On February 11 2010, Pune edition's headline, on the front page columns 7 & 8, read:
"Babus can no longer ban porn sites" and gave 35 mm x 54 mm colour photo of Savita Bhabhi, a part of the picture is shown here- below left.
On the same day last page, they informed us how Brooklyn Decker, wife of Andy Roddick, "showed off her cover photo from a magazine in New York on Tuesday" by featuring a color photo of 75 mm x 95 mm size. See below right.
Newspapers in India are fighting TV and internet to grab 'urban young' readers. Many of them seem to think 'soft porn' is a way to go.
Dear Aniruddha,
ReplyDeleteThere is no use of this post and expressing protest about Times of India. It has been their attitude to give publicity to such items or create them to attract more & more readership. I give below a letter written by me to TOI :-
07 August 2005
Dear Editor,
Please No such photos in your Newspaper!
I was shocked to see the photo, on your sports page (issue dtd.07/08), of a Italian woman athlete. Could you not find more suitable photo of hers in athletic action, rather than giving her indecent private pose not at all concerned to athletics? Such photos certainly loose grace and look very awkward. Please prevent publishing such photos in your esteemed newspaper in future.
Mangesh Nabar
The above letter was promptly published in Times of India on 18th & again on 19th August 2005. However, they continued thier nasty tactics to woo readers.
Mangesh Nabar
Thanks Mangesh.
ReplyDeleteYes, there's no point.