In the context of India, there is absence of coherent long-term policies on control of communication by mass media with half-baked information, and generic opinions by all kinds of opinion-makers for a pervasive populism, also creates threat and panic in people due to regional polarization from social and political angle with parochial interest, keeping 'only self interest' to the fore.  For long, the water resources professionals had been silently working for the betterment of the society. However, they could not be role models for public in general, even for students of various disciplines! The role models are always some actor or actress of the time or a cricketer or a celebrity or someone alike them. Media for advertisements with huge payment of money is also using them, even if they have zero or limited knowledge on water and environment issues. Unfortunately, the 'society by and large' is being misguided by information that floods through newspaper, media etc., especially bringing in some half baked concern and that only some environmentalists activists are concerned about India's development, despite very best professionals brains work hard to usurp them.  The media would have done justice if instead of some actor or actress or a cricketer or a celebrity or someone alike them achievements of water resources professionals could have been projected properly! Most of such professionals (except for a very few) toil without recognition and occasional accolade!

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In the context of India, there is absence of coherent long-term policies on control of communication by mass media with half-baked information, and generic opinions by all kinds of opinion-makers for a pervasive populism, also creates threat and panic in people due to regional polarization from social and political angle with parochial interest, keeping 'only self interest' to the fore. 

For long, the water resources professionals had been silently working for the betterment of the society. However, they could not be role models for public in general, even for students of various disciplines! The role models are always some actor or actress of the time or a cricketer or a celebrity or someone alike them. Media for advertisements with huge payment of money is also using them, even if they have zero or limited knowledge on water and environment issues.

Unfortunately, the 'society by and large' is being misguided by information that floods through newspaper, media etc., especially bringing in some half baked concern and that only some environmentalists activists are concerned about India's development, despite very best professionals brains work hard to usurp them. 

The media would have done justice if instead of some actor or actress or a cricketer or a celebrity or someone alike them achievements of water resources professionals could have been projected properly! Most of such professionals (except for a very few) toil without recognition and occasional accolade!