On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Indrajit Gupta <[email protected]> wrote:
> In Italia in Bangalore, the wine selections were excellent wine paired with
> what I personally felt were inappropriate entrees. I remember getting into
> a low-key but intense discussion on that with the F&B Manager, to H's
> huge embarrassment. The review, as it turned out, was mixed; excellent
> food, excellent wine, but what the heck made you do these dopey
> combinations?
I would find a review written like that to be good and helpful.
> I never thought you were doubting the integrity of the Gupta
> women (who's Das Gupta, btw?), how should you?
My apologies for using the wrong family name.
> But there wasn't editorial influence over the review writing;
> that was just the way the kids wrote the reviews. Incidentally,
> the Metro Plus people were separate from the regular paper
> correspondents, and reported to a separate head in Chennai,
> I think a guy called Mukund. I remember that he was quite
> particular about offering strong views, but was frustrated by
> never getting quite the right person to do these hard-hitting
> reviews.
How long ago did the Gupta women write for Metro Plus? Perhaps what I
am observing is a more recent phenomenon?
> He was probably wrong; that kind of review wouldn't go down
> well in India. People want to know where to go, what's good
> to eat; they don't want to hear bad news, unduly emphasised.
> Emphasis on the unduly.
Do you think the review-reading audience has similar expectations of
film and book reviews?
Thaths
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