[email protected] journalism.mac FEBRUARY 2021 MAC VOICE A PRACTICAL NEWSLETTER OF DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM DECODING FILM REVIEW: NOMOPHOBIA PERSEPOLIS Could Nomophobia, the fear Dive into the life of a witness of the related to phones be next Iranian Revolution and see what pandemic in this digital era? made a film so impactful. MMADEADE IINN IINNDDIIAA The game changing experience of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry from manufacturer to "producer" WHAT THE FARMERS’ THE NOTIONS OF 5 POTENTIAL PROTEST LOST ON 26 LOVE JIHAD CAPTAINS AFTER JANUARY? Defining the crime and analyzing WORLD CUP 2022 the new laws by BJP ruled states. India's own Capitol Hill Moment at Current Players, Future Capains of the Red Fort the Indian Cricket Team? F rom the desk of the principal It gives me immense pleasure to introduce the February 2021 issue of the MAC VOICE. This issue consists of vivid articles from different walks of life. Articles and write-ups from the students of Journalism cover almost all the contemporary issues. Journalism today is at cross roads. Journalists and their professional ethical – legal considerations are being scrutinized on the basis of their ideological interpretations and alienations. Time and again, professionalism is being challenged by ‘Democratic Participatory Medium’ and ‘User Generated Content’ on various social media sites. Views have replaced the news and partisan has replaced the neutrality. At this critical juncture it becomes mandatory for the journalism aspirants to come-up with analytical understanding of the issues. Journalism today is at cross roads. Journalists and their professional ethical – legal considerations are being scrutinized on the basis of their ideological interpretations and alienations. Time and again, professionalism is being challenged by ‘Democratic Participatory Medium’ and ‘User Generated Content’ on various social media sites. Views have replaced the news and partisan has replaced the neutrality. At this critical juncture it becomes mandatory for the journalism aspirants to come-up with analytical understanding of the issues. MAC VOICE is a platform where we train and prepare the future journalists, where ethical and moral values are inculcated. It is an effort to provide a space to the students where they can polish their analytical and journalistic skills. The present issue of MAC VOICE covers vaccination drive, New farm policy and protest, Pandemic, The notions of Love Jihad and several other soft topics related to lifestyle, cinema and a picturesque section. The copy of this issue is in hand to evaluate and judge the hard work of these budding journalists. I appreciate the efforts of the students involved in making this idea of MAC VOICE into reality. D r . s a n j e e v k u mar ti wari p r i n c i p al ( of f g .) an insight turning calamity into an opportunity: department of journalism shivansh ganjoo, 3rd year what the farmer's protest lost on 26 january? aniket singh chauhan, 2nd year The Enthralling Story of Indian Pharma Industry aniket singh chauhan, 2nd year the notions of love jihad sarthak sharma kain, 3rd year modi voter v/s modi supporter aniket singh chauhan, 2nd year पूछँ भारी या अहं? नैी तवारी, थम वष adi shakti namo namah: vanshika bisht, 1st year 5 Potential Captains After 2020 world cup aysuh pathak , 2nd year It’s your choice that matters! anjali sharma, 1st year Nomophobia: The next epidemic? naval, 1st year Busting the Top 5 Fitness Myths vandana P, 1st year Orwellian universe of 1984 and today’s world vandana P, 1st year film review: persepolis Saksham Kumar, 2nd year poetry section neha rani, sandhya, isha - 1st year picture by shivansh ganjoo rudransh, 2nd year turning calamity into an opportunity: department of journalism Shivansh ganjoo classes are easily manageable by bhanu pratap singh 3rd year students as well as diligent professors. 1st year The Department of Journalism With the educational institutions being continuously strives towards bridging he -ons were deferred till October and new shut down since March, online classes gap between Academics and Industry admissions started their college are the only option left to continue the Requirements. Thus, teachers are curriculum in November 2020. The fresh process of learning. From schools to assigning hands-on projects to students batch of the Department of Journalism colleges, every institution/ department is which will be fruitful for aspiring might have initiated their journey in the trying every ounce of efforts to make journalists, producers, directors, film- college bit late, but the enthusiasm and learning accessible and easy. Just like the makers or cinematographers. zeal was intact in them. This was visible rest of the departments in Maharaja in their active participation in the Agrasen College, The Department of While the final year students of the orientation program of the department, Journalism has managed to make the degree course are busy