Letter to Editor, Ahmedabad Times, Times of India, Ahmedabad

Dear Sir,

Since Ahmedabad Times has no letters section, I'd rather relieve myself of this agony on my domain. In any case, I'm afraid that you might not print this incriminating letter, because it may greatly disturb some of your readers. And who knows, it might have negative influences on your readership.

Apropos the article published in Ahmedabad Times on Saturday, Jan the 25th, regarding the ignorance of today's youth, I can't help but think.

1) It's odd that your reporter visited a handful of students at NID & CEPT, and based on their ineptitude to answer some GK questions, decided that most of today's youth is ignorant about important national and social issues. I take that as a serious insult. Why should a bunch of nincompoops be considered as the representatives of the entire youth? Or would you rather judge the entire population with a randomly collected sample?

2) What amused me no ends was the fact that a publication which cannot think beyond Bollywood, Cricket and a handful of fancy looking advertisements, which rarely concentrates on important social and national issues itself, which probably degenerates young minds by publishing columns and columns of Filmy gossip and risqué images, is actually concerned about the youth not paying attention to the problems of the nation. Seriously... you should have saved that article for April 1. Coz otherwise, it makes you sound stupid and hypocritical!

3) I don't give a crap if Ben and Jen have broken up. I wouldn't care if they drove off a cliff, crashed below, fractured all their bones, CRIED in pain for 15 hours and finally DIED. I wouldn't care. I care about some other important issues that constantly shape this world.

So if you think that the youth is ignorant about the relevant issues of the country, please stop printing the trash about these celebs and their lives. You probably wouldn't stop. Why would you want to jeopardize your readership?

Happy Republic Day, Dear Readers!