Today, I witnessed one of the many accidents that take place on highways. (I didn't have the heart to take snaps) There was this mentally retarded person, who was trying to cross the Western Express highway. I saw him trip over and collapse right in the middle of the highway lane. At this point, I just HOPED that he would come out safe. (There was nothing that could be done, as there were many speeding vehicles)
Hardly 2-3 seconds after the man collapsed, a bike ran over him. :(
This came as a big blow to my head. The guy on the bike also crashed. But he wasn't hurt. (He was wearing a helmet). He was thrown off by some distance, but came out unhurt.
I felt a cold chill when I noticed that the person who was run over, the mentally retarded person, wasn't moving. I know things like these happen all the time, but witnessing THAT started me thinking.
I had a camera in my bag. I could have taken it out and snapped a few photographs, maybe take a video of the entire scene. But something told me NOT to. It was a devastating sight. Something horrible had happened, and the poor victim needed help. Many cars stopped, people ran towards the person, grabbed and lifted him to the side of the road. He couldn't walk, or do ANYTHING. They set him on the side pavement, made him sit. But as soon as they let go of the support, he collapsed onto the pavement, rolling and curling within himself. Then two people put him in an auto rickshaw, and took him to the hospital for medical aid.
Two things strike out here...
1. If there's one thing that I have learned from this incident is that Mumbai is a city where religion, caste or the mother tongue of an individual doesn't matter. If a person injures himself badly, or if an old lady trips over a footpath, everybody comes running up to help them. They don't come up to you and ask whether you are a Hindu, a Muslim, or even Gujarati or Marathi for that matter.. (Heads Up MNS, Shiv Sena)
2. If there was a journalist there at the scene, what would he/she have done? "Take out the goddamn camera, we gotta shoot this! I've got some juicy content!"
Most of the people reporting DON'T have a heart. Sometimes I feel they're just plain dumb.
An example of Heartless journalism goes like this:
Take for example the Sarabjit case. This Indian guy is in jail in Pakistan, and is most probably gonna be hanged. A journalist goes to his residence in Punjab, India. What is the first question he asks his mother?
"Aapko kaisa lag raha hai?" ("How do you feel that your son is being executed?")
I mean, what do you f**king say to that?
An example of dumb journalism goes like this:
They covered the 26/11 at the Taj Hotel.
A very famous English news channel reporter just got hold of a Chinese chef, who had just escaped/been rescued from the hotel. What did he ask him?
"How do you feel? Are you scared?"
What answer did the guy expect? NO?
The chef is trying to go as far from the place as possible, and the "reporter" holds him up, and asks him THAT.
Why I'm saying this is that, again, Indian journalism has hit its utmost low point. I don't think it can sink ANY lower.
When I switch on the TV to ANY Hindi news channel, all I see is crappy news. I have posted several blogs on this, with pictures. Now when I see these sad "News stories" being reported, I don't even feel like taking snaps. At first it was real fun taking snaps of the awesome crap they showed us on news. I have a thousand images still to be posted.
News NOW comprises of:
1. "Television Serial" news - 15-20 minutes dedicated to each TV show. Starting from Balika Vadhu, to many others.
2. "Food Scam" news - Are YOU drinking bad MILK?, eating bad JAGGERY?
3. "Mythical" news - ALL myths WILL be projected as reality in this section. This section dominates all other sections. This type of news can be anything..from "Hell on Earth" and "River of the living dead" to "End of the earth in 2012" and even "Mysterious Waterfall".. I even have pics of ALL these to prove all of this, AND MORE!
4. "Sports" news - If India wins, they are hardworking, awesome gods. If India lose, they're f**king worse than the US cricket team, and they spend more time making Ads.
5. "Breaking" news - The four points mentioned above are a part of this section.
Man, I could go on. But I don't want to bore you :) (I know I already have :P)
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Journalists don't have a heart.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Indian media’s take on Michael Jackson’s death.
I can have a go at them in the middle of the night, or even at gunpoint.
When a really, really famous celebrity passes away, there’s always a big commotion, with emotions flying all around. The death of Michael Jackson came as a shock to millions around the globe. It was tragic. Every speech that was delivered in the memorial gave everyone Goosebumps.
