It has been almost 2 months since I stopped watching TV. With 2 exceptions – Followed Chandrayaan launch on the (t)rusty Doordarshan and saw Obama creating history.
Rest of the time I have shunned TV. Here is my top 5 things that I miss about TV.
1. Breaking News – yeah right. I do miss a whole lot of things that seem to break continuously round the clock.
2. Cricket – Oh I miss so much. During this time 4 test matches and 2 ODIs were played and I missed the painful ecstasy of watching world’s most boring entertainment and not to mention Rahul Dravid score 0 in 3 balls or Ganguly’s o in 1 ball of his last match (don’t take the knives out yet, my next post will be on Ganguly – in fact I like him a lot)
3. Movies laden with Ads – A good hollywood movie will take 3 hours with all the ads strewn inbetween. I really miss the analysis I do with all the products and advertisements that are shown between the movies – so I can plan the next unwanted purchase and help the economy rolling.
4. Car and bike show – I miss the anchor talking for an hour walking around a car describing about the tail lights, the bonnet’s shape, the lines, the curves – and finally the 10 minute drive he will do on highways. I will surely miss watching a maruti 800 with 3 digit number plate that will overtake him on 4th gear.
5. The rest – Will miss the mindless Takeshi’s castle, financial analysis ( who needs them anyway), how grasshopers escape from their predators, Shah Rukh’s Birthday…an endless list of things that I missed out so now I am a total social misfit. I don’t know what I will speak when I meet people from the outside world…scary.
