Language Arts

Article Analysis

Is India the New China?

aaaThe news article that I analyzed is called “Is India the New China?”. The man who wrote this article was a professor from Cornell University, his name is Kaushik Basu. Mr. Basu lives in the United States, but he is originally from India. It could be bad that he wrote the article because, he is Indian, and the article is consulting whether India is going to surpass China as an industrialized nation, so he may write it in a perspective that India is defiantly going to succeed. People who are in business, interested in foreign affairs and economics would most likely to read this article, as well as fairly well educated people. Mr. Kaushik wrote this article to inform people about how fast India is becoming more and more powerful. An interesting thing about this article, even though he is Indian, he isn’t being persuasive or objective, he is just giving you facts about both sides of the problem. Due to his position on this subject, he doesn’t have any emotions about the topic. “China, being ahead of the pack, will probably escape this trap. India will certainly feel the heat. There can be political turmoil, and both China and India are at risk.” Kaushik Basu posted this article on BBC on November 2, 2007. The importance of this date is that Mr. Kaushik has a bit of hind sight, since some of the statements were based on calculations that were done a few years ago, and have recently proven to be true.

aaaaaaaaaK Kris Meredith

India Could Help Soothe Global Food Worries – Economist

aaaThe article that I used for this analysis was posted on Monday, May 5th 2008. It was the same day that I found this article, therefore its significance is its recentness. It has little hindsight, only as a summary of the food scarcity in India, but apart from that little to none hindsight. The article is an average online news article on the Reuters website. It was written by Jonathan Leff and Mayank Bhardwaj, working for the Reuters website. Neither of the journalists have written about their personal views, though there are some direct quotes and opinions of economists. The combination of the authors is interesting, because one of them sounds like an Indian, the other more like a Westerner. One can’t really say whether they wrote the article from inside or from outside o the country. The authors have written this article for money, as well as to inform curious, interested adults or people in the food business like economists and farmers. Throughout the article, both writers use no emotions to influence the audience to a certain perspective. It has no bias and sets the audience on the positive side, even though mentioning negatives.
aaaaaaaaaa Asuka Heltmann

http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-33413220080505

 

 

 

THE POTATO MAKES A COMEBACK

aaaaaTHE POTATO MAKES A COMEBACK is a news article published this year 2008, written by Terry Wade who is a journalist of the Herald Tribune. Terry Wade, the author of the article has written this proposal of idea from an outsider’s point of view. Since he didn’t collect the information himself in India, he had probably not thought of the conveniences and reactions of the people in India, and pushed the idea into the ideal plan. He did not consider deeply about how the Indians would take this suggestion, or how they would feel when the suggestion is given to switch their main and most major dish to potatoes. This article was written for the people that are connected to the government, a researcher, or some position mighty enough to influence the food production of a country. Although that would be the main intent, the article is also addressing intellectuals and aware adults as part of their audience too. The aim of the article is to suggest a solution to the world food scarcity crisis, and to educate those who have not considered the problem seriously before. The article is trying to persuade countries like India whose diet focuses on rice and wheat to convert to potatoes as their source of carbohydrates and grains. Also, the article was written so that even if the potato solution is not considered or approved, the readers would get an inspiration of other solutions to this problem. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to suggest the potato idea, or to give inspiration to lead to future solutions. The writer is trying to objective by only stating facts and not opinion, but is also being subjective by listing facts on the positive aspects of the plan, and none of the negative. “…the United Nations named 2008 the International Year of the Potato, calling the vegetable “a hidden treasure.”.” “Potatoes come in about 5,000 types. With colors ranging from alabaster-white to bright yellow and …potatoes offer inventive chefs a chance to create new, eye-catching plates.” “”They taste great,” said Juan Carlos Mescco, 17” “Potatoes are a great source of complex carbohydrates, which release their energy slowly, and – so long as they are not smothered with butter – have only five percent of the fat content of wheat. They also have one-fourth of the calories…” Most, if not all of the facts that are said are boasts to the potato solution, or defense to any doubt the reader may have. The author Terry Wade is expressing his opinion and beliefs, trying to persuade the readers to match his thinking by giving the one-sided facts, but he never directly states his opinion. Also, since the article was written only a few months ago, and food scarcity is a problem that is occurring now, he probably still has the same beliefs and has not taken into consideration the side effects of the solution when writing the article. Therefore, the article was probably mixed with beliefs and views of the situation than rather analyzing the whole scenario carefully.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaHaruka Fukukawa

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/16/business/potato.php