Goings on

Ok, it was not for the Q3 results that those OB vans were in campus yesterday. They were here to cover the visit of some Brit who's supposed to be their next Prime Minister. Now, regarding this, there are two things that come to mind .....

1. What's with this sudden flurry of foreign dignitory visits to Wipro? One day it's the Portuguese prez & on the other it's the British PM-in-waiting. Quite high profile, those. I thought The Boss & the company were happy at letting the neighbours & their bosses have all the glory when it came to foreigners wanting to check out the Indian IT scene for themselves. But seeing how things are, it seems The Boss wouldn't mind a bit of publicity for himself either. Maybe there's an IPO or something coming out in the next few days. Anyway, I'd rather that the company kept the usual low profile it always has ..... else you risk becoming a dot on some crazed jehadi's radar. Not for nothing do they have armed guards every 10 steps over at Infosys. And .....

2. How come the British know who's gonna be their next PM? I mean you can never predict that sort of thing here in India ..... even 1 day before the elections! Maybe they've got some different succession policy.

Then there's this whole brouhaha over the 'racist treatment' meted out to Shilpa Shetty in Britain's Celebrity Big Brother. Going by how pathetic the Indian version of the same program is, I wonder why the Brits even care to watch it. But apparently, it's a huge hit there & viewership has gone up by leaps after this controversy. I've seen some of the clips on YouTube & anyone with the most basic common sense can make out that it's all being done for the camera. Still, Shilpa comes out of it all looking quite dignified & sensible ..... but then, who wouldn't, considering she was paid 3 crores to take part in the show!

And as far as reality shows go, gimme MTV Roadies 4 any day man! I've never followed a show like I've followed this one & it's been pretty absorbing stuff. Bani's profanities, Pooja's attitude, cool Anthony, confused Raj, the other people who got eliminated ..... Roopali, Sonam, Vishal & of course the Karizmas. And it's all handled very well by Ranvijay. The only sore point remains that goofball Gulshan Grover who pops up in every other episode trying to mean business ..... & 'trying to' is the operative word here.