Views on News

For those of you who have not yet heard of or read much concerning the huge debate over aggregation of news content on the Internet versus the good old ink and paper dailies, I say you haven’t missed much. For those of you who want it straight and simple, read Arianna Huffington’s post “The debate over online news : It’s the consumer stupid at www.huffingtonpost.com

Well done Arianna !

On the subject I have this to say to paper media barons –We are a thinking species and should not attempt to be Ostrich like. If over the last decade they would have done the right things in embracing technology and leading the change they would have not only survived but flourished

Now, deep breathing may help…

Nessun maggior dolore che ricordarsi del tempo felice ne la miseria"--"There is no greater pain than to recall a happy time in misery",The text is from Dante's Inferno, V.121-123 and to my mind aptly represents the mental state of those who represent the old world papers

Homo Sapien Newspaperman is undoubtedly the most aggressively verbose representative of the family hominidae and genus Homo. That generic verbosity, aggression and the attitude of dictating terms to the rest gains huge momentum when commercial urgency or rather impending disaster propels it.

The time it would have taken to create, through conventional media, the inventory and availability of content that the internet allows us today would be enough to dig the surface of the earth with a pen knife to make space for the Pacific Ocean.

They honk neigh bellow bleat or grunt and scamper away to their scrub,stable,byre,pen and sty.

How does it impact our politics ? Unable to canalize opinon through cozy conduits, the political operators will now see a mushrooming of many – to – many engagements rather than one - to -many diktats . The fun is only starting and India Political Report intends to ride the roller coaster !!