Sunday, December 27, 2015

NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS


Indian Railways runs 12617 passenger trains daily.  Every train reaches its destination safely. Does any TV channel telecast their safe arrival? No

100,000 flights fly all over the world. Millions of passengers board them and reach their destinations hail and hearty. Does any newspaper publish their safe arrival on the front page? Again a big No.

Why? Why media does not care for safe arrivals of airplanes and make them news items. Because the pleasant news is abundantly found everywhere. There are only 4.03 fatalities per million hours in airline flights.
My one colleague worked at Bettia.We seldom heard about him as long as he was okay.  On one black day, he died in a     train accident. The Police dialed last called number of his mobile to inform his sad demise. The sad news spread like a    forest fire.
We mortal human beings have an awful habit of apprehending dangerous things, though they happen rarely. 
Therefore, transmit “ NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS” in your subconscious mind, by constant repetition, to counter our silly habit of apprehending bad omens.