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.
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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.
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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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