Stuff that made me - in no particular order - think, chortle, smirk, snigger , slurp, nod my head wisely. I shan’t identify which is what …coz it will be fun a year later to figure 
a) Economic Woman looks at different ways to see the world through worldmapper. The current way of seeing the world - even geographically - is skewed. Europe looks a whole lot bigger than it is, Australia a whole lot smaller. Even geography is politically appropriate.
b) TRP’s (or the equivalent) for Youtube - except that given the nature of the net it will be more accurate than TRP’s (which depend a lot on human intervention in terms of monitoring) - whether it manages to capture the vastness of the TG and it’s propensity to make things up on the net is a different matter.
c) It is nice to see the Indian Government get it right . It has been twice in a row that it has bucked international hype and saved itself from wasting more of tax payer money. The first was a reticence on the SWF . The second was staying away from the $100 laptop project. I remember having a conversation in 1995 with someone who wanted to put a computer in every rural school in India in the next 12 months — and the question I had was basic “Where is the electricity ?”. A vision is a great idea, but as SR put it once — to have sight (of issues) is as important.
d) The trouble with blogging is that you tell a lot about yourself to the world. Sometimes, when you decide to take potshots at others — you also end up revealing your immaturity…. Aamir Khan and the Big B blog ! Both seem to be obsessed with Shah Rukh Khan … I wonder why ? Oops … ok I didn’t read this earlier … That couldn’t have been easy …! Wow - in today’s day and age …it is nice to see such grace.
e) Salary delay for IPL stars - As part of the entertainment media they ought to know that normal payment terms are 60 to 90 days after telecast !
f) And, finally - it’s not the age, but the mileage
Image courtsey ( i hope) - Cricinfo.
Sannath Jaysuriya has been having a blast…..
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It rocked. And it rolled. And, as my mother pointed out, the highest density of dimples that any show in the world can ever claim. Man, the smiles and the dimples were out full force - and if nothing else, I will watch the show to see them, feel good about the world and switch off The show - Full of energy. Wit. Charm. A departure from the court culture - and it own overt humility and annoying politeness (get to the point, I wanted to scream ) - to a more modern assertive India, that is to the point, funny and not afraid of taking potshots at sacred cows. From the moment SRK went hip hop with ‘Kar le kar le tu ek sawaal’ dancing out one of the highest energy numbers I have seen on screen for a long time, till the end - he was a hit. I loved his opening bit about the use of shudh Hindi. You almost expected him to say at the end of the babel - excuse me please, my name is anthony gonsalves!! I like his style of questioning - a lot more informal, a lot less end of the world in its demeanor. And I liked his conversations with the contestants - light, friendly and very "hum hai na". If talking like Bachchan was like talking to God (as in the Judeo Christian Islamic mythology) then talking to SRK was like talking to someone from the Greek or the Roman pantheon. Possibly a Pan or even a Cupid. Powerful. Yet accessible. Just a guy from ‘our’ neighbourhood, who has made it big - and hasn’t lost his ability to be ‘one’ of us!. What didn’t i like - I didn’t like the over familiarity. Shoulder massages for contestants is a definitely an ugh point. Mein gale lagna chahta hoon made me cringe. Please, please look at something else. The Aap replaced by a Tum jarred a bit. I kind of like Freeze kiya jaaye. And the hi5’s definitely add to the energy. My parents are hooked. Dad sees the show and smiles. Mom gushes. I look goofy. I guess that he works. The only issue is format weariness. But I guess, not much can be done about that!
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