Mariyam Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 What relevance does the person's educational qualification hold to the story here? They could have so easily called it - 'Youth assaulted by 2 men' or something like that. See it all the time. For nation obsessed with degrees and what it considers "education", maybe it shouldn't come as a surprise. Stop being so cynical. :whack: Sometimes, you guys seem so dismissive about everything India that its just plain disheartening. :(( Then come the generalizations about Indians obsessed with degrees and what not. As I said, that these are the accepted norms of reporting. Almost world over. Here's what I randomly googled right now. Prof's bail upheld in child porn case Does it matter that person was a professor from so and so Univ? Is it necessary to name the University? Is the US also obsessed with education and Universities? In our article, the BTech isn't necessary, but in the absence of an occupation , generally the educational qualification is reported. For identification mainly. There maybe 300 Shailaja Roy's in Delhi, but only one who is a Btech from a so and so college. I agree with Ravish that the Btech bit shouldn't find its way into the headline. It can be in the body of the article. But, I suspect that its a case of bad/sensationalistic journalism more than anything else.
Desi Cartman Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Stop being so cynical. :whack: Sometimes, you guys seem so dismissive about everything India that its just plain disheartening. :(( Then come the generalizations about Indians obsessed with degrees and what not. As I said, that these are the accepted norms of reporting. Almost world over. Here's what I randomly googled right now. Prof's bail upheld in child porn case Does it matter that person was a professor from so and so Univ? Is it necessary to name the University? Is the US also obsessed with education and Universities? In our article, the BTech isn't necessary, but in the absence of an occupation , generally the educational qualification is reported. For identification mainly. There maybe 300 Shailaja Roy's in Delhi, but only one who is a Btech from a so and so college. I agree with Ravish that the Btech bit shouldn't find its way into the headline. It can be in the body of the article. But, I suspect that its a case of bad/sensationalistic journalism more than anything else. Not a good example. IMO he is mentioned since he is a teacher and he teaches young adults :facepalm:
Ram Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Stop being so cynical. :whack: Sometimes, you guys seem so dismissive about everything India that its just plain disheartening. :(( Then come the generalizations about Indians obsessed with degrees and what not. As I said, that these are the accepted norms of reporting. Almost world over. Here's what I randomly googled right now. Prof's bail upheld in child porn case Does it matter that person was a professor from so and so Univ? Is it necessary to name the University? Is the US also obsessed with education and Universities? In our article, the BTech isn't necessary, but in the absence of an occupation , generally the educational qualification is reported. For identification mainly. There maybe 300 Shailaja Roy's in Delhi, but only one who is a Btech from a so and so college. I agree with Ravish that the Btech bit shouldn't find its way into the headline. It can be in the body of the article. But, I suspect that its a case of bad/sensationalistic journalism more than anything else. Trust me, after living in phoren lands where money and propaganda speaks louder than anything else, I am more in love with bharat than anytime else. Just that we seem to have this weird obsession with degrees and qualification, even when its got absolutely no relevance to the circumstance. Reg the 'Prof watches porn' news article reported in a US news paper/site - His occupation is relevant because, as a professor, he works with young people all the time, which makes him watching child porn all the more shocking.
Mariyam Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 ^^ He's a professor not a school teacher. He doesn't teach children. Either ways, that was just the first example that I came across on google. You'll find many more.
The Outsider Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 It's done or at least used to be done primarily for identification purposes - you don't want people who have a relative or friend with the same name to freak out on reading the news. This was specially important in the days before communication has been revolutionized. There is no point in having it in the headline, but there is a logical reason behind it, at least historically.
Ram Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 ^^ He's a professor not a school teacher. He doesn't teach children. Either ways, that was just the first example that I came across on google. You'll find many more. It's done or at least used to be done primarily for identification purposes - you don't want people who have a relative or friend with the same name to freak out on reading the news. This was specially important in the days before communication has been revolutionized. There is no point in having it in the headline' date=' but there is a logical reason behind it, at least historically.[/quote'] Fair enough, I agree that there's some value/merit from the point of avoiding confusion over mistaken identity.
insu27 Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Truly its an awesome and massive work done thanks for sharing this
Recommended Posts