When MJ passed away, the news channels in India were caught napping, as they had NO clips on him, except for some footage of when he came to India.
What to do in this situation? The sensible way out would be to show clippings from his music videos, and report the career achievements, etc.
But NO, India TV came up with the single-most AWESOMEST idea EVER [Pardon my sarcasm :P].
They compares Michael Jackson to, get this, GOVINDA’s [should be kicked out of India] dance FIRST. Then they compared his dance to Jitendra [No comments]. Then came Hrithik Roshan [Bearable!], and in the end they gave Prabhu Deva some footage [Should have been the first, and the only one].
First of all, it is an insult to MJ to be compared to Govinda, or ANY other dancer from India (excepting a few). What a disgrace. Sadly, I don’t have snaps! :(
Enter next day, I switched on my television, more importantly, India TV :D
They were blabbering about the post mortem that was done on MJs body, and claimed to have the results =))
Note that MJs own FAMILY didn’t get any reports.
The making of a prime time television show @ India TV requires the following:
1] A dummy skeleton.
2] A rubber mask that is supposed to look like MJ.
3] An “expert” that will explain everything to the illiterate viewer.
4] Lies. [This is the most important part]
The headline reads: “Who broke MJs nose?”
I told you. They can go to the depths of humiliation to prove their “point”.
Skeleton, rubber mask, and the “expert” holding the mask. Unfortunately, I do not have audio, else I would have included the “Lies” part also! [Note that my TV is muted :)]
The headline reads: “MJs nose disappears”
Headline: “Where did MJs nose go?”
Please stop laughing =)) There was another headline that read, “Who stole MJs nose?”. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get a snap of that!
The caption on the picture reads: “Nose disappears”.
All this is just a part of the post mortem report. :D
Then came the memorial. They showed the entire proceedings well, with less breaks in between, showing some respect. Or maybe just TRPs!
A day after MJs memorial, they came up with some more “Breaking” news. “Breaking News” rocks!
From this news report that they aired, I came to know that these Hindi News channels know that they show CRAPPY news, and they know people aren’t stupid to buy it.
I know it because, the news anchor standing and delivering news was saying, “Ye hamare news channel ki news report nahi hai, ye news Antarashtriya news channels bhi bata rahe hain” [This news report is not made up by our network, but news channels across the US are reporting it].
This time, it was about MJs memorial, and the fact that his body was not in the coffin during that period.
Big deal!
Headline reads: “Where DID MJs dead body go?”
They sensationalize EVERYTHING.
Look at their animation. Hilarious.
1] Coffin with body.
As you can see, the news anchor is pointing his hand towards the “amazing” animation of the dead body in the coffin, alerting the “illiterate” viewer what the picture shows. [We know what a body in a coffin looks like dummy :@]
2] Coffin without body.
OMG It’s GONE! Shit! Crap! The animation looks SOOOO real! Damn!
:(
The pictures below show how the media thinks we are fools. I love the pointy arrow thingy!
The caption reads: "MJs coffin". [Sheet! I thought it was a n alien, hidden beneath a bed or roses, and escorted by the FBI!]
Look! The coffin IS the car!
Someone should step up to revive Indian media. Someone should start a movement. I say “someone” because I don’t want it to stop :P.
I have snapped like a million pictures from different news channels. At first I thought that I’ll blog about all of them! But there are so many! I get bored :(
The whole point of this post is nothing :P
I just feel SAD for all the people who actually BELIEVE all the crap that these news channels show!
Spreading urban legends, even trying to prove them true.
Crappy news is followed by more crappy news. It just WON’T end.
Swami Ramdev is going to court to protest against Section 377. Dude, grow up. There are more important things in life. Fight against the “andha-vishwas” that these channels spread. Throwing babies, walking all over them, will NOT cure them. It will kill them. A girl married to a dog isn’t news. Female feticide, sati, dowry still exist in society. Report them! Alert people! Let them know!
The only hindi news channel that seems to make sense is DD News. [Not sarcastic]. Please correct me if I’m wrong :).
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
!!! BREAKING NEWS !!!
What IS breaking news?
Is THIS breaking news? -->
Or THIS -->
Breaking News means different things to different people, or should I say, different News Channels!
