If I asked any one of you what is the best gift of mankind? Few of you will say materialistic things, some of you might say logical thinking mind and some of you will say this earth with water to drink and air to breathe or some of you might even say a pair of opposable thumbs which made us humans come this far in Darwin’s theory of evolution. All of you are right in your own fashion and agree with you.
However, I feel the gifts of mankind are our traditional five senses
• Sense of Sight
• Sense of Hearing
• Sense of Smell
• Sense of Touch
• Sense of Taste
However, the best of them is Sense of sight. Why? If I have to tell this out which I will but if you did not get an opinion still, then my request to the one who is reading this Post is please look in to your life properly after reading the next lines.
It was Wednesday October 14th, 2009 I was heading somewhere and in Jayanagar, Bengalooru there is a place not far from my house called Shanthi Park Apartments. It’s a big junction as a lot of traffic moves around that place; I was driving through this road that’s when I noticed a visually impaired girl standing to cross the road. I saw that she was waiting for somebody to help her cross the road. I was about to stop but I saw a girl crossing the road seeing that I assumed that she must be trying to help the visually impaired girl. I drove ahead but something told me to slow down and I just looked back in the rear view mirror. The visually impaired girl was still standing there and the girl who crossed the road just went in to the apartments.
I stopped and turned around in a one way traffic. Luckily traffic was light that time and I was on the left side of the road. I drove back on one way street since I had stopped within few yards. I did not have to go a long way. I know I broke a rule but a rule is not more for me than humanity. I went and asked the girl “shall I help you to cross the road?” She said yes. I helped her cross the road but the moment I was helping her cross the road. I felt it’s not she who is visually impaired it’s we who are visually impaired. I would like to specifically point out the two guys who were standing and gossiping beneath the tree which was behind her. The girl: who crossed the road and still walked away even after seeing this girl standing there. Visually Impaired is the local municipal corporation who has not done any arrangements in spite of being aware of the fact that there is a School for Visually Impaired in the opposite locality.
When I walked up to that Visually Impaired Girl I saw desperation in her, hoping that somebody out there would help her out. She must have been thinking If only I had a bit of sight so that could cross the road on my own. These people who are visually impaired are not so by choice or for even a matter of fact a person who is Physically / Mentally challenged is not in such a situation by choice. It’s how they came here, here in to this earth. They also deserve an equal opportunity to survive and make a living just like the rest of you and me. But why in god’s name are we not giving them / helping them? Here WE are the people who are not physically / mentally challenged. Here the difference between them and us is time and if time chooses it can turn tables on us it can do anything.
I chose to write this article after I saw how beautiful this world, a visually impaired person does not have the ability to do so as well. He / she will never see how beautiful a sunrise / sunset is or how beautiful this nature is. If he / she cannot see how beautiful the creator has created us, imagine if a visually impaired by birth asks us what color is? I will never be able to explain. Can you? I know visually impaired can dream but it’s never proved whether they dream is in color or in monochrome as they do not know what color is.
I know all the senses are equally important and I am wrong in saying this is the best sense but actually one among the best. But I don’t mind being wrong as I owe a lot to these visually impaired people from that school. They changed how I look in to life? They have taught me how happy I can be, they were the ones who brought happiness back in to my life. When I was in depression and lost hope in life. Why I lost hope in life? Why I was in depression is my secret? And I visit this visually impaired school whenever I feel that I do not have anything in life. I go there and when I come out I feel that I am gifted.
I know this is an emotional post; some of you might have had watery eyes by now. If not its ok but I did when I wrote this post I did have water in my eyes as I am a very emotional person. I am moved by emotions. My sister had a tough time battling my bag of emotions when we were growing up and so did my mom. My ex-girlfriend had a tough time keeping up with my emotional turbulence. Ask my team and my managers how much they have to fight with my baggage of emotions. Now this emotional fool has a humble request actually two requests to all practical and emotional people out there in this world.
1. Please donate your eyes before you are deceased and ensure that you fulfill that pledge and your family understands it. Gifting sight is considered as the greatest gift you can give to somebody.
2. In any place if you find any Physically / Mentally Challenged person then do not stop yourself from asking them if they need help. I know they might say No but do not be put off by it. They are very proud people and take pride in being self dependent and please respect that.
I know like everybody you might say WIIFM (What’s In It For Me) / WSI (Why Should I) / WWIG (What Will I Get). I won’t say blessings / a ticket to heaven and such crap. It is the least thing we could do for being a human. What say? These people do not want your pity but your support. Please stand with them for support and not against them who knows someday we might be standing among them fighting others like us.
Like Hrishikesh Mukerji said in his classic movie Bawarchi "Apna Kaam Sabhi Karte hain, Kabhi Doosron ka kaam karke dekho kitni khushi milti hai" loosely translated it means "Everybody is supposed to do their work but try doing somebody else’s work. You will find immense joy in it." But I would say make somebody's day or even better life by your gift of sight.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Movie Review : Drag Me to Hell
It’s time we put out the red carpet to welcome one of the original masters of horror back in to Cape fear. Sam Raimi who engineered the creation of one of the legendary horror movie series “Evil Dead” though he is also very famous for “Xena the Warrior Princess” is now come back with “Drag Me to Hell”.
