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Need to approach news from spiritual angle stressed

Mysore: Swami Atmavidanandji, secretary of Ramakrishna Mission, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh has said that print media can bring out truth only when it has a touch of spirituality.

He was delivering the key-note address at the all-India symposium on the Journals of Ramakrishna Order and a seminar on the significance of spiritual journalism under the auspices of Viveka Prabha, a Kannada monthly magazine, published by Ramakrishna Ashram to commemorate its 10th anniversary on the ashram premises here on Sunday.

According to Swami Atmavidanandji, journalists have a tendency to downplay the truth in their enthusiasm to sensationalise news and thus highlight the negative side of news. He said: “When Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa visited a friend’s house, his friend asked him to sit down on a bench where newspapers were strewn. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa requested his friend to remove the newspapers and clean the bench with holy Ganga water because newspapers carried bad and negative news.”

Swami Atmavidanandji advised journalists to work for the good of society. He said it was necessary for journalists to approach news from spiritual angle.

Over 250 delegates from across the country participated in the first conclave of the editors of the Ramakrishna Order in India. The programme began with the recitation of vedic verses by the students of ashram.

Swami Mukthidanandji, correspondent, Ramakrishna Vidyashala, Mysore, welcomed the gathering. He said spiritualism binds human beings universally.

Swami Nityasthanandji, president of Ramakrishna Ashram, said journalists should focus on problems plaguing society and the cause of the problems and highlight them in their news articles. While reporting events journalists should take care to highlight the crux of the issue without trying to provoke people. It was necessary to uphold honesty and integrity to put an end to corrupt and evil practices. “By doing so they can cleanse society, promoting social values and ideals”, he said.

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