The fact that a political leader’s jacket is news is because we let it be so. We pander, yes. Not to the lazy audience, but to the lazy idea of ‘reportage’.
By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
1. Most Indians have a pretty tough daily lives, so discussing matters that takes their mind off serious stuff is a natural choice.
2. Burberry Jacket news has more shareable / discuss-able [if there is such a word] topic than a depressing rape case; again natural for humans to discuss topics of mutual convenience.
3. Making fun of those more privileged gives sadistic pleasure, again a natural choice.
Same goes in other cultures and countries; why make it sound INDIA specific ?
Melanie Trump’s dresses are more discussed than Trump’s economic policies in print media in US.
In that case India should have discussed the Indo-Us relationship when Modi was wearing a suit in which his name was printed.
Harnidh Kaur should have given this opinion when Pappu was was making idiotic “Suit Boot Sarkar”. It is too late to be taken seriously.
1. Most Indians have a pretty tough daily lives, so discussing matters that takes their mind off serious stuff is a natural choice.
2. Burberry Jacket news has more shareable / discuss-able [if there is such a word] topic than a depressing rape case; again natural for humans to discuss topics of mutual convenience.
3. Making fun of those more privileged gives sadistic pleasure, again a natural choice.
Same goes in other cultures and countries; why make it sound INDIA specific ?
Melanie Trump’s dresses are more discussed than Trump’s economic policies in print media in US.