My Musings

Musings....... News everywhere seems to revolve around Climate change.  There has been no time in recent history that Climate change has received such comprehensive coverage in the mainstream media.  Suddenly Climate change and Global Warming seems to sell. This is good news. However the transformation has not been easy. We have seen many mainstream media houses showing reluctance, -especially in the western countries and developed nations- the so called NORTH countries- to accept and give importance to issues of climate change. So what has got about this transformation of sorts. You could say US President Donald Trump is one of the reasons for the change in attitude of the press.  At least the mainstream media in US ,which is at loggerheads with their President has resorted to disagree with whatever he stands for and says.  Taking to Twitter to dispense important policy matters have made the media there as mute spectators losing relevance. The other reason be...

Musings....... Below is my reply to an FB query on its relevance-  Facebook is a necessary evil.  In this post modern world that we live in, FB has become inevitable considering the help that it does in tracing people, keeping in touch with loved ones and friends, disaster management, rescue and rehabilitation and the like.  However, it is to be taken with a pinch of salt. As we all know the amount of time children spent on social media affecting even their scholastic ability. Studies have shown reduced attention span in children who are on social media for a significant amount of time.  Social media addiction is another evil that threatens us.  Drug mafia, Terrorist organisations and Pornography industry making use of Facebook for their aggrandisement is no secret.   Another major issue is the advent of so much of fake news that is clouding reality and which political parties and others use for their partisan benefits. Data privacy is anoth...