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JOURNAL | ISS No. | 0975/6647 | Vol: 29 | Issue 0 1 MEDIA TIMES | DECEMBER 2020 MEDIA TIMES ERTUGRUL CRAZE : A JOURNEY FROM TURKEY TO KASHMIR ﻮر य ﯽ اﻟﻨ गम ﻟ ोत ﺖ ا ﻤ ٰ ा ﻠ ﻈ म ﻟ ो ا ﻦ स ﻣ म त U N IR IV M ER H SITY OF KAS MEDIA EDUCATION RESEARCH CENTRE UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR HAZRATBAL, SRINAGAR-190006 MEDIA TIMES DECEMBER 2020 2 MEDIA TIMES 4 | Message from VC 5 | HoD’s Desk ERTUGRUL CRAZE : 08 | Cover story A JOURNEY FROM TURKEY TO KASHMIR Asif Khan 12 Young Techie’s Mission Robotics’ Arbeena Heerpora Nomads' 15 struggle for survival Umer Mukhtar When A Rag-Picker 18 Lost His Home To Fire Badar Bashir 20 Without Safety Gears, PDD Workers Continue To Lose Life, Limbs Minhaj Masoodi A New Normal–Webinars 'Streets Will Show The Way': How Vendors Are 22 Are Here To Stay 25 Looking To Tide Over Economic Agony Farzana Nisar Khalid Hassan Lone The Smoke Rises: Cigarette Sales 28 Spike Amid Pandemic Sheikh Mustafa Fad Of Extravagant Weddings 32 In Kashmir Shahid Habib 42 MERC Students' Masterstoke Asif Khan/Arbeena 35 Asha Lateefa: A Frontline Warrior Against Covid-19 Toiba Bashir 38 And She Was Born: A Mother's Battle 46 Kashmir Avengers, A To Bring New Life Into The World New Professional Football Club Zakia Qureshi Imran Bashir Feedback and Patron: he Media Times is a lab suggestions from the Prof Talat Ahmad readers are welcome journal of Media Education © MERC 2018 Vice-Chancellor Research Centre, University Printed and Publisher by: Chief Editor: of Kashmir. Its main purpose HoD MERC Dr. Aaliya Ahmed T is to provide a platform to the for and on behalf of Editor: University of Kashmir. students and scholars to hone their Dr. Syeda Afshana Further information Graphics Artist writing abilities and to chisel their Write to: Aga Shahi journalistic skills. The journal builds Editor, Student Editors: necessary confidence in them to Media Education Research Centre, University of Kashmir, Asif Khan, Arbeena take on the future responsibilities Srinagar-190006 Student Editorial Team: as conscious media practitioners in e-mail: Asif Khan, Arbeena, Shahid Habib, [email protected], the society. [email protected] Sheikh Mustafa, All the contributions are the students/scholars of Mass Communication and Journalism at MERC KU. Opinions, views, reports & essays in this issue do not necessarily represent the views of the faculty of MERC. The author are solely responsible for the facts stated including the source of the information and references. The Editor or the centre is not responsible for any kind of plagiarism. 4 MEDIA TIMES DECEMBER 2020 MESSAGE am glad to know that Media Education Research Centre (MERC), is ready with yet another issue of its magazine, Media Times. I feel happy to comprehend that MERC is contributing well to the needs of its Centre and publishing a magazine annually is the spectator of its efforts. I Ihope that the Media Education Research Centre of this University shall continue to provide a strong dais to all students to groom-up their individuality and to prepare them as tough, responsible and rational media personalities for a bright and vibrant future of the whole Nation. I congratulate and convey my best wishes to the staff, students and all other participants for this endeavour. Prof. Talat Ahmad MEDIA TIMES 5 6 MEDIA TIMES MESSAGE ovid-19 is the most transformative event of our lifetimes. The year will be remembered as a time of fast and increasingly accelerated digital change which generated barrage of information Restrictions and lockdowns brought a shift our lifestyles and new ways of living came into being. We are now in a world where the virtual and the physical have synchronized in diverse ways. CMedia surround us and we are saturated by their presence. Digital media platforms like Facebook, Twitter or Whatsapp facilitated conversation about community engagement, collaboration and change yet fake news, misinformation and disinformation remained a challenge. Media education is going through very exciting times. Challenges are there but to exploit the upcoming opportunities, good media professional’s intervention is required and learners and trainers, both need to welcome and embrace newer technologies. In times of the epidemic, the responsibilities have become far more challenging and exacting. Education has suffered the most. The online mode of education has evolved in a short period of time and helped the continuity of the education system.Young minds should identify their strengths and start working towards sharpening their skills and domain knowledge. Our departmental magazine Media Times is an endeavor to expand students’ understanding of how to operate in the changing media environment by providing hands on training in reporting, editing and