Amitabh Bachchan in hospital

Amitabh Bachchan has been hospitalized and the Indian Media gets another story to "break". According to media reports( read rediff news ), Big B has been admitted to Leelavati Hospital in Mumbai. He complained of abdominal pain. Today is Amitabh Bachchan's birthday too. Not a nice beginning to his 66th year of life.

But I don't think that it's anything serious. Why? Well, he's still moderating comments posted on his blog. Amitabh Bachchan's blog is incredibly good for all his fans. They don't have to depend on media reports to know the extent of ill health that he is suffering from. He'll survive to resume his battle with the Indian media .

Study Paper Synopsis

Ok. So how much time did it take to write the study paper synopsis? Roughly about 30 minutes. Shoddy work? Of course, not!! It's just that I work fast when I am doing something that interests me. So if you find me lacking in speed, then you can always bet on the fact that the work doesn't excite me. Anyways, the study paper synopsis comprised a proper Title, Objective, Introduction and Methodology. Also had to mention the name of the organization based upon which the study would be conducted. Owing to the sensitive nature of my study paper topic, I had to use a pseudo organization name.

It was fun writing the synopsis and am certain that working on the study paper would be equally engrossing. I'll have to conduct interviews, design a questionnaire and administer it to respondents. Will have to do a lot of statistical analysis. I guess it's time for me to brush the cobwebs off my statistics books.

Study Paper

It's been a long time since I posted a blog entry. Was busy with studies and work. I have to work on a study paper as part of my course curriculum. I have already submitted a synopsis for the study paper. I don't understand why the lecturers need to be so fussy about doing things their way. Normally, I don't mind it much, but this time I was forced to choose between the preferences of two contradicting lecturers. One of the lecturers mentioned that the study paper needs to be related to journalism or public relations. So I opted for a study paper topic that leans more towards public relations than journalism. And that was the beginning of my troubles.

I had already chosen the topic that I wanted to work on, and asked my Newspaper Management lecturer how to modify it, to suit the course requirements. He suggested a modification that had more of a public relations touch to it, than journalism. But I accepted his recommendation and wrote a study paper synopsis. I showed it to him and he he seemed to appreciate it a lot. But imagine my shock, when, a day before the submission date, the person who lectures us on Reporting told me that my study paper topic had nothing to do with journalism and I must select some other topic!!

There are occasions in life when one has to stick to his decisions, even if they appear to be wrong. And I found myself in a similar situation. The last date for submission had neared and I had no time to work on a fresh study paper topic or synopsis. I had to take a call and I decided to go with what my Newspaper Management lecturer suggested, even if it meant displeasing the other person.

More to follow regarding the study paper...