The Faustian deal !
The Faustian deal!
The latest get rich quick scheme which has hit the capital are news websites. If you are somebody who can strike fear in the hearts of banias, netas or PSUs , start a website. If you are not lucky enought to wield that kind of power, at least do you have a near relative who can do so ?
Do not wait anymore ! Start a news website and you will be deluged with ads! Never mind if your website is a few hours old !
Website veterans who have been struggling to keep their creations alive have to beg and borrow to keep up their desperate efforts . And I really pity those who run Oriya websites! Nobody bothers to give any kind of support to the language websites though everybody laments publicily that Oriya is in its death throes !
A guy who runs an immensely popular Oriya website which has a very interesting coverage of all issues related to Orissa, including a sizeable space devoted to NROs is yet to break even. The editor has to do everything himself, since he cannot afford to keep staff members to collect or write stories. No PSU or company gives him ads though he is struggling for the last three years!
Ofcourse, there are some quid pro quos involved if you want to start an ad attracting website.
You have to carry a review of the boring poetry written by the dumbass PRO of the PSU who desperately masquerades as a literateur to impress his bosses.
Or you have to carry sickeningly repeated news of how the company is working hard for the prosperity of the state (and ofcourse, bleeding us in the process) and so on and so forth!
And the worst thing is that you have lick the boots of the PR guys before they even agree to give you an ad ! And don't think the ad will come by courier or email. You have to run to them umpteen times before you see the order!
And the worst thing is the Faustian deal! You have to assure your benefactors that your website or your relative's paper or channel will not carry any story which may prick their public image!
By the time the ad is in your hands, you forget that you are a human being with a set of values or self respect!
Better to toil as an unskilled labourer and earn a honest wage. The Queen has thoughtfully raised it to seventy bucks a day now! You can buy a day's food supply with this kind of money.
Wonder how these new websites easily make it to the top of the rating charts!
If you are thinking that the editors must be pouring out megabytes of erudite postings which must be bring in the eyeballs, you are crazy! BS ! Nothing of that kind happens!
I have arrived at an interesting theorem. The amount of ads a website in Orissa attracts is inversely proportional to your content quality! The bottom of the barrel websites are the ones which are the most successful in attracting ads!
You just have to launch it and...
put out baasi khabar as hot news what you read in the morning papers,.... carry feeds from agencies,...have no editorial ever,... carry a photo of the daily demos in front of the Assembly .. and pshh you are done!
So my dear readers, start a website. Do not wait any longer.
But before you do, I hope somebody in your family is a barishta sambadika! Otherwise, you will not even get a gudaku ad!
posted by Kalinga Sandha at
8:54 PM
67 Comments:
KS,
Wonder which website you are referring to?
Is it the same website run by a wannabe Barkha Dutt who once stomped through the corridors of power with devil-may-care attitude(and little grey matter) and now out in thw wilderness? The website sucks as much as the ads.
Darey Darey Darey Darey
Darey Darey Darey Na
You'll see more of Chamelions
Just you wait and see Na
nice to see u back and workin
Dear KS,
The biggest example is Insightorissa.com. Someone who takes money from unsuspecting people promising to get them jobs as constables. He was sacked by Express, but yet is thriving, has now kept a mistress, is zooming around in a car...well the list about Prakash Rao's 'virtues' is endless. I recently also saw another website -- kalingatimes.com -- edited by Sulochana Das...One need not waste time describing her credentials...
Making a website is not a crime. But those who give advertisements to such sites need to answer why are they giving them ? Is it fifty/fifty deal ?
Or mada-mansa etc deal ?
If they say there is nothing they should also give similar advertisements to other english sites too to prove their credentials.
TANATANA
Hey KS
Didn't know the lady ( former ETV journo) who edits Kalinga Times is so very good. She has a great command over English and also has the nose for news.More ads would come in if the quality is maintained. Excellent work. Don't bother about people saying things. Kucch to log kahenge.........
