Control of information flow provides ground for media bias
With the enduring fad of the term called ‘western bias’ being the center of the world discussion, it’s needless to say that we as a nation have erred up to an extent
Bishakha Bhardwaj
'Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control
information, you can control people' — Tom Clancy
With the enduring fad of the term called 'western bias' being the center of the world discussion, it's needless to say that we as a nation have erred up to an extent as it becomes a default choice for us to always set our tradition in contrast to the west. The concept in itself is something that we have exaggerated at times and now that people are taking a keen interest in it we seem to discuss it more often. Nevertheless, we always had the instances to our credit to understand how we were excluded from the global mainstream and the fact that it is not at all phenomenal in the present context. If we look back we will find history giving us loads of examples where there is superiority, dominion, and disagreement in abundance. The aspiration towards united security in global terms and proliferation of freedom, as well as for annulling the hegemony of one country over another was the motive of the historic Non-Alignment Movement. According to an idealist of the Congress party, Rejaul Karim Laskar it had emerged from the desire of Jawaharlal Nehru and other administrators of the newly independent countries of the third world to shield their freedom in face of the complicated global situation demanding fidelity to the then two superpowers. Contemplating what we have as a result of the problems related to western bias, we need to look back to the years of crises when information flow was being controlled by a few nations.