08-27-2005, 02:29 AM
came via email
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dear friends,
As you know one of the biggest problems today is that Indian
journalists are not always proud of their own culture and roots and
as result tend to have a very negative outlook on India, which in
turn influences western correspondents posted in India.
It is therefore very important that we train a new generation of
Indian journalists. It is for this purpose that we started a new
school of journalism in Bangalore called the Sri Sri Center
for Media studies.
There, we teach the best of journalistic knowledge, both print and
electronic, along with classes (which I take myself) on Indian
history, the ideal of true journalism and a little bit coaching in
pranayama and meditation these two ancient Indian sciences which
impart a good and intuitive mind.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of competition both within India
as well as Bangalore, and schools such as the Asian school of
journalism, sponsored by the newspaper the Hindu and the BBC, which
form journalists in the old secular/Marxist mould, have much more
students and funds than we do.
Now what we need is students and this is where you can help. For
Indians residing in India, I must emphasize that a journalistic
career is very rewarding not only in view that you get to travel
a lot, meet interesting people, but also that it is one of the
highest seva you can do for India, as journalists today are the
most important people in the world - even the politicians are afraid
of them !
It is time that all of you Indian parents start thinking about
other careers for your children than doctors or software
engineers ! For NRI¹s, we see today that foreign correspondents
based in India are often very hostile to our ideals.
If you could send some of your children, whether they are first,
second or third generation South Africans/Americans/British/ Fijians
etc, to our school, we would coach them and when they go back to
their country of residence, they can enter mainstream newspapers
and after acquiring home experience, they could ask to be posted
to India, having a natural advantage by being of an Indian origin
and hopefully speaking Indian languages.
In a few years time, the entire India coverage abroad could
see a very important shift. At the moment we only offer a
one year post graduation course, but eventually we will have a
three years complete graduate course. Next session is end of
September and we need 35 students to break even and not lose
money as we have done the last three years.
The course fees are one hundred thousand rupees and we will make sure
your children get an internship (or even a job for those who wish) in
mainstream Indian newspapers/TV channels.
For further information You can go on the Website:
http://www.sscms.org/, email me at fgautierATsify.com, or contact the
executive director of SSCMS, Mr radhakrishnan, at sscms@dishnet.in
Best
François Gautier
Correspodendent South Asia Marianne
Dean SSCMS
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dear friends,
As you know one of the biggest problems today is that Indian
journalists are not always proud of their own culture and roots and
as result tend to have a very negative outlook on India, which in
turn influences western correspondents posted in India.
It is therefore very important that we train a new generation of
Indian journalists. It is for this purpose that we started a new
school of journalism in Bangalore called the Sri Sri Center
for Media studies.
There, we teach the best of journalistic knowledge, both print and
electronic, along with classes (which I take myself) on Indian
history, the ideal of true journalism and a little bit coaching in
pranayama and meditation these two ancient Indian sciences which
impart a good and intuitive mind.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of competition both within India
as well as Bangalore, and schools such as the Asian school of
journalism, sponsored by the newspaper the Hindu and the BBC, which
form journalists in the old secular/Marxist mould, have much more
students and funds than we do.
Now what we need is students and this is where you can help. For
Indians residing in India, I must emphasize that a journalistic
career is very rewarding not only in view that you get to travel
a lot, meet interesting people, but also that it is one of the
highest seva you can do for India, as journalists today are the
most important people in the world - even the politicians are afraid
of them !
It is time that all of you Indian parents start thinking about
other careers for your children than doctors or software
engineers ! For NRI¹s, we see today that foreign correspondents
based in India are often very hostile to our ideals.
If you could send some of your children, whether they are first,
second or third generation South Africans/Americans/British/ Fijians
etc, to our school, we would coach them and when they go back to
their country of residence, they can enter mainstream newspapers
and after acquiring home experience, they could ask to be posted
to India, having a natural advantage by being of an Indian origin
and hopefully speaking Indian languages.
In a few years time, the entire India coverage abroad could
see a very important shift. At the moment we only offer a
one year post graduation course, but eventually we will have a
three years complete graduate course. Next session is end of
September and we need 35 students to break even and not lose
money as we have done the last three years.
The course fees are one hundred thousand rupees and we will make sure
your children get an internship (or even a job for those who wish) in
mainstream Indian newspapers/TV channels.
For further information You can go on the Website:
http://www.sscms.org/, email me at fgautierATsify.com, or contact the
executive director of SSCMS, Mr radhakrishnan, at sscms@dishnet.in
Best
François Gautier
Correspodendent South Asia Marianne
Dean SSCMS
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