Ramesh, you always crack me up with your sense of humor mate ! Good going....
________________________________ From: Ramesh R <triscod...@yahoo.com> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 6:42:42 PM Subject: Re: [arr] Should the RTI be approached? Feel free to use/modify them as you please. I don't have a blog, twitter or facebook. Just not my kind of thing. ________________________________ From: Roshan <c.pix...@gmail.com> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 4:55:54 PM Subject: Re: [arr] Should the RTI be approached? lol man! your list is so hilarious. i am so going to use it on the twitter.. let's all start tweeting this. what's your twitter id btw, just so i can tag you. On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Ramesh R <triscod...@yahoo.com> wrote: >No need for RTI. There was a GoI press release about this which mentions the >total contract value with ARR. >http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=64676 > >There's more work (lyrics by Mehboob, video with Bharat Bala...) than just >composing the song. ARR is performing at the opening ceremony as well. We do >not >know the full extent of his involvement. But c'mon! Given all his charity work >would you think that he would overcharge for something like this? > >The media is on a witch-hunt right now so it's convenient for them to publish >whatever they want. Don't fan the flames. It's amazing how much of the >criticism >about the Games has now been focused solely on the music. > > >A few weeks ago when a journalist angrily questioned the delay with releasing >the song, I defended her right to ask the question. At that time it seemed >that >the press was asking hard questions because it mattered and not because of TRP >ratings. Now I see it's a facade since they're all after masala stuff to sell. >The IBNLive hack-job masquerading as an article doesn't even have an author >mentioned. Every Tom, Dick and Hariharan who blogs or tweets, gets quoted in >articles as if they're music buffs with expert opinions. > > >Don't make this an issue despite how ugly it looks. Ignore it. Be civil and >diplomatic if you're correcting friends who've been misled by the articles. >The >media will stop when there isn't enough interest in it. > >And for the devious side in you... >When people have already formed a misguided opinion it's hard to make them >change if you point facts directly. Use satire to make them think about how >ludicrous it is. We already know about the awesome conclusion by IBNLive that >the film score to Fire was a flop because it was not easily available in India >and could be obtained only by mail order from Germany. Extending that thought >here are some tweet-lines: > > > * IBNLive says Mughal-e-Azam is a flop because it is not available in > Sanskrit >dubbing. > * V.K. Malhotra doesn't like Australia's 2006 Commonwealth Games song > either- >"Their song is slower than Rahman's. They should have used Shakira". > * V.K Malhotra also does not like coconut chutney. Rediff reports that > Kerala >is angry when he asked for mint chutney instead. > > > * TimesOfIndia research shows that Waka Waka is more popular than Jana > Gana >Mana based on downloads. Please participate in the poll for changing the >national anthem. > * Calcutta Telegraph breaking news-- Sports minister Shanawaz Hussain > wants >Rabindranath Tagore grand-daughter to update national anthem since "it is too >slow. There is not enough Shakira in it". > * Indian media secures top prize in transparency and integrity awards >U2CanBJournoWorld 2010. Congratulate them! Only one country participated since >the others refused to pay the entry fee to host nation, India. > > > > > > ________________________________ From: ravi <ravis...@gmail.com> >To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 12:59:04 PM >Subject: [arr] Should the RTI be approached? > > >Its now like every cat & dog is speaking about the 5Crore. should / can the >RTI >be approached to know the real facts? >Media doesn't seem to be impressed with the celebrities who are praising and >are >rather more interested in using even a single negative quote as the headline. >There was a news paper which quoted as its fans saying the negative feedback >on >FB pages. Damn I wish FB / Twitter must sue the Indian News agency for using >their wide viewable medium as the source of News. > > > > > -- ----------------------------------- http://roshanravi.com http://cssheaven.org
