BD achievements and kolkata media

crickwizard · #1 December 21, 2004, 01:58 AM

Just was curious to see how dada appreciate some take away of BD in last test. Alas! typical kala-kutta writing, eke bare ga jole jai dada!
http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1041220/20khela1.htm

Hindu coverage was professional
http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1041220/20khela1.htm

Fazal · #2 December 21, 2004, 10:22 AM

I visited kolkata once in my life and I hope it will be my last visit. The experience was horrible unfortunately. I heard good things about other cities in India though.

I can understand why they (some people in kolkata) are skeptical about anything good about Banglasdesh.

Edited on, December 21, 2004, 4:27 PM GMT, by Fazal.

pagol-chagol · #3 December 21, 2004, 12:46 PM

Come on. This was a pretty good ariticle actually. And I am not a fan of that fox news type newspaper.

allrounder · #4 December 21, 2004, 04:45 PM

I thought the writer praised both ashraful and irfan pathan equally, what are you complaining about?

Carte Blanche · #5 December 21, 2004, 05:00 PM

I read the whole article. They generously praised both Pathan and Ashraful, as well as shedding light on their backgrounds and how they came to spotlight. I agree with pagol-chagol's comment about them being faux (fox) type newspaper. But I'd think this article was well-written and there's nothing to complain about it.

Arnab · #6 December 21, 2004, 05:21 PM

The quality of Bangla in that Anandabazar article is MUCH better than any Bangladeshi news article. The reporter has very good command of using various techniques of writing: rich vocabulary, diction, use of metaphors, recurring themes, vivid comparative descriptions. Granted it reads a little awkward, but that's probably because I don't read that kind of Bangla a lot.

**Tehsin** · #7 December 24, 2004, 08:38 PM

I agree with Arnab on the quality and with the majority - this was an evenly written article. One thing i found out about Ashraful that probably none of the bd papers reported - Ash is planning on making a new home. That shows the difference in reporting as well.

Spitfire_x86 · #8 December 25, 2004, 03:47 AM

For cricket related stuff, Prothom Alo is the best for Bangla, Cricinfo for English.

End of the story.

That article wasn't bad, but since it's a match report, I wouldn't call it a good one.

Edited on, December 25, 2004, 8:48 AM GMT, by Spitfire_x86.