Movie Description
Sam Raimi has brought demons & gypsy curses in a new manner to us viewers. He has used his experience of nail biting cliff hangers from Spiderman here. There is not much use of Graphic not as much as Spiderman however, the graphics used suits the movie. He story plot revolves around Christine Brown (Allison Lohan) a loan officer in a bank who gets a gypsy curse when she has a tiff with a gypsy woman. This is the start of the ride of fear, the brilliant use of sounds and shadows and a faceless fear is really nice. Justing Long (kid from Die Hard 4.0) plays Christine’s boy friend who justifies the role. Dileep Rao plays an Astrologer who can see psychic vibrations and he has done more than justice to the airtime he was given. The star of the show is Lorna Raver who plays the gypsy woman Sylvia Ganush, during the movie you will either start hating her or become scared of her. Graphics and the character outline has made her scary. Her character steals the lime light.
Rating
I rate this movie under the genre horror thriller and if I see all the horror movies which have come lately (I am referring to these slash & burn movies) then this movie is a cut above the rest. You will be feeling what happens in the end after 45 minutes of the movie. By the way end is suspense and I won’t give out any spoilers. I give 3.75 / 5 for this movie for the story plot and potent of fear it has.
Verdict
If you experiment with horror thrillers then do watch this movie. If you have been a fan of Sam Raimi’s work then he shows his creativity with this movie. If you have been always fascinated by demons, curses and the occult then it’s a must watch for you guys. However, the normal public or the janta (not junta) you might find it boring but this movie has more to it than what meets the eye.
Overall – watch it as it’s horror with a new perspective.
Movie Description
Sam Raimi has brought demons & gypsy curses in a new manner to us viewers. He has used his experience of nail biting cliff hangers from Spiderman here. There is not much use of Graphic not as much as Spiderman however, the graphics used suits the movie. He story plot revolves around Christine Brown (Allison Lohan) a loan officer in a bank who gets a gypsy curse when she has a tiff with a gypsy woman. This is the start of the ride of fear, the brilliant use of sounds and shadows and a faceless fear is really nice. Justing Long (kid from Die Hard 4.0) plays Christine’s boy friend who justifies the role. Dileep Rao plays an Astrologer who can see psychic vibrations and he has done more than justice to the airtime he was given. The star of the show is Lorna Raver who plays the gypsy woman Sylvia Ganush, during the movie you will either start hating her or become scared of her. Graphics and the character outline has made her scary. Her character steals the lime light.
Rating
I rate this movie under the genre horror thriller and if I see all the horror movies which have come lately (I am referring to these slash & burn movies) then this movie is a cut above the rest. You will be feeling what happens in the end after 45 minutes of the movie. By the way end is suspense and I won’t give out any spoilers. I give 3.75 / 5 for this movie for the story plot and potent of fear it has.
Verdict
If you experiment with horror thrillers then do watch this movie. If you have been a fan of Sam Raimi’s work then he shows his creativity with this movie. If you have been always fascinated by demons, curses and the occult then it’s a must watch for you guys. However, the normal public or the janta (not junta) you might find it boring but this movie has more to it than what meets the eye.
Overall – watch it as it’s horror with a new perspective.
Movie Review : Bruno
Kamal Hassan made Dashavataram in which he played 10 characters in a single movie, though his acting potential was utilized to an extent but the ten characters had one fault except one or two in others you could easily recognize him. However, here is a actor (I guess it would be an understatement if I call him an Actor he is a performer) whom in time we have forgotten how he looks like actually. The many of many faces, I introduce you to Sacha Baron Cohen a British Comedian who has taken comedy to a different level. This movie is all about his character Bruno from the Ali G show.
Movie Description
Bruno is yet another Mockumentary Genre from Sacha Baron Cohen his last movie Borat was hysterical and funny to the core a movie about a cultural learning of a journalist ‘Borat Sagdiyev’ from Kazakhstan (sad news not released in India) and prior to that ‘Ali G InDaHouse’ another movie revolving around his wanna-be gangster character ‘Ali G’.
Bruno is an Austrian Homosexual Fashion Reporter who has his own show “Funkyzeit” on the fashion segment of the channel. After he ruins a fashion show by his antiques he is fired from the channel and that’s when he decides to go to America and become a famous Gay Movie Star like Arnold Schwarzenegger. This starts the fuse for all the events that comes ahead. If you watch this movie expecting he humor like Borat then you are on a way of disappointment however, if you watch it as a fresh encounter with Sacha then yes you will have fun. I cannot write much about the movie as it is a mockumentary and if I speak anything then it will reveal the plot.
Rating
I have considered this movie under the genre of mockumentaries for reviewing. The movie is a situational comedy and satirical acts which make it stand out of its predecessors. If I compare to Borat this movie suffers from creative plot development. Though this movie is hysterical still it is in segments as it is not a laugh riot which starts from beginning to the end. I give it a 2 / 5 for the movie and an extra 0.25 for the NBC channel Pilot shot by Bruno and an extra 0.25 for the mime make out scene of Bruno with the spirit of deceased Rob Pilatus of Milli Vanilli fame so overall rating is 2.5 / 5.
Verdict
This movie is not everybody’s cup of tea like Borat. Some will find it offensive, some shocking and some humorous. I will give you two reasons why you should watch this movie
1. No matter how much liberal we are with respect to media this movie will not be released in India. If it does then it’s not worth watching the movie as everything will be cut. If it’s released with ‘A’ Rating then also the Moral Police will burn down the theaters. So watch it.
