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A more than a hundred year old organisation with such a wide network has to go to level that its president has to announce, giving away alms to people who want to travel to their hometown. Also the opposition in Maharashtra is doing more or less the same. The terrible and hideous pictures of politics are being depicted. Also the news channels want traction more than conveying the facts. Simple example of regional news. In tier 1/2 cities like Mumbai and Pune, there are many labourers who wanted to go to their hometown in North India. There are continuously news being flashed of herds of these people being subjected to mild lathi charge on news channels. Moreover they play it on loop throughout the day. That is not required. In fact that is the very reason folks of my age and age group are resorting to OTT and alike media platforms. You have not full but most control over the noise there!! There are many paid platforms available which provide paid service for it. The known, fre...

The picture of RK Laxman still is the identity of a common man. However, are the hardships, he goes through them bruised but unnerved. The value of tolerance and outreach are both balancing each other. When one exceeds, the other buffers it and these days… duh! There are many a problems which otherwise remain unnoticed if no outrage is there about it. Thanks to internet there are many fair and foul deeds done.  R.K. Lakshman's 'Common Man' (Source Google+) Sadly enough, the TV media houses are indulged in showing news in regards to a specific trend to favor their bosses. In such scenario internet remains the only neutral medium to portray what's really wrong. Only stand-up comedy and comedians are the responsible reformists in our country left('left' in the sense, remaining nothing else!!) as of now! It is hard to be on no one’s side and say the truth. Recently I came across the EIC outrage. It is east India comedy, a group of stand-up comedians vo...