Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Priyanka Chopra Wins 23rd Vodafone Pune International Marathon!

I was used to seeing a picture of the winner of a race- waving or showing victory sign- especially when it was splashed on the front page of a newspaper that was borne in one of the foremost regions of India when it comes to sports (Vijay Hazare to Veerdhaval Khade).

Therefore, looking at following picture in Marathi news daily Pudhari पुढारी, I concluded that Priyanka Chopra was the winner of 23rd Vodafone Pune International Marathon that was run on December 7, 2008.

After all in India, there is no limit to what cine-tv-stars, politicians in power and cricketers can achieve.

Reviewing Dietmar Rothermund's account of India for Spectator, WILLIAM LEITH says:

“…India’s media is heading for ad-backed celebrity hell faster, and more comprehensively, than ours (UK’s)…”



Pudhari December 8 2008

p.s. If you read Marathi, notice the sloppiness of the copy above Ms. Chopra. It does not even mention full names of the winners.

Why and when did we reach here?
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4 comments:

  1. mannabDecember 12, 2008 at 4:06 PM

    This is the irony of our sports in India. Pudhari is a respected daily newspaper and even then the editor cannot avoid this craze. Do you read Sadhana? Aniruddha, you will not find such a low level journalism in Sadhana. In Mumbai Times of India also follow same line. They gave more importance to cricket match than our success in Chandrayaan1. How to remove this?
    Mangesh Nabar

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  2. Aniruddha G. KulkarniDecember 13, 2008 at 4:46 PM

    Mangesh,

    I don't read Sadhana yet.

    I worry about what Pudhari and most others have. Not what Sadhana doesn't have.

    Most times I have no solutions. I only observe

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  3. Nikheel ShaligramDecember 16, 2008 at 8:16 PM

    Dear Aniruddha,
    Please forgive me if I cross beyond my level and participate in the discussion between you and Mangesh. But what Shri. mangesh is only comparing Sadhana with other mediocre newspapers with Sadhana weekly. I too read Sadhana and feel they are of highly balanced journalism. So what harm is there if you try and read sadhana once?
    Nikheel

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  4. Aniruddha G. KulkarniDecember 17, 2008 at 10:46 AM

    Nikheel,

    Thanks for the suggestion.

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