2. How often do you get a chance to see a person showing courage to the maximum levels. If you say stunt shows or reality dramas then those are pre-fixed. This movie shows the courage of an actor who stays true to a character even in the worst case scenario. Even when he was chased by an angry mob for his clothing in Palestine.
Overall - My verdict is watch it as you will find humor in a different way.
Movie Description
Bruno is yet another Mockumentary Genre from Sacha Baron Cohen his last movie Borat was hysterical and funny to the core a movie about a cultural learning of a journalist ‘Borat Sagdiyev’ from Kazakhstan (sad news not released in India) and prior to that ‘Ali G InDaHouse’ another movie revolving around his wanna-be gangster character ‘Ali G’.
Bruno is an Austrian Homosexual Fashion Reporter who has his own show “Funkyzeit” on the fashion segment of the channel. After he ruins a fashion show by his antiques he is fired from the channel and that’s when he decides to go to America and become a famous Gay Movie Star like Arnold Schwarzenegger. This starts the fuse for all the events that comes ahead. If you watch this movie expecting he humor like Borat then you are on a way of disappointment however, if you watch it as a fresh encounter with Sacha then yes you will have fun. I cannot write much about the movie as it is a mockumentary and if I speak anything then it will reveal the plot.
Rating
I have considered this movie under the genre of mockumentaries for reviewing. The movie is a situational comedy and satirical acts which make it stand out of its predecessors. If I compare to Borat this movie suffers from creative plot development. Though this movie is hysterical still it is in segments as it is not a laugh riot which starts from beginning to the end. I give it a 2 / 5 for the movie and an extra 0.25 for the NBC channel Pilot shot by Bruno and an extra 0.25 for the mime make out scene of Bruno with the spirit of deceased Rob Pilatus of Milli Vanilli fame so overall rating is 2.5 / 5.
Verdict
This movie is not everybody’s cup of tea like Borat. Some will find it offensive, some shocking and some humorous. I will give you two reasons why you should watch this movie
1. No matter how much liberal we are with respect to media this movie will not be released in India. If it does then it’s not worth watching the movie as everything will be cut. If it’s released with ‘A’ Rating then also the Moral Police will burn down the theaters. So watch it.
2. How often do you get a chance to see a person showing courage to the maximum levels. If you say stunt shows or reality dramas then those are pre-fixed. This movie shows the courage of an actor who stays true to a character even in the worst case scenario. Even when he was chased by an angry mob for his clothing in Palestine.
Overall - My verdict is watch it as you will find humor in a different way.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Thought for Freedom
“Freedom is the right of all sentient beings” this was told by Autobots leader Optimus Prime in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. On the eve before our nation celebrates its 62nd year of Independence marking its years of freedom from the imperial rule of the monarch. I am giving this article dedicated only to people who fought in their own ways and brought us that ever elusive freedom.
No and a real big No is my answer to all who are thinking that this is one more article by one more person which will glorify our Independence Struggle.
Do you love your country?
I guess no one will say “No” to this. I might be wrong in stereotyping your answers but collectively everybody will agree, affirmative. Now if I ask all of you who said ‘Yes’
Why do you love your country?
Many will come with an answer but after thinking for a while and few are still thinking. Now, to all who answered and to all who raced through these questions my last self question for now is
Do you respect and follow all the laws of this country?
The odds of finding a person who will say yes will be equal to getting struck by a lightning strike twice in a row.
My motive behind asking these questions is to make you aware that we Indians are naturally inclined towards the word compromise or being self-absorbed. If you doubt what I say then I will prove it. We got our freedom but we did not develop a respect for that freedom. Yes respect for the same freedom which we are misusing because of the fact that we were given our freedom and not earned it.
I know for a fact few of you will think that we earned the freedom and were not given the freedom. So to all of you my question is “Who fought for our freedom”? I know few will say ‘the freedom fighters’, few of you might say ‘common man’ but did he or they actually fight for freedom, he or they fought for Mahatma Gandhi who fought for freedom. Both might look similar but have a grave difference in them. In short the common man received Independence but was either not told or did not know how to use his / her freedom. Our freedom is still controlled by people in power who have replaced the Imperial British Rule.
Misuse of Power
In our democracy for a country where people are chosen on ballot votes would you believe if I told you that 540+ people are running a country filled with 1.2 billion in population. The majority chooses out of the 540+ a premier and his cabinet of ministers, who will then run this country. I would like to tell here is more than 50% percent of the 540 have a case or a pending trial in a Court of Law for some crime. The sad fact here is we have had great leaders or at least so called great leaders but they came to power either to fight for religion oppression or community oppression or apartheid. However, we have never had the opportunity to be led by a leader who had only one intention and that was benefit of the people. Even if we had such a leader but running the country is a team work. All those who have power either misuse to their benefit or use it in a way so that even if somebody wants to do good they use their power to stop it.
For example Nandigram Incident should ring some bells. Mamta Banerjee is now the union railway minister, Ratan Tata manufactured Nano out of Gujarat and even it is in the market. However the real losers are the people of Nandigram.
