Rainmaker
5th July 2006, 6.45am.
It’s the fourth day of yet another Mumbai rain deluge. It’s not as bad as last year, but then nothing can match hell, right?
I switch on CNN IBN, a news channel that has always been a responsible and mature reporter. What makes most viewers, including me, tune into it, is the credibility that Rajdeep Sardesai, the chief of the channel, brings to the table.
I see a young rookie reporter screaming into his mike “It’s pouring out here, things are very bad, people have been inconvenienced…..” He’s speaking about Chembur, where I stay.
Shaken, I peer out of the window to find futile attempts by passing clouds to create a downpour. All that they can manage currently is a drizzle.
I double check the channel to see if I’ve heard the intrepid reporter right. My ears have always been sharp.
I switch off the television and get ready to go to office.
I still watch CNN IBN….for entertainment.
It’s the fourth day of yet another Mumbai rain deluge. It’s not as bad as last year, but then nothing can match hell, right?
I switch on CNN IBN, a news channel that has always been a responsible and mature reporter. What makes most viewers, including me, tune into it, is the credibility that Rajdeep Sardesai, the chief of the channel, brings to the table.
I see a young rookie reporter screaming into his mike “It’s pouring out here, things are very bad, people have been inconvenienced…..” He’s speaking about Chembur, where I stay.
Shaken, I peer out of the window to find futile attempts by passing clouds to create a downpour. All that they can manage currently is a drizzle.
I double check the channel to see if I’ve heard the intrepid reporter right. My ears have always been sharp.
I switch off the television and get ready to go to office.
I still watch CNN IBN….for entertainment.
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