In the jungle of dance, music programs and reality shows. One program that has stood its ground is Boogie Woogie. It has been going strong for the last 11 years. It was the first of its kind to come up with a dance competition. It has no big names, no hype, no fights, no glamor. It is a simple, decent and entertaining talent hunt. Quality of this show is awesome. Participants are extremely talented. This show still has the innocence which the other shows have lost in the current world of commercialization. This show is devoid of all the judge fights, walkovers, participants crying in front of the camera, which have all become a regular feature in pretty much all of the reality shows these days.
All the judges, Javed Jaffrey, Naved Jaffrey and Ravi Behl conduct this show very decently and with dignity. Javed Jaffrey (he is the main judge) is so soft, nice and encouraging of all the contestants. He never criticizes or demeans anyone. He very nicely puts across his constructive comments. Where are we headed, with the kind of programs we have these days on television ? Why cannot we have more programs with the same kind of simplicity, innocence, decency and talent as Boogie Woogie?
Fourteen matches into the IPL and we have hardly seen any great performance from any Indian. It is not unusual we are used to it. But the funny thing is that all the teams have an Indian as the captain, except Rajasthan Royals which has Shane Warne as the captain because there is no Indian in his team who has played any good amount of cricket. Except for Tendulkar, Dravid & Ganguly, I do not think any other Indian player deserves to be a captain of their teams. I understand, that this is Indian Premier League and not Australian League or something, but does it mean that we should be biased in favor of our players, when there are other deserving candidates for the job ?
In the absence of Tendulkar, Shaun Pollock or Jayasuriya could have been made the captain but that was not to be, the mantle was given to Harbhajan (who we now know slapped Sreesanth). Laxman is leading the Deccan Chargers, when he has Gilchrist in his team who is much more experienced and has a better track record, who was the vice captain for Australia and who has captained the Australian team on many occasions. Laxman is not even a regular face in the Indian one day team. Similarly, Mahela Jayawardene should have been the first choice for Kings XI Punjab or McGrath for Delhi Dare Devils. Stephen Fleming (seems like he has not joined the team yet) is a more deserving captain than Dhoni, but Dhoni would have still been made the captain. When we have mix of players from all the countries, should we just look at the domicile of the person to be named the captain ? I do not think it is fair.
