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You know Sakshi comes late everynight?

O really! I thought she hardly come home!

I heard she is having an affair with Rohan – Megha’s husband!

Believe me my dear friend, the sixes are pouring like rockets and cheer leaders are giving Shilpa Shetty a run for her money! Sky is blazing with sixes by the little master – a pathetic time for little creatures in the form of bowlers who are hardly in form!

A sad day for democracy – flying shoes, currency notes and what not? Very pathetic that the opposition comes up blaming the Government for fake Swiss bank accounts. Sting operation done exclusively by India’s number one channel showed grim pictures of politicians joining hands to share black money stashed in the illegal Swiss Bank accounts…

Life is all about leaving with brotherhood, peace and devotion to God. God has given us the power to think and made us human being. We human beings woo a lot to mankind and we need to work hard. Remember, after many mortal lives, one gets birth as human. We need to work hard….

Fooled Again! Yes zapping television channels, with the beautiful looking – ever obedient – remote control, I got into many excerpts as mentioned above! I am lost! Lost in the thoughts of the old television… the old idiot box that fooled us with its arms wide open, but never really made mockery of our feelings. If I pass through a book stall and catch a glimpse of old Shaktimaan comic book now, the store keeper gives me a frosty nose stare; as if I am glued into the latest MMS… (read: dot dot)

If I search the whole You-Tube and comes up with the Jungle book – Mougli – video and plug in the volume of my music system, my nearest neighbor dates me back to the early 90s and the beautiful looking aunty next door humms back (I don’t know what the hmmm mean here).

My laptop might become a collection of pirated movies and “educational films” but viruses like Ramayana and Mahabaharata won’t at all get a chance to enter. Even my television is anti-virus fed now as they hardly appears there too!

But… life has really changed – all points prove that to perfection. The old Shanti has been replaced by Balika Vadhu and even Doordarshan has been replaced by Colours, Star Plus, Bindaas, NDTV Imagine etc… As the popular radio advertisement of Mail Today goes, DishTV ditched the old television format and reality shows did so to the evergreen Antakshiri! Remember the old days when we wait whole week to see the Friday Prime Time Movie or the Sunday Rangoli?

The point is: are we fooled more often now? The old programs look foolish now, but the newer ones are playing with our emotions. Isn’t it? The news format has changed many a times now. The old tele-prompter reading style has been kicked out by far. Sensation is the newest keyword for every television program – even the Indian Premiere League or an international marriage affair! (Sania Mirza getting married to Shoaib Malik)

I wonder till when we will be fooled like this… opps! fooled again!

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Posted by JD @ 3 April 2010 36 comments

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Apr 3, 2010
4:17 pm

#1 Rooplin :

Very true… Who wants the ‘ramayana’ and ‘mahabharata’ virus on their laptop… sorry, not me… have seen a lot of them during my childhood… it all seems so superflous now…
When the old ‘Shanti’ herself has changed her avtaar and come to the world of cricket, trying to fool us that she knows all about cricket, who is our little “Anandi” to stop this mockery…

Apr 3, 2010
10:08 pm

#2 Leo :

good one JD, i wonder till when it will go on too..
it was a nice read!
.-= Leo´s last blog ..April 3rd – Cry =-.

Apr 3, 2010
11:46 pm

#3 Guria :

Realistic and satiric take on the real fools of today, us! And the evn greater fools who set out to make fools of others! Good vews! Agree to most…
.-= Guria´s last blog ..Fool =-.

Apr 4, 2010
9:06 am

#4 Swayambhu Mukherjee :

Nicely written…see my post, its on a similar issue.
http://swayambhumukherjee.blogspot.com/2010/04/fool-blog-ton-9.html
.-= Swayambhu Mukherjee´s last blog ..Fool – (Blog- a- ton 9) =-.

Apr 4, 2010
10:27 am

#5 mahesh kumar :

a total thumbs up for u..
quite reflective of d time
well composed lines
.-= mahesh kumar´s last blog ..Fool =-.

Apr 4, 2010
10:35 am

#6 Shilpa :

ha ha… tats a gud one for my point# 6…..
.-= Shilpa´s last blog ..Fool =-.

Apr 4, 2010
1:56 pm

#7 Murali :

Well said! I myself am going through a nostalgic wave right now and listening to all the kishorekr. hits

Here is my BAT post::Murali – FOOL
.-= Murali´s last blog ..Fool =-.

Apr 4, 2010
5:33 pm

#8 Rachana Shakyawar :

Well defined…!
Indeed we all are fools and this Idiot box amazingly fool us everytime…!
Wonder to which height we will be foolish enough!

~ Keep the Spark Alive..
.-= Rachana Shakyawar´s last blog ..Fool… =-.

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Apr 4, 2010
6:01 pm

#9 Jayanta Deka :

@Rooplin: Thanks for dropping by. Liked the sentence!

