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I should've written about this a few days back, but consistent NED and a huge pipeline (which i've kinda juggled) ensured that I kept postponing it.

The article in question is this piece in one of the inside pages of the Deccan Herald a couple of weeks back. I can't recal another article in a major newspaper (yes, the DH is the second biggest paper ( Read more... )

Fifteen-twenty years back (and earlier), whenever my parents sought "unbiased" news, they used to tune in to the BBC (back then, the AIR used to be full of propaganda).

It's a new age. A new medium (tV). And now, if I want unbiased news, I tune in to BBC or CNN.

Just saw "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" for the third time this afternoon, on Sony Pic. What a movie. Whatta movie.

There are two things that make a movie (or a book or a play for that matter) great. First is the story. Second, and more important, is the way the story is sold. If you take the say 10 greatest movies of all time, you'll notice that ( Read more... )

For an out and out business daily, the Business Standard shows that their competence extends to writing about sport as well - something that a lot of mainstream white papers struggle to do. Check out this editorial about Dravid's resignation.
The key issue in deciding who will be captain is to be able to distinguish between playing ability and ( Read more... )

"It's Electronics and Communications at RVCE", screamed the Deccan Herald, covering the ongoing CET counselling. The paper went on to explain the other "trends" that are popular among students who have cleared the engineering entrnce this year ( Read more... )

Amazing. Awesome. Too good. I'm referring to this piece by Gene Weingarten, who some of you might know as the journalist responsible for the experiment with violinist Joshua Bell performing at the new york Grand Central L'Enfant Plaza Station in Washington DC.

I don't care about outsourced news, or the parody. I just love the way he has covered ( Read more... )

The Deccan Herald claims to offer full reports of all world cup matches despite the late finish - something like other papers such as the times of India don't cover. The times usually gives a mid-innings report of the second batting team and leaves it at that.

So this morning's paper says "West Indies 300. England 289/8 in 48 Overs". Very ( Read more... )

So with the indian cricket team out of the world cup, many advertisers are at a loss regarding the "made for world cup" ads. Hockey is not saleable (basically Dhanraj Pillay and Gagan Ajit Singh don't look good), and there is no other sport which has a nationwide following. So Ashwin suggests that the number one "sport" in India is (hold your ( Read more... )

Today the old lady of boribunder (yay, i remember fundaes that were st. peters in school quizzes) started a kannada edition. Simply titled "the times of india", with "the" being pronounced as it is when it precedes a vowel sound ( Read more... )