if his regime was threatened by its own people or by...

Mukesh Devrari  Transnational media ownership means ownership of media assets by global corporate houses around the world. The word 'transnational' can easily be easily replaced with the term multinational. In other words, when a multinational company owns media companies around the globe that company can be described as a transnational media organization. There are plenty of such organizations, but most vilified among all is owned by Rupert Murdoch.  The nature of media is very different. As you all know media is a plural form of the medium. Production of films, TV serials, drama, theatre and other wings of the cultural industry are also owned by western media companies. Here, the meaning of the word transnational can be extended. Not necessarily western media companies own assets in the third world countries. They create their work in the west and sell it around the world.   It has long been a complaint against western media companies that wherever they g...