The last Anon is right. The lady is extremely good at "copying and pasting" IANS stories. She does it with elan and does not even need to dot the 'i's and cross the 't's.
The IANS stories come readymade.
And for all her 'creative work,' she is being paid handsomely. Vedanta, Nalco, Swosti and KIT have been browbeaten into giving ads.
She obviously needed to be very very good to do all this in such a short span of time.
Wonder why were they browbeaten since the lady does not work with any renowned media publications or TV channels? Or is it because hubby is doing the needful? ah..
You have guessed it right, mate. What are better half's for?
I am inspired adequately enough to start my own website. But sadly I have no Baristha Bhainas in my family. So which corporate house will give me advertisements? I am sure the business houses are not into charity. Any suggestions what I can do pls to muster enough muscle and browbeat the corporate guys????
On a related note:
During this Deepavali I got the chance to see two "barishtha" looking men in a brand new qualis....near a petroleum dealer's house on the Forest park road.
What is interesting is that the qualis and another vehicle (dont rem which brand) had PRESS stickers along with some petroleum dealer association sticker.
Do petrol pump wallahs double up as sambadikas in Orissa??? Or the "barishtha" bhainas are so rich that they can afford chauffeur-driven brand new qualis....
any body there to throw light on this??
Some business establishments that the editors of the websites have forgotten/or not had the time so far, to extort & blackmail into giving advertisements:
1. Indian Oil
2. PPL
3. Tatas
4. Bhusan Steel
5. Lalchand
The list can go on. Suggest the starved/hungry editors start with these five. Do not discriminate while you extort and blackmail. Treat everyone as equals.
I wonder why such heavy players like Vedanta, Nalco jumped into giving ads to a website which is hardly a few days old?
The pudding does not lie in the websites. It lies elsewhere....
Who does not want two pages of GOOD NEWS every morning Yaar !
Sri Sri starting a university is good news for the Websites. Another 'Murga' to milk and get adverstisements from.
U mean TWO pages of HINDU?
Surely not two pages to Christian. Or the Muslim.
Kankada Saley
Crabs? If the website has substance, it will rock.
No matter what people say. You cribbing on such petty things shows your weakness.
Petty things? Since when did compromising on principles and ethics, settling for quid pro quos (u give ad, i give you publicity in my paper) become petty things?
Orissa's inability to call spade a spade has taken it to such abyss.
Kankada saley ? After you have been caught red-handed with your pants down !!!
Beaware, there are number of upcoming banias want to associate with Baristha Sambadikas in different guise. It is not the only website which kicks off a controversy. The website is visible with the ads.
There are different models of cheating. Throw a party for newly barishtas and get your news published.
Go with the paper cuttings to funding agencies and get a heavy funding. Even after years of the project, you continue to shed tears that nothing has happened. And blame the state government for the state-of-affairs again.
Give green news everytime. Baristhas will stay happy that they are doing some constructive work and concerned for the state. And you make money and ride new brand of vehiles and often pop out of cable tvs.
Another model....next time
again cribbing
Of course cribbing. when the state is being ripped off, cribbing is only natural.
And if you are not cribbing, you must be one of those "crooks."
whatever models last anon can imagine and project here would not be enough to defend those who mix their professional commitments with personal business interests. True there are a thousand banias operating out here but let not any journo follow their footsteps and become one among them. That would be a real tragedy.
Nature has given the chameleon the remarkable ability to change colours in order to merge with the background to escape from predators.
Unfortunately, we also have two legged chameleons masquerading as "Baristha Bhainas" .
They attend workshops, khattis and meets where they shout from the rooftops about their ideals.
They lose no time in proclaiming that they hate globalization and cry for the poor being kicked out to make way for industries, mines, etc.
But they put on a different colour when they run after the corporates and PSUs seeking ads for week old websites.
Seriously wonder how much of boot licking they must be doing to get these miserable ads and the cheque .
