How to get the right picture on India in under 15 minutes?

Do you have to prepare for an interview? Are you going for a meeting in the morning? How can you contribute better and impress your interviewer or your boss?You need not waste valuable time trying to get the best news on India. Get an edge over the competition simply by spending 15 minutes of your time.

Television news sensationalises too much and whenever there is a breaking news it tends to focus on just one event. Therefore I have listed the four best online newspaper sources to get a quick 360 degree global view on India from a local as well as an international perspective.

The Hindu editorial  - Your essential guide to the most pressing issues related to India

Feed- http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/?service=rss

The Guardian on India  - India from an unbiased international perspective

Feed - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/india/rss

The Indian Express- Sometimes even better than The Hindu

 Feed-  http://syndication.indianexpress.com/rss/35/editorials.xml

India Together  - India from a developmental and grassroots perspective

Feed- http://www.indiatogether.org/rss/home.xml

Mint-  India from a  national and international politics and business perspective.

Feed- http://www.livemint.com/StoryRss.aspx?ts=Topstories

• Follow the feeds with an RSS reader like Snarfer or subscribe it via Google Reader.
• You can use this chrome extension or this firefox extension if you want to receive full feeds within Google Reader itself and save time.
• Alternately, you can bookmark the sites in your browser.

The links listed above will be able to give you a snapshot of what is happening in India. It really does not matter what you read or watch apart from the links listed above because you will be able to get a clear picture of India and make an informed judgement about India's most pressing issues.  

I recommend that you make a daily habit of reading these online sources instead of merely setting them aside for special occasions like interviews.

More than just preparing for interviews or for meetings I believe it’s the duty of every citizen to be aware of the issues facing their nation. Only when we are clearly aware of the complexity of the issues involved can we take steps to do something to resolve them. Otherwise we are in danger of being swayed by manipulative politicians and influential people instead of resisting their suspicious actions.

P-S-The Hindu also provides Editorial audio translations as a podcast in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu that can be downloaded as an mp3