Corruption
We Indians either take or expect some rewards for the work which we are expected to do. It can be monetary or it can be materialistic but the common thing is we expect rewards that too from the person for whom we are doing the service. This is a disease called corruption and we either encourage it by paying it or by receiving it. The reason being money is not the best motivator for anybody for the simple fact no matter how much we have it still it’s not enough. Our needs are more than the means of fulfilling it. The result is we expect our fellow citizens to pay for it. This practice is best observed in a public sector / public service organization. Every Indian till now either has received or paid some sort of bribe in his life at least some time.
We corrupt our kids’ right from our childhood. We tell them that they will get a reward if they finish homework on time, or if they are top in studies or if they behave well. We think we are motivating them but we are wrong because we are making them dependent on the thing called incentive which they will start seeing wherever they go. We want our kids to be independent but we are the same people who are pushing them towards the slavery of incentive which eventually will lead to accepting bribe.
In Bengalooru, there is a National Highway (NH-7) aka Hosur Road. If you go there in the wee hours of morning, you can see traffic cops accepting bribes from lorry drivers as they pass on the highway. Why do they take bribe? Pocket Money or because no lorry is allowed to pass on NH – 7 from morning 6.30 AM – 9.00 PM. I myself was caught one day by a traffic cop and to my disdain I was not carrying all my vehicle papers. The guy demanded Rs. 100 to let me go. I had to pay him and go as I did not want to go through the hassles of going to court to pay a fine. However, it taught me one thing. It is to carry all the vehicle documents whenever I travel. From the lowest level clerk to a cabinet ranking minister all are corrupted either by power or by money.
Traffic Laws
Our opinion towards Traffic rules is ‘I don’t care’. It is one of the most troubling crimes and increasing at an alarming rate. We don’t know how to follow lanes; we don’t stop at red lights. We do not give indication while stopping or taking a turn. We don’t even know what a zebra crossing is and what is it for. We are always in a hurry to reach our destinations. We know speed limits within city limits but we seldom follow it. We have always over sped whichever vehicle it is. We are masters in jay walking, even if there is an underpass for a road we jump the girders and cross the road but not use the underpass thus adding adrenaline rush to our normal mundane life. We spit from a moving bus and if our luck is good it will land up on some bikers face. We always get joy in driving on a no entry or one way street. Wearing a helmet on a bike is so old fashioned and not style.
My question to all of you who break one or the other rule mentioned here is who in the hell gave you a right to jeopardize somebody else’s life. If you want to die please go and jump from a building or lie on the tracks of a train but I am not ready to die because of somebody else’s mistake.
Unity
We claim that we are a socialistic secular republic, where every religion is respected and valued. Is this true? Do a favor and ask yourself this? We always fight amongst ourselves in the name of god, religion, language, territory, water, creed, caste and reservation. We still proclaim that we are unified. In fact our unity comes to picture only when some alien force attacks us.
We see Ajmal Kasab who attacked Mumbai CST on 26/11 as a terrorist and a murderer of humanity. I would agree on both but he did a great favor to us Indians. He unified us in just three days. Yes he did and how did he pull it off because of the attacks instigated by him and his troop. People were fighting in Mumbai because non-marathis were writing railway recruitment exams. A so called savior of Maharashtra ‘Raj Thackeray’ and his followers targeted North Indians and beat them black and blue so that they leave Maharashtra. However, after 26/11 we haven’t even heard a fart from him.
I want Unity amongst religions, of all class and types and masses of all sectors of society but if this unity is like an old man’s erection which has no clue when it will go limp. I know my language is harsh but the metaphor serves right as in 26/11 case people will forget unity and Ajmal Kasab as soon as media stops running news on him.
Ruining Public Property
Yes we are famous for doing. You want to know how ask any Indian lover how he defaced an archeological monument just to carve his and his love ones’ names. I am sure he will have pride in telling it. We keep our houses spotless but we do not know how to use a dustbin when we are out. We take plastic bags and dump it in picnic spots or waterfalls. We tear the seats of buses I don’t know why people do it. We spit inside cinema halls and one of the most noticed habits of an average Indian is discharging his natural wastes in public or on public walls. We derive satisfaction by lubricating the walls where it is written not to urinate.
Ruining Natural Resources
We sip on till the last drop of a juice from a bottle but when we are refueling our vehicles the fuel station attendant spills few drops of fossil fuel after refueling your tank. Have we ever raised a concern for it?
Only 2.5% of the world water is drinkable and yet we waste water like it is nothing. We let the taps run all the time. We wash our vehicles everyday irrespective to the fact whether we wash ourselves everyday or not. We are not even bothered that people in some countries have to walk miles just to access safe drinking water. The same is in the case of power do we even think about all the natural resources at our disposal now may go extinct to the future.
Conclusion
I had the opportunity to travel abroad and I noticed how well behaved and responsible people were. They waited to cross a road on a zebra crossing only. They followed lanes perfectly and they respected their fellow Compatriots well and I never saw anybody defacing any public property. I know I cannot compare a foreign country with India but my point is being responsible and sensible does not differ from country to country because if you love and respect your country, you will be responsible to take care of it as if it is your home and your family.
We Indians have to take up a pledge that we owe this country to the future generations and if we want it to be good and beautiful and a wonderful place to live. The first thing we should do is stop expecting some leader or messiah to come and change the system. We have to change ourselves and our attitude towards the nation. If we do it and value our country then I believe that we have utilized the freedom given to us well.
