I have stopped watching the entertainment channels on the TV. The news channel provides all the ingredients of a blockbuster \u2013 violence, corruption, scandal and sex. The only difference is that, unlike the Hindi films, in real life there seems to an absence of that idealistic hero who sets everything right by the end of the movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today\u2019s newscast was especially depressing. A sting operation on the junior telecom minister which confirmed what the whole of India already knows \u2013 that corruption exists in high places. Then we had Buta Singh\u2019s son caught in a bribery case. \u00a0Another sting operation at Sourav\u2019s \u2013 a restaurant owned by Sourav Ganguly where bargirls were caught on camera, dancing to entice customers. And finally, we had Imraan Hashmi of serial kissing fame going public with a fact which again is well known \u2013 muslims are discouraged from owning a house in most societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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