Is it really worth it?

I’ve been on a sort-of blog-procrastiantion mode for the past few weeks, owing to the very inspiring schedule of our university exams. Can’t say they were really worth it. Yes, people do study. After all, there’s nothing like a BE degree from Anna University. At least, if you are in Chennai. So exams over, putting away the likes of M. Morris Mano and Muhammad Rashid (thank you, but I’m not exactly in favor of Bakshi, Chitode & Co. More in another post), I got down to checking what the rest of the dented world has been upto. It looks like our near-abysmal performance in cricket was “compensated” for in the Asiad, the Asian Games. Now I’ve put compensated in quotes because even though our medal tally is 10 times lesser than the golds China’s obtaind, it is indeed a very significant performance. Indian atheletes don’t usually go around bringing glory to the nation unless there’s chess, cricket and recently, tennis involved. Bhupathi/Paes have f-i-n-a-l-l-y shown that they’re worth it (the opponents weren’t of the cadre of Nadal or Federrer, but it still is substantial) by winning the gold *applause dies down*. But there’s more to it. In a country that’s known for its spices, what better way to spice up the win than add a bit of spat, a la soap opera style. So what Paes does is, he gives a conference saying he isn’t ready to play more often with Bhupathi, who gives another one saying, his life was a soap opera the past 10 days and he’s gonna split with Paes. Something he termed the “greatest split” (sorry, u were a wee bit late. The last one happened when the MPs had a split over err, umm, let’s skip this). This wasn’t broadcast. Just a news flash. The NDTV (which I think is on a free fall since Rajdeep Sardesai left) had something more important to tell the viewers: Orkut. Make 360mn friends on cyberspace is what Srinivasan Jain prefers to call it. Okay mayb orkut lets you stay in touch, meet people after years, blah the usual. But that’s no reason why people gotta “make frenship” with you. (Hey i dunno friendship was “made”. Enlightenment throught the most unexpected sources). More annoying are those who go around asking blokes who send random requests, “do i know you?” Of course you do! We met seven lives back, remember? That’s with us Indians. Give us a medium, we’ll find a way to ruin it, make its users exasperated.