Dear all
Please visit the link below to sample some of the amazing journalism
which is being dished out for the forthcoming CCP polls. The coverage of
the Goa edition of Dainik Lokmat has been so fascinating, it should be a
lesson to all journos in Goa, young, old and everyone.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8028002@N03/
So committed and focused is the reportage of the CCP polls, that even
Vijay Sardesai – whose mug was such a regular on the newspaper, staring
back at you on multiple occasions every day, from a party to a funeral
-- seems to have taken a temporary hiatus from the pages of the Marathi
newspaper. It’s all about the CCP and Babush now. Perhaps Babush first
and CCP next. Whatever the sequence… does it matter?
When you visit the flickr links do read the portions which have been
ringed by a black circle.
The scan titled, Lokmat 1 for instance is a brilliant story on the CCP
elections and how poor Babush is being made a target both by the BJP and
the Congress. I almost sobbed a tear.
Lokmat 2 has another heartwrenching story liberally quoting Babush,
which shows that the Taleigao MLAs vision and heart is in the right
place. It’s filed by a ‘khas pratinidi’, which means special
correspondent. Special story this.
Lokmat 3 brings out another facet of the magnanimous, but tad stoic (may
not be stoic exactly, but the report leans towards that human quality)
character that Babush is blessed with. The brilliantly crafted story
tells you about how Babush’s candidate is all set to win the contest
against rebel candidate Uday Madkaikar and how Babush will not
compromise on any count vis-à-vis Madkaikar. Again a special story from
a special correspondent, who reads Monserrate so well, that there almost
seems like a telepathic connection between the two.
Lokmat 4 is yet another story which speaks volumes of the farsightedness
of Dainik Lokmat reportage. Kudos to them for being so radical in the
way they approach their stories. Most newspapers report a development
first and then go for reactions. But not Dainik Lokmat and the special
correspondent. Here, on a day when the CBI officials told a local court
that Babush had not been beaten up and his house not been ransacked (as
Babush had hollered everytime, since the attack on the Panaji police
station by him and his ‘supporters’. The CBI had exposed Babush by
calling his bluff), Dainik Lokmat chose to run the main story inside on
Page 2 and ran Babush’s reaction on Page 1, where Babush now wants a
judicial enquiry into the affair. I must admit, this story has a very V
V S Laxman kind of finesse… Special Correspondent is now a Very Very
Special correspondent.
Lokmat 5, a scan of a turn over page for the VVS story.
There’s more to this journalistic treasure trove for sure… Hopefully,
the guys who are digging this out aren’t too stunned by these beauties
already and will pull out more special masterpieces…
And please guys do read Dainik Lokmat, it costs only one buck. Don’t
think there’s any other newspaper which comes in that cheap.
The link again for those who read on
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8028002@N03/
Warm regards
Mayabhushan
P.S. Per kind favour John Aguair for the comprehensive media-related
email address resource he has generated over years now
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Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
1392, Anjuna, Bardez, Goa
pin code 403509
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