Wake up and smell the coffee
As i watched the latest bad commercial with a cricketer in it, it occured to me how warped our perspective of celebrities really is. Have no fear, for this isn't another ad-bashing post. Far from it, in fact. Correct me if i'm wrong, but from my perspective, this is how the media works: If a batsman loses form or is sacked from the Indian cricket team, the advertisements that he features in are promptly pulled off the air. However, if a celebrity politician is convicted of murder, he still appears large as life, endorsing products on television as if nothing ever happened. Well the first case is quite common, but it is this second case that disturbs me the most. And it is rather unnerving to watch the man in the perfectly matched turban and tie be persisted with to endorse a brand of inverters, even after being convicted of culpable homicide. I for one, am not about to launch a scathing attack on the man himself, for we all have our faults and have made mistakes in life. But wh