Hyperbole, Stupidity and Facebook

Hyperbole - the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.
“Shammi Kapoor is not the Elvis Presley of India, Elvis was the Shammi of America.” – Aamir Khan

Stupidity - a quality, state, act or idea that exhibits properties of being stupid (slow of mind). A congenital lack of capacity for reasoning.
"Nobody is to be blamed (India’s cricket performance in England).” - Krishnamachari Srikkanth

Facebook – outlet for urban India’s impotent rage given its inability to effect change; so to feel like it’s making a difference.
“Anything, everything by, of and about Anna Hazare.” - Svengali

The Katlics have arrived

The D’silvas (Rensil) and D’souzas (Genelia) are leading a Manglorean-East Indian-Goan renaissance in Bollywood. Can a Fernandes and Lobo be far behind?
Their parents are unlikely to have been able to converse in pure Hindi, and neither was it a priority.
For that generation, getting out of India - to Australia, Canada, US or UK was the goal. This generation has realized that they are Indian and India has it all to offer.
Importantly, these desi Katlics have broken into the mainstream. Which brings me to today’s Christmas tune from one of the greatest - The Boss:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSgEDKjmT5o&feature=related

Rock off

Suddenly there seems to be an infusion of rock star parodies in Bollywood. Channel surfing, as I chance upon one of several sporting desi tunes, I notice every second song has someone with a guitar. In one, Sanjay Dutt, no less, plays the drums. And does so in a manner that would embarrass any person who has any idea of how the drums are played.
I didn’t see Rock On, but musical instruments and Bollywood have never really been in tune. And there is no sign that will change soon. Not even in Rock On does it look real.