Pathetic Journalism - WSJ - India Graduates Millions, but Too Few Are Fit to Hire

Another masterpiece of an article, giving me yet another chance to add content to the 'pathetic journalism' section of my blog. This time, it is The Wall Street Journal, taking the honors.

Read the article at WSJ here.

The article talks about India graduating millions of students, but still they are not worthy to get hired. I have never read such an article which has been written after some really shallow research with relatively smaller lesser known companies.

Please go through the following points after reading the article on the WSJ website:

- India is not just about Call Center jobs

India graduates millions of students in diverse fields and subjects, and only a tiny little percentage actually takes up a job in a call center. To come up with examples of call center companies not able to find people who can speak english properly, and to reach a conclusion of they are not worthy of being hired, is utter crap and insane.

- How do we define proper English?

Proper English for a call center company might mean - English in the American accent/Western accent. If the company 24/7 can't find people in India who can speak English fluently in the American accent, or because they do not have the money and time for training Indians the American accent - does it mean Indian graduates are not hire-able? Incredible conclusions by the author of WSJ.

In the same manner, I could write up an article with the title "America graduates millions, but too few are fit to hire" - if needed for call-center jobs catering to Hindi-speaking Indians!

WSJ - get a life. Move beyond America and just Americans in your thought process. It won't be long when Americans would do anything to learn Hindi and Chinese to grab jobs in India and China (a trend already started.....)

- The examples of interviews are rubbish.

Just because an engineer said, his hobby is international travel but has not really traveled abroad, makes him unemployable is kiddish. A call-center company hires even a school drop-out if he/she can communicate well. This young man is an engineer, and if needed can get a technical job if not a call center job.

- The article mentions NIIT Ltd as a recruitment firm, and Maharashtra as a rural state (One of the most industrialized states in India - with Bombay, its capital - the financial capital of the country). Seriously WOW!!! Kudos to WSJ's research.

This is nothing but a sheer blatant attempt to ridicule "Indian Graduates" and some mind masturbation for the author and her likes at the WSJ. Literally, the author is going through an Identity Crysys.

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Sidharth Mehta

from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi - UAE.

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Pathetic Journalism - J&K Muslim jawan helped nab Pak spy

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/JK-Muslim-jawan-helped-nab-Pak-spy/articleshow/8009402.cms

Times of India (TOI) has done it again.

On the eve of the World Cup Semi Final between India and Pakistan, when the Prime Ministers of both countries met at Mohali, a young India soldier nabbed a Pakistani spy (a driver working with the Pakistan High Commission), who was trying to fish out military information from the soldier by offering him money.

The soldier obviously deserves a pat on his back for getting the spy caught, and fully justifies a news article in the national daily about his heroics. But, he surely doesn't deserve the kind of title and write up what TOI has published about the entire episode.

More than focusing on his heroics, TOI instead has put a focus on him being a Muslim, and that too from J&K. What is the need to go deep into his religion and the area he belongs? He is an Indian. An Indian Army Soldier.. Period.

We are a democracy where all religions stay together - the idea of India. Why do we need to justify or give a message to our neighbors by writing about heroics in the Indian army who are Muslim and from Kashmir?

Honestly, with the kind of patriotism a soldier bleeds, this young man would have been more proud to be called an Indian, instead of being called a Muslim Kashmiri. By giving him the identity of being a Muslim Kashmiri, we are just separating him from the rest of Indians.

TOI - grow up!

Sidharth Mehta

from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi - UAE

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Pathetic journalism - India 'quietly' begins combat drone project

What I read on the TOI online version today morning is incredibly funny, informative and at the same time equally pathetic. I am not sure, if this news article was on the front page of the print version as well, but to have it on the front page of the TOI website written in big bold letters gives it plenty of eye balls for sure.

