Saturday, August 25, 2007

"Yeh thi khabrein Aaaj tak, intezaar kijiye kal tak"

Oh how I YEARN to hear that line!!!

Ever since 'Aaj Tak' joined the 24*7 news bandwagon, it has pioneered the use of crass hype as a means of creating headlines.

And the worst part is that we are forced to watch these 'Breaking News' during lunch. It so happens that the bumbling canteen contractor has taken a fancy for India's answer to CNN. Probably we wrote too many caustic complaints in the Suggestion Book and this is his way of getting back. Whatever may be the reason, all 12 TVs in the canteen broadcast 'Aaj Tak' throughout the day!

And this was yesterday's feature story. They telecast programs with names like 'Sansani!' and 'Khauff!' during the afternoon lunch hours (and the names are quite self expanatory - on the lines of m/s Ramsay Bros & co.). The head line said "Ayyash Bauna Chor" (which translates into Fun-loving Dwarf Thief)!!!!!!!

And the best part is it was accompanied by a 15 minute story, with interviews of eye-witnesses and cinematic recreation too!!! WOW!!!

3 comments:

Avanti Sané said...

Hahahaha.....

Shruti said...

Seems you are up and about now :P

That was a good one...I'm laughing so much right now...

but your post made me miss India even more!! :(

Abhinav said...

india's answer to cnn???
then which assclown is larry king??
you want to see something absolutely hilarious, go to google video, and type in larry king, paul mccartney, ringo starr, see the interview, larry king is a birdbrain..