Quatrain XXV -- 'P'OUTLOOK

Their repeated sex surveys ‘excite India’s dormant hormonal notions’

Their Do-you-know-how-to-pierce-your-nipples… hot special editions

Their stories, certified bastards of lifestyle and doctored fare

And yet, sting reportage is journalism’s infamous corsair?

* Written after reading Outlook’s latest cover story (Feb 6 issue) “Have we become a nation of peeping toms?” The cover has a khadi clad gent with a Gandhi cap on a swivel chair, with a bare shouldered bimbo sprawled over him, her skirt fighting gravity…. Hey guys, don’t call me voyeuristic! It’s just that the editors at Outlook found the photograph newsworthy.