“… The violence in Greater Noida continues to grow. Today’s violence lead to the death of 3 civilians and 1 policeman. Now let us hear from our news correspondent Ms XYZ.”
Stumbling upon this story at 5pm on Star News while channel zapping, I decided to watch further, expecting some finer details on the violence in J&K. I was in for an unpleasant surprise.
The correspondent Ms XYZ, having just taken the time from the news anchor, barfs this with a smirk:
“You are talking about hearts breaking, but I am here to talk about hearts coming together. Salman Khan has admitted that he is going to marry Katrina Kaif.”
I was rendered speechless. I wanted to crash my hands through the TV screen and strangle the bitch. But then I realized, how am I different from her? So much is going on in the country, yet I choose to write about Aamir Khan’s endorsement of Monaco! I am as guilty as she is.
I changed the channel to Aaj Tak, where the news anchor claims,
“The most pertinent question is that why is Shah Rukh Khan mum. Why is he not answering Salman’s accusations?”
No, there is a more pertinent question: WHAT HAVE WE BECOME?
Actually Sabse Dheere
Have we become to apathetic that issues outside the secret lives of celebrities fail to evoke any interest in us? Are TV channels like this because that is the only thing we care about?
No, I am not apathetic! I can’t sleep properly at night when I read that a politician spent 1200 crore rupees in a park with her halogen lit statue in it, in a state where 2/3rds of the population does not have a electricity to light an electric bulb.
I think I have been a moron to restrict whatever little writing skill I have on issues that are irrelevant in the bigger scheme of things.
I want to ask the readers who are kind enough to come to this blog – would you come back if I wrote my mind about not just bollywood, but the issues affecting our country, our world, people? Would you? Or would this be the greenlight for you to flee?
I hope to use this space to speak my mind, not only about bollywood, but bigger issues as well. I hope you’d stay on board.
