by Adopt healthy lifestyle for stress-free life: IIMC DG Dwivedi to journalists
NAGPUR, JULY 18:
“When body and mind is neglected, health gets affected. To have a stress-free mind, it is essential for journalists to learn to adopt a healthy lifestyle,” said Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Dwivedi, Director General, Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), here on Monday.
He was speaking as a chief guest at a seminar on “Mental Health of Young Media Professionals”, organized by Amravati regional centre of IIMC in association with UNICEF at ICAR auditorium here.
Mr. Prakash Dubey, Group Editor, Dainik Bhaskar, prsided over the function while IIMC Executive Council member and senior journalist Mr. Umesh Upadhyaya, Prof. Kripa Shankar Chaubey of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, Wardha, were the guests of honour.
Speaking further, Mr. Dwivedi thanked UNICEF for taking initiative on this important topic in collaboration with IIMC. He made it clear at the outset that the deliberations at the seminar were meant to crate hope in the minds of young journalists, and not to spread disappointment in them.“Do not mix your life with your profession. Your profession is your means of livelihood whereas your life is far greater than that. When you return home from work, come back home as a father, brother, sister. Only then you will find yourself stress-free,” he told the gathering of journalism students from Amravati and Nagpur colleges.
“Disappointment often creeps in when the society does not respond to a journalist who, although egoistically, thinks that they are the voice of the society and are here to repair the world,” observed the IIMC DG, suggesting the students to ,”do your work well and stop worrying about the world. Don’t be a staunch idealist to spoil your own life, profession and family”.
Those who differentiate between life and profession live a longer life than those who do not, he said. “We ourselves are responsible for our health. So it is our responsibility to maintain it. We cannot blame others for it,” said Mr. Dwivedi adding,”health gets affected when body and mind become a victim of negligence.”
Mr. Dwivedi advised the young journalists to adopt a holistic approach to work, respecting the mind. “Do not think that you are someone special while working as a journalist. Instead, consider it as a work of service. Take rest after a certain time of work. Balance your routine to lead your life holistically. Find moments of leisure to spend time with family and friends. Establish respectful communication with them. This will help reduce the tension. Stress is manageable,” he said.
Stating that body is life a temple, Mr. Dwivedi advised to treat it the same way as we treat god in the temple. “Respect your body, think of what you eat and what you drink. Avoid the poisonous things. If your mind is healthy, your thoughts will be healthy,” he said adding that healthiness and positivity would not be there if there was stress. “We strive day in and day out for justice to society but it will not be good to do injustice with our own body at the same time,” he said.
“We fight for the good and welfare of people. While doing so, we should also see to it that we also take care of ‘self-welfare’,” he said.
Mr. Dwivedi said that a journalist should do multi-tasking to bring diversity in their work culture. “The world will be beautiful if we resolve for it. Do not compromise with the profession for financial affluence. Think only of making the future better. Think only of making your life better by managing stress with available means,” he advised the budding journalists.
In his presidential remarks, Mr. Prakash Dubey said that fright, scare and disappointment are the three things that put young journalists under stress. He called for physical and mental check up of these journalists and their families too.
Earlier, IIMC EC member Mr. Umesh Upadhyaya said that journalists think as if they were the men who ran affairs of the world. “This puts them under stress,” he said. He said that in journalism there is more tension, depression and disappointment than any other profession and advised the gathering to learn to leave some of them. He said that journalists would be under less stress if they understood that their means of livelihood was not their life. He suggested making friends outside the field of journalism to relieve themselves of professional stress.
Prof. Kripa Shankar Chaubey said that reporters feel stressed because they have to do multi-tasking. Deadline pressure also adds to stress, he added. “Stress reduces creativity and also affects health,” he observed and suggested measures to fight with it.
The programme began with the lighting of sacred flame. Prof. Pramod Kumar, Dean, Students Welfare, IIMC, excellently conducted the proceedings and also explained the topic at length through his introductory remarks. Prof. (Dr.) V.K. Bharti, Regional Director, IIMC, Amravati proposed a vote of thanks.
At the outset, Mr. Dwivedi welcomed Mr. Prakash Dubey while Mr. Bharti and Prof. Rajesh Kushwaha welcomed other guests. A memento each was also presented to all the guests on behalf of IIMC, Amravati.
The second session of the seminar was chaired by Mr. Sanjay Dwivedi, DG, IIMC while Mr. Kartik Lokhande, Chief Reporter, The Hitavada, Mr. Shailesh Pande, Online Head, daily Tarun Bharat, Dr. Sagar Chiddarwar, President, Psychiatric Society, Nagpur, Mr. Shishin Rai, Asstt. Director, Information Bureau and Dr. B.S. Dwivedi, Director, ICAR-NBSS & LUP were the speakers. They also threw a very enlightening light on the topic.