While entering Egyptian Heaven one of the Egyptian gods Osiris asks two questions and answer to which decides whether you will enter the Egyptian Heaven or not.
1. Have you found Joy of your life?
2. Has your living brought joy in others life?
If we Indians ask this question to ourselves every day we can be a better human and a better Indian at the end of our lives.
Only a life lived for others is worth living – Albert Einstein
No and a real big No is my answer to all who are thinking that this is one more article by one more person which will glorify our Independence Struggle.
Do you love your country?
I guess no one will say “No” to this. I might be wrong in stereotyping your answers but collectively everybody will agree, affirmative. Now if I ask all of you who said ‘Yes’
Why do you love your country?
Many will come with an answer but after thinking for a while and few are still thinking. Now, to all who answered and to all who raced through these questions my last self question for now is
Do you respect and follow all the laws of this country?
The odds of finding a person who will say yes will be equal to getting struck by a lightning strike twice in a row.
My motive behind asking these questions is to make you aware that we Indians are naturally inclined towards the word compromise or being self-absorbed. If you doubt what I say then I will prove it. We got our freedom but we did not develop a respect for that freedom. Yes respect for the same freedom which we are misusing because of the fact that we were given our freedom and not earned it.
I know for a fact few of you will think that we earned the freedom and were not given the freedom. So to all of you my question is “Who fought for our freedom”? I know few will say ‘the freedom fighters’, few of you might say ‘common man’ but did he or they actually fight for freedom, he or they fought for Mahatma Gandhi who fought for freedom. Both might look similar but have a grave difference in them. In short the common man received Independence but was either not told or did not know how to use his / her freedom. Our freedom is still controlled by people in power who have replaced the Imperial British Rule.
Misuse of Power
In our democracy for a country where people are chosen on ballot votes would you believe if I told you that 540+ people are running a country filled with 1.2 billion in population. The majority chooses out of the 540+ a premier and his cabinet of ministers, who will then run this country. I would like to tell here is more than 50% percent of the 540 have a case or a pending trial in a Court of Law for some crime. The sad fact here is we have had great leaders or at least so called great leaders but they came to power either to fight for religion oppression or community oppression or apartheid. However, we have never had the opportunity to be led by a leader who had only one intention and that was benefit of the people. Even if we had such a leader but running the country is a team work. All those who have power either misuse to their benefit or use it in a way so that even if somebody wants to do good they use their power to stop it.
For example Nandigram Incident should ring some bells. Mamta Banerjee is now the union railway minister, Ratan Tata manufactured Nano out of Gujarat and even it is in the market. However the real losers are the people of Nandigram.
Corruption
We Indians either take or expect some rewards for the work which we are expected to do. It can be monetary or it can be materialistic but the common thing is we expect rewards that too from the person for whom we are doing the service. This is a disease called corruption and we either encourage it by paying it or by receiving it. The reason being money is not the best motivator for anybody for the simple fact no matter how much we have it still it’s not enough. Our needs are more than the means of fulfilling it. The result is we expect our fellow citizens to pay for it. This practice is best observed in a public sector / public service organization. Every Indian till now either has received or paid some sort of bribe in his life at least some time.
We corrupt our kids’ right from our childhood. We tell them that they will get a reward if they finish homework on time, or if they are top in studies or if they behave well. We think we are motivating them but we are wrong because we are making them dependent on the thing called incentive which they will start seeing wherever they go. We want our kids to be independent but we are the same people who are pushing them towards the slavery of incentive which eventually will lead to accepting bribe.
In Bengalooru, there is a National Highway (NH-7) aka Hosur Road. If you go there in the wee hours of morning, you can see traffic cops accepting bribes from lorry drivers as they pass on the highway. Why do they take bribe? Pocket Money or because no lorry is allowed to pass on NH – 7 from morning 6.30 AM – 9.00 PM. I myself was caught one day by a traffic cop and to my disdain I was not carrying all my vehicle papers. The guy demanded Rs. 100 to let me go. I had to pay him and go as I did not want to go through the hassles of going to court to pay a fine. However, it taught me one thing. It is to carry all the vehicle documents whenever I travel. From the lowest level clerk to a cabinet ranking minister all are corrupted either by power or by money.
Traffic Laws
Our opinion towards Traffic rules is ‘I don’t care’. It is one of the most troubling crimes and increasing at an alarming rate. We don’t know how to follow lanes; we don’t stop at red lights. We do not give indication while stopping or taking a turn. We don’t even know what a zebra crossing is and what is it for. We are always in a hurry to reach our destinations. We know speed limits within city limits but we seldom follow it. We have always over sped whichever vehicle it is. We are masters in jay walking, even if there is an underpass for a road we jump the girders and cross the road but not use the underpass thus adding adrenaline rush to our normal mundane life. We spit from a moving bus and if our luck is good it will land up on some bikers face. We always get joy in driving on a no entry or one way street. Wearing a helmet on a bike is so old fashioned and not style.
My question to all of you who break one or the other rule mentioned here is who in the hell gave you a right to jeopardize somebody else’s life. If you want to die please go and jump from a building or lie on the tracks of a train but I am not ready to die because of somebody else’s mistake.
Unity
We claim that we are a socialistic secular republic, where every religion is respected and valued. Is this true? Do a favor and ask yourself this? We always fight amongst ourselves in the name of god, religion, language, territory, water, creed, caste and reservation. We still proclaim that we are unified. In fact our unity comes to picture only when some alien force attacks us.
