Sadly, the mediocrity is led by none other than the media itself. It creates several stereotypes and then hypes up anyone who breaks it. So, an intelligent Bihari, a smart Sikh, a non-fanatic Muslim are all worthy of newsprint and sound bytes. It runs trials by media and vilifies every pillar of democracy except itself. Can Ramesh tell us why the media doesn't take up quality of service as a yardstick for success? We all know that our software industry is booming, but how many actually care that the code written by our chaps is scary for techies around the globe. And how many of us accept the fact that haphazard ways of work actually creates nightmares for our clients? All that our country is told (by the media) is how big our software boom is and how we are already a developed nation? Now that we have given our media the power to think on our behalf, I wonder when they will part with our democratic right to vote to the media too? The process has already started with post-election polls by media houses! Like Conan Doyle said, "mediocrity never rises about itself; but it takes talent to recognize genius." Which, by the way, explains why the US of A is doing so well for itself on borrowed brains!