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Sunday , October 22, 2006 at 13 : 19
I think the tragedy with Indian television these days is that all we have is more of the same, over and over again. Pick any segment - entertainment, news, lifestyle and even faith - and all you get are variations of the same five themes. I don't intend to imply that the surfeit is killing the video star by a long shot. Far from it, the industry is booming, bottom lines, stock valuations and ad revenues are in the best shape they've been in for a long time, especially when you consider the maddening rate at which the sector has been expanding. Then, as Dire Straits once sang, "Why Worry?" Lack of involvement and predictability are two factors that kill any relationship and every viewer dreads having those two feature prominently in his/her relationship with the television set. Right now, there is just way too much of both on the idiot box. News -- breaking or unbroken -- looks, feels and sounds the same...
Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at 17 : 31
If you ever wanted to see a deployment of the classic smokescreen tactic, all you need to do is turn to our dear telecom industry for help. For a better idea of what I am talking about, try parsing the following statement by Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI) and Reliance on the government's idea to enforce strict Quality of Service norms for broadband services in India:
"It is seen that compared to most of the countries in Asia and the West, where broadband usage is growing, our country still lags behind. As such, the focus right now should be on both supply side and demand side of the broadband market, that is, creating and deploying broadband-capable infrastructure in the country as well as stimulating the use of broadband in the country. We need to focus on creating the need and deployment of broadband in the country."
Most of the companies who comprise the association are the ones...
Wednesday, June 07, 2006 at 13 : 39
On the surface, the Mahajan saga (including both junior and senior) seems to be yet another tale from the rich and the powerful crypt gone wrong, but there is a darker and often untold story in the happenings that won't find much mention in the numerous analyses being played out endlessly in the media these days. The untold story is not of the pressure (when has pressure not been there in any social set up?), peer or otherwise, but that gradually we are leaving ourselves very little space or acceptance for people who are not as good or successful as the cream that shows up on top. It is no longer acceptable to be just good enough; you have to be excellent these days. Failures or the ones who don't make the cut are ostracized and are left with nowhere to go. If you are not wildly successful these days (with or without the backing of your family or a fabulous legacy to lean...
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 16 : 00
One of the greater disappointments of 2006 has been the rate at which new seasons of my favourite sitcoms have gone down the drain. I do not know what hit Max Mutchnick after season 6 of Will & Grace, but the series has become completely unwatchable. Actually even season 6 was nothing short of a mini-tragedy. The jokes don't seem that funny anymore, almost everything is predictable and even Karen looks like an also ran. I have been watching season 7 on and off and every time I feel nothing about it. And you know all hope is lost for television, when even minor indulgences like Amy Peitz, who is delectable as Annie Spadaro in Caroline in the City, turns up with a double chin and longer hair that makes her look like any average brunette in the latest season on air these days. Tragedy truly has no limits. Of course, there are minor consolations like Lost, Desperate Housewives and Coupling, but none of...
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