By TCN News
Delhi: Campus Chorus, a student magazine started by the students of Jamia Millia Islamia, launched its quarterly issue on Friday in the campus premises.
Afshan Khan, the Editor of the magazine and the host, welcomed the guests and audience and thanked them for their presence.
Editor, TwoCircles.net Hindi, Afroz Alam Sahil was the Chief Guest of the event. Afshan Khan said the reason to invite Sahil was to ensure that he gives a clearer picture of ground reporting. She said, “Sahil is from our generation and he belongs to Jamia. I am sure that people here will learn a lot from him,” Khan added.
Sahil addressed the audience by narrating a few incidents from his professional career, which inspired the students to write and express their views and thoughts. Responding to a question on media’s bias, Sahil said, “There is no doubt that today’s media is biased and they are also promoting and imposing a particular ideology which fulfils their economic interest. How many of you have read the criticism of big corporate groups in a daily newspaper? They along with the government run a huge chunk of news that you read and watch every day.” He also discussed mechanisms to cross check facts and truth behind media’s portrayal of a particular issue.
Dr. Krishnaswamy Dara, Assistant Professor of Department of political science, JMI congratulated the students at the campus at the launch. During his speech, he explained how the media uses the rhetoric of nationalism and patriotism and diverts from the much more serious and important issues. He said that Media keeps an eye on what the public wants to hear and watch and what can make an appeal to them. Therefore, the audience is also responsible for the misuse of information to some extent.
The closing moments saw Amanullah, the chief editor of the magazine, talk about the journey of the new edition of the magazine. He appreciated the efforts of Afshan Khan and Suyan (Editor), Afsa Junaid (sub editor), Quazi Noorul (marketing executive) and Mohd. Kaif (Advertisement manager) for their tireless efforts. He talked about the vision of the magazine to reach the maximum number of people within the university and outside…He talked about the reason behind including the Islamic section in the magazine along with editorial, story section, poetry, and campus news. He said, “our aim is not to teach you lessons on heaven and hell but we want to highlight the aspects of Islam which have been completely ignored and even negatively manipulated by the media.”