INDIAN NEWSPAPERS

Got this list from the Incomparable Anvar Alikhan. Good reading. I freely confess that my household in New Delhi gets only one daily newspaper and that one is ... the last one on this list. 'Course, I'm not exactly living at that address these days, so maybe that lets me off the hook? On the other hand, where I'm living now, I don't get ANY newspapers. *sigh*

INDIA'S NEWSPAPERS

• The Times of India is read by people who think they run the country.
• The Economic Times is read by people who think they own the country.
• The Bombay Samachar is read by people who do, in fact, own the country.
• The Hindu is read by people who think the country should be run by the government of another country.
• The Statesman is read by people who remember the time the country was run by the British.
• The Telegraph is read by people who think the country should be run by Mamata Banerjee.
• The Mid-Day is read by people who think the country should be run by the people on Page 3
  
• The Hindustan Times is read by people who think that Delhi is their country.
• The Malayala Manorama is read by people who think that their country is Kerala (or Dubai, they're not sure which).
• The Tribune is read by people who believe that India lives in its villages.
• The Dainik Jagran is read by people who actually do live in those villages.
• The Pioneer is read by 223 people, but nobody's quite sure who they are.
• The Deccan Herald is read by 219 people, but at least we do know who they are.
• Saamna is read by people who don't give a shit about the country, all they're interested in is who runs Shivaji Park.
  
• The Asian Age is not read by anybody, but it's useful to wrap your shoes in when you 're taking a trip outside the country.