Breaking News: The news that will keep even the uninterested people interested. Breaking News in India is like a gossip section in a College magazine.
Eg.: "Some lady slapped her BF on camera, while he was proposing"
or
"The family that whistles their way to fame"
Other news will have:
"Chhajjhe Par illo rani" (A cat climbed a roof)
"She's been up there for six and a half hours", says the ticker.
After an hour when I switched on the TV, the "Breaking News" read, "Aakhir khud kuud padi" (Finally, it jumped down by itself).
Lame.
Here's one more - The commissioner's DOG has gone missing! Omfg! This is a national catastrophe! Somebody get the S.W.A.T. or something!
Gone to the dogs. (The news reads - "Commissioner's dog found")
After the WTC attacks, Indian media went through a good phase. But then Sting Ops started, and every channel had their own stuff to sell and to increase their TRPs.
Let's elaborate on News..
The time line is about 3 years ONLY. It starts from 2005 til date..
Some news channels exposed politicians, while others did Sting OPs on TV actors and celebs.
After this era, the Supreme Court banned these types of sting OPs.
People like Shakti Kapoor, Aman Varma were insulted and humiliated on National Television.
Then came the "Breaking news" era. News channels wanted to change heir image to a "happening news channel". So started some channel called "India TV". It started off nicely. But then, as their TRPs started to fall badly, they started a show called "Breaking News".
Now the thing is, there's a big red coloured ticker @ the bottom saying "Breaking News" all the time from 9 pm to 11 pm. So that the viewers are glued to the TV sets. They fooled us for the first month. How they did it?
Well, it's quite simple. They started off with a news story, a very interesting one, and then switch their attention to something else. The news that they had spoken about @ 9 pm, actually surfaced 10.20 pm. This happens daily!
But NOW, they've gone personal. They have a family problem everyday, LIVE on air..
There will be a wife with 2 children sitting in one city, and her In-Laws in another city. And they started creating fights, by asking stupid questions to both of them. People crying, fighting - higher TRPs. "Let them fight", they say! A-holes.
After the family dramas "lost" their way, the News channels came up with news from the villages. News that read, "Girl marries stone", "Dog with 2 legs living with ray of hope" and stuff like "Illiterate boy starts speaking English all of a sudden".
After this era, came the Ghost" era. Yes, they told of ghosts in the villages. At the beginning of the show, they'd say that they'll show you the ghost caught on tape. But they end up showing shit, like a cloth flying from one end of the room to the other, and stories told by villagers (well rehearsed) about "ghosts".
The Ghost era was followed by "The Youtube era". This is the present era, and the most fucked up yet.
You may have seen David Blaine, Mondo Magic, Chris Angel, or any of the host of magic shows that come on TV.
We know that it's a goddamn trick.
Now what news channels do is, they go to www.youtube.com, and search for magic videos. They get some videos that read, "Chris angel flying in the air.walking on water",man goes through the great wall of china. Now, as you all know, these are tricks!
What the channels portray them as, is totally different.
The headline will read, "Kya aadmi udna seekh gaya?" (Has man learned to fly?) - This headline is referring to Chris Angel's levitation. At first, they show it as something really magical, and they say that he's actually flying, and there's nothing more to it!
They show the same clipping about a 100 times.
45 mins and 10 commercial breaks later, the channel "reveals" that the levitation is a "trick" and that "Kreees Angel" is a magician. I'm sitting there, watching this shit and thinking, "WTF is wrong with these guys?"
They have ripped off videos from Youtube like anything andshown many such videos till date.
And HOW can i possible forget the latest bakra of the news channels. You guessed it right - The Great Khali!
He made a mistake coming to India. He was made popular by WWE, a lot of people watch WWE in India. So, as it is, he was famous.
Now, the news channels come in. Their first news report on "The great khali" says that, "The Great Khali, who was working in Punjab Police, has been SUSPENDED from service". Then they had interviews of all the unrelated people in all the unrelated fields.
People who watch WWE,or those who used to watch, will laugh their ass off if they saw what Aaj Tak and India TV showed in their prime time slot. They showed matches between Khali and other wrestlers, and showed them as if they were really happening, and that he was fighting for his friggin life. They showed it like a TV serial, showing each blow THRICE. Get a life.
