With the convergence of Digital Media, the sales of Printed Papers have dropped drastically. In fact, major Newspaper publishers like the Times of India, Hindustan Times, etc. have themselves created an application available on the play store, which provides news reports much faster. It has proven to be much handier as it is easier to access than a physical newspaper. Moreover, we can read the news of any previous day easily on the phone, rather than searching for it in a pile of papers as most houses do.

It is indeed sad to see that the people, who used to eagerly wait in their balconies for the newspapers, reading it with a cup of tea in their hand, enjoying the morning breeze have resorted to staying inside, watching manipulated stories, with each channel having a different point, which is portrayed as the only truth, leaving the ordinary common man in a bizarre state of confusion upon whom to rely on.

Things were much easier, when people discussed Burning Issues, with facts on the newspaper in their hand while debating it with their peers. All those debates and arguments of vigilant citizens have been cocooned to a restricted medium of discussion. There were times when common people eagerly wrote to the columns of Newspapers in the form of “LETTER TO EDITOR”, but now that culture is also on the brink of vanishing. People are reluctant in joining the print media. If the condition prevails, there will be a time when publication houses will have to shut down. In fact, this is true for all print media, i.e. newspapers, books, advertisement posters, etc. For some newspapers, that has meant a drastic shrinking of text to an average of a few characters per story and larger images on the printed page. Social media news and information content while being suitable for a new generation of information consumers who want a quick read on the go.

Shrinking readership and ad revenues, rising costs, waning credibility, and an onslaught of digital and social media has taken a huge toll on the financial health of newspaper companies. Moreover, the politics which have taken over printing presses have also caused a severe hit to the Publication Houses. For example, The Hindu, Hindustan Times, and The Indian Express are some newspapers which are considered to be “LEFTIST”, i.e. they do not support the ideology of Bhartiya Janta Party and Hindutva. Daily News and Analysis (DNA) on the other hand is a “RIGHTIST” who supports the ideology of BJP and NDA Alliances in India.

This Party-Politics has ruined the true flavour of media and democracy in India. It causes a jubilation amongst the citizens, who are ill-informed often leading to riots and fights between two ideologies, which are formed because of this manipulation. This factor has also played a major role in the declining sales of newspapers according to me. The closures of newspapers to declines in the civic engagement of citizens, increases in government waste, and increases in political polarization. The decline of local news has also been linked to the increased "nationalization" of local elections. As citizens have fewer opportunities to read about local politics, they are attracted to national sources, such as cable news, and begin to interpret local politics via national politics.

The situation has worsened to such an extent that now we can only delay the “DEATH OF NEWSPAPER” but the disappearing is inevitable. The impact seems irreversible with the rapid growth of New Age Media as a preference in the modern generation. There is also a high chance that this generation could be the last one seeing newspapers being printed and delivered at home. It is indeed ironic that irrespective of being at prices like ₹ 1 per day, people spend money on hours of their internet usage searching for news on mobile, laptops, or Internet Operated Televisions, rather than the traditional way of reading news i.e. through newspapers.

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