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Honest news

We may need to change the newspaper we are buying. Today I noticed that there is no mention of country wide candle light protests happening in many cities protesting against killing of Journalist Gauri Lankesh. Not a single mention in times of india. This is not the first time, this paper has omitted news like this. We know TV channels are not unbiased. But we expect at least newspapers to give us correct, complete and unbiased news. Sadly that is not happening. And people who have the courage to give honest news are being shot down. In front of their own houses. Watching the news yesterday, I was thinking of shouting "beke beku nyaya beku". Then I realized people are actually doing this protest. Not just in Bangalore, but also in Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad and other cities. TV channels are smart. They wait for the story to develop. Then they apply their own filters depending on which party they are learning towards. Then show this un-unbiased news with so much con...

Reading Indian magazines

So now when I feel like watching TV, I instead start reading a magazine - any magazine. How many magazines do we buy? Zero. But I read them using my own app " Indian newspapers and magazines '. The Indian way - free. :) Most often I read current affairs magazines. India today, Frontline, Tehelka etc. Then some days I even try reading some fashion magazines. But I am not inclined towards them.  Too old to look fashionable    Then I even browse through newspapers, so as not to be seeing only one side of a news-story. If I have some time and I am in calmer mood, I even try to read some Hindi poems. I can say my life is some what enriched by this app. Though not riched :)