Monday, April 26, 2010

idle thoughts part 1

Looooong time ago , one fine day lazy me thought to do something more constructively than surfing gossips in my idle time so I thought to blog, then again it took lazy me loooooong time to open my account and I was so happy with my ‘achievement’ that I took loooooooooong time to write something not so constructive ……..so here I am…… your very own worry

Well…. I was not sure to use worry….. as my husband calls me vari (he thinks worry makes me worry!!!!) but since time immemorial that my sister christened me with this name I cannot ignore it. There is something about this name which reminds me of my very own original self. There are different inferences of this name my father calls me worry 0 (that is worry not….he is such an optimist) , my husband as I mentioned calls me vari, sis calls me worry, some of my frens call me vary … coming back to the purpose of this blog well…that’s going to be solely dedicated to my ‘idle’ thoughts J so god have mercy on anyone reading this blog

Few warnings before writing further… firstly I have a habit of having too many thoughts simultaneously so incase if u don’t understand a single word don’t feel disheartened. Secondly I am extremely careless with typos, punctuations and grammar so again don’t feel dispirited

Now about the idle thought of the day which is … what kind of news do we expect in newspapers…. before going any further let me tell u origin of my thoughts……I have a habit of going through newspapers in middle of my work (hopefully no one from office reads this ) so last to last week it was sania- shoaib marriage then came the modi-tharoor saga = ‘The great IPL’ controversy and now it’s the phone tapping issue… ( at times I really admire how our media can craft controversy out of nothing…)

Anyways… my point is that do we get these kind of news because we like reading it or we read it because we get it (on the same lines as egg before hen or visa versa). I like reading anything and everything that catches my eye, completely ignoring the value of content. But what about others? I see my husband investing 1 hour (or more) of his entire day reading newspaper (I admit that I don’t like him doing so….ignoring me in favor of ‘IT’ and I plan to forbid any newspapers coming to our house, especially during weekend). In morning the first thing that anyone asks is newspaper…that too after watching ENTIRE news previous day …. Now this surely means we ARE addicted to news papers…but for what? Hopefully I find the answer soon

So…that’s all from me …as of now……………. Next time will find something more boring ciao ..

3 comments:

a said...

Glad to see your first blog..:)
More glad to see so many references of mine in it.
Newspapaper addiction...nice topic to start with..but your thoughts ended before u could give wings to them..remember give them wings and let them fly,let them fly without any purpose,without any foresight...without any worry....
Arpan

a said...

well in my case i always want to be in front position if any oppurtunity strikes...i want loads of info..that's why newspaper

i am from old school of thought...for me television has always been biased...newspapers always give both side of story...i believe in free thought..that's why addicted to newspaper

lastly, that crispy noise of fresh paper, that irreplacable combination of paper and ink odour, makes me a romantic every morning...i smell purity in them , i smell freshness in them....now you know, why i m addicted to my morning friend
Arpan

Hitesh said...

Chalo shuru toh kia... by the way its not that the readers want to read only masala news... but what we're seeing right now is manufactured demand of masala news... you should see P Sainath's articles in the Hindu or his video on youtube... it pinches and pinches hard...