The Editor of Bangalore Mirror visits Inventure

Mr.Srinivasan, the Editor of Bangalore Mirror addressed the Middle and Senior School Students at Inventure.

We waited eagerly in the Amphitheatre to meet the Editor of a renowned English Daily,Mr.Srinivasan of Bangalore Mirror. As a student journalist and a member of the Media Pod, a long list of questions waited to be clarified by him.

Our Head of School, Nooraine Fazal, introduced him and also told us about his credentials and achievements. It was’nt hard to notice that , he was the first guest who stood really close to us while he spoke and he also rolled the ball into our court by asking us what we would like to know from him. When it comes to situations like these, our Inventure Students show their prowess by asking interesting and informative questions which address the interest of a large audience.

The first question came from Marcos of Grade 11 on the favourite story of the editor. Mr.Srinivas narrated the interesting newstory about a Defence Minister who chose to celebrate his birthday by taking his family in a fighter planed to New Delhi. He later got threats from the better half of the Minister but could not deter him from writing about the saga and also the threat in his Daily.

The students had asked him to speak about his choice of news coverage. A grade 6 student, Sahana, asked him about his first news story. He shared with us the details on his story on the Water Crisis in Chennai and as a result of this article the problem could be solved since help came from several quarters to address the crisis. As the interesting session progressed, the students sat battling the harsh rays of the Sun. Looking at the situation, Nooraine Ma’am, suggested that we could move into the cooler quarters of our Music Room. Eager to keep the session rolling, we settled in quickly and continued.



The thought process of Inventure kids is very interesting. One of our students had the audacity to ask him if he had been to the prison to taken an interview. He said that he did not come across such a situation yet. Varun, of grade 6A enquired about his greatest achievement in his journalistic career. He opined that his profession is his duty.

Then, we drifted to a very interesting topic of News coverage undercover. The details and anecdotes given by him were very interesting and informative.

Mr.Srinivasan gave his golden advice which were much appreciated by the students. He holds the view that Team work is of utmost importance for the success of any journalistic group. He also pointed that a good journalist will never run out of ideas.

Thus we had a very interactive and informative session with him.

Nihaal George and Siddharth Saxena
Grade 6A
Media Pod