Monday, August 22, 2016

Urjit bhai, kem cho? You, a Patel? Met Smriti at Yale? Grew up in the same neighborhood as Hardik and Anandiben? No? Ok. Welcome to the Reserve Blank of India. I don’t understand Ecocomics, yet have a suggestion: if only you could do something about the link between inflation and TV serials. You see, none of the characters go to office. Middle-class homes appear as though they get an increment every hour. Lavish marriages happen every 30 minutes, every day of the week. Characters die, come alive, only to die again, until they decide to quit altogether (labour flaws, anyone?) The quantum of gems and jewellery worn in one episode is sufficient to cover India’s debt for 100 years. What’s more, many Bahus even have the potential of becoming India’s Union Ministers in the future! Brush your memory; Smriti, know her? And then, midst all the clamour for glamour, the FM, who was also I&B Minister once, thinks that similar luxuries also exist in the real world, since “media is a reflection of society”. Hence, he imposes burgeoning taxes like rising TRPs! Bhai Jo, tame jo, avjo and please, Arun bhai ne explain kar jo?!

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