This is how the heading goes:

' INDIA QUIETLY BEGINS COMBAT DRONE PROJECT ' (Read the article here)

When you go through the article, a number of times the project is described as a top secret project for the defence authorities. I wonder, if the project was so secretive, who gives TOI the right or freedom to go and publish all this information for the common man to read. If DRDO (Defence Research and Development Authority) has gone ahead and given statements to the media/TOI, that is further stupidity on their part.

Ironic is TOI's title of the news item. Read between the lines, and you would notice 'QUIETLY', whereas, TOI has been screaming out loud about the news on its website.

TOI online editor, the time is ripe for you to quit..

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Sidharth Mehta

from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi - UAE.

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India - ICC Cricket World Champs 2011 - It can't get bigger than this!!

It seriously can't get bigger than this!.

What the entire world saw on 2nd April 2011 was nothing less than magic. India played their best cricket ever. The Indian fielders were literally cheetah's on the field running behind the ball, and jumping around like never before. Bowling was almost perfect leaving aside the last 3-4 overs. And when it came to batting, I have never seen such concentration, and grit on the part of the Indian batsmen ever before this historical night and occasion.

The winning stroke of 'six' hit by M S Dhoni, I need to admit, was the most beautiful cricketing shot I had ever seen. It was truly a master-stroke. Honestly, it deserved to be the winning stroke. As the ball went up in the sky towards the stands, the expressions of people plus emotions were of a kind never seen or felt before. The feeling was incredible, to say the least. Tears were pouring down, not just from the eyes of the players but also from the eyes of the audience - on the field, and on screen too (including me)!. Never before have I cried at the end of a sporting event...For a moment, I felt numb and the very next moment I was in a different world - an adrenaline rush and heartbeat faster than any instrument could even measure it!

I am sure every Indian felt emotionally closer to each and every team member after the victory celebrations and the TV interviews of the players live from the field. The players were so candid on camera that it felt as if we know them personally. They would have been in different high altogether being a part of the playing squad, but trust me the general public's emotions post the victory were nothing less than the kind of celebrations and emotions we saw from the team on the field.

Virat Kohli, the youngest in the team, I thought said the most matured statement when asked by Sanjay Manjrekar about how it felt to carry Sachin Tendulkar on his shoulders - 'Sachin has carried the burden of the entire nation for 21 long years, it was time we took him on our shoulders now'... I suddenly felt connected with Virat, as he was speaking my mind, and am sure everyone's mind. It was not just the victory itself, but even these small little statements and emotions of the players which made the entire occasion so special and memorable.

I can go on writing pages about this victory, however there are 2 people in the Indian team without whom I think this victory would not have been possible. About the judgement day, I felt Gautam Gambhir's innings was spectacular, and did not get much adulation by the media as much as it should have been. Obviously, Dhoni's knock was equally important, but the weightage is high for the captain's knock instead of being equal with Gambhir's knock. Mind you, Gambhir came in when India was 0/1 in the first over itself. Going on to make 97 and the very important partnership with Virat deserved to be highlighted more. I suppose, if he could have got those 3 extra runs, he would have been judged as man of the match - but anyhow that does not mean, we take importance out of his 97.

The other person who deserves to be lauded even more is the coach - Gary Kirsten. It is a tragedy that he wont continue further as the coach for the Indian cricket team. I think Gary deserves to be given an award by the Indian government and sporting authorities. There have been many great coaches in the cricketing world, but only few are exceptional. He is one of them. It is not an easy task to coach players who have already established a name for themselves, manage their egos, and further find a space to tell them where they can be better!. Gary - Thank you for bringing a smile to every Indian's face.

As I said, I could go on writing... but I feel, nothing can beat those emotions which still get alive the moment you even think of Dhoni's winning stroke. Close your eyes, and re-live that moment. You don't need a you-tube to watch it again! It's stuck in our minds and hearts, forever.

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Sidharth Mehta,

from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi - UAE.

P.S - Needless to say, pump your emotions in the comment section!

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