Comments on: Goyal’s toils http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/09/23/goyals_toils/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: vivekj http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/09/23/goyals_toils/comment-page-1/#comment-27256 vivekj Sat, 24 Sep 2005 02:43:43 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2270#comment-27256 <p>I told my father, a retired journalist in India, this story; he had a good laugh and an anecdote.</p> <p>My father was into rural journalism and he would attend Pandit Nehru's press conferences and invariably ask about rural affairs. At one of these conferences, the press were quizzing Pandit Nehru about Marilyn Monroe (for some unknown reason). After a while my dad pipes up, "... well, let's leave MM aside, I have a question about rural affairs..."</p> <p>vivek</p> I told my father, a retired journalist in India, this story; he had a good laugh and an anecdote.

My father was into rural journalism and he would attend Pandit Nehru’s press conferences and invariably ask about rural affairs. At one of these conferences, the press were quizzing Pandit Nehru about Marilyn Monroe (for some unknown reason). After a while my dad pipes up, “… well, let’s leave MM aside, I have a question about rural affairs…”

vivek

]]> By: Ang http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/09/23/goyals_toils/comment-page-1/#comment-27233 Ang Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:21:00 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2270#comment-27233 <blockquote>How about having Goyal as a guest blogger here? :)</blockquote> <p>Well, with the topics here being all things brown, he'd be too appropriate... sans "foil". Not nearly as fun as him coming out of left field.</p> How about having Goyal as a guest blogger here? :)

Well, with the topics here being all things brown, he’d be too appropriate… sans “foil”. Not nearly as fun as him coming out of left field.

]]> By: O'Ya Bula Bula Bi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/09/23/goyals_toils/comment-page-1/#comment-27231 O'Ya Bula Bula Bi Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:10:50 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2270#comment-27231 <p>How about having Goyal as a guest blogger here? :)</p> How about having Goyal as a guest blogger here? :)

]]> By: Ang http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/09/23/goyals_toils/comment-page-1/#comment-27230 Ang Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:01:31 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2270#comment-27230 <blockquote>“Hold on,” the press secretary commanded. “Goyal, go ahead.” Goyal did his usual. “If I may go back to India and Pakistan…,” he began… When others tried to jump in, the press secretary asked Goyal if he had a follow-up question. Goyal did, about Pakistani fighter planes…</blockquote> <p>bwa ha ha. Just read the other post. Love it.</p> “Hold on,” the press secretary commanded. “Goyal, go ahead.” Goyal did his usual. “If I may go back to India and Pakistan…,” he began… When others tried to jump in, the press secretary asked Goyal if he had a follow-up question. Goyal did, about Pakistani fighter planes…

bwa ha ha. Just read the other post. Love it.

]]> By: brimful http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/09/23/goyals_toils/comment-page-1/#comment-27201 brimful Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:01:59 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2270#comment-27201 <p>Dude, that was an awesome piece on the Daily Show- just shows that you guys are ahead of the curve with one-track uncle coverage! I liked the characterization of the press core as "a room full of 3-year olds" asking "Why?" over and over again.</p> Dude, that was an awesome piece on the Daily Show- just shows that you guys are ahead of the curve with one-track uncle coverage! I liked the characterization of the press core as “a room full of 3-year olds” asking “Why?” over and over again.

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