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11:41 AM, July 12, 2006

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Above are the front pages from today’s Kerala Kaumudi in Kerala, and Mid Day, a Mumbai tabloid. Below, some inside pages from Mid Day. Warning: The big photo on that doubletruck is pretty gruesome.


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(Thanks to sajeev, Jan and Mario!)


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A great example of how a powerful picture can convey the gruesome and horrific nature of these acts, more than words. Thank you for sharing these news pages.

I am from Kerala, so it is kind of surprising to see a Malayalam front page on here. What made you pick the kaumudi front page?

Posted by: Karmadude at July 12, 2006 4:54 PM

Holy. Cow.

Love the Midday cover, the spare facts and forward spin.

I thought the double-truck photo was from 93. . .the fact that it's recent, I wouldn't have shown that. Those are people who just died, and whose families are mourning. "I passed limbs on the tracks" is enough.

Another thing: I understand the DT was a flashback, because it said "flashback" in the corner. But "Blast from the Past"?? I don't know about in India, but in America that phrase is meant to be flip, even funny. A Brendan Fraser movie, FCOL. I think to use it about deadly bombings is in poor taste. This doesn't strike me as a NY-Post type of publication -- but if that's the tone they normally take, I stand corrected. :-/

Posted by: Denise Covert at July 13, 2006 1:31 PM

I agree the Mid-Day pages are compelling. I'm not sure about that BOMBay 7/11 headline, though. It seems too flip.

Posted by: Dave at July 13, 2006 3:59 PM

Yeah, BOMBay in terrible taste

Posted by: raj at July 14, 2006 2:06 AM

I wouldn't have shown that doubletruck photo. Considering the audience, which I am sure consists of young adults, the editors should not have either published that photo all together, or have a warning on somewhere. There is clearly a headless body, a mimed corpse with its muscles "hanging out," and someone’s body with his intestine detached. Reminds me of that scene from Saving Private Ryan.

Posted by: Complex3 Designs at July 15, 2006 9:30 PM

good newspaper...

Posted by: Muhazir at July 30, 2006 11:49 AM
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