[IMC Bombay] NEws Mastheads

[yashodhara pawar]

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I rarely post. This one gets me right on the middle with a hard cabbage.

As someone who has lived in many parts of the world and greeted many mornings
with different newspapers even those whose language I could not fathom, I can
say this: 
News reporting and declaration of a religious/cult/belief association COULD be
delinked in the minds of the reader. I see no reason how putting up a Ganesha
on the M.Times would alter HOW they report and their journalistic rigor. I
could not care less. 


The newspaper I respect most, Christian Science Monitor has overt and proud
association with the Christian Science scriptures. Their attention to rigor,
relevance and responsibility sets the utopic standard for all! I strongly
suggest you check it out: www.csmonitor.com

As for what goes for news in the Times of India, with or without any mastheads,
 let that question hang in the air

And oh yes, I am hard boiled atheistic egg, so dont shoot me.
-Yashodhara
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From:	abhijeet tamhane [SMTP:abhijeet.tamhane@timesgroup.com]
Sent:	Friday, February 14, 2003 2:56 AM
To:	imc-mumbai@lists.indymedia.org
Subject:	[IMC Bombay] change... (?)

Hi All,
Recently, 2 dailies of the Times of India Group have modified their Mastheads.
Maharashtra Times, the Marathi newspaper, has started using a LORD GANESHA image
(and has even invited people to send in their Ganesha images, to be printed on
the
masthead)
and Likewise, Navbharat times is now using "Om", in their Masthead.
both these hindu symbols are right-up-there,
in between "Maharashtra" (or Navbharat)& "Times".
As an employee of the Times of India group,
I will be very, very glad if a learned group like this thinks on these changing
Mastheads.
If you want to know who I am, check my homepage
http://www.geocities.com/abhitamhane/index.html

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\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\f0\fs20 I rarely post. This one gets me right on the middle with a hard cabbage.\par
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As someone who has lived in many parts of the world and greeted many mornings with different newspapers even those whose language I could not fathom, I can say this: \par
News reporting and declaration of a religious/cult/belief association COULD be delinked in the minds of the reader. I see no reason how putting up a Ganesha on the M.Times would alter HOW they report and their journalistic rigor. I could not care less. \par
\par
\par
The newspaper I respect most, Christian Science Monitor has overt and proud association with the Christian Science scriptures. Their attention to rigor, relevance and responsibility sets the utopic standard for all! I strongly suggest you check it out: www.csmonitor.com\par
\par
As for what goes for news in the Times of India, with or without any mastheads,  let that question hang in the air\par
\par
And oh yes, I am hard boiled atheistic egg, so dont shoot me.\par
-Yashodhara\par
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Hi All,\par
Recently, 2 dailies of the Times of India Group have modified their Mastheads.\par
Maharashtra Times, the Marathi newspaper, has started using a LORD GANESHA image\par
(and has even invited people to send in their Ganesha images, to be printed on the\par
masthead)\par
and Likewise, Navbharat times is now using "Om", in their Masthead.\par
both these hindu symbols are right-up-there,\par
in between "Maharashtra" (or Navbharat)& "Times".\par
As an employee of the Times of India group,\par
I will be very, very glad if a learned group like this thinks on these changing\par
Mastheads.\par
If you want to know who I am, check my homepage\par
http://www.geocities.com/abhitamhane/index.html\par
\par
_______________________________________________\par
IMC-Mumbai mailing list\par
IMC-Mumbai@lists.indymedia.org\par
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-mumbai\par
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