Journalist found offering no expert comment on "Brexit"

In a startling development, a journalist was found not offering any profound analysis on Brexit. Abhijit (42) was seen going about his life normally, even several hours after the British referendum that triggered an online avalanche of analytical columns by senior media professionals and social scientists.

While his colleagues at office, ranging from resident editor to intern, came up with high-sounding theories on global implications of Brexit and prophetic one-liners on the future of international politics, he remained silent and did not take part in animated discussions on what lay ahead for the world.

“When I met Abhijit at office canteen, he merely reeled out the final tally of the “Remain” and “Leave” voting percentages. I was shocked because there was no hint of analysis in his tone and no insight into the subaltern factors and big picture impact. No attempt to link it to the angst of the aspirational class. How can a journalist be ignorant about the geo-political dynamics of such a cataclysmic event?” wondered a colleague on condition of anonymity.

When reports last came in, the media office was a beehive of political gyan being dished out by small groups of people gathered all over: cubicles, corridors, water cooler corner and canteen. Some spoke animatedly about how Brexit was a starting point of Britian’s inexorable descent into chaos and disintegration of Europe while others characterised it as a collective expression of sense of independence.