In search of a song...

Simon Cowell commented to one of the American Idol participant that she performed a song that didnt represent her personality. The song represented someone else and not 'her' that they had seen in the last couple of weeks.

But what caught my attention was the participants immediate well articulated response to his comment. She said ' Am not sure why I should just portray one single personality. I embodify very distinct pieces of varied personalities that come into play in different situations. Which one should i  pick for American Idol?  I dont think i need to pick one of them to represent me here...rather go with a mix!' 

So true. We all do.... play different roles and personifies as the script demands. As a sibling, spouse, colleague, lover, client, boss, or as a stranger who picks up a conversation while in metro, we all exude multiple layers of personlaities. I have not come across a single song that can personify this myriad collage of human ego and alter egos.

The mud sling on Tiger Woods brand representation or the questionable 'Sweat Equity' of Ms. Pushkar that consumed tons of brazilain rain forest pulp and peaked traffic on global fibre-optic networks, i guess was all about millions of Simons' quest for a singular persona in these tabliod victims thats palatable for public consumption.

Tweets - Remembering Tharoor, Sunanda and Jessica

Be it the nail biting match point played out by Sania and Mailk in media glare or images of fake eyelashes of Sunanda Pushkar and of a confident stubborn Tharoor that filled the flat screens for days, the fun doesn’t end. These days media gets their ‘stories’ (they are no more news) from a small birdie that tweets it out in 140 characters.


Tweeting - the neologism that feeds the new age news media in fact broadcasts to a global collective consciousness. A powerful set of 140 characters that can oust a minister in India and an attractive brand consultant in Dubai to lose her ‘sweat equity’.

I miss the good old ‘Doordarshan’ days. Even though they were heavily loaded with ‘Rajiv Gandhi’ PR, I wish I could switch on to a 8.40 pm news read by Salma Sultan (with a rose nestled in her hair) or to the English verion read by G.B. Komal Singh and the path breaking ‘World this week’ from Prannoy Roy.

But in equal measure also acknowledge how the same new age media was instrumental in bringing final justice to Jessica Lal today after an agonizing 11 years.