bcuz idiots find reason to deviate 'spotlight' on others. i bet more tha 50% talking about waka waka wouldnt have even heard it once.
On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Raghu <arr_ra...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Its kind of interesting to see how things turned out in cwg case.. > When the whole media is against CWG organization, It is ARR > who came to their rescue, it is He who specially addressed > the press meet supporting the CWG committe saying that they > have been working hard..lot of hard work is going into it and > be positive and be supportive to them. > And now the CWG and the media itself is going against ARR > accusing him of not giving a shakira material, about the money > and went to such an extent questiioning ARR's commitment. > Not showing gratitude is one thing but going after ARR calling him > names is totally uncalled for.. > How are they comparing soccer to these games? > Flavor of soccer is completely different from swimming badminton. > They will expect ARR to compose like a Shakira even for > a World Chess championship. > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Roshan <c.pix...@...> wrote: > > > > lol man! your list is so hilarious. i am so going to use it on the > > twitter.. let's all start tweeting this. > > > > what's your twitter id btw, just so i can tag you. > > > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Ramesh R <triscod...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > No need for RTI. There was a GoI press release about this which > mentions > > > the total contract value with ARR. > > > http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=64676 > > > > > > There's more work (lyrics by Mehboob, video with Bharat Bala...) than > just > > > composing the song. ARR is performing at the opening ceremony as well. > We do > > > not know the full extent of his involvement. But c'mon! Given all his > > > charity work would you think that he would overcharge for something > like > > > this? > > > > > > The media is on a witch-hunt right now so it's convenient for them to > > > publish whatever they want. Don't fan the flames. It's amazing how much > of > > > the criticism about the Games has now been focused solely on the music. > > > > > > A few weeks ago when a journalist angrily questioned the delay with > > > releasing the song, I defended her right to ask the question. At that > time > > > it seemed that the press was asking hard questions because it mattered > and > > > not because of TRP ratings. Now I see it's a facade since they're all > after > > > masala stuff to sell. The IBNLive hack-job masquerading as an article > > > doesn't even have an author mentioned. Every Tom, Dick and Hariharan > who > > > blogs or tweets, gets quoted in articles as if they're music buffs with > > > expert opinions. > > > > > > Don't make this an issue despite how ugly it looks. Ignore it. Be civil > and > > > diplomatic if you're correcting friends who've been misled by the > articles. > > > The media will stop when there isn't enough interest in it. > > > > > > And for the devious side in you... > > > When people have already formed a misguided opinion it's hard to make > them > > > change if you point facts directly. Use satire to make them think about > how > > > ludicrous it is. We already know about the awesome conclusion by > IBNLive > > > that the film score to Fire was a flop because it was not easily > available > > > in India and could be obtained only by mail order from Germany. > Extending > > > that thought here are some tweet-lines: > > > > > > > > > - IBNLive says Mughal-e-Azam is a flop because it is not available in > > > Sanskrit dubbing. > > > - V.K. Malhotra doesn't like Australia's 2006 Commonwealth Games song > > > either- "Their song is slower than Rahman's. They should have used > Shakira". > > > - V.K Malhotra also does not like coconut chutney. Rediff reports that > > > Kerala is angry when he asked for mint chutney instead. > > > - TimesOfIndia research shows that Waka Waka is more popular than Jana > > > Gana Mana based on downloads. Please participate in the poll for > changing > > > the national anthem. > > > - Calcutta Telegraph breaking news-- Sports minister Shanawaz Hussain > > > wants Rabindranath Tagore grand-daughter to update national anthem > since "it > > > is too slow. There is not enough Shakira in it". > > > - Indian media secures top prize in transparency and integrity awards > > > U2CanBJournoWorld 2010. Congratulate them! Only one country > participated > > > since the others refused to pay the entry fee to host nation, India. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > *From:* ravi <ravis...@...> > > > *To:* arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com> > > > *Sent:* Fri, September 3, 2010 12:59:04 PM > > > *Subject:* [arr] Should the RTI be approached? > > > > > > Its now like every cat & dog is speaking about the 5Crore. should / can > the > > > RTI be approached to know the real facts? > > > Media doesn't seem to be impressed with the celebrities who are > praising > > > and are rather more interested in using even a single negative quote as > the > > > headline. There was a news paper which quoted as its fans saying the > > > negative feedback on FB pages. Damn I wish FB / Twitter must sue the > Indian > > > News agency for using their wide viewable medium as the source of News. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ----------------------------------- > > http://roshanravi.com > > http://cssheaven.org > > > > >
