tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33883853.post2015866444776353142..comments2024-03-26T23:56:40.646+05:30Comments on At The Edge: Saddam is Alive and Running along a Beach... for Elections in IndiaVinayak Razdanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01643747755690367960noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33883853.post-49175384073169302582009-04-01T23:17:00.000+05:302009-04-01T23:17:00.000+05:30Little things like these can sometime really get o...Little things like these can sometime really get on one's nerve. Just the other day a news piece in HT was printed under the title <A HREF="http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=201f03bf-e288-40ba-8c2e-8d60fb87a351" REL="nofollow">"Woman from Valley ‘beaten’ for marrying against family’s wishes"</A>. I read it and realized the muslim woman was from a place called Nagrota...a place that I know is only half an hours drive from Jammu and has nothing - geographically or ethnically- to do with the 'Valley'. The misleading title was probably chosen just because it would get more eyeballs. There a good chance people in the Valley blamed the "local sources" in Jammu for this stupid title and claimed it as a proof of deliberate attempts being made to defame Kashmiri people.Vinayak Razdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643747755690367960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33883853.post-72144272704797719402009-04-01T22:54:00.000+05:302009-04-01T22:54:00.000+05:30Vinayak,Thanks for the input on *Local Caption* fu...Vinayak,<BR/>Thanks for the input on *Local Caption* funda.<BR/><BR/>The same photograph came in Malayala Manorama on 30th March with the candidate's correct name.Only a vernacular daily could figure the *Local Caption*<BR/><BR/>-NikhilNikhil Narayananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01925886537201353625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33883853.post-86576059863652178242009-03-31T23:22:00.000+05:302009-03-31T23:22:00.000+05:30Thanks for the info. Nikhil! The guy in the photog...Thanks for the info. Nikhil! <BR/><BR/>The guy in the photograph is certainly candidate TK Hamsa. [updating the post now] <BR/>The source of the gaffe seems to be PTI. Caption for that 'ptoto' at PTI website read:<BR/><BR/>"B-65, MALAPPURAM-300301, MARCH 30, 2009: Malappuram: Former Iraq President the late Saddam Hussain's poster is glued along with CPI(M)'s Malappuram candidate Saddam Hussain (R), during an election campaign in Malappuram on Monday. PTI Ptoto *** Local Caption ***"<BR/><BR/>I guess 'Local Caption' in a journalistic code for 'Use at your own Risk and Pray nobody Notices'. <BR/><BR/>TOI could have made a front page 1st April special item out of this pic. What a waste!Vinayak Razdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643747755690367960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33883853.post-83675541588509251872009-03-31T21:54:00.000+05:302009-03-31T21:54:00.000+05:30HiI am not sure which dodo created this news item....Hi<BR/>I am not sure which dodo created this news item.Read the same in TOI too.<BR/>The candidate's name is Advocate TK Hamsa and not Saddam Hussein.<BR/>Someone has fooled these papers.<BR/><BR/>-NikhilNikhil Narayananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01925886537201353625noreply@blogger.com