Monday, May 24, 2010

Communication and Human Kind. . . . . . . . . January 29, 2010

Speaker: Mr. Shantiveer Kaul who is a poet, writer, independent film maker and contributing editor for Kashmir magazine was invited as the guest speaker to talk on “Communication and Human Kind” for the World Around programme at NISCORT.

Issues Covered: The lecture aimed at finding the meaning of communication. Communication is common to all Human existence” said Mr. Shantiveer Kaul. He described the whole process of communication. His talk was intended at broadening the concept of communication. Speaking to the students he said that the inner most need of human soul is to talk to oneself. Stressing further he said that if you are true to yourself, whatever is said can be easily understood. The need of Intrapersonal communication is as necessary as that of Interpersonal and Group Communication.

He interestingly made a point that in search for an answer one is confronted by many questions as how to speak and talk. “Does it (message) fulfil the need of the addressee or the addresser?” said Mr. Kaul in his process of explaining the framework of communication. The lecture helped the students in finding true meaning of the term Communication. It became clear that Communication as a term is not only restricted to words but also involves nonverbal means of talking. He focused on the conscious and unconscious participation of muscles and facial expression including smile, love towards others, satisfaction and joy in the course of communication.

When asked about his identity as a Kashmiri, he said that when he was young these random thoughts about the bad condition of people perturbed him but now with growing age such thoughts does not disturbs him much. The students asked a number of interesting questions like “Does Journalism have a soul?” “How do technologies affect human relationship?” and “Is media controlling the feeling of the common man?” Mr. Kaul cleared their doubts by mentioning that without the medium survival is different. There is always some channel for completing the process of communication. The questions were gently handled and adequately responded to by the speaker.

Presentation Style: Mr. Shantiveer Kaul interacted with the students very gently. He gave various examples from his personal life which in turn made it easier for the students to understand the concept of Communication and Human kind in a better way.

Evaluation: The session helped the students in understanding that communication is much more than just Media or even Mass Media. Professional growth is possible only when there is personal growth. Similarly it will make the students aware that one can communicate effectively to others only when one communicates with oneself



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