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I have managed to come of out TV addiction. Our cablewala doesn't pay tax
so half of the channels are off the air. Also there is this weird problem with our dumb TV. Half of the channels are locked. And no one is bothered to fix that problem. Maybe that helped me come out of TV addiction. Its hard to guarantee though that I wont get back to the idiot box. But as of now I am happy. Life is beautiful. These days I am addicted to internet. Thats altogether a different story but lets not get into that.
Today on star news (yes, I was watching TV) there was this coverage... 'Irfan - Teri Diwani'
One girl with a Gujju accent is deeply in love with Irfan Pathan. She was live on tv in one half. The other half was occupied by a psychiatrist who was trying her best to counsel her and at the same time was herself confused as to how to do it live on a television. The show went on and the effect was hilarious if you look at it that way. I immediately called my friend and he informed me that the other day there was this story of a teacher (some 50-60 yr old) who was having an affair with his student (female). His wife came to know and she beat her up (live on tv ... now i don't know how, some of you must have watched it too)..Then few people stripped him, applied some blackish stuff to his face and then hamare channel ke correspondent interviewed him.
The names are funny too. Irfan - Teri Diwani (with Teri Diwani song playing in background), Kashmakash, Umar pachpan ki dil bachpan ka, etc etc..
Not to forget the royal coverage given to Mika-Rakhi Sawant chumma contest.
Its sad to see this face of Indian media. Especially the news channels. These days they are probably on the peak of their insanity. Or maybe the worst is still to come!
Some documentaries are commendable but you cant deny the fact that majority are junk. Hopefully in future we could scan and select the stuff we watch so that it will save us a lot of unnecessary intellectual flatus.
~*~
so half of the channels are off the air. Also there is this weird problem with our dumb TV. Half of the channels are locked. And no one is bothered to fix that problem. Maybe that helped me come out of TV addiction. Its hard to guarantee though that I wont get back to the idiot box. But as of now I am happy. Life is beautiful. These days I am addicted to internet. Thats altogether a different story but lets not get into that.
Today on star news (yes, I was watching TV) there was this coverage... 'Irfan - Teri Diwani'
One girl with a Gujju accent is deeply in love with Irfan Pathan. She was live on tv in one half. The other half was occupied by a psychiatrist who was trying her best to counsel her and at the same time was herself confused as to how to do it live on a television. The show went on and the effect was hilarious if you look at it that way. I immediately called my friend and he informed me that the other day there was this story of a teacher (some 50-60 yr old) who was having an affair with his student (female). His wife came to know and she beat her up (live on tv ... now i don't know how, some of you must have watched it too)..Then few people stripped him, applied some blackish stuff to his face and then hamare channel ke correspondent interviewed him.
The names are funny too. Irfan - Teri Diwani (with Teri Diwani song playing in background), Kashmakash, Umar pachpan ki dil bachpan ka, etc etc..
Not to forget the royal coverage given to Mika-Rakhi Sawant chumma contest.
Its sad to see this face of Indian media. Especially the news channels. These days they are probably on the peak of their insanity. Or maybe the worst is still to come!
Some documentaries are commendable but you cant deny the fact that majority are junk. Hopefully in future we could scan and select the stuff we watch so that it will save us a lot of unnecessary intellectual flatus.
~*~
posted by Dr. Amit Rajput at 12:30 AM
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