Torch bearers Tomorrow....SHAKEELA????
I was utterly disgusted on seeing the telecast of the torchbearers run on Sun network yesterday . Cinema stars being given prominence and preference and Sports personalities relegated to the status of spectators .At least kalmadi did not make them as cheering squads for the filmstars. P T Usha was offered the oppurtunity only at the last moment as somebody else could not come due to bad health.Just a decade back they were hailing her as the best thing to have happened in Indian sports and now...???
First of all how can they even think of filmstars.Okay,they have zeroed on filmstars and cricketers,But why Bipasha Basu?
1)Maybe the greek ambassador is a fan of her
2)A better global image than ppl like geeth sethi or pankaj advanis..
3)A Woman who has single handledly ensured that India is also on the verge of globalisation with fashion and is ready to scale new peaks in terms of fashion &(un)dressing.
4)Got a lot of films under her belt which were absolute depictions of indian culture and could be termed as Films which took Indian Cinemas closer to teh oscars like Jism,raaz.
This appplies to all the film personalities but Bipasha being a personal favorite i decided to generalise by giving Bipash as an example.
The Ugly face of Commercialisation once again holds the drivers seat in alloting previliges to the glamour icons rather thanthe deserving.How is India going to win any medals or anything of the sort in olympics?with the current state of affairs in Sports i would say it is virtually impossible for us to bag more than two medals in any of the future olympics.
The people who could have been the torch bearers..
Milkha singh
pankay advani
joshna chinnapa
Koneru Humpy
Jyothirmayee sikdar
It really grated on my nerves when aishwarya was saying that she got an chance to carry the Olympic torch which had come to India after 40 years.Don't these people realise taht they are the most undeserving people to carry that sacred and prestigious torch .allowing the filmstars to carry it was nothing short of sacrilege.
I have always been impressed with "THE HINDU" coz it was one of teh papers which shied away from commercialism .Even if it were there it was much lesser in magnitude in comparison to the other dailies in Chennai.I saw a photo in Hindu showing Bipasha in all smiles.grrrr.....
Next time if the torch comes to India the first 10 ppl to vie for it would be soft -porn stars(The rate at which bollywood cinema is degrading soft porns would be ruling the roost in say 4-5 years..courtesy the bipasha,mallikas,meghna naidus,isha kopikars.... the list goes on..)
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