The venerable Mathihalli Madan Mohan, long-time Hubli special correspondent of The Hindu, who now writes a weekly column for us, sent us this terse but telling note after Siddaramaiah sneaked through: “Chamundeshwari has proved once again, how unreliable is any calculation based on the caste factors, with which our worthy colleagues in the media are…
Daily Archives: 8 December 2006
A brief (but not necessarily easy) quiz-I
John Simon said, “A person who misuses the language is as bereft of good taste as someone who picks his nose at a party.” In that spirit, below are some sentences with common grammar and punctuation problems that trouble many people, least of all reporters and sub-editors.Can you spot the problems? 1) If I was…
Should politics be covered like cricket?
We have tried something slightly different today on our front page with our coverage of the Chamundeshwari by-election. Unlike all the other English language papers in Bangalore which have led with the bland announcement of the poll result, we have led with a story on what is happening and what can happen next, now that…
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