A journo's jottings under no deadline pressure (since Jan 1, 2010)
Some time back the SSCE (10th standard) results were out and different reactions came in.
An acquaintance, whose son scored only 61 per cent, was a very happy man.
This is how he explained his surprising reaction: “I had promised my son a mobike if he would score more than 70 per cent. Now I’ll be able to save 60,000 rupees!”
Here’s a mediaman who’s seen it all, done it all… over more than four decades… from letterpress to Internet publishing. Along the way, he has brought out corporate in-house magazines; assigned work to and guided and supervised the efforts of reporters; commissioned news and feature stories, analyses, comment pieces and special reports; coordinated with networks of correspondents; reworked cover stories and features and helped launch magazines as well as corporate websites. And all along, he continues improving on his basic skills of writing/editing and photography…
Not On Assignment 