April 07, 2007
“Khabar ko todte hue” scream all news channels. All day long, poor souls keep breaking news. And each bit of news is repeated until you can recount the sequence in which security guards will move in the footage, the order in which the headlines will be read and the crooked question that netaji will parry away.
My own discovery, meanwhile, is that there are at least one thousand crappy, absolutely unwatchable movies for each worth watching. There are some good programs though they also get repeated around 5 times in the week. Discovery’s favorites are snakes, crocs and sharks. But I have begun to like MaxX, Ripley’s, Guinness, KBC II and Laughter Challenge. And I have lost count of Prison Break.
The likes of Van Diesel and Stallone have made it look like breaking a man’s skull with one solid punch is easier than watching TV. Or breaking news.
From the movie Fanaa:
Yeh saazish hai boondon ki
Kuch khwahish hai chup chup si
Dekho na… dekho na…
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