If any of you have turned on any news channel on TV in the last few weeks, or maybe even flipped through the newspaper, it might have just left you wondering what the heck is happening. No, there is no war, and this time it's no terrorist attack. It's something much bigger than any war or any political scandal. I guess it would go down to how an individual perceives it. Some might find it juicy, some would think it's annoying. For me, it was kind of annoying, but all the more amusing.
The biggest focus over the last few weeks was the Sania-Shoaib wedding. Frankly, who gives a damn? The media thought otherwise. As the vagabond mentioned somewhere on facebook, it was a wet dream for the media. Every single English news channel, went on and on about it. The same shots, the same clips, the same dialogue, for days. Someone please enlighten me on what the big deal was. Was it because they were celebrities? Was it because it was an India-Pakistan affair. I even read that the Pak media has termed this wedding as a huge victory for Pakistan, as they have "snatched" a valuable sportsperson from Indian soil. By all means, take her. Not to forget this over sized character called Ayesha, who added masala and got her few hours of fame. Who really cares if what she said was true or not.
Moving on to the IPL, let me admit that I love the game and I sincerely follow it. If I remember correctly, it was supposed to be a gentleman's game, wasn't it? Oh, look what they have done to it. There was a time when the beautiful game of cricket involved the players and only the players, and rightfully so. Look at it now. The players take a back foot, while politicians and Bollywood stars take center stage and hog the limelight. Suddenly in the game of cricket, SRK makes more news than Ganguly. CSK's much needed victory against KKR was overshadowed by Tharoor and Modi.
Now for more Bollywood drama, SRK, who was not quite visible this season, comes forward and says that he takes full responsibility for his teams pathetic performance, and even apologized to the fans for the teams poor show. Come on. Really? Did he really think cricket was anything like what he played in the movie chamatkar? What a fool. The KKR team would have played exactly the same, whether he was there or not. Frankly, apart from owning the team, he makes no bloody difference to how they play. Don't fool yourself SRK.
Still sticking to the IPL, the media is all ready to ejaculate over the Tharoor-Modi issue, which has been consistently going on for the last week or so. Meanwhile the media forgot to give enough space to the PM's important visit to the US and the happenings there, and they even didn't really care that our very own indigenous GSLV D3 with cryogenic engines, went up and came down almost immediately. Who cares. We surely care a lot more about Tharoor and his third new love Sunanda. Modi and his cocaine/kidnapping attempt days in the USA and his short term fling with a "friend"/model called Gabriella while in South Africa last season.
My point is, So what if Tharoor has a stake in the Kochi IPL team? So what if Modi has personal stakes in the Rajasthan Royals team? Let them milk it. Coming to think of it, for those who have followed IPL from the first season, have you ever wondered how Rajasthan got a team in the first edition? How many players from Rajasthan really represent the Indian team? Bihar I feel was more qualified. But lets not forget, Modi has a couple of relatives, who owns stakes in that team. So, thats forgiven.
No, I am not dying for real news. As I said, I find all this amusing. Where all this is going, we will come to know in the next few days when the IPL committee meet. Till then, the media is going to have a ball of a time in this orgy.
The biggest focus over the last few weeks was the Sania-Shoaib wedding. Frankly, who gives a damn? The media thought otherwise. As the vagabond mentioned somewhere on facebook, it was a wet dream for the media. Every single English news channel, went on and on about it. The same shots, the same clips, the same dialogue, for days. Someone please enlighten me on what the big deal was. Was it because they were celebrities? Was it because it was an India-Pakistan affair. I even read that the Pak media has termed this wedding as a huge victory for Pakistan, as they have "snatched" a valuable sportsperson from Indian soil. By all means, take her. Not to forget this over sized character called Ayesha, who added masala and got her few hours of fame. Who really cares if what she said was true or not.
Moving on to the IPL, let me admit that I love the game and I sincerely follow it. If I remember correctly, it was supposed to be a gentleman's game, wasn't it? Oh, look what they have done to it. There was a time when the beautiful game of cricket involved the players and only the players, and rightfully so. Look at it now. The players take a back foot, while politicians and Bollywood stars take center stage and hog the limelight. Suddenly in the game of cricket, SRK makes more news than Ganguly. CSK's much needed victory against KKR was overshadowed by Tharoor and Modi.
Now for more Bollywood drama, SRK, who was not quite visible this season, comes forward and says that he takes full responsibility for his teams pathetic performance, and even apologized to the fans for the teams poor show. Come on. Really? Did he really think cricket was anything like what he played in the movie chamatkar? What a fool. The KKR team would have played exactly the same, whether he was there or not. Frankly, apart from owning the team, he makes no bloody difference to how they play. Don't fool yourself SRK.
Still sticking to the IPL, the media is all ready to ejaculate over the Tharoor-Modi issue, which has been consistently going on for the last week or so. Meanwhile the media forgot to give enough space to the PM's important visit to the US and the happenings there, and they even didn't really care that our very own indigenous GSLV D3 with cryogenic engines, went up and came down almost immediately. Who cares. We surely care a lot more about Tharoor and his third new love Sunanda. Modi and his cocaine/kidnapping attempt days in the USA and his short term fling with a "friend"/model called Gabriella while in South Africa last season.
My point is, So what if Tharoor has a stake in the Kochi IPL team? So what if Modi has personal stakes in the Rajasthan Royals team? Let them milk it. Coming to think of it, for those who have followed IPL from the first season, have you ever wondered how Rajasthan got a team in the first edition? How many players from Rajasthan really represent the Indian team? Bihar I feel was more qualified. But lets not forget, Modi has a couple of relatives, who owns stakes in that team. So, thats forgiven.
No, I am not dying for real news. As I said, I find all this amusing. Where all this is going, we will come to know in the next few days when the IPL committee meet. Till then, the media is going to have a ball of a time in this orgy.
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