My weekend with NDTV !!!

How bad can it get when…

a) Your best friend/ buddy / love leaves town.
b) The movie you watch to feel better is the most depressing one on earth.( Wolf Creek…saw Syriana later to get over it )
c) The bar you go to get a happy beer serves you golden eagle beer only ( instead of kingfisher premium)
d) You go out with friends who talk about politics in their workplace.
e) You do a 21-k run in the gym with ndtv playing and it’s too late to stop your run to change the channel.

I think the first and the last point (point e and of course point a ) are the two worst things that can happen to anyone. I am sure everybody knows how hard it is to see a loved one go...you know its pretty impossible to share the same laughs again and share the same affection. The feeling is " lousy".

To overcome this terrible weekend, I decided to go on a run and tried hard to fight my depression. I started running at 4:00 p.m. telling myself that I will get a 21 km by 6:15. Kept running at a good pace (10 kmh) until 4:45 and the electricity shuts down. I try and keep doing a stationary jog just to keep the rhythm up and power resumed at 5:00. However, I felt that I wanted to do a 21 k in a stretch and decided that I will reset my targets. The new target was to complete at 7:30 at a speed of 9-9.5 kmh. The whole time, NDTV was playing with the television just right in front of my eyes…about 3 feet away. Despite switching my ipod on full volume, I could see the same glimpses of Pramod Mahajan’s residence in front of my eyes with different anchors talking the same things. Believe it or not, it was a terribly bad trip and I felt as though I was going to die or something (you guys know the feeling!!!)…The feeling of desperation to break free….I conclude that twenty four hour news channels are terrible downers and could cause severe depression problems......stay away !!