Dumb Songs!

Who doesn't like music? Hardly anyone will reply "Me! Me!" to the question. We all like something or the other. Some like pop, some rock, some jazz, blues, etc. And then there are those who love only Hindi film music. Tough luck, guys, for what is good in Hindi film music these days?

Think of this song: What is mobile number? What is your style number? and Govinda comes to mind, with those dumb dance steps, pelvic thrusts and cheap gestures.

Sadly for Hindi song buffs, his songs aren't the only ones which are dumb and silly. There's this new genre of songs- women-degrading numbers. Want an example? Think of Mujhse Dosti Karoge, and close in on Hrithik (yeah, he's still surviving) and Kareena (who can only think of herself as the sexy and bimbo-like Poo). You might hear of a song which goes something like:
Aaj ke ladke I tell you, kitne laloo, what to do................., koi na kahe mujhe I love you!

Loosely translated it means that the girl thinks guys these days are foolish because none of them declare their love for her!
Are girls these days so desparate for guys to fall in love with them that they actually sing songs about it? Can't they just be content with their singledom and wait for Mr.Right to come along? And what went through the lyricist's mind as he wrote this song? And how could a well-known producer like Yash Chopra actually give the go-ahead to this song?

I have half a mind to write him a letter.

Best British Blog?

The controversy surrounding the Best British Blog Award by The Guardian is kinda interesting. Tom Coates (who else but a blogger) called it a 'bloody, stupid idea'. And he enlists various reasons for his opinion. Go ahead and read it!

I agree with him. And my reasons are (some of his and mine may coincide):

• A blog is an entirely personal site, where the blogger is free to write whatever is on his/her mind. If blog entries are of a personal nature, how can anyone say whose thoughts are better? Better could mean anything!


• Another important aspect is design. Some (rather, many) bloggers know only basic HTML and nil about cool graphics and CSS. If one blog is more visually appealing than the other, does that make it a better blog?


• And how would the judges define better content? Content differs from blog to blog. One blogger may just enter what's on his/her mind, another will probably lecture about the harmful effects of smoking. One blog may be well-researched, while another may be written on the spur of the moment. Which would be better?


• One blogger will use incomprehensible words for which you need a dictionary, another will probably use casual day-to-day words to get the point across. Again, does that make one blog better than the other?


• There are some blogs which have lots of decoration and frills- site meter, message board, image roll-overs, links to 10694 other blogs and sites...others prefer to keep theirs simple and sweet. Can we say which is the better one?

Sure, there will be blogs you'd like to visit again and again, but that is a matter of taste and choice- on what you like to read. The judges for this award will be humans after all. It's not possible for all of them to be entirely objective.

But the main reason why an award for blogs is a silly idea is simple- blogging is not an arm form like short-story writing or painting. It's a natural process, no one can you how to blog. Besides, it's totally, totally personal. We don't have awards for best handwriting, do we?