subject: Value Of Newspapers In Our Life [print this page] In olden days news used to travel at a low pace at a horses gallop though dak. Then with the coming of press one could get much news through newspapers. It is the cheapest means of sending or reading news of different events and occurring by crores of people all over the world. Newspapers provide us with the latest news not of our country but also of the other countries of the world. They keep us abreast with the different events as well as past events of the world.
Newspapers enrich our knowledge on different events, topics as well as subjects. In a democratic nation, they are important means of expressing our views or knowing views of others. Through the columns of newspapers people praise or criticize the government or its policies. We come to know about various problems facing the country and also views of solving them.
No doubt newspapers are an important link between the people and the government. In recent times they are also a mode of advertisement, the cheapest and the best. We can express our grievances and suggest measures of reform. Thus newspapers serve as a means of check on the wrong policies of the government.
Different people read it for different purposes. Newspapers keep the people aware of the activities of the government. They mobilize public opinion. They play an important role in fighting the menace of corruption. In a democracy, there should be an efficient and fearless press. Press is he mirror of the society. The first newspaper published in India was the Bengal Gazette. Information is fed to newspapers by a number of amenities like PTI, UNI etc. Newspapers should concentrate on giving only the true picture of the society.
Everybody except a few read the newspaper everyday. One reads it with exciting curiosity every morning. Different people read the newspaper for different purposes. Young graduates scan the job-advertisement pages.
Lottery addicts pour over the lottery results. The school boy looks about the detailed happenings in cricket and other sports. The head of the household reads about government matters and other events. Business entrepreneurs go thought the business news. housewives look for topics like cookery, health and beauty care tips etc. Casual readers look for sensational topics like loot, murder, kidnapping etc. Others go though the daily predictions of the zodiac. There are others who are interested in the articles and the letters to the editor. Those who love the glamour world read the pages on fashion, movies and film stars.
Newspaper prepare us for difficult competitive examinations. They provide us general knowledge and knowledge about different topics. Good newspapers enhance our knowledge in the language they are printed. There are various columns of great importance such as matrimonial, property, situations vacant, and lost and found columns. Thus, newspapers are very important for all of us in immumerable ways.
