It grieves me to see full-page, front-page advertisements in the newspapers, boasting about the rankings of students in the IIT JEE, or NEET, if the particular coaching class course is paid for and taken. What has our education come to ( Read more... )

In the Deccan Herald of the 28th of September, I looked a beautiful photograph, of two women Yakshagana artistes Shivani and Shanta, relaxing on the swings. Their colourful costumes, and the composition of the photograph, with the parallel diagonals of the swing chains, captivated me.


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For more than 16 years, I stopped contributing to any print media; my articles and blogposts online were quite satisfying. But yesterday, I suddenly wrote a piece in a lighter vein and emailed it to l.the "middle" column of the Deccan Herald.

Imagine my surprise when I found it published today!


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Journalism today is exemplified by the following apology:

"Yesterday, in an article, we stated that Mr. X is a defective in the police force. We sincerely apologize. Mr. X is a detective in the police farce."

What brought this on? A photo of mine in the Hindu has been credited to Deepa Menon!

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Was "India's Daughter" a good documentary? Did it deal with a matter that is sub judice? Was at least one of the convicted rapists paid for his interview? Should the defence lawyers be banned ( Read more... )

On Sunday, the 20th of Oct, I went on

a walking tour of the nature reserve areas of Forest Park

with

Peter Van Linn

of Forest Park. Here he is, with Bob Duffy of the St.Louis Beacon:


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Every day, in the newspapers, there is one terrorist attack, which fills us with fear and sadness. I also realized that every day's newspapers are the same...they contain ( Read more... )

This was brought on by a discussion on Facebook, after I'd posted an observation, that the front page headlines of newspapers remain the same all the time... Vikram Hiresavi suggested I begin to get along without newspapers.

( But I still like my newspaper mornings! )