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PULP FICTION | Kyunki, News Is In
Kakoli Thakur, , Feb 24, 2009,
If you can't decide what to watch on TV, turn to news channels. News channels provide all the heightened melodrama of saas-bahu sagas and the raw excitement of reality shows. Much more interesting than anything else, try them once and believe me, you will get addicted. Drama, comedy, tragedy, music and sex you'll get everything here to stimulate your senses. Always game to give the twisters of daytime soaps a run for their money is 'breaking news'. Apart from actual 'breaking news', which you hardly get to see, these channels have 30-minute programmes with debates on which star is ageing fast and who is number one. There are master-blasters like, 'Amitabh ko thand lagi', 'police commissioner ka kutta kho gaya', 'kutta mil gaya' and so on. Titles like these are enough to draw the viewer's attention and most times the programmes are masaledar (spicy) enough to glue them to their seats.Where else, after all, will you get to view a scientific experiment deep inside the earth complete with running commentary and background music? If you want some health tips, new recipes, a beauty treatment or just to learn about your future, all you need to do is keep surfing the news channels. Looking for the drama of family sagas and suspense of crime stories? The news channels will come to your rescue. Tales of A eloping with B, about neighbours baying for each other's blood, a daughter fighting with her father who disowned her because she married outside her caste you'll find all of this live, on air. Crime stories come in detailed and eye-catching packages that put even the best thrillers to shame. Then there are the dramatised reproductions of stories that look like any old serial. And if you're one of the late-night types, there's enough material to keep you hooked to the TV all night. From hot babes dancing at some politician's birthday party and sleazy MMS's blurred just enough to reveal everything, the channels go all out in their crusade to bring you the truth. So, saas-bahu is passe and news is in. And the next time you switch to a news channel, don't be surprised if you see Tulsi or Parvati reading out a news report and Ekta Kapoor starting a KKK news channel!
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