Gulf Times = India Times

25 Sep, 2008  Uncategorized

Yet another example of how the Gulf Times should be called the India Times because they talk about issues as if only Indians are affected. Isn’t this supposed to be a newspaper about Qatar and EVERYONE within it?

http://gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=243807&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

Guess what? Inflation affects EVERYONE not just Indians. Guess what? The Brits, Americans, Qataris, and wait for it, EVERYONE, will suffer from a reduced amount of entertainment not just Indians.

*sighs*

Some of my best friend’s are Indians but this is getting ridiculous. Don’t get me wrong, if it WAS called the India Times I’d have different expectations from the newspaper, but for now… I feel like they aren’t doing their job fairly. It’s all about being just isn’t it?

  • Annabi

    Totally agree with ya. However, I’ll take some liberty in disagreeing with the suggested name. I think even a more appropriate name would be Kozikhode or Thrinvandranaputram Times.

    Pardon me, if the cities names are misspelled. I am not the one to do multi-syllabic words, especially the ones with a lotta vowels ;)

  • mwq

    Gulf News is much more better then Gulf Times!

  • Annabi

    @mwq

    Yea, but Gulf News mostly caters to UAE, where it’s based. Besides its a very business-centric paper. For social issues and else, Khaleej Times continues to lead the way in UAE and the region.

    Back to Qatar, and yea we could do better!

    Just some thoughts ;)

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