Working in the media fraternity makes you more sensitive to all kinds of media, at the same time making it tasteless and merely a tool in your tool box. Over a period of time you lose the taste for news, shows, articles or any other vehicle of communication. Now i merely scan the paper without a hint of emotion, i don't look at a piece with interest, i am bothered about who wrote it, what page it appears on and who might have manipulated the journalist to do the article. Do not get me wrong, this has an advantage, you can get through about 5 - 6 papers in about 20 minutes this way. But on a casual Sunday such as this one i ease through the paper, this is when i realize that i have to make an effort to enjoy the paper. Absorb the goodness, this is more than a small challenge as i have little regard for the editorial knowing what i know.
But today i spent about an hour with the Times of India this morning. I was reading the matrimonial section, i wasn't browsing, i was literally reading every single one of the ads. This is a veritable market for brides and grooms. The sheer desperation of some of the ads were not sad not surprising though. On the other hand there were some surprisingly young people looking for partners in the classifieds. It got me thinking on what goes on in the mind of the souls who at the loss of all hope take the decision to tell the world that they are single and looking.
This is certainly quite the scary thought, that one of these days i will have my own ad in that paper. No i think i will use a marriage website.....
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