Stop posturing, let’s read the book to know its worth

Harsha Bhogle laments the fact that newspapers are increasingly surrendering to the instant quote brand of journalism with the very active support of people who will say anything to be in the news.

I fail to understand how a one-sentence quote with a minute and-a-half of thought behind it can be useful unless of course the objective is to be provocative. It tells you a thing or two about the sense of perspective going around.

Also check out Sambit Bal's column in Cricinfo, where he writes about lack of cricket causing the focus to shift to controversies.