10-01-2007, 07:09 PM
welcome to the "Hindi" TV Jouralism. All the channels are in race of who can bastardize Hindi faster and better.
There is one more trend. They will use islamic terms wherever possible, rather than dharmic. Simplest example, instead of saying Bhagwan or Iswar for God, they say Khuda/Allah, or simply 'Upar Wala'. Mehr/Nazr/rahm rather than kripa/daya. The other day they were interviewing Yograj Singh, father of Yuvraj Singh. Yograj Singh kept saying 'Khuda ki mehrbani', 'Allah ki rehmat', and so on.
And by the way, you are right, it is for Pakistan's viewership I beleive. Idiots dont know, that if they have better Hindi, their viewership in South and East will grow much more, than it ever will in TSP. So it is for TSP. In fact in many programs you see contestants from TSP participating. And even being the favourites! And those folks come out as full islami. they never say namaste etc. they stick to salam-walai-kum or good evening. In fact our folks also greet with salam rather than namaste! There is an ad that a nationalized bank is nunning for the celebration of its 100 years in operation, so 'Sau Sau Salaam' is its title which can be seen every where. Why not 'shat shat naman'?
I have now stopped watching any of these channels. Except for door-darshan, when I have absolutely to. It still has a better standards of Hindi. they were telecasting an interview of Captain Rakesh Sharma, the other day. Such a good interview I have not heard/seen in many years now. Not just very good Hindi on both sides, but even the quality of questions and responses, and above all the sincerety was there. I wish there were more people like them these days.
There is one more trend. They will use islamic terms wherever possible, rather than dharmic. Simplest example, instead of saying Bhagwan or Iswar for God, they say Khuda/Allah, or simply 'Upar Wala'. Mehr/Nazr/rahm rather than kripa/daya. The other day they were interviewing Yograj Singh, father of Yuvraj Singh. Yograj Singh kept saying 'Khuda ki mehrbani', 'Allah ki rehmat', and so on.
And by the way, you are right, it is for Pakistan's viewership I beleive. Idiots dont know, that if they have better Hindi, their viewership in South and East will grow much more, than it ever will in TSP. So it is for TSP. In fact in many programs you see contestants from TSP participating. And even being the favourites! And those folks come out as full islami. they never say namaste etc. they stick to salam-walai-kum or good evening. In fact our folks also greet with salam rather than namaste! There is an ad that a nationalized bank is nunning for the celebration of its 100 years in operation, so 'Sau Sau Salaam' is its title which can be seen every where. Why not 'shat shat naman'?
I have now stopped watching any of these channels. Except for door-darshan, when I have absolutely to. It still has a better standards of Hindi. they were telecasting an interview of Captain Rakesh Sharma, the other day. Such a good interview I have not heard/seen in many years now. Not just very good Hindi on both sides, but even the quality of questions and responses, and above all the sincerety was there. I wish there were more people like them these days.