<img style="float: left;" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/feb/pradyuman.jpg" alt="" width="120" height="101" />And for the second-last Saturday before we&rsquo;ve the election results, a few stray thoughts and observations and a few points of view (all my own work):
&gt;&gt; Like my heart goes out to all those on election duty for the last two phases. I&rsquo;ve experienced it myself and Bihar and Eastern UP at 40+ degrees feels like a furnace
&gt;&gt; Like I spent a few days watching the lesser Hindi channels &ndash; JIA, Live News, Lemon News, Metro News, etc etc &ndash; and I know why they continue to be lesser
&gt;&gt; Like the challenger channels like News Nation, News India, India News didn&rsquo;t just match up. NewsX was the biggest disappointment of the season
&gt;&gt; Like despite bringing in Vinod Dua and Sanjay Pugalia, IBN 7 wasn&rsquo;t in the reckoning at all in my Top 5. Ditto with NDTV India whose Ravish Kumar&rsquo;s reports from the ground were super, but it&rsquo;s not got the numbers.
And these stray thoughts: &gt;&gt; Like I am still not sure who is ruder and heckles his guest more: Karan Thapar or Arnab Goswami
&gt;&gt; Like I am even more undecided whether I hate Sanjay Jha more or Meenakshi Lekhi
&gt;&gt; Like I have been watching Rajya Sabha TV more than ever before over the last few days to catch Amrita Rai reading the news
&gt;&gt; Like I think in these &lsquo;Made for Television&rsquo; elections of 2014, there are just as many people ready to pounce on erring channels as they are on politicians
&gt;&gt; Like I find the BJP and Cong ads good, though I remember the BJP tagline of &lsquo;Achche Din Aaanewaale Hain&rsquo;, and not the Congress&rsquo;
And this final viewpoint: That must as I want the &lsquo;achche din&rsquo; to come, like many across India and the world, I am looking forward to the end of the elections process. But we still have two more phases to go. Pheeeeeew!
And this end-point: That having grown up reading Behram &lsquo;Busybee&rsquo; Contractor columns, every time I&rsquo;ve attempted doing a weekend round-up of random thoughts in Noose Night, I found myself breaking into the Round and About-style. Miss you much, Busybee!
Pradyuman Maheshwari is a senior journalist and editor. When he&rsquo;s not chasing news, he&rsquo;s watching it. Twitter: @pmahesh E: noose@pman.in

And for the second-last Saturday before we&rsquo;ve the election results, a few stray thoughts and observations and a few points of view (all my own work)

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