Mediocrity and the hapless middleclass and their favourite television show.

14th to 16th August were declared holidays by my office

instead of getting away from delhi during the weekend to the hills or forests, i chose to stay indoors

and fate led me to surf the regional bengali channels on the idiot box

mithunda dominated the films screened during the afternoons on the major bengali channels

and reality shows during the evenings

apart from the sorry serials , it was painful to see that most of the programs were cheap and shoddy imitations of popular reality tv shows on hindi GECs.

Oblivious of the treasuretrove of bengali literature, new Directors are trying their shaky hands in remaking Hitchcock's 'Pshycho'.

Mediocrity and the hapless middleclass and their favourite television show.

p.s.'dadagiri' perhaps is the only show worth mentioning and only due to the freshness and dignified composure of the Anchor/quis master Sourav Ganguly.