Pandit Paul

With Spain being announced as trophy winner, the month long excitement ended with a great fanfare. Paul (octopus) became great source of attention seeker for all match lovers. In fact those who were not interested in the sport were keen to know weather Paul’s prediction came true or not.

Now the danger is football players may stop practicing seriously and concentrate on worshiping octopus. I believe Paul will now join more games. This unscientific superstitious belief would attract politicians and stock market traders. There is no scientific base for these predictions but Paul octopus appears to stand higher than our education system and power to think.

Paul received so much attention that its predictions directly affected the morale of the opposite team and their defensive game caused them to lose. Also the probability of his prediction is 50 % so even a wild guess can be as accurate.

Can’t believe we live in 21st century.

Reality TV

Television is full of reality and musical TV shows these days. I just can’t afford to watch these serials. Reality shows frequently portrays a modified and highly influenced form of reality. They also use sensationalism to attract viewers and so to generate advertising profits.

Off-screen story editors sometimes coach participants of these shows to act in a specific scripted ways.  Participants are often placed in exotic locations or abnormal situations, just to attract more attention. I am aware of the fact that people love these shows but I really can’t tolerate any of these.

One thing I wonder about Indian television that how many singers are in India? Every TV channel has its talent hunt program to search for singers. Where these singers go after the show ends nobody ever knew. :) I guess everyone can sing better than some of the winners of these shows.

If I had the power I’d have banned the reality TV.