Media in India has definitely had one of its greatest advantages in the development of India too. Media in India has pointed out various faults on the part of the government. It has shown the truths about various problems. Apart from this, the media has done an extremely good job by searching for various scams and forms of corruption by the bureaucracy. All this has resulted in a lot of prosperity in the country.

Media has also raised many sensitive issues and also has spread a lot of awareness amongst the people. It has also imparted education and also provided entertainment to our people.

These were the good parts about our media. However, the media has now become a very commercialized, propaganda throwing object in India. Ever since private participation has come into the media, there has been a lot of competition than before. All the media wants to do is sensationalize each and every little news they get. When was the last time that Kareena Kapoor traveling in a small plane was considered as breaking news? Nowadays, such insignificant news also makes it to the headlines. Extremely unnecessary stuff gets into the news. The media has also lost its sense of duty.  During 26/11 for example, the media was telecasting live all the events and the handlers of these terrorists in Pakistan were able to alert the terrorists about each and every movement of counter-terrorist forces. The media despite being asked by the government to follow guidelines and help the strategic position, refused to do so in search for more TRP’s and viewers. That was a serious security compromise. Even after that, the terrorists may learn the patterns of operation by security forces and may learn to resist them better, all thanks to the Indian media!

Various political parties have bought the media out and used it as a tool for propaganda. The media which is under the control of these political parties glorify these parties. Some even modify news in favour of a political party so as to show their political party in good light.

Most media show misleading advertisements and cheat the public. For the sake of money, the media is even willing to show the commercials of products which are harmful to use. And more publicity will result in extra sales of that particular product and more cheating of the public.

Today, the coming of reality TV shows and soap operas are jeopardizing the scene all the more. People are now unwilling to wake up from their couches. People now waste so much time in front of the idiot box watching shows like ‘splits villa’, ‘Big brother’, ‘Sach ka Saamna’ (which is the Indian version of ‘Moment of Truth’) or even ‘Rakhi ka Swayamvar’. Women croon in front of their TV sets to watch soaps and some even cry with the characters of the soaps. They could have used this time spent on watching these useless serials in doing something more productive

Thus we see, the Indian media’s standards are rapidly deteriorating. It has become very hard for us to find good media and the situation will continue to persist unless a proper system is put in place.

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Independently I have tried to start an editing business, a website and several blogs along the way. I worked on each one until with time something about each one didn’t feel right and fell to the wayside.

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Now, I have finally started another blog “Make The Most of Your Time”.

This time it feels right. It feels like me; it feels like a blog that accurately reflects my heart and what I want the world to see as a complete product of my own imagination, experience and work. I had previously published two short posts about a month or two ago, but recently I have been posting new blogs to it on a daily basis. Within the past few days, I have already received more views than I had anticipated which I believe is a great start.

As I write on this blog, I find that it is best to ideally write posts in the morning. When you do this, you logically receive more views because people have more time to read your work. Because I work a full time job Monday thru Friday, currently I have been posting at night and I find that I receive about half the views I would have, had I posted the same blog in the morning. But half is better than nothing.

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It has always been a part of my dream to become financially independent and be able to have plenty of free time while my writing continued to endlessly “bring in the bucks” for me. I see writing and publishing to sites like Triond and other blog sites as a long-term financial investment. Every month my income from Triond increases. One of my best articles published on Triond “B12 Shots: The Newest Energy Booster” is only one page in length and has to date earned approximately $100.

When I compare this accomplishment to book sales I realize that most books on average cost about $10. This means that from one article alone I have sold an equivalent of 10 books. That’s quite an extraordinary feat when you think about it. In total, I have published about 390 articles with Triond. As all my articles continue to grow in readership and views, I know that my dreams will come true. And, just as Triond is able to pay it’s writers, your own independent blog will generate great, limitless volumes of earnings by Google Adsense ads and other such ad placements that you will be able to obtain as your blog grows in popularity and viewership.

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But, I must reemphasize that becoming financially independent off independent writing takes much work. For example, some of my articles on their own due to their title, the information, etc. have enjoyed more views and continue to grow in view numbers everyday while others I need to just promote a bit more by posting links to them when and where I can. I see the entire writing endeavor as a process sort of like throwing a small pebble into a lake. It’s only one pebble, but that pebble has a profound effect on the stillness of the water and slowly sends ripples throughout the entire surface. The more pebbles, the greater the effect and so forth.

So, here is another pebble to let my fellow Triond community about my new blog which I am very proud of and to remind them that you can make all your dreams come true. When you love something with all your heart, your thoughts and actions will naturally lead you in the direction of reaching and accomplishing them.

Joie Schmidt © Copyright 2008 All Rights Reserved.

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