The unforgettable training

Nganthoi Lourembam *

I always wanted to become a journalist and I was given a chance to attend training for 15 Days Basic Course in News Reporting, hosted by DIPR.

I was really excited and eagerly waiting for 6th Jan, 2014, for the training to begin.

I don't usually keep high expectation coz it always happens the other way round.

So I thought the training might happen in a room of 30 to 40 people, like a school's class room with benches and desks.

Ironically the room was larger than I thought without any benches or desks but chairs and a stage with podium and a microphone.

Oh! I thought to myself, "see, never set any expectation."

There was a function for the starting day and guests arrived and of course media people were there too.

It is interesting to meet the person you've never met but you've always heard of.

Journalism is something I always dreamt of, something I always wanted to do.

And when your idols are infront of you, you become speechless and mum.

I wished I had a camera to capture everything what I was seeing.

The training was conducted by famous media personalities and for everyday you get to meet two different faces.

I never wanted to skip a single day because I didn't want to miss those valuable speeches and of course.

I couldn't afford to miss the opportunity to meet them in real.

It was interesting to listen to their speeches and their life experiences.

After listening to the speech of crime reporting by Sir LCK Singh, even though I am not a reporter, I started to think like one and started to imagine things as an investigator.

For me, the most interesting topic was photo journalism because I really like photography and Sir Ratan Luwangcha did give an amazing speech and his short movie 'Unrest Manipur' touched my heart.

I sincerely thank all the trainers and DIPR for giving me such a wonderful experience.

It was very fruitful, it gave me a light of knowledge about journalism.

Now I would like to learn more about Journalism.

Though the training was short, it left me with a dream, a dream of me holding a camera on one hand, note pad and pen on the other hand and traveling round the globe for a better world.