Sunday, August 16, 2015

Why do Indians feel that other Indians are stupid?

Why do Indians feel that other  Indians are stupid?

Just now  I got a message on my cellphone from the service provider which reads:

“Recharge with Rs. 44 and get 500 local/std SMS free for 60 days.” 

We get such messages regularly.

How is it free? You are offering it to us at a reduced rate because we are paying Rs. 44 for it. You did not just wake up one morning feeling extra magnanimous and decide to give us all 500 SMSes without charging us anything. Now let us consider the fact that after taking this offer we send only 20 SMSes. We end up paying more than two rupees for each. If we manage to send around even 100, chances are we are doing it unnecessarily, boring people to death with unwanted reading material.

On the other hand, makers of Hindi serials really think we are the biggest  fools ever. Why else would they fill each episode with flashbacks and time-wasting  techniques such as taking the camera from one heavily made up face to another accompanied by a loud ‘chunn’ ‘chunn’ sound after every other dialogue? Not only serials but our reality shows are no better. I used to watch them quite regularly but not any longer. They just seem to be scripted, with both judges and participants play-acting away to glory.


Programmes such as Masterchef have to be produced according to a fixed  format set by the original producers of the show that have the copyright. But what a difference between the Australian one and its desi counterpart! Ours is replete with family drama. The local producers feel that more than the cookery content we are interested in sob stories or romantic link ups. Sorry, we are not. So you have lost some TRPs because we shun your pathetic drama and have moved on to other better stuff.

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