A Random Thought

Following on from the theme of my previous post, here's a random thought that I just had as I was browsing Google News. Just take a look at the Sports and Entertainment sections on the India-specific page. What immediately struck me was that hardly any of the news on the Sports page is India-specific. Whereas, on the Entertainment page, almost everything is about Bollywood, Kollywood, etc. Is this just the Indian media's obsession with sleaze and scandals of our stars? Or, is this essentially the result of what most Indians care about? After all, reporters write more about what readers want more! Anyway, though the above links on Google News are surely going to change over time, I am going to bet that the proportion of India-specific articles on both are going to remain more or less the same.

BTW, Google News is made just for people like me who get bored of coding every hour. Every time you hit the refresh button, you are almost certain to get pointed to some new articles and so, you always have something to read. This ensures that you will surely waste time every time you switch from your terminal to your browser. But, I would like to look at this as that it also ensures you always return to work with renewed enthusiasm :D Anyway, long live Google News!

Update:
My reasoning turns out be incorrect. Right now, the Sports page is completely filled with India-related stories and more than half in the Entertainment section are not related to India. So, looks like cupping dog's suggestion that Google's indexing and ranking in an Indian context sucks seems right. Dog, as usual you score over me!

Cheers,
Harsha