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Media Wellness: Karmyoga In Action

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BK Sushant

New Delhi | Wednesday | 25 February 2026

Considering the crucial role mass media play in nation building and public opinion shaping, an initiative to discuss on media wellness is an auspicious and welcome move whichever quarter it may come from. The issue before us for introspection, delineation and dissemination is not with regard to when, who and why of the initiative, but regarding the importance, relevance and efficacy of this move in today's context and vortex of media toil, moil and turmoil.

Press or mass media which is said to stay always on the move, is supposed to be answerable to own conscience first before being answerable to people, society, nation or humankind for any act of omission, comission, lacunas or lapses on its part. Because, basically media works for subserving or upholding public interest, national or social well-being and global good of humanity.

The nature and culture of media profession and public expectation demand that press people need to work more for others than for themselves, or for their kith and kin even during thick and thin. All other sections or professions in civil society always expect instant service from media persons, none cares to think or do things needed for fulfilling media expectations of leading a normal life of health, wellness and happiness. This has led and prompted even some opinion leaders to comment that journalists have given much more to the world than they have taken out of it.

 

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The article highlights the importance of “Media Wellness” in strengthening journalism’s role in nation-building and shaping public opinion. It argues that the press, as the fourth pillar of democracy, must remain accountable first to its conscience and uphold public interest, national well-being, and global good.
 However, journalists often work under stress and neglect their own health and happiness. The “Media Wellness: Karmyoga in Action” program organized by the Brahma Kumaris at Vigyan Bhavan emphasizes empowering media professionals through spiritual wisdom, meditation, and value-based living.
While government support in terms of resources and technology is welcome, true wellness must come from within journalists themselves. The initiative underscores integrating yoga and meditation with daily professional duties to cultivate inner strength, ethical clarity, efficiency, and holistic well-being, ensuring that media remains free, balanced, and socially responsible.

 

If civil society has the right to fix media responsibility, its concerned citizens have also the duty to think, suggest and take steps towards formulating and making media wellness and well-being measures or programs a practical reality. The recent program titled "Media Wellness : Karmyoga In Action" organised by the Brahma Kumaris movement at Vigyan Bhavan is a right step in that direction. The title of the program perfectly subsume the practical plan of action and related initiatives needed to be undertaken by its stakeholders.

After all, what does Media Wellness mean ? It simply means media welfare or well-being. Then, who can do it and how ? Is it the public, government or civil society ? While public or society is an abstraction, government is an agency which can take up the responsibility like it has taken up for govt media, but at what cost ? It's again a provervial question for independent media professionals to choose between bread and freedom, Scylla and Charybdis or between devil and deep sea. Here, spiritual wisdom comes to the rescue of journalists to choose freedom over bread, because a dignified life with minimal living is million times better than a lavish life of indignity and subservience.

It's true, press constitutes the fourth estate in a democracy without being a party to the government, in latter's formation, day to day functioning or governance. Rather, mass media works as an extra constitutional body or pressure group exercising proper checks and balances on three other organs of the government, in case the latter act in contravention of constitutional provisions, norms, ethics or guidelines. Taking into account such sanctity, power and potentiality of mass media, especially in Indian context, some even go to the extent of considering Press as Third Eye of God Shiva, putting it beyond its conventional position or status of being the Fourth Estate.

In view of the above, media wellness and well-being can't be sole prerogative or responsibility of the govt in power, as elements of bias or prejudice and fear or favour can crip in to dilute media merit and neutrality. In case, media wellness is defined to mean empowering press people and facilitating media functioning with government providing latest media communication methods, technologies, AI tools, digital wellness, digital detox and freedom of functioning along with maximus possible enabling resources without any strings attached, then these governmental investment and fair-play measures for mass media sector without interference, is always acceptable.

But core contributors towards media wellness and well-being are journalists themselves and the concerned spiritual people or organisations working selflessly for welfare of the totality, without expectation of returns or rewards from any profession, section or segments of human society.

But the fact remains true that the outside agencies (whether govt or any NGO) which intend to serve (not use) mass media, are only facilitators. But the onus of responsibility for cultivating and fostering inner or outer wellness in their media life and works lies with the journalists alone, whether individually or collectively. It remained the crux of the discussion and deliberation that took place in the recent media program organised by the Brahma Kumaris at Vigyan Bhavan.

The Brahma Kumaris organisation's intiative in this direction is not new, but over six decades long legacy and history of truly understanding and selflessly serving the entire media fraternity, by holding series of inner empowerment, soft skill development, mind , health and stress management programs, get-togethers, workshops, seminars, conferences, rajyog shivirs and meditation sessions for them, ceaselessly round the year, through thousands of its spiritual study cum meditation centers in different parts or places of India and abroad.

The outcome of Media Seminar, Talk Show and Rajyog Mediation Session at Vigyan Bhavan was, as its title envisaged, media professionals need to to develop and sustain inner powers, human values, holistic wellness, work efficiency and job effectiveness, by learning to combine or integrate yoga or meditation with their day to day  personal or professional Karma. Integration of yoga with Karma or duty could be possible only when journalists adopt spiritual knowledge, positive thinking, divine virtues, easy rajyog meditation and satwik life style as part and parcel of their daily life. (The writer is Freelance Journalist and Media Spokesperson of Brahma Kumaris Organization)

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