Two Stories from the Lokmat Times
Jan 2, 2017 21:29:37 GMT -6
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Post by Charles1952 on Jan 2, 2017 21:29:37 GMT -6
I hope you clicked just to find out what the Lokmat Times is. It's a newspaper in India. I found it by picking a country which seemed interesting, then choosing an English language edition of a randomly selected newspaper. (Yes, India has a lot of newspapers.) Their most recent edition is from January 3 (International Date Line maybe?)
The banner, front page headline concerns the country's Supreme Court forcing the removal of the President and the Secretary from the BCCI. While the article doesn't explain it, a search reveals that the BCCI is the Board of Control for Cricket in India. (Not crickets, that's presumably a different board.)
As fascinating as that story was, I plunged on and found two stories, each of which amazed me. The paper doesn't allow cut and paste, but both stories are very short and I urge you to read them.
Story #1
epaper.lokmat.com/lokmattimes/epapernew.php?articleid=LOKTIME_AULT_20170103_3_5&arted=Aurangabad%20Main%20&width=147px
"Woman Rings in 83rd Birthday with Cops" No, it's not what you think, granny didn't get busted. Lalita Subramanyam has lived alone for the last 25 years. For her 83rd birthday the Deputy Commissioner of Police, a Senior Inspector, and the constable who had been calling on her regularly to check her welfare, showed up at her door with cake and flowers. General merriment ensued with Mrs. S showering blessings on the officers and the police in general. The police had been helping her with chores like getting meds and bank transactions. India also has a hot line for seniors, 1090, which seniors can call if they require help or are just feeling lonely.
Story #2
epaper.lokmat.com/lokmattimes/epapernew.php?articleid=LOKTIME_AULT_20170103_4_12&arted=Aurangabad%20Main%20&width=142px
On the next page comes a story headlined "Women molested on New Year Eve, minister blames 'western ways.'" This article is exactly what you think it is. There was a huge New Year's Eve celebration with 1,500 cops to enforce order. "Miscreants" molested and groped several young ladies in downtown Bengaluru (Bangalore to us Westerners). The province's Home Minister said that it was the fault of the girl's "Western ways." Not too surprisingly, many were upset by his comments. (Wiki tells me that the Home Minister is a 65 year-old Hindu.)
India is a fascinating country. I'd hate to be responsible for it.
The banner, front page headline concerns the country's Supreme Court forcing the removal of the President and the Secretary from the BCCI. While the article doesn't explain it, a search reveals that the BCCI is the Board of Control for Cricket in India. (Not crickets, that's presumably a different board.)
As fascinating as that story was, I plunged on and found two stories, each of which amazed me. The paper doesn't allow cut and paste, but both stories are very short and I urge you to read them.
Story #1
epaper.lokmat.com/lokmattimes/epapernew.php?articleid=LOKTIME_AULT_20170103_3_5&arted=Aurangabad%20Main%20&width=147px
"Woman Rings in 83rd Birthday with Cops" No, it's not what you think, granny didn't get busted. Lalita Subramanyam has lived alone for the last 25 years. For her 83rd birthday the Deputy Commissioner of Police, a Senior Inspector, and the constable who had been calling on her regularly to check her welfare, showed up at her door with cake and flowers. General merriment ensued with Mrs. S showering blessings on the officers and the police in general. The police had been helping her with chores like getting meds and bank transactions. India also has a hot line for seniors, 1090, which seniors can call if they require help or are just feeling lonely.
Story #2
epaper.lokmat.com/lokmattimes/epapernew.php?articleid=LOKTIME_AULT_20170103_4_12&arted=Aurangabad%20Main%20&width=142px
On the next page comes a story headlined "Women molested on New Year Eve, minister blames 'western ways.'" This article is exactly what you think it is. There was a huge New Year's Eve celebration with 1,500 cops to enforce order. "Miscreants" molested and groped several young ladies in downtown Bengaluru (Bangalore to us Westerners). The province's Home Minister said that it was the fault of the girl's "Western ways." Not too surprisingly, many were upset by his comments. (Wiki tells me that the Home Minister is a 65 year-old Hindu.)
India is a fascinating country. I'd hate to be responsible for it.
