There’s a new blog that seems to have grabbed the eyeballs. No it’s not this; it’s the Fake IPL player blog. Now the reason why we are spending blog time with this article is that Bhat and me (hopefully Shetty too) believe that it’s shocking to see people enjoying this blog; as Bhat puts it- shockingly shallow.
People love it, Google trends on the blog reports a phenomenal number of visitors in the last month. Now who is this person, the speculation grows. But our point being, we do not see anything amazing in this blog. It’s a mere publicity stint or a cricketer who did not make money from this lucrative sport!!!
The curiosity in me wonders about how this blog in such a short time got so famous. IPL started in mid April, and in 2 weeks the blog gains a fan following in millions. Either this guy has one hell of a marketing mind or is extremely lucky. How many people (assuming this blog is true) will want to screw their careers as well as write weird stuff online without wanting someone to read it?
People, read this blog instead, it has more quality and logic embedded in it.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Yuva!!!
Recently on a Lazy Saturday afternoon, I caught up with a relatively new Hindi movie-Yuva. I had seen the movie when it was released 5-6 years ago but it managed to grab my attention again. The central theme of the movie was young minds in Indian Politics.
With the ongoing general elections, I connected better with the movie’s ideology and hence began a thought process that made me pen this down. I would love to see more young minds in politics; but what really defines a young mind?
As I come across articles that talk about this, it seems as though a Young Mind is a youth in line with what today’s generation’s wants- a 30 year old something in comparison to a 50 year old.
Now this is where my understanding takes a full stop! How does this concept make sense; what I believe India needs is, a politician who can reach out to both the youth and the not so youth.
I love the tag name- largest democratic nation in the world, but it seems as though this has also been a hindrance. In this whole process of adopting the best concepts from the top nations we seemed to have been short sighted. And of course let me not go down the corruption path. Don’t get me wrong but I respect people with Government jobs and I feel for them when I hear that they feed a family on Rs.2-3K per month – which is ridiculous for the amount of tax people pay. If one was to open a local newspaper (online for me) almost every page highlights the gap between the legislation and implementation
Basically I don’t think I care it’s a 30 or an 80 year old politician, I want a better country to live in; and yes I am frustrated!!!
With the ongoing general elections, I connected better with the movie’s ideology and hence began a thought process that made me pen this down. I would love to see more young minds in politics; but what really defines a young mind?
As I come across articles that talk about this, it seems as though a Young Mind is a youth in line with what today’s generation’s wants- a 30 year old something in comparison to a 50 year old.
Now this is where my understanding takes a full stop! How does this concept make sense; what I believe India needs is, a politician who can reach out to both the youth and the not so youth.
I love the tag name- largest democratic nation in the world, but it seems as though this has also been a hindrance. In this whole process of adopting the best concepts from the top nations we seemed to have been short sighted. And of course let me not go down the corruption path. Don’t get me wrong but I respect people with Government jobs and I feel for them when I hear that they feed a family on Rs.2-3K per month – which is ridiculous for the amount of tax people pay. If one was to open a local newspaper (online for me) almost every page highlights the gap between the legislation and implementation
Basically I don’t think I care it’s a 30 or an 80 year old politician, I want a better country to live in; and yes I am frustrated!!!
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