I liked this Times' story

It was nice to read the story '3.3 degree Celsius: Chill numbs spirits' that highlighted the plight of a rickshaw-puller in Delhi's winter. After all the Times of India's target reader is not a rickshaw-puller ;) and probably long back such stories went out of fashion.
The rickshaw-puller Lal Singh needed two quilts in the night but could get only one because for each quilt he needs to pay Rs 5 per night and can't afford that. He has to save money for his family and children back home in UP. The reporter Vividha Kaul really did a good job. Such stories need to be done lest we forget the millions shivering in cold.
At last, CNN-IBN is on air. Though it is early to comment and seeing the channel focusing so much on Amitabh Bachchan getting discharged from hospital I was not too delighted either. Seems NDTV 24x7 will have now have a helthy competition.

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Dainik Bhaskar Vs Uma Bharti

Dainik Bhaskar's black out of Uma Bharti's massive rally in Sagar on Thursday was astonishing to readers in Madhya Pradesh where the newspaper has a great monopoly. In fact, there is no Hindi newspaper that is even in the race except the upcoming Raj Express in centres like Bhopal.
The Ram Roti Yatra of Uma Bharti was a resounding success in Bundelkhand, which is Uma Bharti's region. However, Bhaskar did not publish a single line. Too bad for a newspaper that claims to be the number 1 paper in terms of circulation in India and the fastest-growing paper.
Uma Vs Agarwals is now quite an old story. But ever since Bhaskar allegedly launched a campaign against her and then Bharti showed the paper at a press conference and lambasted it for bias against her and accused Agarwals of being defaulters worth Rs 12 crore, the fight has reached another level. But Uma is not one who forgets, Agarwals may find it hard to black our the feisty Sanyasin.

For Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Bhopal news. Click http://www.ebhopal.blogspot.com

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Electronic media evolving

People are angry with you when all national channels show live the event from Betul where a man has predicted his own death and waste precious hours on this nonsense. They are angry when Amitabh Bachchan's sickness is turned into a unique spectacle or when IG Panda who has shunned his job and wife to embrance Krishna is shown again and again.
But they are so happy and congratulate you when AjTak exposed the MPs for accepting bribes for asking questions in the House or when Ghoos Mahal is aired. That's what I tell them that it is the beginning and in a couple of years from now the electronic channels would evolve steadily as responsible media in the next couple of years.
Today I woke up to the flahses of 'Bomb in Parliament'. It seems Parliament will be in the news this session. Only recently Somnath Chatterjee had exhorted media to cover parliament proceedings extensively. Surely he would not be complaining after the Operation Duryodhan.

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Kaheen na kaheen......

Electronic journalists are not only short of vocabulary but also prone to catching the phrases once heard an repeating them innumerable times. See the Hindi journalists who keep on repeating 'Kaheen na kaheen' after every couple of sentences these days.
Haan Dibang kaheen na kaheen BJP ye soch rahi hai ki Uma uska nuqsan kar sakti han aur Kahin na khain Uma bhi yeh jaanti hain ki woh BJP ki majboori hain.....
This Kaheen na Kaheen is driving me crazy. Aren't any editors watching.

K has pointed out my anti-TOI bias. Either I need to shed my bias or say it is a biased blog. Right buddy.

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