creating held online on Google Meet platform on online routine just the same as the offline magazines, multimedia production and 18th November. The teachers provided one and that too, with much greater research projects, the second years have the newcomers with a gist of what efficiency and effectiveness. been allotted with tasks like producing stepping into Media field means and radio shows, documentary/ short film guided them beforehand for the The academic session of 2021 began with production and creation of the challenges one would face in it. With a enthusiastic pupils from BA (Hons) advertisement. warm welcome, the students understood Journalism entering their next the fact very clearly that there semesters, with Delhi University’s Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the sustenance in the media industry is smooth conduct of OBE exams in admissions to the new academic session based just on two main factors: December this time. Hitherto, online of the colleges and educational instituti- Theoretical knowledge and Practical MAC VOICE February 2021 | 5 Left: Ms. Ksenia Kondratieva during the Guest Lecture on "The Issues and Challenges faced by Cubs in Media" on 27th January, 2021 Below: Cover Page of MAC Voice 2020 September Edition implementation. With this, the Kennedy Delhi. Ayushi Anand is a department now had all it’s batches lead director at Schbang Digital functioning. As we all have seen, Media Solutions, Bangalore. She has done has played an important role in some brilliant projects in the field reporting the key events during and of documentaries, short films, post lockdown. It was important to animated shorts and teach the students how different beats advertisements. are covered and the various aspects surrounding them. Since its inception in The Panel Discussion also saw the 1997, the Journalism department of release of 2nd edition of MAC MAC has strived for connecting the Voice 2020. During the Corona collegians with the real world. To lockdown period, the department facilitate practical learning in online had set an aim of turning the mode, several virtual workshops have calamity into opportunity and been undertaken by many experts and successfully achieved it. Turning also the college’s own alumni. into an electronic publication during the lockdown, for the very To enhance the technical skills of first time, MAC Voice was students, the department organized a published more than a single time workshop on photoshop editing in a year, last publication being in techniques under the guidance of a May 2020. What made the graphic expert. Along with this, the September edition more peculiar department also hosted a panel was that it was published within a discussion on “Advertising World: record time of 11 days. It covered Creativity and Business” on September several contemporary issues like 19th. This panel discussion was unique Bihar Elections, Corona pandemic, and special for the department as all Economy and the cover story, the three panelists, who are associated ndia and China’s stand off at Ladakh. -re was Ms. Ksenia Kondratieva, a senior with big media names and are masters The department aims to increase the Russian journalist and editor, who has had a and experts in their respective fields, frequency of publication further more. decade long journalistic experience in South are a proud alumnus of our Asia. Ms. Ksenia very clearly explained the department. Purnank Kaul has worked With the advent of new year and a new challenges in contemporary times, citing with notable agencies like Horlicks, batch, department started with contemporary examples related to both India PayTM, SpiceJet and Airtel, FCB Uka, planning and implementing several new and Russia, making it more connecting for the McCann Worldgroup. Mohit Pasricha, series of lectures and events. The latest students, especially the newbies to currently working with Lowe Lintas one being an expert lecture on “The understand. With all these lively events, India as an Associative Director, he has Issues and Challenges faced by Cubs in virtual workshops and projects, the journalism worked with leading agencies like Network Society Era” on 27 January department is trying it’s best to provide some McCann Worldgroup and Wieden & 2021. The Guest Speaker for the lectu- exceptional talent to the media industry. MAC VOICE February 2021 | 6 MAC EXPLAINED The Enthralling Story of Indian Pharma Industry ANIKET SINGH CHAUHAN 2ND YEAR CoVID-19 was a difficult time for all of ChemMedChem in the year 2017, us. It tested us all and made us reel stated that out of 200 medical under its unimaginable pressure. compounds researched in India, only a However, there was one particular minute number of them made it to the sector that under this monumental actual markets. pressure didn’t turn into coal but instead shined like a diamond. The This sorry state indicated that even Indian pharmaceutical industry is ‘the’ though the professionals were working pharma industry of the world.