Some salient points in the article:
- Dominated by men
- Popular amongst politicians
- 'New fourth estate' in the making
#1 Majority of the bloggers I have met in person or virtually have all been men.. would be nice to see a equal mix here..
#2 Do Indian politicians even know about blog? Even if they know the medium, why would they care? It has little or no impact on their electorate / vote bank.
#3 This claim is far fetched. Internet penetration is absymally low in India and on top of that, majority of the blogs are in English which further diminishes its reach. The claim of blogs becoming the 'new fourth estate' is simply incredulous.
I fully agree with your observations Ram. The points (2) and (3) can never be true.
ReplyDeleteImagine Lalu P yadav asking his fellow mates "Are Ye Bloguva ka hai?". He was one who did not want the use of computers...Anywways I digress. :)
There are women bloggers, don't worry. :)
ReplyDeleteFor #1, what else can we expect in a male dominated society? :-(
ReplyDeleteWhy would Hindu make such erroneous statements like #2 and #3, I wonder?
Balaji
ReplyDeleteYes.. Imagin Lalu having a Blog.. may he will do 'ghost blogging'.. or does already..in Bihari..
Vi
That's comforting..
Nithya
Yeah..why would Hindu publish such erroneous article.. slipped through the review?