NAGPUR, JULY 18:
“When body and mind is neglected, health gets affected. To have a stress-free mind, it is essential for journalists to learn to adopt a healthy lifestyle,” said Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Dwivedi, Director General, Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), here on Monday.
He was speaking as a chief guest at a seminar on “Mental Health of Young Media Professionals”, organized by Amravati regional centre of IIMC in association with UNICEF at ICAR auditorium here.
Mr. Prakash Dubey, Group Editor, Dainik Bhaskar, prsided over the function while IIMC Executive Council member and senior journalist Mr. Umesh Upadhyaya, Prof. Kripa Shankar Chaubey of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, Wardha, were the guests of honour.
Speaking further, Mr. Dwivedi thanked UNICEF for taking initiative on this important topic in collaboration with IIMC. He made it clear at the outset that the deliberations at the seminar were meant to crate hope in the minds of young journalists, and not to spread disappointment in them.“Do not mix your life with your profession. Your profession is your means of livelihood whereas your life is far greater than that. When you return home from work, come back home as a father, brother, sister. Only then you will find yourself stress-free,” he told the gathering of journalism students from Amravati and Nagpur colleges.
“Disappointment often creeps in when the society does not respond to a journalist who, although egoistically, thinks that they are the voice of the society and are here to repair the world,” observed the IIMC DG, suggesting the students to ,”do your work well and stop worrying about the world. Don’t be a staunch idealist to spoil your own life, profession and family”.
Those who differentiate between life and profession live a longer life than those who do not, he said. “We ourselves are responsible for our health. So it is our responsibility to maintain it. We cannot blame others for it,” said Mr. Dwivedi adding,”health gets affected when body and mind become a victim of negligence.”
Mr. Dwivedi advised the young journalists to adopt a holistic approach to work, respecting the mind. “Do not think that you are someone special while working as a journalist. Instead, consider it as a work of service. Take rest after a certain time of work. Balance your routine to lead your life holistically. Find moments of leisure to spend time with family and friends. Establish respectful communication with them. This will help reduce the tension. Stress is manageable,” he said.
Stating that body is life a temple, Mr. Dwivedi advised to treat it the same way as we treat god in the temple. “Respect your body, think of what you eat and what you drink. Avoid the poisonous things. If your mind is healthy, your thoughts will be healthy,” he said adding that healthiness and positivity would not be there if there was stress. “We strive day in and day out for justice to society but it will not be good to do injustice with our own body at the same time,” he said.
“We fight for the good and welfare of people. While doing so, we should also see to it that we also take care of ‘self-welfare’,” he said.
Mr. Dwivedi said that a journalist should do multi-tasking to bring diversity in their work culture. “The world will be beautiful if we resolve for it. Do not compromise with the profession for financial affluence. Think only of making the future better. Think only of making your life better by managing stress with available means,” he advised the budding journalists.
In his presidential remarks, Mr. Prakash Dubey said that fright, scare and disappointment are the three things that put young journalists under stress. He called for physical and mental check up of these journalists and their families too.
Earlier, IIMC EC member Mr. Umesh Upadhyaya said that journalists think as if they were the men who ran affairs of the world. “This puts them under stress,” he said. He said that in journalism there is more tension, depression and disappointment than any other profession and advised the gathering to learn to leave some of them. He said that journalists would be under less stress if they understood that their means of livelihood was not their life. He suggested making friends outside the field of journalism to relieve themselves of professional stress.
Prof. Kripa Shankar Chaubey said that reporters feel stressed because they have to do multi-tasking. Deadline pressure also adds to stress, he added. “Stress reduces creativity and also affects health,” he observed and suggested measures to fight with it.
The programme began with the lighting of sacred flame. Prof. Pramod Kumar, Dean, Students Welfare, IIMC, excellently conducted the proceedings and also explained the topic at length through his introductory remarks. Prof. (Dr.) V.K. Bharti, Regional Director, IIMC, Amravati proposed a vote of thanks.
At the outset, Mr. Dwivedi welcomed Mr. Prakash Dubey while Mr. Bharti and Prof. Rajesh Kushwaha welcomed other guests. A memento each was also presented to all the guests on behalf of IIMC, Amravati.
