Reading about the door to 10, Downing Street being repainted… reading about biscuits being used to make roads safer and more durable… reading about a family tree having the faces of Queen Elizabeth, Prince Phillip and Prince Charles, just one thought crosses the mind: are our thick, fat papers taking themselves too seriously?

I asked Nagu if she any of our papers, English or Kannada, gave her the feeling of yesterday being April 1, and she said no, point-blank.

If as serious a paper as The Guardian, London, could bring out a whole supplement on a new tourist attraction called Sans Serif (capital: Bodoni), why is it so difficult for us?