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The last couple of days I am watching Tamil TV Serials - during lunch and dinner. I have to socialize with the guests who are visiting us. It will not be manners to read a book when guests are around you see. So here is how I entertain myself. 1. Watch the side actors . Usually the main heroine ( no heroes ) will be talking a few pages of scripts in one go. And time to time the side actors will keep looking at each other. It is so funny. At times one actor will try to look at the other - and she/he will be listening intently and will not look. 2. Watch for mistakes . There are so many. Usually when there is a large crowd there will be 5 or 6 people who will never get a dialogue. Keep looking at them - and they will keep seeing into the camera now and then. 3. Guess the cliche statement that will emerge out of the actor's mouth. You will win all the time. "Enn uyiruai kuduthaavathu unnai kaapaathuvaen" "Vaanga. Coffee saapidureengala" "Nalla mugurtham paar...

It has been almost 2 months since I stopped watching TV. With 2 exceptions - Followed Chandrayaan launch on the (t)rusty Doordarshan and saw  Obama creating history . Rest of the time I have shunned TV. Here is my top 5 things that I miss about TV. 1. Breaking News - yeah right. I do miss a whole lot of things that seem to break continuously round the clock.  2. Cricket - Oh I miss so much. During this time 4 test matches and 2 ODIs were played and I missed  the painful ecstasy of watching world's most boring entertainment and not to mention Rahul Dravid score 0 in 3 balls or Ganguly's o in 1 ball of his last match (don't take the knives out yet, my next post will be on Ganguly - in fact I like him a lot)  3. Movies laden with Ads  -  A good hollywood movie will take 3 hours with all the ads strewn  inbetween. I really miss the analysis I do with all the products and advertisements that are shown between the movies - so I can plan the next unwanted purchase and help the ...