The second session of the seminar was chaired by Mr. Sanjay Dwivedi, DG, IIMC while Mr. Kartik Lokhande, Chief Reporter, The Hitavada, Mr. Shailesh Pande, Online Head, daily Tarun Bharat, Dr. Sagar Chiddarwar, President, Psychiatric Society, Nagpur, Mr. Shishin Rai, Asstt. Director, Information Bureau and Dr. B.S. Dwivedi, Director, ICAR-NBSS & LUP were the speakers. They also threw a very enlightening light on the topic.
जेव्हा शरीर आणि मन दुर्लक्षित होते तेव्हा आरोग्यावर परिणाम होतो. तणावमुक्त मन असण्यासाठी पत्रकारांनी निरोगी जीवनशैली अंगीकारणे शिकणे आवश्यक आहे,” असे इंडियन इन्स्टिट्यूट ऑफ मास कम्युनिकेशनचे (आयआयएमसी) महासंचालक प्रा. (डॉ.) संजय द्विवेदी यांनी सोमवारी येथे सांगितले.
आयसीएआरच्या सभागृहात युनिसेफच्या सहकार्याने आयआयएमसीच्या अमरावती प्रादेशिक केंद्राने आयोजित केलेल्या “तरुण माध्यम व्यावसायिकांचे मानसिक आरोग्य” या विषयावरील चर्चासत्रात ते प्रमुख पाहुणे म्हणून बोलत होते.
दैनिक भास्करचे समूह संपादक श्री.प्रकाश दुबे यांनी कार्यक्रमाचे अध्यक्षस्थान केले तर आयआयएमसी कार्यकारी परिषदेचे सदस्य आणि ज्येष्ठ पत्रकार श्री. उमेश उपाध्याय, वर्धा येथील महात्मा गांधी आंतरराष्ट्रीय हिंदी विद्यापीठाचे प्रा.कृपा शंकर चौबे हे सन्माननीय पाहुणे होते.
पुढे बोलताना श्री द्विवेदी यांनी आयआयएमसीच्या सहकार्याने या महत्त्वाच्या विषयावर पुढाकार घेतल्याबद्दल युनिसेफचे आभार मानले. सेमिनारमधील चर्चा तरुण पत्रकारांच्या मनात आशा निर्माण करण्यासाठी होती आणि त्यांच्यात निराशा पसरवू नये, असे त्यांनी सुरुवातीलाच स्पष्ट केले. “तुमचे जीवन तुमच्या व्यवसायात मिसळू नका. तुमचा व्यवसाय हा तुमचा उदरनिर्वाहाचे साधन आहे तर तुमचे जीवन त्यापेक्षा खूप मोठे आहे. कामावरून घरी परतल्यावर वडील, भाऊ, बहीण म्हणून घरी परत या. तरच तुम्ही तणावमुक्त व्हाल, असे त्यांनी अमरावती आणि नागपूर महाविद्यालयातील पत्रकारितेच्या विद्यार्थ्यांच्या मेळाव्यात सांगितले.
“ज्या पत्रकाराला समाज प्रतिसाद देत नाही तेव्हा अनेकदा निराशा येते, ज्याला आपण समाजाचा आवाज आहोत आणि जगाला दुरुस्त करण्यासाठी येथे आहोत असे समजत असले तरी ते जगाला दुरुस्त करण्यासाठी आले आहेत,” असे निरीक्षण आयआयएमसीच्या डीजींनी विद्यार्थ्यांना दिले. चांगले काम करा आणि जगाची चिंता करणे थांबवा. आपले स्वतःचे जीवन, व्यवसाय आणि कुटुंब खराब करण्यासाठी कट्टर आदर्शवादी बनू नका."
जे जीवन आणि व्यवसाय यात फरक करतात ते न करणाऱ्यांपेक्षा जास्त आयुष्य जगतात, असे ते म्हणाले. “आपण स्वतःच आपल्या आरोग्यासाठी जबाबदार आहोत. त्यामुळे त्याची देखभाल करणे ही आपली जबाबदारी आहे. त्यासाठी आपण इतरांना दोष देऊ शकत नाही,” श्री द्विवेदी पुढे म्हणाले, “जेव्हा शरीर आणि मन निष्काळजीपणाचे बळी ठरतात तेव्हा आरोग्यावर परिणाम होतो.”
श्री.द्विवेदी यांनी युवा पत्रकारांना मनाचा मान राखून काम करण्यासाठी सर्वांगीण दृष्टीकोन स्वीकारण्याचा सल्ला दिला. “पत्रकार म्हणून काम करताना तुम्ही कोणीतरी खास आहात असे समजू नका. त्याऐवजी सेवेचे काम समजा. कामाच्या ठराविक वेळेनंतर विश्रांती घ्या. तुमचे जीवन सर्वसमावेशकपणे जगण्यासाठी तुमची दिनचर्या संतुलित करा. कुटुंब आणि मित्रांसह वेळ घालवण्यासाठी विश्रांतीचे क्षण शोधा. त्यांच्याशी आदरयुक्त संवाद प्रस्थापित करा. त्यामुळे तणाव कमी होण्यास मदत होईल. ताण आटोपशीर आहे,” तो म्हणाला.
