<table style="width: 149px; height: 42px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="149" align="right" border="1">  <tbody>  <tr>  <td><img alt="" src="/imagedata/2010/may/Vir-Das.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr>  <tr>  <td>  <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt"><strong>Vir Das - Actor</strong></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>I guess all the serious issues are tackled so maybe it's time to talk about something frivolous. Nobody reads the paper anymore.<br /><br />When I was growing up, the smartest thing my dad did was force us to read the paper. I have younger cousins who have no clue what is happening in their country, or the world.<br />u00a0<br />They think that Doha, is a south Indian delicacy, Hu Jin Tao is a Thai food special and that Icelandic ash is something you smoke at a really good party.<br />u00a0<br />Maybe it's not their fault, maybe it's because papers don't carry as much news as they used to. I remember a time when newsmakers made it to the paper. You needed to be a member of a party, now all you have to do is attend a party. Sit your kid down, put a paper in his hand and make him read it, then talk to him about it. That's half the battle won. 

I guess all the serious issues are tackled so maybe it's time to talk about something frivolous. Nobody reads the paper anymore.

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