Editorials by Chandran

How come Krishnan becomes Chris, Ramaswami becomes Rums, Harikisan becomes Harry, Dixit becomes Dick or Mangala becomes Maggie when they join a firm in the US? Is it just to shorten their name so that their American friends can pronounce it with ease, or is it a reflection of a deep-seated sub-conscious inferiority in their own name and culture? I certainly would like to believe that it is to help their US counterparts pronounce their tongue-twisting names with ease because the perception of India in the eyes of the West has undergone a monumental change in the last few years. ...

The connections between India and Sri Lanka are of epic proportions. Ramayan, is the link between two neighbors. But, the public memory is short. A total recall is unlikely even after seeing the satellite images of the legendary Ram Sethu that loosely connects the two countries. While scholars and believers spar over the Ram Sethu, shared cultural, economic and political ties have all along strengthened the bonds. Though Lanka was vanquished in the title clash for the cricket World Cup by the men in blue, the healthy rivalry brought to bear the inextricable link between two nations, powered by sports. ...

In 1982, the American bestselling author and screen writer Irving Wallace wrote a thrilling book ” The Almighty” about a newspaper tycoon who was so obsessed with increasing the circulation of his newspaper that he would stop at nothing to get the most exclusive and sensational story in his paper . It was the story of a man who gets so intoxicated with power that he becomes a megalomaniac. In the novel the newspaper tycoon Edward Armstead who inherits a vast news empire, first wants to shape the news, then manipulate and control it and finally tries to create it ...