There's a frech proverb : 'Nul n'est prophete en son pays' , and 'No man is a prophet in his country' in english.
Dunno if its the good translation though. Niven (Mauritius) --- In [email protected], "Thulasi Ram" <karoke...@...> wrote: > > u've got a point but Indian media sucks w.r.t. publicizing ARR w.r.t his > nominations and awards for SDM > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Vinayakam Murugan <mvinaya...@...>wrote: > > > Does it really matter? World over , ARR's music has been given equal > > importance in the coverage. After he wins, the media will also join in the > > crowd. > > > > It would be very irritating if they go to ARR and ask him what is he going > > to wear? ;) > > > > Warm Regards > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Vinayak > > > > theregoesanotherday.blogspot.com > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Reformed Sinner < > > reformedsin...@...> wrote: > > > >> Folks, > >> > >> As ARR fans, we all know SDM the movie & the music is winning accolades > >> the world over. ARR has already won 4-5 international awards for SDM music. > >> He has also been nominated for the Golden Globe awards. > >> > >> As far as i know, winning international awards for music score is > >> something not much Indian composers have done before. This is really a first > >> of its kind achievement and shoud be given its due importance. but i dont > >> see much people talking abt in india. its only we the fans who talk abt sdm > >> music. if i'm not following this ARR fans group, i would not have know about > >> ARR's nomination. > >> > >> I'm really disappointed at our Indian mainstream media (read tv & print) > >> media's poor coverage for SDM music. today is golden globes awards, but i'm > >> sad to say i could not find even a single mention of ARR's name in any of > >> our tv channels. > >> > >> No mentioning by TV newsreaders. No scrolling news at the bottom of the > >> screen. > >> > >> NDTV - They said SDM is being nominated for the best film at the globes. > >> they had spl interviews with the lead actors of the movie - Dev Patel, > >> Frieda Pinto & Anil Kapoor. thats it. no mention of ARR's name anywhere. > >> > >> CNN - IBN - A passing mention of SDM (the movie). they gave more > >> importance to Shah Rukh Khan presenting an award at the globes!!! they had > >> an audio interview with Shah Rukh and they ask "how does it feel to be > >> presenting an award?". > >> > >> Times Now - they were more concerned abt what dresses our celebrities will > >> be wearing at the awards. they ask Frieda Pinto abt what dress u going to > >> wear tonight. Again ARR is ignored. > >> > >> whats the problem with our media? dont they think being nominated for > >> Golden Globes is not a news item? Up to my knowledge, no Indian has ever > >> won/nominated at golden globes (which is next only to Oscars in world > >> stature). All thru the day, our news channels were repeatedly showing Satyam > >> computers scam, SomDev Varman playing the chennai open, etc. Agreed these > >> are also important. but then being nominated for golden globes in a great > >> achievement, right? why are they ignoring the music alone? if they can hype > >> up SRK presenting an award, waht abt ARR who has been nominated for the > >> award? > >> > >> Guys - can we do something about this? can we contact any of these media > >> channels and seek for an explanation for this ? Do any of your friends work > >> in any of these media houses? Can we approach them and find out why they > >> dont think this news item worthy of coverage? > >> > >> Arun > >> > >> > > > > >
