00:00 Hi, this is Abhik Bhattacharya from Outlook Magazine.
00:03 Today we are going to discuss our current issue titled "All is well, the dystopian world
00:10 of the happy news industry."
00:13 So we are living in a post-truth world.
00:15 The line between real and fiction is gradually getting blurred.
00:19 In this time, what should a journalist do?
00:22 Can we spell the truth as it is?
00:26 Can we call a spade a spade anymore?
00:29 In our current issue, we look at the new possibilities.
00:32 If journalism is reduced to what aboutry, we have to enter the domain of happy news
00:38 industry.
00:39 Undermine the pain, everyday struggle, remove the anguish, think of good.
00:45 Everything is happy, beautiful, mesmerizing.
00:48 Let's imagine a new world where we can't see the suffering.
00:53 Interestingly, if you close your eyes, sufferings don't go away.
00:58 But if you close your conscience, you can't feel it anymore.
01:03 Against this backdrop, my story, a piece of fiction, takes the protagonist to a happy
01:09 nursery called Magic Bullet Paradise, where you can only find happy faces.
01:15 No burden of old days, only future.
01:18 The glow of future is too bright to miss.
01:22 My protagonist here finds a quiz show going on.
01:25 Kaun banega deshpremi?
01:27 The question from the hot seat reads, who was the king of India during the late 16th
01:32 century?
01:33 Amidst the silence of the audience, the story builds up.
01:37 It finds the rubbles of old structures.
01:39 There is no congestion anymore, no dingy roads, no claustrophobia.
01:44 Set in an ancient city that dates back to 5000 years, it is a story of exploring a fictional
01:50 reality, a step into the magic realism.
01:54 But we must say, it is a work of fiction and any resemblance to real events and characters
02:00 are purely coincidental.
02:02 However, sometimes we must treat coincidence as well.
02:07 For more, please see the link below and grab your copy.
02:11 Thank you.
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