We see Ajmal Kasab who attacked Mumbai CST on 26/11 as a terrorist and a murderer of humanity. I would agree on both but he did a great favor to us Indians. He unified us in just three days. Yes he did and how did he pull it off because of the attacks instigated by him and his troop. People were fighting in Mumbai because non-marathis were writing railway recruitment exams. A so called savior of Maharashtra ‘Raj Thackeray’ and his followers targeted North Indians and beat them black and blue so that they leave Maharashtra. However, after 26/11 we haven’t even heard a fart from him.
I want Unity amongst religions, of all class and types and masses of all sectors of society but if this unity is like an old man’s erection which has no clue when it will go limp. I know my language is harsh but the metaphor serves right as in 26/11 case people will forget unity and Ajmal Kasab as soon as media stops running news on him.
Ruining Public Property
Yes we are famous for doing. You want to know how ask any Indian lover how he defaced an archeological monument just to carve his and his love ones’ names. I am sure he will have pride in telling it. We keep our houses spotless but we do not know how to use a dustbin when we are out. We take plastic bags and dump it in picnic spots or waterfalls. We tear the seats of buses I don’t know why people do it. We spit inside cinema halls and one of the most noticed habits of an average Indian is discharging his natural wastes in public or on public walls. We derive satisfaction by lubricating the walls where it is written not to urinate.
Ruining Natural Resources
We sip on till the last drop of a juice from a bottle but when we are refueling our vehicles the fuel station attendant spills few drops of fossil fuel after refueling your tank. Have we ever raised a concern for it?
Only 2.5% of the world water is drinkable and yet we waste water like it is nothing. We let the taps run all the time. We wash our vehicles everyday irrespective to the fact whether we wash ourselves everyday or not. We are not even bothered that people in some countries have to walk miles just to access safe drinking water. The same is in the case of power do we even think about all the natural resources at our disposal now may go extinct to the future.
Conclusion
I had the opportunity to travel abroad and I noticed how well behaved and responsible people were. They waited to cross a road on a zebra crossing only. They followed lanes perfectly and they respected their fellow Compatriots well and I never saw anybody defacing any public property. I know I cannot compare a foreign country with India but my point is being responsible and sensible does not differ from country to country because if you love and respect your country, you will be responsible to take care of it as if it is your home and your family.
We Indians have to take up a pledge that we owe this country to the future generations and if we want it to be good and beautiful and a wonderful place to live. The first thing we should do is stop expecting some leader or messiah to come and change the system. We have to change ourselves and our attitude towards the nation. If we do it and value our country then I believe that we have utilized the freedom given to us well.
While entering Egyptian Heaven one of the Egyptian gods Osiris asks two questions and answer to which decides whether you will enter the Egyptian Heaven or not.
1. Have you found Joy of your life?
2. Has your living brought joy in others life?
If we Indians ask this question to ourselves every day we can be a better human and a better Indian at the end of our lives.
Only a life lived for others is worth living – Albert Einstein
Monday, August 10, 2009
Movie Week 7.26 - 8.9
Our life is just like a movie reel. One gets over other one begins and sometimes it changes the continuity itself but its an experience everybody has but seldom realizes it.
So without wasting further time.
Even though my movie week is actually a Sun - Sat but i did not watch much movies in 7.26 - 8.1 as i was busy with the closing month schedule and the appraisal work. I ended up staying late in the office and was dreading with work. So my movie week actually began from 8.2. Here are the movies definitely not in the order i watched them
* The Hangover
* Taxi Driver
* Dragonballz Evolution ( Please skip this guys a total waste and a mockery of the original series)
* Interview with a vampire ( excellent movie worth a watch almost replicates the book)
* I Love you Man
* When Harry Met Sally ( really nice movie, very good and not a single moment to dread)
* Sindbad Legend of Seven Seas ( Last Pencil Drawn Disney Movie)
* The Last Samurai
* 10 Things I hate about you ( for all Heath Ledger Fans a must watch)
* Sleepless in Seattle
* Very Young Girls ( a must watch for everybody, real eye opener)
* Collateral ( Tom Cruise looks real nice)
* The Great Buck Howard ( John Malkovich captures the movie with his charisma)
* You've got mail ( the inspiration for many movies in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada)
* The Wedding Crashers
* My Favorite Martian
* City of Angels
In the coming week i have
Four weddings and a funeral, Blood the last vampire, Dare Devil, Bruce Almighty, Toy Story 1 & 2, Fear & Loathing in Vegas, City Slickers, Snatch & Stranger than fiction.
Now my favorites were
The Last Samurai, Interview with a Vampire (Brad Pitt & Tom Cruise a must watch)
When Harry Met Sally
You've got mail
Sleepless in Seattle
City of Angels have one thing in common i.e. undoubtedly (Meg Ryan) my oh my she is so gorgeous. Those eyes can gave somebody killed. I am a fan of eyes and without a point of doubt she has the most attractive for a movie star. I would say City of Angels had one of the most beautiful and romantic dialogues i have ever heard
"I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss of her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it."
such a romantic dialogue oh my gosh made my eyes watery.
So i will leave you wondering what other movies had. If possible keep watching what i have listed you actually might like it.
So without wasting further time.