When he came to India, he was greeted by thousands of fans waiting at the airport. He would have been so happy!
1 week into his visit, he came to Mumbai. One of the news channel got an appointment with him - an interview in public. That news reporter was dressed up for a fight. He was asking him stupid questions, embarrassing him, humiliating him, humiliating us.
What news channels need to learn is, "SHOW THE FRIGGIN NATIONAL NEWS AND NOT FAMILY PROBLEMS THAT NO ONE CAN RELATE TO". I don' think that I could be more clear on this one.
There's loads more to write about, but I have to cut short, as I know that you'll be so bored right now!
If you are, I suggest you watch any hindi news channel. You'd be surprised that you're laughing your head off!
Best Regards!
BREAKING NEWS !! I'm ending this post!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Light, day and Global Warming!
I have nothing to write right now...So why not keek butt?
I'm really pissed off now :P
Naw...Presenteeng een englees...
Being a great phan of the crocs and the indian englees, I proudly presents "Englees - A tharro lessun"
Naw, here are some wurds/sentences said by world renowned teachers (these are real, believe me):
==>jhero = 0 (bleh!)
==>Dis one property (This property)
==>Dis one result derived from (This result is derived from...)
==>dis one result (This result...)
==>whatsoever we are saying (AHAHAHAH)
==>Capital 2 (Yes, u read it right)
==>yex = x
==>Can we listed some properties (we can list some properties...)
==>Which will be which continuing (Don't ask me what that means, I'm not a cryptologist :P)
==>anyone of u have a some idea (Do anyone of u have an idea?)
==>There is a one property (There is a property...)
==>Inverse of 'yex' and 'y' not belong to dis set (:-s)
==>If anyone of u have a doubt over some difficulty (dude, no.)
==>I claiming that...(Pls claim ASAP)
Resemblance of this to any real life incident is purely non-co-incidental lolz..not meant to harm anyone !
If you have some more like these, please post them ur comments!
Regards,
Adijo
Where is this World headed ?
Friday, April 24, 2009
Politics and Power
The season has arrived.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Cowards talk the LOUDEST.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Sledging in Cricket.
Best Cricket Sledges
Wikipedia refers to sledging as 'exchanging words with opposition player(s) which can put him (them) off their usual game; it is an attempt to "psych out" an opponent'. Cricket is a very interesting game, and sledging adds to it the extra spice that make it much more than just game.
Here's is a collection of such incidents....These are just a few, you know.
Sledging has always been a part of cricket. Even the great WG Grace did it. Once in an exhibition match given out leg-before, he refused to walk and told the umpire: " They came to watch me bat, not you bowl ". And the innings continued.
Grace's ability to stand his ground would have done Sunil Gavaskar proud. Once, when the ball knocked off a bail, he replaced it and told the umpire: " Twas the wind which took thy bail orf, good sir ."
The umpire replied: "Indeed, doctor, and let us hope thy wind helps the good doctor on thy journey back to the pavilion ."
The best WG Grace sledge was on him, though, not from him. Charles Kortright had dismissed him four or five times in a county game - only for the umpires to keep turning down his appeals. Finally, he uprooted two of Grace's three stumps. Grace stalled, as though waiting for a no-ball call or something, before reluctantly walking off with Kortright's words in his ears: "Surely you're not going, doctor? There's still one stump standing."
The Prasad Vs Sohail Incident : Hero to Zero in 3 easy steps
Chasing India's score of 287-8, pakistan got off to a flyer of a start, Amir Sohail and Saeed Anwar went about tearing the Indian bowling attack. Pakistan looked all set to win as they reached 110 odd for the loss of just 1 wicket within the 15 overs.
1. Play a Great Shot: Amir Sohail was completely bent on demolishing the Indian bowling to pieces, charging down the track to the faster bowlers (if u can call Prasad that) in this particular case he came down the ground (a good 4-5 steps, anymore and he would have hit Prasad too) and slashed the bowl over vacant off side area... the ball disappeared into the fence in a flash ... what followed has since been etched in the memories of every cricket fan in the subcontinent.
