I wonder, if we really progressing as a nation where there is unemployed youth in abundance, where the issues like beurocracy, corruption and initimidation to women every corner, and where >20-30 % population including kids strive to make two time meals.
Media can better focus on those issues. Its of remote importance how bolloywood stars looked or performed on a USELESS and WASTEFUL opening ceremony of IPL. This is mockery of a nation and to its people, who are kept in euphoria of glamour to take them away from a reality, that bites but true.
If its cricket, it makes sense, but for an opening ceremony if more than 1 lack people watching in stadia, we are surely not the most progressive nation as on today. Few hundred and thousands success story will not make us a progressive nation.
Media can surely do better than complaining for not able to cover IPL opening cenremony. Its Just a Waste of Time.
Re: Re: There r better things to cover by Media than IPL
by Sriram Veeraraghavan on Apr 03, 2013 04:31 PM
Kiran, why dont you see it like this. If 120,000 people on an average paid Rs. 1000, it makes 12 crore, apart from the payment to the Bollywood performers where did the money go - it would have gone to people who set up the lights and other facilities, a number of people who provided food at the venue to the performers and other staff, security men who were deployed and hundreds of people who were employed, probably on contract from parking lots to sweepers. Basically, the money spent, or a substantial part actually goes to keep the wheels of the economy running and that is how an economy functions where money flows from the haves to the have-nots. Yes the likes of Shah Rukh Khan make a fat purse, but a good part trickles down. Actually in the economic environment we are in, consumption should pick up and that will what move the economy. The problem we have is that we feel consumption is a sin but that is not so. Similarly there was a hue and cry recently when a minister in Maharashtra spent a fortune on a wedding. Actually it is a great way to push the local economy. It is the caterers, transporters, furniture hirers, sweepers are the ones who are going to earn and that is good instead of the politician hoarding the money
Re: Re: Re: There r better things to cover by Media than IPL
by kiran kumar on Apr 03, 2013 04:56 PM
you are true partially, but how can you be sure good amount goes to the people you mentioned? in india everywhere there is scam. lower people are exploited.
Re: Re: Re: Re: There r better things to cover by Media than IPL
by Sriram Veeraraghavan on Apr 03, 2013 05:29 PM
Where will the money go? It has to be given to people who have worked there. They cant be fooled. Scams are only where the government is involved. Here they will have to pay the agencies and the money will trickle down
Re: Re: There r better things to cover by Media than IPL
by Sriram Veeraraghavan on Apr 03, 2013 04:31 PM
Kiran, why dont you see it like this. If 120,000 people on an average paid Rs. 1000, it makes 12 crore, apart from the payment to the Bollywood performers where did the money go - it would have gone to people who set up the lights and other facilities, a number of people who provided food at the venue to the performers and other staff, security men who were deployed and hundreds of people who were employed, probably on contract from parking lots to sweepers. Basically, the money spent, or a substantial part actually goes to keep the wheels of the economy running and that is how an economy functions where money flows from the haves to the have-nots. Yes the likes of Shah Rukh Khan make a fat purse, but a good part trickles down. Actually in the economic environment we are in, consumption should pick up and that will what move the economy. The problem we have is that we feel consumption is a sin but that is not so. Similarly there was a hue and cry recently when a minister in Maharashtra spent a fortune on a wedding. Actually it is a great way to push the local economy. It is the caterers, transporters, furniture hirers, sweepers are the ones who are going to earn and that is good instead of the politician hoarding the money
Re: media
by pprati k on Apr 03, 2013 03:32 PM
u r absolutely right....all media are earining money by showing the drought of maharashtra...they can take their ob van to the drought affected area....but why can't they take the water tanker with them
Re: saala media...
by Bhuvaneshwar Kumar on Apr 03, 2013 01:19 PM
Media is just complaining because it did not get vantage points to take photos of Bollywood bimbettes; free food and drinks; access to toilet facilities and a chance to irritate S R K by asking him annoying questions about the time he spends with "favorite heroines" (when they know he only has the hots for K Joe the Moe)!
Re: Paid Media
by shankar venkat on Apr 03, 2013 12:45 PM
Ha ha ha. Absolutely True. The opening show was nothing but CIRCUS with few monkeys dancing to the tunes of the DJ...WTF..
