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Media Goes Wayward


 

Media has umpteen issues to look into, to analyse and publish, I presume and assume

Media also goes astray at times. It is no strange exception

Banks and Financial institutions flounder, accepted to a certain degree.

Electrical and electronic spheres falter, approved to a limited magnitude.

Hotels and Hospitals  deviate ,endorsed to a restricted dimension.

Consumer durable and infrastructure shiver,resigned to a  level.

Media slightly shakes.

Then there is a bewilderment.

There  arises a deep hatred.

  

A leading business daily from India has fallen off grace,after publishing, a series of posts, elaborating as how the Indian barons bring up their children,making it look appealing with the parents holding their children with pride. The parents beam in their best attire. Their progeny pose with a huge grin .

 

Parents beget children,not because they are rich, not because they are successful, not because they can afford.

It is an evolution , which is found in all species, whether they be a reptile, mammal, bird, insect or an imal

Each genre is happy of its brood.

A monkey clings to its small one so tightly, afraid of kidnapping,I suppose.

The bird takes great care of its birdling.It flies far and wide in search of food to its young ones.

The cat gets angry, if anyone goes near its little ones.

The dog gets ferocious ,if it sees a person nearing its offsprings.

Man also rich or poor , nurtures his child with utmost diligence.

Every parent aims to give the best to his children,

Every parent wants to st a standard to his young ones.

Every parent wishes to educate his children, beyond his means.

Every parent gives liberty to his children to choose the vocation as they wish.

Narayanmurthy and his beloved wife Sudha, the Goenkas, the Burmans, the Piramals , all begot children as any other parent.

Did the leading daily found anything supernatural in the birth of this affluent young ones?

They went to schools, perhaps in chauffeur driven limousines.unlike the less fortunate who went in bicycles,,bus,autos, or the least by walk.

They went to higher classes by taking the examinations.

The humbler would have gone to local colleges, not to Stanford, Harvard or Wharton.

They would have found employment, or set up a small business to earn their bread and ,unlike these blessed group,who will inherit a vast commercial empire.

The posts though it dealt in lenghth about the bringing up of these children gave a shallow study of their rearing,thus making nil sense.

When there are so many hot issues to cover, why did this cherished news paper publish such bizarre casts?

 

 

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Filing Bankruptcy


Bankruptcy  brought with it a sense of shame, a degree of  ignominy,,a circumstance of disgrace, a feeling of regret and a susceptibility to embarrassment. Now , the trend has took a different turn. A twist  which accumulates a lot of convenience,which bears a stock of opportuneness which provides  a volume of accessibility to convert or more precisely minimise the debt, by gaining protection under bankruptcy.

Recession has not only affected banks, financial institutions,autos , housing , but also media.Readers Digest U.S, has filed bankruptcy under chapter 11, just to get a waiver  .If the court allows this remedial petition, its debt load will be minimised to 550$million,from 2.2 billion $.

This is only an adjustment in the balance sheet, quips ,one of the spokesmen of the company.

The other editions of Readers Digest are not affected by this move.Walter Beyleveldt,made a statement that U.S edition’s direction will not affect Australia.Handyman and Health smart magazines  subsidies of Readers Digest , Australia , have increased the revenue by 7%, resulting out of advertisement.Readers Digest ,Australia is not  in any trouble foreseen or unforeseen.

Anyway, debt is the crux of the problem. Debt strapped Readers Digest is not secure.It may be takrn up bygroup of lenders led by JP.Morgan Chase,or will seek  to take to the company public again or sell it within next few years.Ther is no paucity of visible long time stake holders.

 

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Prime Family Squabble In Media


The prime family ,of Tamilnadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi,are always in the limelight for one reason or other.

The brothers, Alagiri and Stalin  are poles apart, one a flamboyant and the other a much reserved seemingly quiet entity.

Now the nephew Maran’s family has stolen the show.

Karunanidhi ,with his sharp penning and penetrating insight ,has written a detailed note and listed the various events that has led to the estrangement.

Right, a rift is well set.

But why is it given so much publicity?

Is it because ,Karunanidhi, is the chief Minister of Tamilnadu?

Every family ,whether  powerful or ordinary, whether rich or poor, whether famous or less known, have their own differences, own shortcomings, own hard feelings,and own frenzied visions.

Does the media bother  to give an impetus to such distinctive digressions  of the multitude?

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Banter epitomized by vulgarity.


I rarely spend time watching T.V.

Last night, I switched my T.V.,to be abreast with the world.

A famous channel was putting up a show.

The predominant effect of this weekly show was to make people laugh.

Laughter is the best medicine for all ills.

Its motto is fine.

Its text is banality.

People were  tickled by the ill humour.

Idealism can be promoted either way.

You can indulge in a dedicated  style.

You can also involve in a notorious  conduct.

Yesterday’s telecast  brought thunderous applause.

It invoked loud laughter.

At the height of the enjoyment, there was a cheap  dialogue, illicit sentiments,irrevrential behaviour.

They said ,it  was a representation of  the anecdotes in a family.

It did not.

I very well know, that theatre is an exaggeration of life.

Enrich the virtues by elaborating them.

Subdue the obscenity by subsidising them

Yesterdays exhibit was devoid of dignity and respect.

The channel is extremly successful.

Its viewershipi is extraordinary.

This  particular show,is the most popular of all .

Unfortunately, it does not live up to it.

We  understand that,

Humour is a therapy.

Humour is a  quality.

Humour is  an acknoweldged credential.

Its excellence is found in a presentation  underlined d by subtlety,contextual wit, dainty movements.,

and lucid  conversations.

Instead lewd jokes, incorrigible body language,provacative attire, indecent  exchange of words are now branded as banter.

Media is vested with enormous power.

It should promote  decorum

It should shun profanity.