We often see in news headlines that "Indian origin guy/gal did this/that". When we use the word "Indian origin" as first to word of headline what are we emphasizing here? Someone did something great, or a guy whose ancestors (or maybe guy himself once upon a time in history) belonged to India has done something. Actually there is nothing wrong in news content. But when we see these kind of things over and over as the first two words of headlines repeated everywhere, we may also tend to infer a meaning that an Indian origin guy who is/was not in general as competent as some counterparts people of the world has finally achieved something. Now we should show the world that people of Indian origin are also capable of doing something great. Are you not also implying your country's past or present as suppressed, underdeveloped, needy by flashing it over and over?
Yeah, there is no harm in feeding people with complete information, but news also modulates the thinking of people especially by the portion emphasized in it. So we have option of mentioning it in the news content. By doing this you may be hurting the guy in question as if the reason behind his discovery is Indian origin(which may be true statistically but here we are talking something different). Also it’s true that directly or indirectly there may be people from other country involved in that project.
Yeah, India is rising and news media wants to shout and get attention about it. But there is need to take mature and balanced approach in this globalized world if you are media. You may be read by other part of world also.
This is similar to the approach which media has taken on Indian cricket team. Only difference being that is they don’t get account of failures in the quest which is actually not needed in these cases.
In most cases, when a guy is of Indian origin, this fact itself describes the incapability India in keeping him Indian. And you are sort of giving credit to his origin.
If this continues, there is a chance that the world “Indian origin” will become a subject of mockery in few parts of world. Given the case that hard working quality (is it actually inherent quality?) of Indians has already become a joke among many more things associated with Indians. But there are few comments made in Nation which can't be taken just as joke. Especially in this scenario they leaks some bitter truth. What do you think?