Wow, what a jump across the big divide! Such people truly deserve the Olympic long jump gold!
If you are really after money, there is no need to pretend that you are a proletariat journo!
You might as well shed show your true colours instead of trying to to peep behind the cloak of poverty!
At least, guys like IO-PR and NIE- SK never pretend that they are saviours of the poor and dispossessed.They swill their whiskies and have a ball with tainted money but do not ride a high horse pretending to be God!
No harm in making money but stop being a journo at least. Why don't these guys take iron ore mines on lease and start exporting ?
SK? - does orissa have a Shahruk Khan?
Yes, SK is also like Sharukh Khan!
Busy chasing females always..... both at working and leisure hours
Agree with Anon.
We have a few Bhainas in Rajdhani who will truly rival Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!
No use in comparing them to chameleons. Why insult the poor creature for no fault of his? He changes colour to survive not to run websites!
However,no harm in trying to persuade Naveen to give him an iron ore mine! At least, his seven generations will never need to run after PROs to collect ads for their shaky websites!
I wonder if the MOU will be signed in front of TV cameras or at Uncle's den at Saheed Nagar!
Now I am looking for a website Bhaina! Anybody in the marriage market?
I have realized that he can afford my lifestyle.
oh. The Jhia now wants to ensnarl in her web a Website Bhaina!
poor thing. After being rebuffed by Oriyas and Bongs, she is at her desperate best.
Dear KS
Let us bury hatchets.After all, every individual has his or her own compulsions in life for which he'/she reaps the consequences. Leave it to the Almighty to judge the mortals !
But what one is supposed to learn from traditional wisdom is : not to throw stones at others if you have already landed yourself in a glass house.
Merry Christmas All Of You. Do you realise a very Bright & Happy New Year is knocking the doors ?
Love and best wishes.
Yes, nothing less than a website Bhaina will do for me!
Don't want any hatasia sambadika as a life partner!
I am still young. Have lots of time to choose. Why should I hurry ?
Thanks last Anon.
Yes it is cheer time and we should ringing in the New Year with joy and warmth.
Let us stop slugging for at least a week !
Ya. Surely. With all the money that one has earned through ads in the websites, lets party.
Party Time!!!!
Venue: Swosthi Plaza.
Sponsored by: Nalco, Vedanta, KIIT.
All are cordially invited to join.
KS, any comments?
Good to see our Oriya jhias making their own decisions instead of meekly following dead Dad's orders and tying the knot with whoever he chooses !
Time's changing
I have an idea.
Jhia's marriage can be sponsored by KIIT, Nalco and Vedanta. And her marriage reception could be at Swosti Plaza, free, once the Bhainas put in a word.
Jhia - go for it.
I do not want these fatcats to sponsor my marriage. No Thanks!
My dad has enough dough throw a scotch and kababs party for all the Bhainas in town!I do not need the tainted money of these corporates who are ripping off our state. The party will stink and all you guys who eat there will fall sick.
Jhia seems so confused with herself.
By the way,
Dear Jhia,
which Bhaina do u think would suit u the the best?
after all, there are so many hatasias, u have choose one!
Jhia,
Your dad may have enough money, but he doesnt have the kind of dough we the Website Editors here have made. No competition there.
So accept my proposal, agree to marry me and let's party together at Swosthi Plaza.
So when should I be coming to your place to proclaim you as my beloved Wife?
Cant wait actually. Ufff.
Happy New Year KS, all you anons n Jhia ..........wishing you all a verry happy new year
Dear Anon,
Let me make the decision next year!
Definitely not in a hurry.
And if we do tie the knot, I would rather starve than eat at Swosti Plaza. they serve stale food!
You have to book a better place , my dear !
And A HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my fans!
Have a nice time , folks and wake up to a lovely New Year tomorrow!
Make resolutions which you shall keep. Smile and make up with friends with whom you fell out but not with ones who sold their souls!
