Newspapers
Well with the 'game' done and despatched, I breathe a sigh of relief. I'm also quite glad that I got back to my 'blogging' days.
I wake up every morning to smell the freshness of the daily newspaper. The smell of the print together with early morning air is just the right concoction (you want to smell), when you get up.
Of course you do get upset after browsing through the news but you can't help it. Right in the first page you get to read some really humiliating headlines like " Street Mongrel kills a baby boy..."
If this the way to infuriate people in the morning, I guess the editor succeeded to a great extent.
Page 3
Every other page in the paper that I subscribe to resembles one big section :'Page 3'. You have to actually go into molecular depth to find articles realted to other things like 'International News' , 'Business' etc. The graphics suck and their so called jokes are pure failures. The newspaper runs solely on the skimpy dresses worn by actors / models. Also one most important feature of the newspaper is "Parties of Mumbai". This purely deals with, who danced with whom in yesterday's bandra party; the designer clothes people wore; a stray joke on the host; and above all the wine that ruled them all ! Infact I have a vague feeling that the editor is a thorough high professional businessman. He exactly knows and understands the pulse of Mumbai'ites. Probably that's why the whole paper is just a 'Page 3 : aka entertainment gala'.
Bullism
Coming to think of other better things revolving around newspapers, is the way it's folded and presented to us : a perfect rectangle, crisp and fresh. I really get disheartned, when I see people throw the paper casually and walk off. It hurts me to a great extent, when they are not even bothered to arrange the papers in order. Lack of organisation can get you into a lot of trouble. I don't expect you to neatly fold it back (though I would love you to do it!) but the least a person can do is arrange it back with all the supplements in order. This is especially so in public domains, where the other person frantically searches for the other sections of the paper.
It's really pathetic cause you are forced to 'dislike' the person who has bullied your so called 'paper', which serves you a whole lot of purpose.
posted by Sriram at
4:17 AM
1 Comments:
Know why people dont fold newspapers back? Becuse its not user freindly.. the convinient rectagle that u get is folded by machines..
Now when I read it.. open it.. its a mess.. the pages arent stapled.. the middle pages keep falling off.. hell there are even SINGLE pages in between.. how bad it that!
Now.. yeah.. sure.. people can read it perfectly and put it back neatly.. they've been doing it for years. And thats why they can do it.. CAUSE THEY'VE DONE IT FOR YEARS. Just like learnin to ride a bicyle or swimming. Not that its impossible.. but TOUGH to learn.. hence, not everyone can do it.
Now newspapers are folded by machines... and NOT targetted for people. Look at envelopes.. the flap is inviiting u to close it.. and u do that.. even if u dont have glue handy, you just flip it in the tab. Cause its made for that.. its inviitng.
Now newspapers.. they're just a bunch of loose sheets only meant to stay together till they reach your door from the printing house.
Think about it.. THEY PUT A RUBBER BAND ON IT BEFORE TOSSING IT IN RIGHT. !! How many years since newspapers got their present form..??? And still a rubber band? Still a mess on the breakfast table? Still a pile of papers for scrap??
Still when u gotta eat soemthign greasy on your bed.. what else CAN you use if not newspapers..
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Saad, at 1:17 AM
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