it's not just the case of field marshal manekshaw, parijat..i was speaking of a general phenomenon..our attention span, our patience for more serious issues have decreased..i guess even u would agree.. but nonetheless most of us feel a strange pleasure in criticism...not that things don't deserve being criticised..they do.. but we r supposed to do a lot more than that.. if we r actually as concerned as we believe us to be. All this talk holds for me as much as anybody else..so maybe i should just shut up myself..and do my job properly first. :)