Once upon a time , Sunday mornings were the best.

Once upon a time , Sunday mornings were the best.

Waking up late, coffee in hand, sitting cross-legged on the verendah floor, holding the paper open and slowly sipping in all the information.

I would normally hit the sports section and glance through.

This was a very very long time ago. It has been over a year since we stopped buying printed newspapers at home and more than 3.5 years since I really had the joy of having an enjoyable read.

It has been 3.5 years since office began and the software engineer lifestyle began.
Waking up early and running to catch the bus was a task in itself, reading the newspaper became extinct.

After office, the news was stale anyways.So it came to be.

With over 100 newschannels in every regional language broadcasting North East West South , every conceivable news possible, is the paper still needed ??

With all people at home working, newschannels blaring its news out , flash news breaking news in all blazing glory run thier hoarse voices dry, the newspaper had pretty much died in our house.

We still bought it though , since we found no reason to stop buying them, after all it’s not like we are cutting trees to make paper, wood is specifically grown to be cut and used for this purpose.

And we promptly made money using this for the Raddiwala, who in turn sold it to the Bondawalas, chat stores and hotels.

So on and so forth, the pile of newspaper in the house grew and was sold every few months.

Hardly opened , fresh and crisp they were folded and left to die. And finally after too many arguments from my environment conscious debates the newspaper as we know it took its last breath at home.

With all this said and done, the big question I have to ask you is ,
Do we still need a printed newspaper now in this time and age ?

1. Old news gets printed. Because its already stale for the time of print.
2.All houses have TV that hold great debates at greater length, are already informed of news.
3. We have apps for everything, weather, gossip ,sudoku , crossword etc etc and This app is available for who ever needs it.
4. We have e paper of all the big newspapers, We save tonnes of ink, paper and trees.
5. Much of today's newspaper material is gossip and advertisement and gibberish like this.
6. The editorial column and other columns that need your attention are also available online.

So the question is why do still want a printed newspaper?
1. Paper production, Printing presses, Distribution and marketing provide thousands of people with jobs and livelihood.
2. Paper is still getting recycled and hence we are still environmentally secure when it comes to paper production.
3. There is an old school charm to reading newspaper that nothing can beat. It is a wonderful way to distress.

I don't know which side you choose, but newspapers at our house has been hunted to extinction purely because no one really reads them.

365 days, 20 sheets of paper and ink .

How many trees can you save from cutting ??

After reading this, will you consider stopping your correspondence with the printed newspaper or just tell me to bugger off.