Unfortunately, the media have been serving only the powers that be and generating controversies that serve their purpose. There are diversions being created to take attention away from serious issues. The Aligarh Muslim University controversy is a case in point. It is an engineered controversy and so was the controversy around JNU.



Take a recent programme on Aaj Tak which set up a debate between “Rashtravad and ‘Jinnahvad’”. A few academics who were trying to put the context to the controversy were pitted against the usual suspects, the supporters of the current regime. Even before a word had been spoken, the narrative had been set between ‘ nationalists’ and supporters of Jinnah. It was, I would say, a set-up. Nobody would remember what was spoken. But most viewers would remember the supporters of Jinnah. Make a list of all the issues that are being discussed on TV channels and you would know whose interest they are being served.