{"id":83558,"date":"2021-02-19T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T05:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=83558"},"modified":"2021-02-19T12:01:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T06:31:44","slug":"celebrity-activism-and-governments-response-to-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/celebrity-activism-and-governments-response-to-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity activism and government&#8217;s response to it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Synopsis:\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MEA\u2019s response to celebrity activism is fair. But its global reach has to go beyond majoritarian representation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Introduction\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tweets by international pop singer Rihanna and climate activist Greta Thunberg on farmers&#8217; protest created a huge stir.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>In response, The Minister for External Affairs tweeted about motivated campaigns t<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">argeting India. It also said that India has the self-confidence today to hold its own. However, MEA\u2019s reaction has come under criticism, inside and outside Parliament.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the one hand, The hashtag activism was welcomed by the protesting farmers\u2019 associations. However, <\/span><b>some Indian film and sports stars tweeted that policy matters are internal to the nation.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How is celebrity and Twitter activism used globally?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celebrity activism over human rights is now an established tradition the world over. Twitter diplomacy is a fairly new phenomenon in India, but it is for the MEA to decide how foreign policy is best conducted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Firstly,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the world of celebrities is firmly rooted in international relations. <\/span><b>It has helped in the growth of global civil society opinion and action<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Many Indian film celebrities such as Rajinikanth and Kamal Hasan have engaged in such activism.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Secondly,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> many celebrities become a member of Rajya Sabha or receive national honors. It is because <\/span><b>political parties also seek to convey their messages to the masses <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through their chosen celebrities.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Thirdly, the United Nations makes celebrities its goodwill ambassadors. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many celebrities are used as brand ambassadors for corporates. For example, the Gates Foundation has engaged in supporting AIDS sufferers in India, and elsewhere.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Lastly, there is a growing public trust in the image of the celebrity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a rescuer of victims. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Howeve<span style=\"color: #000000;\">r, celebrity activism has its downside as well. Sometimes they promote ill-informed solutions and glamourizes populist policies, which results in misinformation among the public.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What should India do?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MEA should <\/span>extend its reach beyond<b> majoritarian representation to the minority. <\/b>It <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has a different opinion from the masses.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government should create a wider constitutional trust among the Public. It requires a focus beyond governance and development<\/span><b>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All citizens have a fundamental constitutional <\/span><b>duty to reject violence and develop respect for India\u2019s diverse culture. <\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These duties apply equally to the protesters, citizens, government or Opposition, the media, or state and party actors, etc.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Read Also :-<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5VA7mvwhJ5\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/polity\/important-acts\/\">Important Acts<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Important Acts&#8221; &#8212; Free UPSC IAS Preparation For Aspirants\" src=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/polity\/important-acts\/embed\/#?secret=141a7GPEhr#?secret=5VA7mvwhJ5\" data-secret=\"5VA7mvwhJ5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis:\u00a0 The MEA\u2019s response to celebrity activism is fair. But its global reach has to go beyond majoritarian representation. Introduction\u00a0 The tweets by international pop singer Rihanna and climate activist Greta Thunberg on farmers&#8217; protest created a huge stir.\u00a0 \u00a0 In response, The Minister for External Affairs tweeted about motivated campaigns targeting India. It also&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/celebrity-activism-and-governments-response-to-it\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Celebrity activism and government&#8217;s response to it<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[1333],"class_list":["post-83558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-ir_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704904475},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}