Comments on: Call me a traditionalist

By: Niyaz PK

Niyaz PK — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:21:08 +0000

Add me too to the list of ‘Traditionalists’…

By: Eugene

Eugene — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:37:32 +0000

Nice article. Thanks. Eugene

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:37:41 +0000

@Trailblazer – I am glad that I am not alone in this.

By: Trailblazer

Trailblazer — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:26:12 +0000

Traditionalism wins over the nonsense we have to bear with these days. You are a traditionalist. So am I. So are all of us who believe that the TV is only getting worse.

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:44:21 +0000

@Neeraj – I guess you are right. I just hope that I don’t get brainwashed into enjoying this drivel.

(oh by the way, I am a Govinda fan )

By: Neeraj

Neeraj — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:33:16 +0000

Vaibhav: I would say this is progress as it has been happening over the centuries; some destructive, some disruptive and some adopted. So the way you watched television earlier had to change too because our senses got numb watching the same thing (though packaged differently) over and over again. I am a traditionalist too but this brand of cinema is here to stay – a complete package, which I will call destructive, disruptive but something which has been adopted, reluctantly initially (just like Govinda’s initial movies) but I believe, wholeheartedly later by all those closet admirers who have now come out in the open. Pity, but the voyeur in us will not settle for anything lesser

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:50:06 +0000

@Shefaly – I suppose the dram does happen in all households in India. What I (personally) don’t like in these is the way it is dramatized. I know, that’s the point of a soap opera, before someone points it out – it’s just that I always feel like throwing up when I view most of these.

By: Shefaly

Shefaly — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:52:23 +0000

@ Vaibhav

You are not in a minority but the majority, however slim the margin, has a duty to speak up. And you have done your bit. These developments need constant challenge although I do not believe the soap operas are to blame. That saas-bahu shit, as Quirky Indian so eloquently calls it, is a drama that goes on in every household in India, even ‘educated’ ones. The drama depicts what goes on, it does not dictate us to behave in odd ways. But if we do, well, more fool us, no?

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:21:07 +0000

@Shane – I think what O’Reilly means by traditionalist is far different by what I do in my post .

And yes, unnecessary sensationalism would disgust me. But then again, it depends. What they show on India media is really beyond plain sensationalizing it.

And its not just news channels which are doing this now.

By: Shane Halloran

Shane Halloran — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:00:16 +0000

‘Traditionalist’ is the word Bill O’Reilly uses to describe himself, yet I presume that you aren’t exactly in favour of that kind of sensationalistic journalism.

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:30:31 +0000

@QI – heh, I thought so… I guess these fast moving times are leaving people like me in a minority…

By: The Quirky Indian

The Quirky Indian — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:17:24 +0000

Ok, you’re a traditionalist!

But yes, this is the result of the saas-bahu shit we’ve been subjected to for years.

Cheers,

Quirky Indian

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:42:01 +0000

@amit – yes, of course we have ourselves to blame as well, because if we didn’t watch this crap, then there would be no high ratings for these, and so it won’t be profitable to have all these things going on.

(And no, I haven’t watched “Bollywood ka ticket”. I rarely watch Hindi programs actually, for this very reason).

By: amit

amit — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:49:12 +0000

Spiced up programs are in. I bet, your eyeballs would have fallen out if you would have seen “Bollywood ka ticket”. Or have you seen it?? The contestants kicked and punched each other and used swear words all throughout the show.
The Sas bahu soaps are as much as to be blamed as our own mentality. We like everything spiced up!