Why 'Family' tv soaps are not good to watch !

I am writing this while I am 'actually' watching: ' Saloni - Saat Pheron ka Safar ' . I think Indian television has got it all wrong. They always depict a person in ideal state - be it villain or the hero (being agnostic to the sex). They must come closer to reality. Indian mass is a very confused lot. Generally they never hate or love other person to the extreme. They are always objective. They love or hate people on issues. It's not like a 'saas' thinking all twenty four hours devising a plan to ruin her 'bahu's' married life.

I can't stop myself from hating this particular moment in the serial - Saloni is the most devoted wife on Indian television. She has stood all tests inflicted on her (by her family members - not surprising, huh). The husband is suffering from a deadly physical ailment (say 'brain tumour
or 'blood cancer' - two most abused diseases on Indian television and cinema - Indian kid knows (right or wrong!) that these can't be cured even before it is born.) Now comes the bummer. Saloni announces based on her trust and devotion that she will leave no stone unturned in winning her husband's life back.

I don't know what will be the fate of poor husband. But I definitely hate this extreme. We love reality shows !

Change... I am waiting.

Random Notes

* Pizza hut in Bangalore (Specifically in Koramangala) does not deliver at home when it's raining. Now it's pretty obvious that they are not handling a very common use case. (educate me if it's true worldwide or at least Bangalore-wide).

* India has clinched its first ever ODI series win in sri lanka against sri lanka. Thanks Mahi, Raina and Zaheer for making us proud.

* Living a day from the year 2050, when you don't have water at your home to even go shi*****, is real pain. Trust me.

* Eating dinner out has started becoming a pain. Don't feel like getting up and go. Time to set up the kitchen!

* Haven't met college friends other then flat mates in a long time now. Need to visit places soon.

* Grid computing is new to me. Cluster set-up is totally alien. If you are the same, visit http://hadoop.apache.org/core/docs/r0.17.1/cluster_setup.html to know about one of the best open source grid software available today.

* Guru of web-services? Teach me how to use curl. Really need to learn using it fast.

* shopping, shopping, shopping...singing for months. Nobody's listening.

* watched 'Bachna ae Haseeno' at PVR last weekend. Watch it on DVD. My ratings : 2.75 / 5

* Can't remember anything else now. Will update the post soon.