2. Act Oversmart: Amir Sohail is no Miandad. But he tries to be,and fails miserably. Sohail after hitting the shot pointed his bat the area where the bowl had disappeared and then towards Prasad apparently gesturing where he will send the next one .
Its not everyday that you see a batsman sledging the bowler, and Sohail was about to learn just why.
3. Get what you called for: Sohail attempting to repeat the shot (albeit with his feet stuck to the ground this time) made room and exposed his stumps, and his weakness, and in return lost his wicket and his face.
As the wicket lay uprooted, Prasad returned the favour to Sohail, pointing to the pavilion this time.
The comeback was truly remarkable, almost a miracle .... Prasad has bowled thousands of deliveries and taken hundereds of wickets in his career but, it was this one granted him a place in the History of Indian Cricket .. for ever... the ghost of Miandad's last ball six was exorcised, once and for all.
You can also watch the full video here.
Steve Waugh Vs Curtly Ambrose Episode.
It really does not get any bigger than this, the two legends of cricket came face to face, literally and engrossed in a verbal duel in a test match in Trinidad. All the juicy details were not to be k
nown until Steve Waugh came out with his autobiography.
Ambrose repeatedly stared Waugh down during a searing spell, and Waugh, who sized up the towering Ambrose, said: " What the f*ck are you looking at? "
Ambrose was stunned because, as Waugh says (in his Autobiography), "no one had ever been stupid enough" to speak to him like that.
Ambrose replied, "Don't cuss me, man", before Waugh's response, which had nothing to do with bowling.
"Unfortunately, nothing inventive or witty came to mind, rather another piece of personal abuse: 'Why don't you go and get f*cked.' "
The Windies skipper Richie Richardson had a hard time keeping Ambrose from hurting the Aussie.
McGrath Vs Brandes (the Best one till now….)
In a showdown of best pacers of two countries, Brandes made up for his complete absence of batting skills by some displaying some great sense of humor and presence of mind.
Aussie paceman Glenn McGrath was bowling to Zimbabwe number 11 Eddo Brandes - who was unable to get his bat anywhere near the ball. McGrath, frustrated that Brandes was still at the crease, wandered up during one particular over and inquired: " Why are you so fat?"
Quick as a flash, Brandes replied: "Because every time I make love to your wife, she gives me a biscuit ."
Even the Aussie slip fielders were in hysterics!
Viv Richards v Greg Thomas
This incident took place during a county championship match between Glamorgan and Somerset.
Glamorgan quickie Greg Thomas had beaten Viv Richards' bat a couple of times and informed the legendary West Indian ace: " It's red, round and weighs about five ounces, in case you were wondering."
The very next ball was given the King Viv treament and smashed out of the groun
d, into a river - at which point Richards piped up: " Greg, you know what it looks like. Now go and find it."
Merv Hughes and Viv Richards:
Merv Hughes usually never short of a word while on the field, rarely keeps quite. During a test match in the West Indies Hughes didn't say a word to Viv, but continued to stare at him after deliveries. " This is my island, my culture. Don't you be staring at me. In my culture we just bowl." Merv didn't reply, but after he dismissed him he announced to the batsman: " In my culture we just say f*ck off. "
Sachin Tendulkar Vs Abdul Qadir!
The year was 1989, the little master had recently made his debut in Pakistan.
Sachin not even old enough to get a driving licence Sachin Tendulkar was facing the best bowlers in the business.
As the Pakistani crows jeered and mocked Sachin holding out the placards saying "Dudh Pita Bhachcha ..ghar jaake dhoodh pee", (hey kid, go home and drink milk), Sachin sent the then young leg spinner Mustaq Ahmed hiding for cover (he had hit two sixes in one over. The frustaded mentor of Mustaq Ahmed the legendary Abdul Qadir challenges Sachin saying " Bachchon ko kyon mar rahe ho? Hamein bhi maar dikhao ` (`Why are you hitting kids? Try and hit me.`).
Sachin was silent, since then we all have come to know that he lets his bat do
the talking. Abdul Quadir had made a simple request and Sachin obliged, and how. Sachin hit 4 sixes in the over, making the spinner look the kid in the contest. The over read 6, 0, 4, 6 6 6, David had felled Goliath ... and a legend was born.