Indian Opinion

Mukesh Devrari  Experts from across the the country participated in the round Table Conference on ‘Naxalism, Development and Crisis of Governance in the Context of Jharkhand’, which was organized by the Centre for Human Rights and Conflict Management of Central University of Jharkhand on 26th March 2014. Conference was divided into four sessions ‘Is the Maoist Movement Critical’, ‘Dynamics and Drivers’, ‘The State as Problem and Solution’ and ‘Can the Future Be Better’. Open invitation was extended to all faculty members and students of Central University Jharkhand to attend the round table and freely express their views. However, during the discussion none of the participants explicitly mentioned that Maoists are actually fighting an ideological war with the state. Many of them preferred to describe rebellion in central India as land reform movement which has been degenerated into law and order problem of large proportions.  Practical suggestions were put f...

Mukesh Devrari Mass Communication and political participation have meshed in each other to the extent that politics in modern mass society cannot exist without it. Mass Communication is used to ensure political participation which ensures the legitimacy of the ruling class. Every type of governing system needs to interact with people and the global community for a variety of reasons. It led to the growth of political communication as a practice and subject matter of study. Political Communication?  Political communication is a transmission of politically relevant information to the ruled by the rulers. It is a dynamic element of the political system and the processes of political socialization, political participation and political recruitment are dependent on it. Karl Deutsch in his book ‘The Nerves of Government’ says, “There are two ways to study political communication. One is to study it as a black and white affair, where means of mass communication exists...