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Apr 4, 2010
6:04 pm

#10 Jayanta Deka :

@Leo: Thanks… it will never end actually!

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Apr 4, 2010
6:05 pm

#11 Jayanta Deka :

@Guria: Thanks Guria.. really we are left no-where… Fooled as always..

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Apr 4, 2010
6:06 pm

#12 Jayanta Deka :

@Swayambhu Mukherjee: Thanks.. You went deep into it!

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Apr 4, 2010
6:07 pm

#13 Jayanta Deka :

@mahesh kumar: Thanks.. I like the twists and turns… hope you come back again

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Apr 4, 2010
6:08 pm

#14 Jayanta Deka :

@Shilpa: So agreed!

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Apr 4, 2010
6:08 pm

#15 Jayanta Deka :

@Murali: My pleasure… Hope you had a good time…

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Apr 4, 2010
6:09 pm

#16 Jayanta Deka :

@Rachana Shakyawar: As long as we keep on thinking others fool we will remain so..
Thanks for dropping by…

Apr 4, 2010
7:21 pm

#17 Parth J Dave :

Wow! What a serious and innovative take on this topic. I really liked your perspective on this!

This is my first time here, and I enjoyed reading this post!

All the best for BATOM!
.-= Parth J Dave´s last blog ..Welcome To Summer 2010! =-.

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Apr 4, 2010
7:43 pm

#18 Jayanta Deka :

@Parth J Dave: Thanks Parth! Hope you come back again soon

Apr 4, 2010
9:25 pm

#19 Neeraj Shinde :

A very humourous take on the topic. I wholeheartedly agree with you – the idiot box is just fooling around us in the modern times! Brilliant!
.-= Neeraj Shinde´s last blog ..Fool… =-.

Apr 5, 2010
12:12 pm

#20 Krishna Chaitanya :

This is surely an innovative appraoch to BATOM 9. All the best!

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Apr 5, 2010
12:24 pm

#21 Jayanta Deka :

@Neeraj Shinde: Thanks neeraj… thanks for liking..

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Apr 5, 2010
12:24 pm

#22 Jayanta Deka :

@Krishna Chaitanya: Thanks for your opinion!

Apr 5, 2010
2:56 pm

#23 Dhiman :

True the idiot box is making us fool… innovative ideas… rightly good ‘ol DD days….liked the beginning …
.-= Dhiman´s last blog ..Fool =-.

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Apr 5, 2010
3:00 pm

#24 Jayanta Deka :

@Dhiman: Thanks Dhiman. DD tried hard to retain the old days, but its never to be!
Thanks for liking…

Apr 5, 2010
5:50 pm

#25 chatterbox :

Wonderful post
Thoroughly enjoyed your innovative take on the topic

Keep up the good work & best wishes for the contest

Cheers!!
.-= chatterbox´s last blog ..Fool =-.

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Apr 5, 2010
6:51 pm

#26 Jayanta Deka :

@chatterbox: Thanks friend. Your comment inspired me to work more and explore towards more innovative ways.

Apr 5, 2010
7:46 pm

#27 Sadhana.C :

Ha! The good old days of television! How I miss those! ( It was actually one of the topics I wanted to blog about) And you’re right. We ARE being made fools, they think they can dump crappy shows on us and still expect us to watch. Nice post overall, but erm… if you don’t mind me saying it.. A few grammatical mistakes here and there.
.-= Sadhana.C´s last blog ..Fool. =-.

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Apr 5, 2010
8:03 pm

#28 Jayanta Deka :

@Sadhana.C: Thanks Sadhana. You gave me a dose of energy that is much needed. Reviewed the post accordingly you said. Thanks..

Apr 6, 2010
1:10 pm

#29 RSV :

a very good post: actually one of my forerunners to be voted..
.-= RSV´s last blog ..F O O L =-.

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Apr 6, 2010
2:04 pm

#30 Jayanta Deka :

@RSV: Thanks friend. All the best to you.

Apr 7, 2010
9:22 am

#31 geeta :

yes, this idiot box is playing with our emotions on daily basis and we let it happen wholeheartedly…
nice post..
All the best for BAT 9

P.S Sorry for the late comment.

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Apr 7, 2010
9:27 am

#32 Jayanta Deka :

@geeta: Thanks Geeta. And yes! its never too late.. I like these drops of energy packs…

Apr 11, 2010
9:53 pm

#33 The Fool :

A humorous taken on same issue Swayambu had written a more serious article about. Written nicely. Full agree that media is making fools of us all. Posting comments after contest as I was out of town.

By the way if you have time do check out my entry as well.

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Apr 12, 2010
12:45 pm

#34 Jayanta Deka :

@The Fool: Thanks friend. BAT gives me the opportunity to get in touch with lots of new bloggers (new to me) and the contest is just an opportunity for that!