Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
We had it coming
(This article appeared in Femina Magazine, February 2007)
The women are taking over.
The thought crept up on me as I surfed news channels over Christmas weekend. In two hours of watching six news channels, I came across only two male newsreaders and lost count of the number of women wielding microphones and lapel mikes. I tried the same exercise with music channels and, sure enough, the female veejays outnumbered the male of the species by a mile. There’s not much sporting action on Christmas weekend but the sports channels, too, have not been spared. Mandira Bedi and her ilk populate the commentary-breaks during cricket. In tennis, the women’s game has infinitely more depth and variety (the men’s game has little beyond the Federer-Nadal rivalry) and, going back to the news channels, one of the best sports bulletins was anchored by a woman.