Reality shows- Another reason why Indian families are glued to the Idiot-box

   Its has been a gruelling day, and you have just come home from your workplace. After you have settled yourself, you grab the remote and switch on the TV. Its a news channel covering the latest bombings in Pakistan. Switching the channel, you see some tennis match in progress. Irritated, you switch the channel to find a girl in her mid-twenties, weeping on TV. Instantly, you recognize the program, and now pay interest to it, something you've been doing for the past few days. Its another of those now popular reality shows, which your fellow-commuters were talking about in the local train.
   'Its the age of reality shows', as some entertainment pundits put it. Reality shows have been largely successful to capture the minds of millions of television viewers. The fact that what is depicted in these shows are not a work of fiction or the performance of a much-hyped actor, make it even more exciting to watch. Thanks to the majority at my home, I've started following three of such shows. First is a show called 'Lux Perfect Bride' aired on Star Plus every evening. Its about  prospective grooms looking for their perfect bride. Though I still struggle to fathom the show's ultimate goal, I find it very entertaining. Another show which is shown about the same time on NDTV Imagine is 'Pati, Patni aur Woh'. It is meant to test the parenting skills of the participating celebrity couples. Though very amusing in its concept, even a 6-year-old kid will tell you that the scenes are pre-planned and the actors are making a complete use of their acting abilities. The third show is on weekends, called 'Dance Premier League' on Sony Entertainment Television. With Shiamak Davar and Rani Mukherjee as judges, the dancing teams from various states test their dancing capabilities. These shows have surely succeeded in making me a slave to these shows, and even a single missed episode makes me uncomfortable that day.
   This just goes on to prove how addictive these reality shows are. This is in a way because, people can actually relate to these shows. Sources say that, 'TRPs of reality shows are better than those of other soaps'.Reality shows continue to strike a cord with the masses. They have given Indian families another reason to become glued to their television sets.
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The Today Affairs India: Indian economy growing in the real sense?

The Today Affairs India: Indian economy growing in the real sense?

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Indian economy growing in the real sense?

   The last few weeks have been those of optimism for India. It follows the fact that people have started showing faith in the country's economic capabilities. The BSE's Sensex and the NSE have shown recent trends of growth, triggered by a fast recovery from recession. Even small businesses affected by global meltdown have recieved a major reconcilation. Stimulus packages have proved to be an enormous contributing factor to a quicker recovery. Another major factor to this trend has been the old-fashioned Indian economy.
   The recent demograhics have proved favorable for growth in China and India, in the Asian continent. India has been acknowledged by Standard & Poor's as the second-fastest growing economy after China, in the Asia-Pacific region. The Industrial Output growth for the month of September has been termed 9.1 pc this year. The business term 'stagnancy' has long been forgotten. Also, with no waiver in stimulus packages, hope is shining among the economic 'gullies'. The Rupee-Dollar value is on the rise, so also are stock market indices. MNCs are said to have made hiring and expansion plans, following the promising economy. Addressing a gathering at the 25th India Economic Summit, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the Stimulus packages provided by the government have been aimed at increasing domestic demand in the face of a global recession. He also expected the GDP growth to return to the 9-10 pc growth trajectory by 2012.
   With these prompts, the worst is definitely over for the Indian economy. But the spoiler has been the food prices which continue to soar, a fact which has been attributed to be a result of irregular rainfall. The above stated economic developments might be applied to the business world, but for the commoner, life has hardly changed. As the country approaches its high in the economic sense, the woes of the common man remain hardly pacified. Is this 'growth' in the real sense?
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