For old times sake...

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and days of old lang syne?

CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

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The media really loves to make mountains out of molehills. The media from the country of my birth has earned a not very good reputation in recent years.

Now I can speak more about it because I've been involved with it for a couple of years.

I can effortlessly say that it has it's own darlings and then forgets people quickly. Especially people who aren't constantly in the news or are elderly. Such a short memory it has. Quite heartless in fact.

Let me talk a little more in detail about the Indian entertainment media as I have more knowledge of the same.

In the last few months, many old time artistes had passed away but apart from a few reports there were no genuine shows of sympathy.

A couple of months back, there were reports that the editor of one of the biggest Hindi hits of all time has fallen on hard times and the industry was not doing anything much for him...even none of the actors who were involved with that film and are big names in entertainment and politics even now.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Sholay-editor-falls-on-hard-times/articleshow/7479269.cms

http://www.hindustantimes.com/MNS-helps-Sholay-s-editor-M-S-Shinde/Article1-661264.aspx

Slum dog kid Rubina Ali still continues to live in slums and there were reports that she lost her home some time ago and photos taken at the cremony.

Don't think the other kid star Azhar is doing any better. Now both had gone to the Oscars and they going to La, and being on the Oscar stage too.

Now not everybody was as lucky to go as far as Freida Pinto, Dev and all, right? When there was the hulla ballo I was hoping the well off artistes like Anil Kapoor would help them but that was not to be. Guess Mr. Kapoor is too busy with his children, more so actress daughter Sonam.

From personal experience I saw an assistant editor fly high after the win. Even become arrogant.

Much of all the kudos haven't helped that person either

Once very good looking and now old and retired actors like Shashi Kapoor and Sadhana, don't care to be asked any more. As if they are outdated now. And once people were so enamoured by their beauty.

Big B and some are really lucky to continue for so long.

Well, only a few in media continue to actually care about some long forgotten people.


April 5, 1993 was the day a very young actress Divya Bharati had lost her life untimely. Many of us were very little then then but even after so many years remember the day. Can't believe it's been 18 long years now.

Divya's dress designer Neeta Lulla( she's still doing well and her daughter Nishka too) is believed to have been present at the apartment at the time but the unfortunate event could not be avoided. Police closed the investigation into her death in 1998, but the circumstances of her death still remain a mystery.Her husband Sajid Nadiadwala continues to produce big movies and dedicated the earlier ones to her memory. Karisma, Urmila and many of her contemporariis are still working and wonder how many of her ex colleagues etc remember her

Abroad, a few years later, the paparazzi took the falk for Princess Diana's fatal car crash and the insensitivity.

Happy about the sensitive writing though...The M'bai terror attacks were a terrible chapter. Only recently an aware citizen commented firmly but humorously about how the Indian media is giving publicity, coverage to a book on the sole surviving terrorist and that's so not required.

Good there are some people who care. Wish there were more in media...