I learn – Now, with the completion of 100 days in the Southern metropolis, TOI celebrated the occasion with a special 104-page pullout, ‘Chillax’, with its August 7 edition. Chillax? (cringe). But celebrating a hundred days – really? What were they expecting – to be thrown out of the theatres market, end of the first… Continue reading A century
Category: – Print
Mostly newspapers…
Subject World Cup
Alistair gets 6 months for killing 7 people – front page – Times of India (link when it gets uploded on their website – for now, log into their e-paper). Dilip in country you know – But please do not worry particularly about public reaction to this sentence. Because — so lucky! — it came… Continue reading Subject World Cup
Timeless cartoons
Front page Times of India today – this photograph of the Femina Miss India contest… And then later in the day, going through R K Laxman’s collection (for perhaps the hundredth time) – The common man goes to the village, I came across this… If she manages to stop smiling for just a moment, we… Continue reading Timeless cartoons
Telly me about growth rates
The Week writes about new-generation televisions shows. Targeted at segments which have been ignored so far and so on – men and children. Highy inscrutable article. See what sense you can make of it. And if you know, do let me know how such staggering statistical analysis and interpretation is possible – I may be… Continue reading Telly me about growth rates
Rumble-tremble news
When was the last time news made your hands tremble? Hmm, let me see now… Was it when I first heard about Raveena Tandon’s lost dog ?(on the front page of the Times of India) Or was it when I read that Indian couples are now quick to wed, quicker to split? (again on the… Continue reading Rumble-tremble news
Culture jamming the ToI
I first came across the term ‘culture jamming’ when blogger / flickr mate Akshay left this wiki reference as a comment on an earlier post on the Coke controversy This is the simple wiki definition – Culture jamming is the act of using existing mass media to comment on those very media themselves, using the… Continue reading Culture jamming the ToI
Kyunki celebrities face trauma too
If you live around the western suburbs in Bombay and have been wondering about that strange smell in the air, here it is the puzzle solved for you. It is because Mr. Big Bacchan has not had a bath for three days Big B didn’t bathe for 3 days – says an authoritative source, viz.… Continue reading Kyunki celebrities face trauma too
Bombay reeling under the newspaper deluge
Were you one of those stuck in the Bombay rains without a ToI? Lucky you. Or one of those even luckier ones to receive helpful hints from Airtel on finding where the nearest coffee shop was…? Rashmi Bansal says stop selling for once – SMS from Airtel: Stuck in the rain? (half of Bombay is… Continue reading Bombay reeling under the newspaper deluge
Now that there is light…
…can we hope for more fresh air. And better features? And better editorial content? And yes, certainly a better Sunday newspaper as Uma MD says here (oops, her title for this post is the same as mine – can I claim I thought of it first in my mind?) Today’s Time of India carries a… Continue reading Now that there is light…
The new(s) paper tigers
Times of India + Mumbai Mirror = Over 100 pages Times of India clearly believes in the platter approach – offer all kinds of readers all kinds of news (or whatever) – in the form of different supplements. Apart from the regular Bombay Times and Property (or is it Education) supplements, I now get an… Continue reading The new(s) paper tigers