Tale of Two Drones

I have been watching NDTV since its inception in its new avatar and also before when they were providing feeds and producing news for Star and DD. One thing which has not changed for quite some years is the presence of Amitabh Revi and Jyotsna Mohan. I would like to know if they are paying money to read news or else what kind of people are supporting them. Its a mystery which even the best of detectives might not be able to solve on why any sane person would allow these two drones to read news .

I have seen this Amitabh read news on prime time on a few days and it was an eye opener in more ways than one. He is as stiff as a pole and there is never any change in facial or audio expression. I have till date never seen him do any kind of reporting and it makes me wonder if he is a journalist in the first place. Then there is Jyotsna Mohan who reads so fast that even a lip-reader may fail to understand her. When NDTV was started operations there were strong rumors that some rich people were pumping money to get themselves on TV and that Jyotsna was paying money to read news. How far these were true is anyone's guess but now after seeing the two drones read news rather sound like a tanpura makes me believe in those theories.

These days news channels are becoming like those payment based medical and engineering colleges and anyone flush with ill gotten money earned by their father or husbands can give money and read news. These two drones can be used as role-models to those aspiring to become journalists .

IBN has these Anubha and Suhasini as their prime time anchors and though they are quite competent they have certain weird habits. Anubha who is becoming fatter by the day keeps on smiling irrespective of the type of news being read. Suhasini has these very odd habit of slanting and jerking her neck from one side to another. The kind of jerk she gives from left sometimes and right sometimes is completely unnatural. I tried it once and my neck pulled up and I could not move my neck for two days. Its understandable and natural that every person has his/her own style but its beyond my understanding why one needs to keep on smiling always.

Another week passed and the Rahul Mahajan saga still continues . The media circus goes with the drug issue hogging the headlines and Lo Behold ! The drama queen is back and she was hosting " We the lefties" with the usual suspects as guests like Suhel " I have horns on my head" Seth who is like a record which got stuck. For the last 2 years, he has been saying "the system is rotten" in all the episodes of this programme whenever he has appeared be it cricket , politics or now drugs. This programme gets all those commies from the posh localities of Delhi to talk on issues which are as irrelevant to the common man as the NASDAQ . I am being told that Her Excellency "drama queen " bought herself another award. It seems its her hobby to buy awards from the huge pay packet she gets every month by acting.