India had a very eventful October to say the least; The Mumbai Indians won the Champions League T20 followed by the rest of India’s Indians whitewashing the English in the one day series. Delhi was supposed to have Metallica first, but eventually quiet little Bengaluru was woken up with random shrill cries from 4 dopey Americans with loud Instruments. But by far the most awesome thing to happen was India pulled off the Inaugural Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida. The track, the cars, the noise, the feel, nothing could match the excitement it generated. Somewhere in the middle of it all though, it lost its essence, its “Indianness”.
So here are my 10 reasons why I was pleasantly surprised by the Indian Grand Prix.
1) Shahrukh Khan was nowhere to be seen, even more shockingly, no Ra.One posters.
2) The event organizers went for Metallica over a performance from Malaika Arora.
3) Maharashtra didn’t create a ruckus that the UP guys took away our jobs first, n now our race-track
4) PETA didn’t have a morcha for the dog that was unceremoniously escorted out after the 1st day’s practice session
5) There wasn’t a breaking news ticker at the bottom of the screen after every overtaking maneuver calling it “sansani”.
6) Mayawati actually gave the winner a cup instead of a signed statue of herself
7) Siddharth Mallya wasn’t asked in the Pit Lane if he and Deepika were a couple
8) Dr. Vijay Mallya wasn’t asked when he’d be appearing on “Simi Selects-India’s most Desirable”
9) Narain Karthikeyan wasn’t called on the podium to collect a consolation prize for being the 1st Indian to finish the race
10) It was constructed, in time, and somehow no politician ended up in Jail.
So here are my 10 reasons why I was pleasantly surprised by the Indian Grand Prix.
1) Shahrukh Khan was nowhere to be seen, even more shockingly, no Ra.One posters.
2) The event organizers went for Metallica over a performance from Malaika Arora.
3) Maharashtra didn’t create a ruckus that the UP guys took away our jobs first, n now our race-track
4) PETA didn’t have a morcha for the dog that was unceremoniously escorted out after the 1st day’s practice session
5) There wasn’t a breaking news ticker at the bottom of the screen after every overtaking maneuver calling it “sansani”.
6) Mayawati actually gave the winner a cup instead of a signed statue of herself
7) Siddharth Mallya wasn’t asked in the Pit Lane if he and Deepika were a couple
8) Dr. Vijay Mallya wasn’t asked when he’d be appearing on “Simi Selects-India’s most Desirable”
9) Narain Karthikeyan wasn’t called on the podium to collect a consolation prize for being the 1st Indian to finish the race
10) It was constructed, in time, and somehow no politician ended up in Jail.
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