From my front yard...

Aaj ki taaza khabrein...

Wow. It feels like it’s been forever since I’ve blogged. In the mean time, there’s been so much happening. Our loss at the Miss Universe Pageant disappointed me quite a bit, but I wasn’t extremely shocked. Frankly, I didn’t expect much from Puja Gupta after seeing her in Miss India. Then there was the fall of Miss USA. And in the end, Miss Japan (who didn’t have much going for her except her gown) took it all. Tragic! Hopefully, Sarah Jane Dias (my favorite) will be able to bring home the Miss World crown later this year.

There has been a lot going on in showbiz as well:

Ranbir Kapoor, son of Rishi Kapoor, has a crush on model turned actress Deepika Padukone.
By the way, I can’t wait to see her in Om Shanti Om which will be releasing this Diwali.
Celina Jaitley will be shooting with Alec Baldwin to promote the cause of elephants in Bollywood and Hollywood.
There’s a new it girl on the scene by the name of Sheyln Chopra, and she might be the next Mallika Sherawat.
Sivaji is playing all over the place, and people are fighting for tickets.
And now…the biggest and most important piece of news…Paris Hilton is in jail, and everyone seems to have an opinion about it!

Nothing much happening...

It's been a long time since I last posted. I've been so busy with school...and this will probably continue till the second week of May. So, I want to apologize to the millions of fans that I have all over the world. But I promise I will return. In the mean time, check out pics of the Miss India 2007 winners here. Watching Femina Miss India on TV has been the only exciting thing in my life lately.

I Hate American Idol

So there is this show called American Idle. I meant American Idol. They'll do anything to get to make it big on the charts.

Theres this comedian called Simon whose hobby is coming up with idiotic idioms to thrash contestants.

Simon apart, the one thing I'm most annoyed about is this. There are about 5-6 rounds before the contestants get the 'privilege' of singing before the trio. Then how come there are some seemingly hopeless contents who still make it to that live round only to get humiliated in national television? Only to make it a controversy and increase viewership - at the cost of misleading participants in the initial selection, giving false hope and crushing their dream. And they have the audacity to call it "Laugh Out Loud Videos" and host it in their website.







The most arrogant Simonism is revealed when he comments people's looks. Whatever happened to the belief that talent overrides physical appearance. So many world-renown musicians who were blind who would have not made it if there were enough Simons. If your show is all about talent and glamor, good, but don't qualify them, attack them and act like a smart ass on TV, you moron.

There's so much of 'unreality' for a reality show. A real contestant shares in the radio "They asked me to say 'Wow, this is the first time I'm flying thanks to American Idol, this is amazing'" only because the producers want to portray her as a village girl. The problem was, her mom was an air hostess'.

Now there's this Sanjaya conspiracy that is feeding their ratings. One theory is Sanjaya is still in the game because he is getting huge number of votes from people from India because they have US# phone lines. Well, its all a byproduct of globalization. You decided call ins decide the voting. Your show is popular internationally, votes are going to be international. Live with it.

A bunch of crazy maniacs who claim they are on hunger strike. One self proclaimed moron says "Sanjaya Malakar is still on American Idol. Therefore, I must do something stupid and moronic about it....eat as much unhealthy food as possible until he is voted off. "

Oh my God. So much crap for a silly TV program. I can't believe I'm writing about it. If only Malvi did not warn me that she'll boot me for not contributing!!

This guy is hilarious...

I can so relate to this...I get my name butchered all the time.