The Sexes
In the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks, one person seems to be on TV pretty much all the time. Shobha De ! She has now apparently changed the name to Shobhaaaaaaa De. ( Some numerology thing no doubt ) The extra As probably represent the collective cry of all the men who can't stand the torture of either reading her work or hearing other women talk about it.
Though it baffles me as to why her opinion is so damn important to matters of national security, it seems that every news channel is obsessed with getting her view. This comes in the wake of her increasing interest in politics and the national economy. In short, in anything real.
The former Editor of Stardust, Society and Celebrity and the father ( or should I say Mother ) of the Men-Suck-Women-Rock school of thought and writing ( with some sex and scandal thrown in ) has recently begun voicing her concerns about the state of the nation and Maharashtra in particular. She began by vociferously supporting – get this – Raj Thakeray !
In her interview with the famous/infamous Mr. I-made-Kapil-Dev-cry Karan Thapar recently, she affirmed her support for the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s cause. Her reason for the aforementioned support was her keen observation that she wasn’t hearing enough Marathi in the few construction sites that she’d seen. Now thaaats a reason ladies & gentlemen !
Seriously Ms. Dey ! Raj Thakeray ? ? ?
All I want to know is that if the Queen of Colaba was so against the terrorism in Mumbai four days ago, how can she possibly support a party which brazenly defies the law and beats up ( and kills by the way ) poor, work- starved UP and Bihari ‘bhaiyyas’ ?
And seriously, how many ‘work sites’ could she possibly have seen. I doubt that the serious work experience in Stardust, Society and Celebrity - which famously exposed the sexual exploits of the ‘Angry Young Men Amits’ and the ‘Jumping Jack Jeetus’ and the 'Disco Mithundas' - had anything to do with construction work or ‘true Marathi culture’.
I hope for everyone’s sake that she continues to write about how Hillary Clinton should have become President and how it was actually Sir Edmund Hillary’s wife who scaled Everest though Edmund ( the man = the enemy ) took all the credit.
Though it baffles me as to why her opinion is so damn important to matters of national security, it seems that every news channel is obsessed with getting her view. This comes in the wake of her increasing interest in politics and the national economy. In short, in anything real.
The former Editor of Stardust, Society and Celebrity and the father ( or should I say Mother ) of the Men-Suck-Women-Rock school of thought and writing ( with some sex and scandal thrown in ) has recently begun voicing her concerns about the state of the nation and Maharashtra in particular. She began by vociferously supporting – get this – Raj Thakeray !
In her interview with the famous/infamous Mr. I-made-Kapil-Dev-cry Karan Thapar recently, she affirmed her support for the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s cause. Her reason for the aforementioned support was her keen observation that she wasn’t hearing enough Marathi in the few construction sites that she’d seen. Now thaaats a reason ladies & gentlemen !
Seriously Ms. Dey ! Raj Thakeray ? ? ?
All I want to know is that if the Queen of Colaba was so against the terrorism in Mumbai four days ago, how can she possibly support a party which brazenly defies the law and beats up ( and kills by the way ) poor, work- starved UP and Bihari ‘bhaiyyas’ ?
And seriously, how many ‘work sites’ could she possibly have seen. I doubt that the serious work experience in Stardust, Society and Celebrity - which famously exposed the sexual exploits of the ‘Angry Young Men Amits’ and the ‘Jumping Jack Jeetus’ and the 'Disco Mithundas' - had anything to do with construction work or ‘true Marathi culture’.
I hope for everyone’s sake that she continues to write about how Hillary Clinton should have become President and how it was actually Sir Edmund Hillary’s wife who scaled Everest though Edmund ( the man = the enemy ) took all the credit.
posted by thecynic at
7:19 AM
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This female is a page 3 feminist - Amongst all the raging feminist issues in the world her most burning issue is the age-old toilet seat issue and how insensitive men leave the aforementioned toilet seat up when they're done with the john.
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Prashant Reddy, at 9:08 AM
I saw that interview with Karan Thapar too- if she really wanted to hear Marathi she could have gone to the shooting of a Marathi movie, though the thought of appearing at Page 3 of Saamna might not have appealed to her as much. Going to construction sites expecting to hear Marathi is like expecting to see lasagna in Saravana Bhavan.
And as for news channels, check out the panel they had in We, The People recently to discuss the Mumbai attacks- Kunal Kohli (dir. Hum Tum, Fanaa, etc.), Ratna Pathak (sitcom actress), Luke Kenny (judge of Channel V launchpad and cancer-struck bandmember in Rock On), and Simi Garewal (who made the rest of the world cry). I'm sure they are the best people in the business to discuss terror.
And finally, great to see you on the blogosphere. This post was insanely funny and put me back in 11B for some time. Keep writing!
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Akshay Rajagopalan, at 8:12 AM
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