Even though my movie week is actually a Sun - Sat but i did not watch much movies in 7.26 - 8.1 as i was busy with the closing month schedule and the appraisal work. I ended up staying late in the office and was dreading with work. So my movie week actually began from 8.2. Here are the movies definitely not in the order i watched them
* The Hangover
* Taxi Driver
* Dragonballz Evolution ( Please skip this guys a total waste and a mockery of the original series)
* Interview with a vampire ( excellent movie worth a watch almost replicates the book)
* I Love you Man
* When Harry Met Sally ( really nice movie, very good and not a single moment to dread)
* Sindbad Legend of Seven Seas ( Last Pencil Drawn Disney Movie)
* The Last Samurai
* 10 Things I hate about you ( for all Heath Ledger Fans a must watch)
* Sleepless in Seattle
* Very Young Girls ( a must watch for everybody, real eye opener)
* Collateral ( Tom Cruise looks real nice)
* The Great Buck Howard ( John Malkovich captures the movie with his charisma)
* You've got mail ( the inspiration for many movies in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada)
* The Wedding Crashers
* My Favorite Martian
* City of Angels
In the coming week i have
Four weddings and a funeral, Blood the last vampire, Dare Devil, Bruce Almighty, Toy Story 1 & 2, Fear & Loathing in Vegas, City Slickers, Snatch & Stranger than fiction.
Now my favorites were
The Last Samurai, Interview with a Vampire (Brad Pitt & Tom Cruise a must watch)
When Harry Met Sally
You've got mail
Sleepless in Seattle
City of Angels have one thing in common i.e. undoubtedly (Meg Ryan) my oh my she is so gorgeous. Those eyes can gave somebody killed. I am a fan of eyes and without a point of doubt she has the most attractive for a movie star. I would say City of Angels had one of the most beautiful and romantic dialogues i have ever heard
"I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss of her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it."
such a romantic dialogue oh my gosh made my eyes watery.
So i will leave you wondering what other movies had. If possible keep watching what i have listed you actually might like it.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
We Men, Women
I was trying to do a SWOT analysis on myself. To all those who are new to SWOT is process of identifying (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities & Threats). I am one of those people who can tell and find 1000 weakness in self but struggle to find a single quality that qualifies to be called as strength. After thinking for a very long time I actually realized the strength in my life is a living, breathing person. It is my mom she is the source of my existence itself. She has directly contributed to wherever I have reached so far and wherever I will go in my life all of the success is due to her as she made me competent enough to succeed in life. She fed me when I needed a feeding, she educated me when I needed education and she guided me when I needed guidance. She has provided and still gets me whatever I ask her. Even if I became her slave for next 1000 years I won’t be able to repay her debt.
My mom is my best friend and I never hesitated about talking to her on any matter and I still don’t. There is no topic that is a taboo in my household. I can discuss with her anything without fear. When I had my first crush I came and told her. I brought my first girl friend home and introduced her to my mom. My mom is the coolest and I have a many reasons to say so however today I will cite one of them. I was in my first year of graduation and even on public holidays our principal used to take special classes of Accountancy for everybody and attendance was compulsory and not an option. It was Oct 2, 2002 which is a holiday in India “Gandhi Jayanthi” Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday and few days before that I came to know that one of my friends had met with some accident and was in the hospital. I went to meet him on that day and did not attend this special class. Next day when I came to college during the Principal’s class I was thrown out of his class and asked to bring my mom to meet him so that I can enter again. He even called my mom’s office and asked her to come and meet him. I went and conveyed the same to mom and she said fine. This is what happened in the principal’s office he tells my mom “did you know that your son did not attend a special class two days back?” my mom said “yes, I know that and I also know where he was and she even told the reason as well” so the principal says “oh you did no” my mom says “my children do not hide anything with me” so he tells then “your son stands in the corridor and looks at girls” for that my mom says “looks at girls. If he does not look at girls at this age then you tell me can he do that when he comes to our age. Let him do what is right at this age.” For which my principal had no answer.
My mom came from an economically backward family due to their economic condition she could not study much but she made sure that we are well educated and competent enough to face the world. She did not know what pocket money was when she grew up but made sure that we were given pocket money to make us responsible for our money. I know for many it is the same case but I don’t know if I would be able to give even half the love, care or the things she has done for us. Thank you mom for making us what we are and who we are and thank you for everything you have done for us.
Well the title of my post is “We Men, Women” and all I wrote till now is about my mother. I know I test a reader’s patience to the brink however, I felt I need to tell something out before I begin on this topic still it will be worth so without a further ado.
I come from a land where 33% of the pantheon of gods is women, where we are taught in schools the sloka (verse) “Matru Devo Bhava; Pitru Devo Bhava; Acharya Devo Bhava; Atithi devo Bhava” which means “Honor your mother, father, preceptor and guest as a god”. It also indicates that give your salutations first to your mother as she is your first teacher, god. She is the one who shows you and introduces you to your father. Whoever you are from whichever corner of the world the first word which comes to your mind and your tongue is “Mom, Amma, Ma or any modifications of it” (however I may have somebody challenging that it is not true it is actually a four letter word which begins with “F” and my answer to that it is just because of the advent of English). Our manuscripts say that since god cannot be everywhere he made mother.
