The first thing that I had to quit (well I have started more things than quiting but here its purely abt quiting things!!!!) after coming to Uganda was habit of reading newspapers in the morning. That was a tough habit to quit. I normally used to read atleast two English newspapers. Times of India was a must and was occasionally topped up with Business Standard as well. BS is a much better financial daily than Economic Times. ET just sucks in terms of the news they carry and publish. Oh India!! it was a heaven. In this country leave apart the business newspapers, you cant actually expect the normal newspaper to be prudent. BTW the reason I quit reading newspapers was not the inavailability of newspapers, but the cost factor. A newspaper here costs you a good UGX 1,000/- that is a cool 25 Rs., who in India would believe that a simple thing called NEWSPAPERS are so pricey!!!!.
So lately I have been thinking about getting into the newspaper business here...but then its too tough, as one of the newspapers here, New Vision is owned by the the Government and the other one Daily Monitor is owned by Aga Khan, and so it would be tough to get into the market even at a reduced price as you may not want to get into trouble with any of the two... So the plan has been shelved even before getting on..but may be I can act as a consultant to someone who wants to open up...good thought na..
cheers
good day
santosh
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