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Allison Hanes: Incurring the wrath of angry snowbirds

Article content continued Pointing the finger of blame is often easier than introspection. Some snowbirds simply take umbrage at being called out. I’ve been deemed “vindictive,” “jealous,” “insulting,” “rude,” “cruel,” “disgusting,” “nasty,” “harsh,” “judgy” (all their words) and some things that are unprintable. One gentleman wrote to say the best reason for going to Florida is not having to be…

Rail fare from only three states charging laborers, other states themselves are incurring expenses: Union minister Prakash Javadekar claims

Prakash Javadekar accused Congress of doing politics (file photo)

new Delhi:

Between the coronavirus lockdown, the government has allowed the movement of workers and students stranded in other states. Special labor trains have been run at the request of state governments. Opposition parties are trying to corner the government on the issue of taking ticket money from laborers for travel in these…

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Recall Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer who gets his friends to paint a fence on a sweltering summer day and walks away making them pay him the wages for their labour. Indian media companies are in a similar situation with Facebook and Google. These digital platforms demand gratitude for imparting wider reach to news content and play deaf to sharing revenues for content produced at considerable…