Pakistani Media and the changing Social Structure...

It is the clear cut thing that Pakistani Media is more powerful than ever today and its affects have been positive and negative on the public as a whole, In the Musharraf's Era the freedom of expression to the media and I would accept that He bear the criticism of domestic and international media with boldness.

We must also see the impact of the freedom given to the media, The Political analysts have been thought molding for the common man, who are not properly educated either. This mind manipulation is very dangerous for the people of Pakistan, whose every vote counts as public opinion. The public opinion has been also used as the tool of triggering the pressure on the Government. 

The dynamics of politics have changed, Media has been support for the opposition these days, Since 2001 When Pervaiz Musharraf gave the freedom to Media initially, all the anchors just criticize the government, I don't remember watching any news that praises the government.

We must also see whether this opinion based journalism will make some difference in the choices of the masses, can it affect the behavior of the masses, May be after two decades People might realize that the governments or the parties whom they have voted are not making any difference because democracy demands better system with the passage of time, People will demand for more rights, more justice and better quality of life.

There have been two motives of the movement so far as I understand, (a) to address the issues to the masses regarding corruption and everything or simple reporting for the sake of awareness and (b) to bring change by rectifying the current policies, but we don't see this happening, this is how media has been everywhere, even in USA the media is helpless, government has to do what it does, then its only taking the new issues and forgetting the old ones and just hating the government all the time, this has been frustrating. I hope the media does something good for the people of Pakistan and for the existing corrupt system.

Movie Review: Peepli Live

lets get to the point. The movie is slow, quite slow and may not appeal to the mass audience. It seems to have been made more in accordance with satisfying critics rather than the regular movie-goer. Natha (Das) is an average farmer from Peepli, a village in central India, and has taken a loan from a bank against his farmland. He is unable to pay off the debt and the local landlord, Bhai Thakur (Panchal) suggests to Natha that he commit suicide because the government would pay his family a sum of Rs 1 lac after he dies as compensation. Natha's brother, Budhia (Yadav) manages to convince Natha that he should commit suicide because it would benefit the entire family. The local newspaper reporter, Rakesh (Nowaz) overhears Natha's plan to kill himself and realises this could be a big story and informs his head office in New Delhi. Word spreads like fire and before anyone knew it, Peepli became a village of commotion and nuisance with political parties and newspaper, reporters hunting down Natha for their own greed. The movie has satirical humour and is very different from conventional media. Aamir Khan has done a commendable job in putting forward a message but has failed to entertain the regular audience. The movie is plagued with rural slang, profanity and sarcasm which makes it a good laugh once in a while. Not a single actor is a known face in the industry and most of the movie was shot in actual villages with actual villagers or lesser known artists playing the major roles. The humour is inconsistent but Natha's mother, Amma (Jaffar) takes the cake in really making you laugh. Don't go if you wish for entertainment, but is a critics delight.

New exciting phone from by Nokia

C3’s 2.4-inch screen, which clocks in at 320 x 240 pixels, is both crisp and bright. It’s not brilliant, and it won’t win any prices but it’s significantly better than the screens we’ve seen on some mid-range devices, which cost a couple of hundred quid more – and this is definitely a good thing! Kudos, Nokia.

The Nokia C3 has Opera Mini built-in as its browser of choice and, while Opera’s performance varies from handset to handset, we have to give the Nokia C3 credit as it worked a treat for basic browsing with Opera Mini’s click-to-zoom function more than compensating for the Nokia C3’s frankly awful navigation key.

There’s also the Ovi Store, which as you’d expect is jam-packed with games and apps that you can download, such as Snaptu, which links all your social networking shizz together on one place.

The Nokia C3 also has three customisable widgets on its homescreen, we used Mail, Facebook and Twitter – although there are plenty more combinations. We found this to be an ideal set up as all the important stuff – so: email, Facebook accounts and Twitter – we all in once place and could be checked with a simple glance.

However, there is a rather annoying delay, where the Nokia C3 cuts to a Nokia Communities screen and then asks you which Wi-Fi connection you’d like to use, before you’re taken to the Facebook page, which takes, roughly, about 10 seconds.

That said, the Twitter widget is pretty awful – so if you’re a Twitter fiend, you might want to look around for an alternative. But overall, the set-up on the homescreen is more than adequate and will easily satisfy the needs of someone that’s not to fussed about cramming their device full of paid-for apps and games.

In terms of storage, the Nokia C3 has a lot. The device comes with a 2GB microSD card and can handle up to 16GB, so you’ve got more than enough room for your music. It also supports practically every form of audio – MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC – under the sun, so there should be no issues with playback.

Possibly the most impressive aspect of the Nokia C3 is its Qwerty keyboard, which is, literally, amazing to type on. The keys are perfectly spaced and the material is soft to the touch, which means typing long emails and texts is an absolute breeze.

All this is in Rs 11,000.