Dear Editor,
"I wish to bring to your kind attention towards the overflowing dustbin near our society.Inspite of repeated complaints,the authorities refuse to budge.The stench becomes unbearable.And this adds on to the stray dogs rummaging thru it.It gets difficult,to walk past those roads during dark because of the dogs.
I wish, thru ur esteemed newspaper ,this lettter wakes up the authorites and they are prompted to act on this problem."
Ok.Now when was the last time u ever did this.Forget writing letters,when was the last time you ever bothered to read the 'Letter to the Editor' section of Your newspaper??.Forget reading,when was the last time you made a phone call to the authorities or beter still,visit them taking your problems.Forget your problems,when was the last time you ever felt doing a bit of socal service to the ppl by and large??When was the last time you ever did anything gud,until the problem became solely yours,where you took their case.
Tuff one.Now why wud u do dat?.When you can simply blog.When your tweets and tags gona help you ease of your cribs and rants and problems.Atleast you got a hearing.Even if that means, the problem remaining exactly where it was.
We see a new trend here.It aint nice.Your readers might sympathise,advice:now if you do that for information,then its cool,bt otherwise,it just acts as a venting and nothing more than that.
Its even frustrating when the print media does it.As in they have freelance writers,visiting writers,publish online blogs of prominent ppl or their readers.They make the issues known to all.But yes,there is a possibility if the authorities acting on it.But the chances becomes less,when they put it in a space which is more of a hilarious section,which only a sector of readers read.
Now,we had a journo complianing about the police inaction for burstin firecrackers on the road.Well.things dint go pretty well and her finishing line was "is the Mumbai Police listening"..Now if a common man pleads,its understood.,but when a journalist does dat,its not nice.I kno..She doesnt really hav to take the onus and get things done.But then,cmon,she got a space for herself in a newspaper, not to talk abt the anazing contacts she'd have.
Same goes for the outcries that we saw for the "apologies collector" ,wanting a sorry for bombay!!..It was a good read,but then all the satire on it was on blogs and articles.Wonder they read it too.Guess,they do.
Anyways,wot cud be dun.??You can do wotver you wanna,as long as you dnt offend the THACKERAYS,RANE'S,SHINDE'S and a lot more.
Guess,bloggin jst mite be one of them.As long sumone doesnt get offended..
