Monday, April 18, 2011

For Advancing is Perfection


I change my stance about India. Newspapers inform me that all is not lost yet. I don't know if I trust newspapers anymore.


1.) A veil of a time: Women in rural Haryana (which is incidentally plagued by Khap panchayats) empower themselves through self-help groups, manage lakhs of rupees, hand out loans at 1% interest, educate their children, demolish liquor vends and best and most difficult of all, give up the veil.

2.) 82% voting in Jammu and Kashmir: The second phase of Panchayat polls records -- gasp! -- 82% turnout. I don't suppose even other states considerably less affected by violence record that sort of enthusiasm.

3.) Organ donations in Tamil Nadu hit 1k mark: This in a country largely riddled by superstitions and where people even refuse to vaccinate their children. More awareness and many lives could be saved, many more improved.

4.) Bombay Times: Below the header is a line that describes the supplement as an "Advertorial, Entertainment Promotional Feature." They've accepted it's paid news!

4 comments:

  1. Newspapers might not be trusted, but if you go online and see the same information, you probably will :P

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  2. I don't know, instinctively I trust print more than the internet.

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  3. Glad to see a post on the news, not that any of the other posts are less worthy of praise.

    Feel free to come back to http://punditcommentator.blogspot.com whenever you feel like mixing it up. I welcome debate and discussion on politics and current affairs.

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