production process which enables them to face the competition and challenges in the industry. This edition of the magazine introduces you to just a few of the ways we are demonstrating our commitment. Beyond these pages, there are many more stories. Happy reading! Dr. Aaliya Ahmad Head 7 MEDIA TIMES 7 MEDIA TIMES DECEMBER 2020 THIS TURKISH SERIES DIDN’T TOOK LONG TO REACH KASHMIR, WHICH HAD COME OUT OF A LOCKDOWN POST ABROGATION OF THE ARTICLE 370 AND 35A ONLY TO ENTER ANOTHER ONE. ERTUGRUL CRAZE : A JOURNEY FROM TURKEY TO KASHMIR s world cinemas continue to fire for the sake of screen ambience but the essence Islamophobic content at people across of the past is certainly credible", said Hanna the globe, Kashmir is hooked to the Peerzada, 27, who is studying for her doctorate fictionalA exploits of a Turkish hero whose son in English literature at University of Kashmir. founded the great Ottoman Empire eight “For the first time I actualized Khaimas hundred years ago. (nomad tents) that are often mentioned in There are chaste gorgeous women in vintage historical religious texts. It gave me an idea costumes with alluring green eyes guarded by about how hard life had been in the past. My strong men. There is love, sword battles, and mind tried to confront images from the Battle conquests. Perhaps, all that one could wish for. of Badr, though not a part of show, as now for That may be why it’s often called the Turkish the first time I beheld, how Muslims fought Game of Thrones. But the media-aware with swords for protecting and spreading their younger generation roots for the Turkish epic, faith. The show besides being well executed Asif Khan saying that it scores over Thrones by shunning evokes a sense of nostalgia. Game of Thrones is ‘vulgarity.’ a popular fiction that feeds on fantasy, porn and The series is also After conquering Pakistan, the television outlandish language. It eroticizes the past of being loved by all women whether they drama series Dirilis: Ertugrul, produced with Great Britain rather than bringing to life their are homemakers or loads of cash from Turkey’s state coffers, has past,” she further added working because of the fact that women won wide approval here for what many regard “Ertugrul appears more practical than Game have not been as clean and wholesome content, and as a of Thrones. I had already finished watching objectified or shown submissive. counter to viral Islamophobia, but earned sharp Game of Thrones and now I have been watching censure from some sections of the clergy who Ertugrul which is more relatable,”Asif Wani, a have declared cinema of any kind as haram. 24-year-old Law graduate from Baramulla said. “Game of Thrones and Ertugrul are beyond “Both of the shows are totally different and comparisons. Ertugrul is a historical fiction I think those who compare the two shows based on probable events, possible time and real are naive. Game of thrones is a fantasy while people. Of course, a lot of things are glamorized Ertugrul has a sort of religious perspective 8 MEDIA TIMES MEDIA TIMES DECEMBER 2020 to offer,” Naireen Ibrahim, a 25-year-old Engineering all played a big role in making Ertrugul a huge success graduate said. in Kashmir. We have been represented in Ertugrul as as Ertugrul with over five seasons takes us through the we have been in our past not through the lenses of any historical story of thirteenth century when the Ottoman Bollywood or Hollywood film maker,” Faheem Iqbal, a Empire was established. 22-year-old poet from Ananatnag district said. With recommendations from both Pakistani Prime Shot mainly in the Riva village of Beykoz district of Minister, Imran Khan and Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Istanbul, Ertugrul was released in Turkey on December Erdogan, the show has only grown in popularity ever since 10, 2014 and premiered on TRT 1 for the first time. It is its arrival. It had already been a big success in Turkey and based on the stories of the Muslim Oghuz Turks fighting the story in Pakistan was no different. It took Pakistan by Mongols, Christian, Byzantines and the radical Knights a storm decimating numerous YouTube records once the Templar Crusaders in Anatolia (the modern day Turkey) language barrier was broken and it started appearing in of the 12th century. Ertugrul is a kind man who lives by the Urdu on YouTube and television. word of the holy Quran. He is a firm believer of Islam and It is seen as a combined effort of Turkey, Pakistan and tries to do the best for his people. Malaysia who had earlier joined hands to fight the rampant “I love Ertrugul for his bravery, his love towards the Islamophobia in the world. Within no time, it is becoming a Qabeela (tribe) and Halima. Our children can learn a lot of top favorite of the Muslims as they see their hero in Ertugrul.