शरीर हे जीवन हे मंदिर आहे, असे सांगून श्री द्विवेदी यांनी आपण मंदिरात देवाला जशी वागणूक देतो तशीच वागणूक देण्याचा सल्ला दिला. “तुमच्या शरीराचा आदर करा, तुम्ही काय खाता आणि काय प्यावे याचा विचार करा. विषारी गोष्टी टाळा. जर तुमचे मन निरोगी असेल तर तुमचे विचार निरोगी असतील,” ते म्हणाले की तणाव असेल तर आरोग्य आणि सकारात्मकता नसते. "आम्ही समाजाला न्याय मिळवून देण्यासाठी दिवसेंदिवस झटतो, पण त्याच वेळी स्वतःच्या शरीरावर अन्याय करणे चांगले होणार नाही," असे ते म्हणाले.
“आम्ही लोकांच्या भल्यासाठी आणि कल्याणासाठी लढतो. हे करत असताना आपण ‘स्व-कल्याणाची’ देखील काळजी घेतली पाहिजे, ”तो म्हणाला.
श्री. द्विवेदी म्हणाले की, पत्रकाराने आपल्या कार्यसंस्कृतीत विविधता आणण्यासाठी मल्टी टास्किंग केले पाहिजे. "आपण त्यासाठी संकल्प केला तर जग सुंदर होईल. आर्थिक संपन्नतेसाठी व्यवसायाशी तडजोड करू नका. फक्त भविष्य चांगले करण्याचा विचार करा. उपलब्ध साधनांद्वारे ताणतणावांचे व्यवस्थापन करूनच आपले जीवन अधिक चांगले करण्याचा विचार करा,” असा सल्ला त्यांनी नवोदित पत्रकारांना दिला.
आपल्या अध्यक्षीय भाषणात श्री. प्रकाश दुबे म्हणाले की, भीती, भीती आणि निराशा या तीन गोष्टी तरुण पत्रकारांना तणावाखाली आणतात. त्यांनी या पत्रकारांची आणि त्यांच्या कुटुंबीयांचीही शारीरिक आणि मानसिक तपासणी करण्याचे आवाहन केले.
तत्पूर्वी, आयआयएमसी ईसी सदस्य श्री उमेश उपाध्याय म्हणाले की पत्रकारांना असे वाटते की जणू ते जगाचे व्यवहार चालवणारे पुरुष आहेत. "यामुळे ते तणावाखाली आहेत," तो म्हणाला. पत्रकारितेत इतर कोणत्याही व्यवसायापेक्षा जास्त तणाव, नैराश्य आणि निराशा असल्याचे सांगून यातील काही गोष्टी सोडून शिकण्याचा सल्लाही त्यांनी उपस्थितांना दिला. ते म्हणाले की, जर पत्रकारांना त्यांचे उपजीविकेचे साधन नाही हे समजले तर त्यांचा ताण कमी होईल. व्यावसायिक तणावातून मुक्त होण्यासाठी पत्रकारितेच्या क्षेत्राबाहेरील मित्र बनवण्याचा सल्ला त्यांनी दिला.
प्रा.कृपा शंकर चौबे म्हणाले की, पत्रकारांना मल्टी टास्किंग करावे लागत असल्याने तणाव जाणवतो. डेडलाइन प्रेशरमुळेही तणाव वाढतो, असेही ते म्हणाले. “तणावांमुळे सर्जनशीलता कमी होते आणि आरोग्यावरही परिणाम होतो,” असे निरीक्षण त्यांनी नोंदवले आणि त्याशी लढण्यासाठी उपाय सुचवले.
कार्यक्रमाची सुरुवात पवित्र ज्योत प्रज्वलनाने झाली. प्रा. प्रमोद कुमार, डीन, विद्यार्थी कल्याण, आय.आय.एम.सी, यांनी उत्कृष्टपणे कार्यवाहीचे संचालन केले आणि आपल्या प्रास्ताविकाद्वारे विषय विस्तृतपणे स्पष्ट केला. प्रा.(डॉ.) व्ही.के. भारती, प्रादेशिक संचालक, IIMC, अमरावती यांनी आभार मानले.
