Emotionally Speaking

Suggestions for the Hindu newspaper [letter to the Readers’ Editor]

THE HINDU NEWSPAPER: SUGGESTIONS/CRITICISM/CRITIQUE [DATED JUNE 2006] I am a regular reader of the HIndu newspaper [Delhi edition] since many many years. But I also strongly believe that despite all the goodness, the HIndu newspaper deserves a lot of criticism. It is a dull, boring and unentrepreneurial newspaper in more ways than one. I love the Hindu [...]

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Arindam Chaudhuri & Shiv Khera!

THE STORY OF TWO BAD GUYS! I am writing this post mainly with an eye on my friends in the university who rarely look beyond the politicians while lamenting the country’s plight.  Next time they talk to me about these luminaries, I’ll ask them to read this post. Most of what I have written is widely available [...]

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Metro Now – a very average newspaper!

Metro Now was launched in  2006 in Delhi when two arch rivals, the Times of India (TOI) and the Hindustan Times (HT), joined hands chastened by decades of rivalry (and the urgency infused by the decision of the India Today group to launch a morning tabloid). It was a 48-pages all colour paper in the [...]

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“Sabarmati Hospital” in JNU thanks to ‘Tehelka’!

I was a subscriber of the famed Tehelka magazine for a year. The subscription ended in late October 2007 (though they still send me the mag free of cost!). They got my address wrong and they have proved to be incorrigible! I sent them many reminders but in vain! Sabarmati is a hostel in JNU but [...]

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I subscribe to 5 newspapers!

Here is why: I only/mostly need the Hindu. So, that is a must. Times of India cost 200 Rupees for six months thanks to their scheme for students! Ditto Hindustan Times ! Metro Now, a  pedestrian tabloid (joint venture of HT and TOI) cost a mere 60 Rupees for one year! A friend (Wasi) bought two 2-year subscription of Mail [...]

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I hate sticker ads defacing my newspapers

I truly hate sticker ads defacing my newspapers. I recently wrote to many newspapers with a photo of their defaced paper suggesting them to do something about; I didn’t get even an acknowledgement! Here is the letter. Dear Sir/Madam, This is urgent information (with photos) on how your newspaper is being defaced by sticker ads in my [...]

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