News India Watch in pics: Major events that changed India

Watch in pics: Major events that changed India

New Delhi: With 64 years gone by since India became a republic, the nation has passed through several vicissitudes, successes and mass movements.  These events have moulded the face of India for good or bad,

 
8. Emergence of media

 

Till the Eighties the Indian audio-visual media was state-run, monopolized by Doordarshan.

Dreary news and entertainment programmes ruled the airwaves.

In 1982, during the Asian Games in Delhi, Doordarshan transmission was transformed from  black-and-white to colour, and government reduced duties on import of colour TVs.

A sort of glasnost was brought in DD, but state control remained.

Cable and Satellite channels made their entry in the Nineties, and the entire scenario changed.

Today there are several thousand private news channels, and an equal number of entertainment channels. News as is happening is telecast live in the drawing rooms of people.

The media industry has made innumerable exposes and has shown the truth about politicians.

Several high-profile politicians, including A Raja, Dayanidhi Maran and Suresh Kalmadi were axed thanks to media pressure.

The fourth  pillar of democracy has helped shape society's opinion and led to mass outrages like December 16 gang rape protests etc.

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