Pray that Lord Jagannath saves the state from the Queen before he signs away every inch of land and mines!
Let all my readers have a very joyful and prosperous 2007 and I promise you more action next year!
Signing off now. Bye Bye till next year!
I suspect Sandha himself is plying Jhia. Take my advice- Cut that dangling stuff out first.
Wow, The topic started with websities and ended with wannabe brides and grooms.
Nyways, Happy New Year to u all
Dear Kalinga Sandha,
The Faustian Deal has just carried on with the Jhia really taking over matters with her fiery spirit and maidenhood. I think she had hijacked your site another time ? Good , interesting...the Jhia's voice does echo the Oriya Jhia's fast changing outlook.
Just thought I will caution you that most of your readers would not really be aware that a posting of the past is still burning bright with comments from all over...hence there could be people who would just be looking at the updates from a recent posting before closing your site. Could you please set up a box/popup, wich informs visitors on the new posting if any and the postings of the past where it is still happening ?
Even Saddam Hussein apparently wanted to marry this Jhia....it would have been suicidal in any case. Far better than being taunted and then hanged.
Jhia is a Pua. (a sting operation by the Website Bhainas has revealed).
What a shame. What a heart break. All my well laid plans for a fully-paid party at Swosti have gone bust.
To Oriya Toka,
You are absolutely right! Must think of warning viewers that the last post has more comments. Let me see if somekind of pop up window can be put in.
Would have never married an aging dictator like Saddam with a harem full of illiterate Arab females!
Urg........It is disgusting!
Never fancied the gun toting guy who gassed thousands of Kurds! Not that the Yankees are any saints! The way they just took over the defenceless country was shocking! They will do anything for the oil!
To last Anon,
As usual, stings mounted by Oriya website bhainas end up with predictable wrong revelations!
If they can't get the sex of the target correctly, let them close down the websites. No use in pretending to be Tehelka.com .
In hindsight, I do not blame them! In our land of Queens and semi Queens, even a pretty girl looks like a luscious handsome lad, thanks to the tinted lens of the sting cameras.
Jhia,
isnt the proof always in the pudding?
until the time you prove otherwise, you remain for us not a luscious lady, but a lecherous lad.
How you would prove yourself to be a bare-dare Jhia, its up to you. I would prefer to keep my eyes closed anyways. Repelling sights make me sick.
Why have we all stopped commenting on kalingatimes.com? All falling for a single Jhia. Are all the annons like us, and bhainas, paika puas, advsisors and oriya tokas bachelors? While chasing the Jhia, one should be careful that all Sandhas are alway married ones. Ha ha ha!
Kalingatimes and Kalinga Shanda are alike: both are out of focus and always chase wrong priorities.
While Kalingatimes is chasing advertisments instead of practising journalism, Kalinga Shanda has fallen for the Jhia instead of Naveen. Bad choices!
Jhia, the lecherous lad in guise, has gone silent. Presumably scared of proving her 'gender'.
See the way I could get the undivided attention of all of you!
You forgot Kalingatimes!
If one Jhia could do this, just imagine what damage ten of us could wreak!
If Sandha shall not chase Jhias, the world will come to an end!
Does anybody think that KT is more important than Jhia?
Jhia is not even a girl, but just a lad pretending to be a girl. And most guys here are running after her.
Imagine if she had been really a girl. I guess there would have been a riot.
To hell with all this Jhia-Pua bakwaas. KS please explain why you have not come up with a new posting. Laziness may be a virtue for most Oriyas but a self-proclaimed virile Sandha like you must not behave like a Chhakka.
Forget the Jhias. Talk sense and take the great Orissa debate forward. Or else perish.
Ahh. The last Anan lacks humour. He is crude, bordering on being crass.
He forgets Jhias are the elixir of life. Particularly for the ageing, balding, ogling kind. Like me.
Pratap M must be desparate.
If รค lad in a saree ("Jhia"in guise") is his elixir, may his restive soul rest in peace.
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