After a harsh winter, what with the beast from the east and the heavy snow falls, the spring has finally sprung and like every one else, we have made plans to get away from the hustle and bustle of every day life.
We have decided to go away to the sunny climes of Ibitha. I am glad to say that while I will be away, I will not miss my favourite AV and GS.
I will log into the ABPL website on my mobile phone’s browser and would be able to read this “Your Voice” column of AV and “Mare pan kain kahevun chhe” column of Gujarat Samachar.
It is a great relief and reassurance that the e-editions of these papers will be providing me with the facility to read my favourite “Your Voice” column even from abroad.
I wonder whether similar facility is available to readers of other papers! I also wonder that if people could read the papers on-line like this then there is little incentive to subscribe to them or to purchase them at the news agents.
So what benefit ABPL gets by making them available as e-papers on-line? Having said this, I will state categorically that there is no comparison with the hard copies of the actual full sized versions.
I must also confess that I always pre-empt the arrival of the papers through the post by first having a glimpse on the website a day or so before!
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
