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Folks, I have been flooded with mails telling me that my review of Sarkar raj was not what was expected from me. That I have become too trivial. I have realised that my readers are now expecting a much higher level of writing from me and I do apologise for letting them down. Please do keep the mails coming in, it keeps me informed as to what to write and what not to.

In my defense, my idea last week was to show the kind of blatant bending of rules that happens with politicians on screen and what people will stand for. This is specially important when juxtaposed with the politicians trying to get themselves elected on a gooda turned politician ticket.

(If my readers found last weeks articles trivial, I just hope they don't lynch me for this weeks which shows how idiotic our Indian brains have become and the kind of rubbish we will stand for on our news channels)

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Idiot box

Has anyone seen the nonsense that passes for television nowadays in India ?

I have already written about this serial which created stupid shocking headlines about a woman who is torn about how she should choose between her duty to her maiden family Vs her duties after marriage. ( http://theindipatriot.blogspot.com/2008/01/yeh-hai-mumbai-meri-jaan.html )

As my readers will recollect I thought it was a very stupid premise which was sensationalized just to grab eyeballs.

Guess what ? time has proved me right. The story has now gone from a woman torn between duties to the two families to a mystery of a woman living behind a locked door on the 3rd floor, and of course one about every man in the serial having an affair. The conflict of a woman torn between families which was an interesting and daring idea to explore, has all but disappeared.

Guess , the writers had a quick change of heart when they saw the TRPs. The name of the serial should now be changed to " Babul Ka Aangan Choot Gaya".

We all talk about TV serials but the level of Television news reporting has gotten even worse than this. Someone must be watching this rubbish for them to be showing it.

I was sent the following two sets of pics by some readers and it beautifully portrays the level our television audiences addiction to the pure rubbish that is shown on the IDIOT BOX.

(Read the words on the screens below)

Rahul ate daal and puri - when Rahul Mahajan went to jail	Cat climbed on ledge, followed by cat jumped off ledge
Amitabh Bachchan got a cold	Commissioners dog lost
followed by of course --Commissioners dog found

This of course can be followed by the love story of two aged lions followed up in gory detail:

As to reality shows, the less said the better, the latest show which is being advertised called " Pati Patni aur Who" ( Husband , wife and the other person -- also known as menage a trios).

This show is subtittled as  'Kabhi Pyar Kabhi Yaar" ( sometimes your loved one and sometimes your lover) and coming from the stable of SET India and our dear old Ekta Kapoor and I am ashamed of the mental age of the average Indian viewer.

Is this Indian culture ?

Can one person tell me which so called modern day Indian woman or man stands by and watches their partners in the arms of another ?

Where are the guardians of morality now ?

The people who go around breaking glass and damaging property every time there's an arty movie with even a hint of sexual openness.

The woman's wing of the Shiv Sena ?

MNS ?

Akhil Bharitya Mahila _____ ____ ?( fill in the gaps ) 

Anyone ?

Guess there's no political mileage to be gained so we wont hear a peep out of them.

I'm sure it too much to hope that they have finally woken up to the fact that the Indian culture was sexually open enough and understanding enough that Indian women happily sent their men to courtesans and that Indian men knew that women needed more than just their attentions long before Queen Victoria came in with her prudishness.

Now if only these moral prudes realize that Indian women have been dressing in a very sensual way for years without inviting rape, till they and their false morality came along and linked them together, so that the More's of this world don't have a chance to smirk anymore, while the politicians merrily get their ugly mugs on television and start blaming the poor victims for the ways they dressed. (http://theindipatriot.blogspot.com/2007/04/three-little-things.html )

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One piece of good news

It seems that someone somewhere is listening. Since my article of a couple of weeks ago, (http://theindipatriot.blogspot.com/2008/06/mumbai-to-shanghai.html) I am happy to announce that the papers today say that the state government is creating a special agency to look at parking fees in the city and multi story parking lots, etc.

Of course , it will join the 17 other agencies fighting for managing the parking space, roads, etc but at least its a start.

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Bole Kabir

I have just discovered a wealth of knowledge in the words of Sant Kabir. Most of my readers will perhaps have thought that there is nothing in common with this saint who lived in another era where the circumstances and environment were different and for their sakes I'm going to enclose a couplet at the bottom of each of my articles from now on:

"Gotaa Maaraa Sindhu Mein, Motee Layee Paithi

Vah Kyaa Motee Paayenge, Rahi Kinaare Baithi."

Actual Translation: The ones who jump into the lake (Sindhu river), will get the true pearls. The one who sits on the side of the river has no chance of ever getting the pearls.

My interpretation based on today's circumstances: If we wish to make a change in the circumstances around us (the pearl symbol) we must do something. If we sit on the side watching, we have no chance of making it happen.