Whatte Fun

Radio City has come up with this idea of having fun while listen to music. Silly jokes like the one above, does make one smile...the TVC is also good and memorable.

Running out of steam....

Our politicians these days have started living in a world of disconnect. Sample the latest two issues which are grabbing headlines while one very important one is being sidelined.

• Who will be our next president
• USS Nimitz docks in Chennai

A lot of hue and cry about both the issues, I am a fan of current incumbent president and so are most people in the country due to the image he has created - "People's President", reminds me of Princess Diana who wanted to be "People's Princess" anyways getting to the point, one politician said that SMS campaigns cannot decide who can be the next president, here Mr. Kalam had an overwhelming support base compared to Ms.Patil. Alas, we are voting on SMS for the Taj as a world historical monument....why not the president. But then, surely detractors will say that is not how a democracy is supposed to work. Today it is working at the wimps and fancies of our netas and babus.

As for the Nimitz, well its docking at Chennai am sure will not leak any nuclear wastage, as much as our babus turning a blind eye to factories pumping toxic waste into the Bay of Bengal.

I hope our politicians do work better on what they are saying cause the people are today no longer the ignorant masses. They are aware, and if they miss something, they might catch up on the 10s of news channels present.

Franchise Season!!

Well the drunken swagger is back and so is the lovable green monster ....well folks Jack Sparrow and Shrek is back with their 3rd installment. Hollywood is raking it big time but problem is not all are that good...I for one sat through Pirates holding my head in pain! Ohh it was sooooo long!!



Somehow franchise of most movies are plain pathetic- Take Basic Instinct for Example. We in India did not have a second coming until recently with Krishh and Lage Rahoo...and Dhoom 2,they have been consistently better!



Well as for me am still going for these movies, perhaps am quite jobless on weekends. Next Up, Ocean's 13 & Die Hard 4.

Rehab Junkies

Noticed a new trend in the west....am really afraid when it would catch on here in India. Yes, it is the Celeb rehab visits. We have the A listers doing the rounds....and surprise surprise it is the girls who lead the pack- Paris Hilton has been there, so has Britney and Lindsay Lohan and Kate Moss.

As far as Paris Hilton goes well, she seems to have gone every place her mom should have warned her not to go (jail included). Money and fame has got so much into these coke heads that they can't seem to get enough getting plastered all over the media. Week after week!! But then as an after thought...we do live in a shallow world after all!!

Strategy gone wary??

Some companies in India never seem to learn. ...my focus currently is on two such companies, Fiat and Yamaha. These players

have been in India for dog years, yamaha had its two stroke success with RX100, really nice bike...loved it. Fiat had its sad looking Padmini, circa 2007 these companies are dishing out new models with the same engine? Don't believe me ...take a look at Yamaha Gladiator 125 cc bike...looks decent...but engine? Remember YBX? It had the same 125 cc engine, just retuned and redesigned. Globally the Gladiator(as I read in an auto mag), looks yummy, could make a Bajaj Pulsar turn a shade or two green with envy.

Italians are known for their robust design and amazing engines. Fiat launched its FIRE based Uno in the Indian Market in 1999, and today they have re-introduced the same in Fiat Stile (2007) which is more of an upgrade of the Palio, albeit a smaller engine to meet Govt regulations. I really hope they do well at least with the Punto, otherwise it is wiser to look for an exit option,ditto for Yamaha with their bigger bikes!!

I strongly believe the Indian consumer knows that these companies have better variants to offer, just wish the companies do too. Local players such as Bajaj and Maruti are speeding ahead with greater market share with interesting innovations and amazing models.

Tabloid Celebrities!!

Rakhi Sawant, Shilpa Shetty, AbhiAsh and a few other are today's top news makers....and no we are not even reading Punjab Kesri (whose staple is news on celebrities) we are talking other mainlines too! Time and again we see that the real news nowadays has been pushed to the brink. Editors might say "this is what people want" or "skin and sex is what makes our paper reach out to the youth of India". Right, we are all morons and our next generation will only get Dumb and Dumberer thanks to such useful information such as whose slip showed and who kissed whom. Please do not put these in a GK quiz.

A few days back I saw "We the People" which was discussing how media is nowadays becoming the paparazzi and hounding and probing people's lives a bit too much....the final analysis showed that we still do have sane people in the world who would like to read,hear and see news that really matters! Amen to that, hope the media itself also does realise it too!

When Winning becomes everything!!

Well mates ...it ain't a surprise that Australia has won the Cricket World Cup ...third time in a row!! They proved that domination does not work on chances....you just don't give the opposition any!!

Reminds me of another great player who dominated the game.....until it became boring as we all knew the result....Michael Schumacher!! Yup these are the people who make

the opposition sweat and leave a mark in history....and yes repeating it relentlessly. As Ricky Ponting arrogantly put it , they did not feel there was a team that could make them work harder. Lessons to be learnt I guess....for all of us!! Perhaps passion and aggression are a potent mix....