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It is fashionable to bash our media but shouldn’t we be grateful to them and not just for the entertainment they provide.

After all, what did we have before this media. What chance would Natha farmer have in the good old days of Doordarshan.  Chetan Bhagat says that the Star World generation is being led by Doordarshan generation. He is implying that it was boring ( I guess); but more than boring it was heavily censored. Something like the Harshad Mehta scandal would get a tempered down 30 second coverage while Narsimha Rao’s visit to a local school village where he inaugurated some Gandhi Yojana will get 3 minutes. Because Doordarshan was the monopoly supplier, and it was controlled by the reigning powers in Delhi, you would only get to see what the government wanted you to see. continue reading…

I watched some part of an English movie on TV, some time back. A female british boss of a sycophant Indian employee is looking for a good hotel room. He insists, that she stays at his place – with his family – he is not a bachelor and she accepts. Later on, he whines about lack of British manners. He is supposed to offer once and she is supposed to decline. Then he offers again and she is supposed to decline again. Then he insists one last time and she refuses again. He is pissed at the lack of British manners.

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A confession first. Like all writers , amateurs or paid , pros or cons , bloggers or editors ; we are insanely jealous of Chetan Bhagat. It is disgusting that such a mediocrity who is so full of crap sells so much. So he will continue to be our favorite bashing boy for some time.

In his latest “editorial” Chetan Bhagat expressed his disgust at obnoxious display of wealth by Mayawati. He was going on and on about how ostentatious display of wealth is well ummm – ostentatious. He cited Warren Buffett as a model of frugality for all the youth of the country to imitate. But why exactly is Mayawati flaunting her “wealth”, if that is what one think it is. continue reading…

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Chetan-gets-pricey/H1-Article1-513664.aspx

Bhagat was in news lately and again for the wrong reasons ( or maybe the right reasons according to his publisher). He demanded 5 lakhs to endorse twitter tweets for some lakme or wills fashion week. Why not – I have quit my job – my books are cheap, why shouldn’t  I ( said Chetan). Jesus – he could not even come up with proper choice of words to put forward his point, that if ShahRukh Khan can demand 5 crores to endorse a 5 day event, he can ask atleast 5 lakhs. He should have said some thing, nothing, any thing better than – my books are cheap. So how come someone so awful is so successful.

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I became a big fan of Chetan Bhagat when I first read 5 point someone. He was able to quickly connect to the readers most of them being engineers, I am not sure about rest of them. He tried to address a different set of crowd with one night at call center but that was like leap from reality. Ok, I know FPS had some really no- realistic incidents like falling from roof top and surviving and what not, but still my entertainment starved soul could bear that.

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