Hobbies to the rescue
To the list of suggestions made by Geeta Padmanabhan in What is ‘old’ for you? (MetroPlus, October 13) I would like to add that a hobby will be a great help in keeping oneself engaged. It could be reading, music, painting, collecting stamps and so on. One should, however, be passionate about it. I started my collection of autographs of Test cricketers in 1950 and I am busy at it even now. Also in the article “It’s only cricket” (City Lights, October 17 ) C. K. Meena asks us to read the headline with emphasis on the second and then the third word. Both make sense, of course.
Similar emphasis should be laid on the word “Newspapers” in the next line.
In elevating cricket to a state of frenzy, particularly regarding the shorter versions of the game, newspapers have played no mean part. It is pleasant to see that a sober and solitary exception is my favourite paper The Hindu which still maintains a fair balance in reporting various sporting events.
RAGHAVENDRA RAO,
BANASHANKARI
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