This rumour is doing the rounds currently. It was 10.30 pm when i reached my room yesterday and was about to crash to sleep, but it was all gone with my roommate telling me about this rumour.
All the salary accounts of my peers at work are in ICICI. Its hard to believe such rumours, but when it is something with your hard earned money , none of us want to take the risk.
It was already late at night, and there were huge crowds outside the ATM, eager to withdraw their money. Being my salary account, i too was eager to get to the ATM. But somehow felt it would be stupid to do that without verifying the facts.
Had it been real, my cousin working in ICICI bank, would have informed me. So I just surfed through the news channels and read all the "Breaking News" scrollings. No news of icici bankruptcy anywhere. Thanks to the news channels, i finally got some sleep.
ICICI has been the worst affected among the Indian banks because of the Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy. It is natural that people believe such rumours.
With the current global economic recession, one should be prepared for the rainy day. So the best strategy would be to distribute the savings in 2 or 3 bank accounts (with atleast 1 govt undertaking) and minimise the risks.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Monday, September 08, 2008
Splitsvilla- Reality show that justifies the name Idiot Box
It was a hectic week and I was free after a long time. I wanted to enjoy the weekend by watching something on TV. I started surfing the channels for something interesting. I had some expectations on MTV, and thought it might offer something different. And all I could see was the boring drama of Splitsvilla.
For those of you who do not know what splitsvilla is- It was a reality show where 20 women compete for 2 men. It was disgusting to see women, fall beyond moral standards for winning the show. And guess what? It was more disgusting, to see the 2 guys finally fighting for the woman who won.
It was barbaric that they judged the women/men , based on various tests, or what they’d say tasks. The tasks were stupid, like wresting in a pool of mud! Are we Indians really ready for such shows? I feel this show is a mockery of the word “Love”. And tomorrow there would be reality shows to mock every human relation and emotion.
The content on television has changed drastically from the national integrity song “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara” on DD to sleazy shows and saas-bahu dramas on such channels
The television industry is boosting its TRPs at the expense of social values, culture and heritage. In how many saas-bahu serials can we see no extra-marital affairs? Or how many shows can we see the participants not degrading his/her competants? The news channels are no exception, they can help you commit a crime, by showing enacted sequences of crimes. Can the idiot box be more idiot than this?
For those of you who do not know what splitsvilla is- It was a reality show where 20 women compete for 2 men. It was disgusting to see women, fall beyond moral standards for winning the show. And guess what? It was more disgusting, to see the 2 guys finally fighting for the woman who won.
It was barbaric that they judged the women/men , based on various tests, or what they’d say tasks. The tasks were stupid, like wresting in a pool of mud! Are we Indians really ready for such shows? I feel this show is a mockery of the word “Love”. And tomorrow there would be reality shows to mock every human relation and emotion.
The content on television has changed drastically from the national integrity song “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara” on DD to sleazy shows and saas-bahu dramas on such channels
The television industry is boosting its TRPs at the expense of social values, culture and heritage. In how many saas-bahu serials can we see no extra-marital affairs? Or how many shows can we see the participants not degrading his/her competants? The news channels are no exception, they can help you commit a crime, by showing enacted sequences of crimes. Can the idiot box be more idiot than this?
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