Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Male Today!

The ads at Delhi airport for the Mail Today are very apt. The positioning couldn't be more apt! Imagine a naked picture of a gay man, back view (send me one if you can find one; I'll put it up here!). Then the copy: Less Length, Less Breadth, More Depth! Male Today!

That's exactly what this new fangled tabloid is from the first glance I got at it. A disease of today's times. No focus on truthful reporting, trying to sell through sensationalisation.

There's this absolute ***** who writes for their b*llyw**d section, called kavita awaasthi. I read two articles by her & came away none the richer. There was nothing in them. Except bile. A lot of bile. The way she waded into Manisha Koirala, the way she was bitching about Aishwarya, made me jump to only 1 conclusion. She has a problem with women that heterosexual men find mouthwateringly delicious! God alone knows why.

One thing I've learnt from reading her crap is that I will tone down my rants. Getting personal is in very bad taste! I will avoid these two pitfalls if possible. Because whether or not I know what good writing is about, I now definitely know what bad writing is about.

The good thing is that both she & the paper she writes for are unknowns. Let's keep it that way! A la Jade Goody: make them disappear fast from public memory.

And to think that this is an offering from the India Today group!! Kisika bharosa nahi raha!

4 comments:

  1. Even Aaj Tak is an India Today offering, btw :-)

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  2. what's your e-mail id? add me on gtalk - itsandil@gmail.com

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  3. It really is strange... And to think that Aaj Tak recently won some kind of award...! What shit is going on in our country man???

    Check this out:
    http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/forget-the-news-you-cant-believe-the-ads-either/

    These media houses... I really wish the blogosphere quickly becomes an overpowering force. How much that will help I don't know. Unless there are laws to govern their behaviour. But even that can change with Govts. Is there no hope at all???

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