TV, magazines and Newspapers

TV is sometimes referred to as idiot box. And with good reason. Because all kinds of trash is shown on it. Just like there are good movies and bad movies. There are good programs and bad programs. Bad programs have a bad influence on you, so you should simply turn them off. Bad does not just mean those who are excessively violent and vulgar, bad also means those which are meaningless and which insults your intelligence. Similarly with books and magazines. There are number of magazines that can mislead you into wrong things. You might find them interesting for the time being. But if you fall into the trap then it will have a harmful effect in your life. Sometimes you will not ever recover from those effects. There are newspapers who put incidents pictures in their front pages because it makes news. Some princess is bathing nude so they put the snap of hers on the front page, without any discretion and responsibility.


Many people in the name of art, fool the public and dish out mediocre works. Films, TV programs, magazines and newspapers from the most important media available to any young person. These are popular in our country to the extent that people who run these institutions are worship and revered throughout the country. But a majority of these institutions are run by mediocre people with only one intention of making money over others. When you come across a program or an article or a film or a news item that insults your intelligence then you should choose not to see it or read it or be influenced by it. You cannot stop people from being mediocre and inefficient and also from being unethical. But what you can do is to stop subscribing to such people. You can stop seeing stupid films, which make no sense at all. You can stop watching films and programs that glorify bad things and projects as good. You can stop reading newspapers that doctor the news for their selfish ends. You can stop buying useless magazines. The choice is always yours.

So whether you will lead a good life, full of good health, happiness and success or whether you will lead a life of ill-health, disease and sickness depends a great deal on your media habit too. If you do not want to be addicted to harmful things and if you do not want to waste yourself over meaningless media then you should make a choice today. 

Should you not try to look good?

There is nothing wrong in wanting to look beautiful or handsome. You should by all means exercise regularly, take good care of yourself and groom yourself to be healthy and fresh. But you should not derive your definition of beauty from selfish campaigns of others. Fashion world has made enough damage to the minds of the innocent through advertisements which lure people to buy certain products which are not necessary. They manipulate the innocence of young minds and spoil them with desires that are detrimental to growth. Young people should realize that there is a lot of hypocrisy in many fashion ads. Many people are unaware that most people, who act in cosmetics ads, or clothes ads, do not use the same products they advertise. They do it only for the sake of advertisements and in their real life they do something else.

Become Prosperous.

Each one of you should be determined to create a lot of wealth for yourself. What happens when you do that? You will have a hassle-free life. You can enjoy all the material benefits  that technology advancements of man can bring. When you create this wealth, your father and mother, brothers and sisters would be happy and they would enjoy the wealth and success too. And if others do what you do then the good things that happen will multiply. This is how we become stronger. So each one of you should aim to become successful and prosperous.

Sharing the Responsibility - Social Consciousness.

Young people of today are the leaders of tomorrow. So it is all the more important that we all understand how each one of us share the responsibility of building a good society. Who builds all the bad roads, or inefficient institutions or corrupt offices, substandard products, polluted chemicals.. .it is us. Someone from our own society. Similarly, malnutrition, illiteracy, unemployment, poor health facilities... . are all a result of our own actions. Actions of generations of people - our people. So we all share the responsibility for whatever happens around us and whatever happens around us has an effect on our personal and family lives. What happens in our personal lives has an effect on the society.

Let your success be shared.

Each one of you will someday become successful. When you become successful share your success with others. Do not suspect people that they would take away your success. If you build somethings of your own, no one can take it away from you.

To win, you don't have to defeat anyone.

If only you want to fight, fight poverty, illiteracy, mediocrity, inefficiency and complacency. Fight the social evils and forces that cause illness, fight everything that goes against humanity but do not fight with people.

Nobody wins when you defeat another human being and you can win over all the people to your side without having to defeat them. You can win all on your own and share your victory with everyone.

Mistakes that most youth do - which you should not do.

Young people are very powerful in their outlook. Each one of you is a bundle of power who can accomplish great things in life. But then why is that many young people do not grow up to become great? There are some common mistakes that youth do. Make sure that you & me do not do them. If you & me want to have a strong sense of purpose in life and if you want to be somebody in your life and not just live like another person, then you should stay clear of certain common mistakes that young people do.

Dreams make your destiny

When we ask the question - What should I do with my life? What should the purpose of my life be? We should look into ourselves and give our dreams and deepest desires an expression. Each one of you should pursue a dream life - despite difficulty. Life will be wonderful and filled with lot of happiness if you follow your dream.