Newspapers and shifting of personal page preferences etc When at school and college first thing we ever checked on news papers was the Cinema listing page e.g. Cine Metropole, Cine Vishant, Cine Lata, Cine Vasco, Gulmarg, Prashant, Asha, Niagara, Alankar, El Capitan, El Dorado, National, Hira Talkies etc etc
After college this preference shifted to ‘situation vacant’ page looking for jobs etc Office Astt / Clerk wanted, Store keeper wanted, Account Asst wanted, Hotel staff wanted etc And now, after retiring or even before that, our first preference is Obituary page to see who has returned to the Lord etc (e.g. natural death ‘old age’, peaceful death ‘Sick for sometime’, sudden death ‘heart attack, Suicides etc’, tragic circumstances ‘Road accident etc’) Goan English Dailies https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/19915452312/ At our time, there was only one English newspaper i.e. Navhind times and its cost was just 30p (Now Rs.5) Most obituary ads now come on Herald. I think on ethical grounds, all obit ads announcing death with funeral when booked on one newspaper should also be automatically replicated free of cost on any one of the advertiser’s choice or NT/H by default. Revenue can be distributed equally or 60:40 basis amongst the 2 newspapers E.g. Traditionally, some people are with NT only they should not be made to buy another newspaper just to see obituary page. Also, it gets wider publicity.
