Question for the Day

Sure, we've heard of police assistance during protest marches, cricket and football matches, and during WTO meets. But where else in the world do you need police vigilance for an exam?

What a dude!

He's been labelled the Indian Idol No. 1. And today's ToI had not one, but four stories on him, and he also adorned the masthead. Nope, it isn't Narain Karthikeyan, not even Sourav Ganguly, and neither is it Shah Rukh Khan. It's Lord Shiva! (Sorry, 'him' should have been 'Him' in the previous sentence).

Ok, so it's Maha Shivratri, but do we need a lesson on Lord Shiva? Bachi Karkaria's nonsensical anchor story is just another waste of space, and reading beyond the first paragraph of that story is a waste of time.

Does ToI plan to turn into a pseudo-religious newspaper? As if the spiritual columns were not enough, we now get religious lessons too! So during Ganesha festival, let's expect a four-page special report on Ganesha. And during Navratri, let's read about the Goddess. And during Janmashtmi, maybe they can inform us about Krishna as well. What about Prophet Mohammed, Buddha and Jesus Christ? Can the newspaper please teach us about them too?

Shall we call this the beginning of the religionisation of the Indian media?

Un-popular Choice Awards

Best Performance in a Disappearing Role: Atal Behari Vajpayee

Best Performance in an Unsupporting Role: Uma Bharti

Best Remake: US Presidential Elections 2004 (of the 2000 polls)

Best Pair: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati (are they finally on or off?)

Best Performance in a Comedy Role: George W Bush

Best Comeback: Tehelka

Best Performance in a Fuming Role: Kareena Kapoor (thanks to Mid-day)

Best Non-performance: Indian cricket team

It's Back!

Mediaah is back. Finally an Indian media watchdog-cum-reporter with some credibility.

Time to Disco?

I just can't believe that a truly bad song like Disco 82 is popular and has apparently made it to the top of the charts (at least some, if not all of them). Where are all the talented musicians gone?

Good music doesn't necessarily mean the music we had in the past, but something which will live in public memory for a long, long time. So we all remember I want to break free, but how many even remember that there was once a song called Hit me baby one more time? When Britney's second album came out, the song was forgotten.

On the one hand, we're giving Americans and Brits a run for their money in several sectors. Why can't we at least have some good entertainment?