by Sharique on April 23, 2007
I mentioned HT’s obsession with Aishwarya-Abhishek’s marriage before. The obsession seems to be getting bigger and bigger. Above is the screen shot of HT’s 23rd April edition, 3 days after marriage and still on the front page. Other newspapers are giving importance to news which deserves attention, BrahMos supersonic.
Ironically another editorial in HT has been critical of this media’s unnecessary coverage of the wedding. The editorial also talks about Abhitabh’s brief stint as politician and how he has ignored people belonging to the literary circle, by not inviting them for the wedding.
Coming back to the Abhishek-Aishwarya wedding, not one known literary figure was invited to the marriage of Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s grandson. The disaffection was pronounced as the Bachchans owe their identity to the Hindi language and the recognition the literary world accorded to the family. It is being pointed out that the wedding had a guest list that, among others, included fixers and the like, while it ignored members of the literary circle. There is also criticism that the Bachchans, synonymous with class at one stage, have allowed their thirst for undue publicity to get the better of them. “The wedding should have been a sombre affair. Look at the dignified way with which Mukesh Ambani celebrated his birthday,� a once close friend remarked.
By the way, I have received huge traffic on the Aishwarya Abhishek post even though the posts appears in the 9th page of search result! You can’t blame me for not putting up the wedding pictures, blame your desponess for even coming on a page which is so low ranked in the search engine.
by Sharique on April 22, 2007
Security personnel prevent the media from photographing the newly-wed couple at Amitabh Bachchan’s residence, Pratiksha, a day after the marriage of his son Abhishek to Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai in Mumbai on 21 April.
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by Sharique on April 21, 2007
I have high regards for Hindustan Times. As a matter of fact its the only newspaper I love to read. Hindu is good in terms to editorials but I call it a boring newspaper because of so much to read in. Plus the design of the paper needs a serious rethinking. Times of India is more of gossip and only gossip! Perhaps its the soft Playboy of India. HT is more balanced in terms of content and entertainment. (It even offers free epaper subscription). But I would like to point out an ironic situation. Barkha Dutt in an editorial, in HT, has highlighted the depreciating state of affairs in news reporting.
It’s more about what we regard as newsworthy. Sure, when two of India’s biggest stars get married, it’s a perfectly legitimate entertainment story. But does it deserve saturation coverage? Does it require reporters to stand by the wayside for hours on end, with real time updates on who is wearing what? Do we really need to spend reams of newsprint and hours of airtime on who held hands, who got drunk and who was the last to leave? There was something utterly pathetic about how a hundred cameras went scrambling for a nanosecond of footage each time the gates at Jalsa opened to let a car inside. Is this peek-a-boo voyeurism now the future of Indian journalism?
And below is the screen shot of HT homepage today.
Why can’t they marry in peace!! They have life as a celebrity and they have every right over privacy. But sadly people seem more interested in their private lives. I can’t blame the media entirely for this irresponsible reporting, they cater to the needs of the people and viewers love to get such news.
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by Sharique on April 21, 2007
I wonder why Abhishek didn’t take cycle to his wedding. Mulayam must have been angry because of this.
by Sharique on April 19, 2007
Ajay Devgan leaves ‘Prateeksha’ after the sangeet ceremony of Abhishek and Aishwarya in Mumbai on Thursday, April 19, 2007.
After marrying trees, Aishwarya is finally marrying Abhishek. I don’t give a damn about this wedding, even though the media has hyped it beyond limits. News channel and sites are filled with tales of their weddings with other news being pushed to the background.
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