Bloody shame really

The Noida serial killings have illustrated several points (Police apathy, politicians taking advantage of the situation, that sort of thing), but one point that I observed was that the media was abysmal at handling the issue. Report were rife with idle speculation, wild theories and outright false facts. We sure seem to catching up with our western counterparts.

Oh and apparently, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav will be offering the victims' families plots of land as 'compensation'.

"While our tangled bureaucracy and outmoded policies may have indirectly led the murder of your loved ones, we feel obligated to replace their lives with a parcel of land (which you may or may not actually get). In case you're wondering, Yes, we are trying to buy you off."

Now there's a politician who knows his bees-knees.

Hurrah! Fake moral outrage is in vogue.

The 'Righteous' Indian Government has come down heavily on the TV channel AXN for broadcasting vile and corrupting programming on our so holier-than-thou airwaves. Sony Entertainment (Who own AXN) are promptly closing down the channel while muttering "I didn't do nuffing!" but we know those weasels are guilty don't we. I heartily agree with the government's decision, we don't need no stinking western entertainment, specially since we have chaste and socially acceptable entertainment of our own i.e. music videos, item numbers and celebrity kissing controversies.

In related news (Who am I kidding?) the Shilpa Shetty/racial comment controversy still rages. Gotta love it when a PR exercise is mistaken for a racial attack. I would like to point out this story for your perusal. Well at least now our Shilpa seems to be a shoe-in to win, that will increase the prestige of the nation I'm sure.

Rant on state of medical care

Many of you know that the Winter Flu had struck me down over Christmas and New Year. I'm recovering now and the higher brain functions are starting to come back online. So I visited wikipedia for the lowdown on Influenza (Known as viral fever in India, don't ask me why) and what I read there is really pissing me off. Seems that there is a vaccine for this little bug. What the frak? I've suffered this darn disease for most of my life during every single winter and somehow no one in the medical fraternity informed me of this vaccine. Ever. Is the state of medicine in India really so bad that we can't get around to vaccine for a virus that infects a large percentage of the population every year? Maybe i'm missing something....someone tell me that i'm off target about this.

Totally Insufficient!

Props to Makky for pointing me to this. Hilarious.

Snakes! I tell ye!

His Christopher Walken and Joe Pesci are right on the money. Not so much for the others. Most of his acts are on YouTube and that's why I love the site. It's true that most of the stuff is crap but there are plenty of gems like this.

I was once Grey, now I am White!

I return once again from a deep and enlightened meditation into the great spiritual realm. I am reborn, and I have been baptized in the waters of knowledge and wisdom. Great have been the visions I have seen, but such forbidden lore is not for those of who do not walk the path. So lay to rest your fears of my premature demise.

P.S. My precognitive powers allow me to sense what my esteemed brother's reaction will be to news of my return.... I think it shall be along the lines of "Bollocks!"

P.P.S. Anyone who gets the reference from the title gets a cookie.

Digital Pipe Dreams

I was following a random train of thought on my way to work today and latched upon an idea that had been simmering somewhere in the back of my brain for a while. All my methods of methods of media entertainment have become convergent, more or less.

I don't watch TV anymore, atleast not on the ol' boob tube (Love that phrase). What's the alternative you may ask? Well I download episodes of interesting series. Babylon 5 for instance (A gem of a sci-fi series that deserves a post all its own). What about games? That too. Movies? Ditto. Music? Started ages back!

I still go to watch a movie at a theatre once in a very blue moon but its more of a social exercise than entertainment. I'm not saying its easy or particularly expedient but I watch what I want, when I want. Same for goes for gaming.

What does that really mean for the future of MSM? (MainStream Media) To be honest i'm not sure that it's the end of MSM, but there is some kind of major change in the pipeline. And MSM, as we know it, will cease to exist.

The First Coming Is Neigh

I was spying today's Delhi Times and what do I see? A front pager about ol' PH herself headed to Indian shores sometime next year. My joy could not be eclipsed in any way, oh how I rejoiced at the news......Hmm time to turn off the sarcasm. And this satanic act is being facilitated by a son of India's own soil as it were (more or less, look he's of Indian descent, now drop it). I feel betrayed on some basic nationalistic level. He even goes so far as to call her the ultimate "It" girl (emphasis on ultimate). My retort would be - It what? There are plenty of monsters from the horror movie lexicon who want a name change, now that their label has been usurped by PH.

In less depressing news... I finish on-the-job training and go full time as of tomorrow. However, I feel a bit underwhelmed now that I have a firm understanding of what the job entails. Imagine being a talented painter brimming with ideas, now imagine being straightjacketed and banned from ever holding a brush. That is the approximate feeling I get.

In conclusion... I need a new job, proto.

The Festival of Money, Traffic... Shopping

The pre-Diwali rush is on and the roads are packed. The traffic in Delhi is unbelieveable this time of year. The only thing i'm hoping to pick up is a new Cellphone. My current one is headed for the great scrap heap in the sky and I hope to pick up a replacement before that comes to pass. Anyone have any tips as i'm more or less clueless about this particular technological doohickey.

Doohickey! What a lovely word. Doohickey! Doohickey! Doohickey!

So ends my random lunacy for the day. Adieu folks.

Huzzah! Comments

I've got comments folks! It's a bloody miracle I tell ya. Kudos to the kind souls who felt inclined to contribute to my humble Blog. Though a part of me is quick to point that I haven't posted in almost 11 days now and that might have something to do with the issue at hand.

Well I would like to state that the my training at work and the sudden availability of some computer games is to blame. It wasn't me folks, No sirrie! It was the dark influence of my PC that caused me to shirke me duties.