A pastor of a church got a call from somebody that in a nearby village a family had new born baby and they were going to abandon it because it was a girl. Being a man of god and responsible human he along with few people went to this village the very next day. They went to the house hold where the baby was born introduced themselves and said that they will take the baby since the family was not interested in raising it. The family members did not speak for a while then slowly the mother with a tear eye said you were a bit late and pointed to a medium sized vessel which was on some burning wood outside the house. The pastor along with the people who had come with him slid the lid of the vessel to see a half boiled baby. This is a true story which happened no so far from where I stay, this happed in a village near Karnataka & Tamilnadu border which is roughly around 25 – 30 kilometers from Bengalooru.
This is a true story that happened in Hitech Hospital, Udupi District in the state of Karnataka. The day was November 17, 2008. A baby’s crying was heard loudly from a ward in which 3 days back a lady had been admitted, who was due for delivery on any time that day. She did give birth to a healthy girl and she was shifted in to this ward on November 15, 2008. Since the door was closed the hospital staff thought the lady must be sleeping and the baby must have woken up and is crying for a nursing. After a while again the baby resumed the cry and did not stop for a long time. That is when the hospital staff entered the ward to find the ward empty and nobody was there in the ward nor had anybody seen the mother leaving the ward. They searched everywhere but their search was futile. The hospital staff tried to search her through the contact address she had given while being admitted and through phone numbers she had provided but all of them were fake. The mother had abandoned her three day old baby in the hospital and left.
These are only two of the thousands of incidents that happen here. We get to hear news like girl baby found in trash bin. Dog found chewing a baby’s leg etc. We Indians are a big bunch of hypocrites we revere a female god (Laksmi goddess of prosperity and good fortune and income, Saraswati goddess of education, talent and skills) but when the same female is born in our houses we jeer. India is one of the foremost runners along with China, Taiwan and Korea for Gendercide or Sex Selection or Female Infanticide. Owing to the laws put forth by the health ministry of India no doctor or a scan operator or technician can reveal the gender of the unborn child. However, in India what is banned is in demand more and more.
We men need women throughout our lives. She brings us to life in the form of a mother, while growing up we get her company in the form of a sister. She becomes our girl friend during our adolescence and as a wife till our old age. We want a female to decorate lives and warm our beds but when a baby is about to be born you try to select it to be male. I salute your audacity to do such heinous deeds openly. And such a society which encourages it by holding its silence is worse to live in.
We men are nothing without women actually because she is everything that we can never be. She is by far god’s greatest creation. Her emotional stability is far better than ours. She has a superior pain tolerance than ours. Survival among women with heart failure is better than for men with the disease. The reasons for this remain unclear. Everything around us is women, we call our country mother land, and earth is also a woman. She takes care of our kids, she takes care of us, she works whole day at home and sometimes in a job to support us and gives us company throughout. She is equivalent to a god as she becomes vessel and bears a child and creates life. She can easily live without us but we can never live without her. There is no MAN without WOMAN; MALE without FEMALE and MEN without WOMEN. A wise person once said our country would be truly developed when a woman can walk the streets alone without fear even at the stroke of midnight.
I am not saying that there are good men and bad women but they are just exception, few here and there but we cannot make exception the rule right. People who are reading this from international boundaries may think that this happens only in India then no you are wrong it happens also where you are there the only difference is the degree of the acts changes may be due to the cultural exposure and mindset of generation. It might be far better controlled due to the laws of your respective lands.
This article is dedicated to all the women right from eve till the last baby girl born when you finished this article. Thank you for being there supporting us throughout history and in to the despite of us men being ungrateful B’s and F’s. We can never imagine filling shoes of a woman as you are so perfect at it. God knew that he cannot be there at everyplace and every time that's why he created you.
My mom is my best friend and I never hesitated about talking to her on any matter and I still don’t. There is no topic that is a taboo in my household. I can discuss with her anything without fear. When I had my first crush I came and told her. I brought my first girl friend home and introduced her to my mom. My mom is the coolest and I have a many reasons to say so however today I will cite one of them. I was in my first year of graduation and even on public holidays our principal used to take special classes of Accountancy for everybody and attendance was compulsory and not an option. It was Oct 2, 2002 which is a holiday in India “Gandhi Jayanthi” Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday and few days before that I came to know that one of my friends had met with some accident and was in the hospital. I went to meet him on that day and did not attend this special class. Next day when I came to college during the Principal’s class I was thrown out of his class and asked to bring my mom to meet him so that I can enter again. He even called my mom’s office and asked her to come and meet him. I went and conveyed the same to mom and she said fine. This is what happened in the principal’s office he tells my mom “did you know that your son did not attend a special class two days back?” my mom said “yes, I know that and I also know where he was and she even told the reason as well” so the principal says “oh you did no” my mom says “my children do not hide anything with me” so he tells then “your son stands in the corridor and looks at girls” for that my mom says “looks at girls. If he does not look at girls at this age then you tell me can he do that when he comes to our age. Let him do what is right at this age.” For which my principal had no answer.
My mom came from an economically backward family due to their economic condition she could not study much but she made sure that we are well educated and competent enough to face the world. She did not know what pocket money was when she grew up but made sure that we were given pocket money to make us responsible for our money. I know for many it is the same case but I don’t know if I would be able to give even half the love, care or the things she has done for us. Thank you mom for making us what we are and who we are and thank you for everything you have done for us.
Well the title of my post is “We Men, