Anyone tuning in to any news channel over the weekend would have thought there is nothing more important going on in the world than MS Dhoni's engagement and marriage. I flipped through channel after channel, looking for important national and international news. But no luck! Exasperated, I finally switched to Marathi news channels and was relieved to find that this was no breaking news for them.

Why, oh why, do we need a round-the-clock coverage of celebrity events?