Ironically the very same day, a leading Urdu daily, the sister publication of the eveninger, carried the story with a positive angle.
He traced the old issues of Vijaya, an eveninger published between 1909 and 1910 from the National Library, Paris.
They petition was filed in connection with publication of their ‘obscene’ pictures in a Tamil eveninger.
Unlike the eveningers that would carry a huge banner headline that read ‘Veerappan Captured’ followed by a miniscule question mark, his tabloid carried lengthy stories, combining as much fiction as possible with facts.
Ramachandra says that every time he bought a Kannada eveninger, a big crowd would flock around him for a glimpse of the news.
Increasingly our English language papers are tending to become enlarged versions of eveningers of no relevance to how the nation is administered.
The Bollywood star and the editor of the eveninger have been issued non-bailable warrants in the case.