The nit-picking generation

An inerasable childhood memory of most children who grew up in the 90’s - watching The Jungle book, Mahabharata, Ramayana and Jai Hanuman on Sundays. This was the time when the entire family enjoyed a Sunday morning breakfast together.  As the trend moved towards the boring saas-bahu sagas; Sunday morning slots got occupied by the re-runs of these soaps marking an end to the fun Sunday family mornings.  Cut to 2012; almost a decade after the dull Sunday mornings, Satyameva Jayate made a brave attempt to revive Indian Sunday mornings.

However the responses to the show have left me a bit surprised. Judging Aamir’s hosting skills, him getting too preachy, dissatisfaction on crying in every episode, marketing gimmick, Aamir’s ploy to use social issues to garner TRPs, him charging exorbitant fee for every episode, the show lacking a cool factor and the list is endless. Audience today adjudge every show how critics review a movie.  They review the set-up, the concept, predict the outcome and some go a bit too far to analyse the intention of the show. I surely seen signs of a cynical societal syndrome. We as a society have become very cynical and nit-picking.

When celebrities don’t contribute to real change – they are accused of making money. When Aamir tries to do an Anna Hazare – he is just doing it for TRP’s. Had he not shed tears hearing the horrendous stories – he is an insensitive host. If he cries – he is overdoing it. Good Lord!!!!! Why such fault-finding??

When doctors world over are encouraging mothers not to rapidly reduce weight post pregnancy as it affects baby feeding; the prejudiced Indian media has criticized Ash for not losing post partum weight. Mindless teenagers lacking perspective participating in reality (read - staged) shows is cool and vibrant, a KJO discussing celebrity gossip is hot stuff and 2 sisters showcasing their everyday lives is totally The Thing.

Dunno if India’s heading towards economic bankruptcy but it surely seems to be heading towards intellectual bankruptcy!!!