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Tuesday, June 27

Gossip means idle talk or rumour. Gossip mongers are people who indulge in such useless talk about others’ personal or private affairs. It is one of the means of sharing views and information but introduces errors or variation in the actual information which is real. Robin Dunbar, an evolutionary biologist had defined gossip as a means of binding various social groups together. Barbara Kruger had once remarked, “All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.” Gossip sometimes refers to spreading of false or dirty information about someone after distorting the real facts. Gossips involve discussion of scandals. Gossip columns exist in every popular newspaper, devoted to the discussion of lifestyles of the rich and the famous. Primo Levi had remarked, “Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip, experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.”

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