How many times you have gone to a newspaper site and not got the satisfaction that comes from reading a hardcopy. Infact one school of thought believes it was of the reasons why newspapers decided to go inline. Most of them believed online versions would not satiate the real readers thirst for scanning through that ruffle of fresh crisp paper in their hands every morning would actually increase sales. So if you too think online papers are not the real thing check this initiative by Newspaper on the web n Really cool

Infact as I look back Times Of India is indeed a organization that has changed itself with the times. ( I shall purposely refrain from taking the judgmental line here). No wonder its one the most widely circulated one in India. Come of think of it, first with Saturday magazine,first with gloss paper magazine, first with supplements , first to cut prices to give competition a run for a its money, first come up with city editions, first to go color, first even to turn itself almost into a tabloid. Doesn't it sound like an organization that reads the customers mind, is first to embrace change and innovation.Quite unlike some dogmatic others. No wonder it has sustained on the growth part of its curve for so long.

Come to think of it being able to read and situation , change yourself is such an amazing quality to have and yet it so few of us have it. Even the bravest among us don't take to criticism constructive/otherwise kindly to talk of changing something because of it.

Infact it makes me think of three different proffs on campus - one insists that he does not believe in the present system of things, he is cool & different infact his whole perspective on life and education is different, all this supposedly does not matter to him. Really nice man to talk to but when it comes to taking the fact that maybe we do not agree with some of the things he says- he gets into this mode of convincing us that his point of view method of thinking and everything related to it is right, and ofcourse he very nicely says that we'll realize its importance later in life.

There is this another teacher who again can not take criticism. He has decided our opinions on the matter are not important. Though he won't make a nicely disguised effort of trying to prove his point of view right, he will just classify us as wrong. This is not to say I do admire his patience in dealing with some stuff but nevertheless its definitely takes a lot to look objectively at things on certain times

and then there is this third one he completely dismisses the system , he refuses to be part of it or acknowledge its use what so ever. For him it belong to a world which he has accidently entered and doesn't want to do anything with. He refuses to believe that this system to caters to a section of people who are smart, intelligent, capable in their own right

Come to think of it which of these three approaches would be a success if I were to find my way outside... Life is so full of lessons every where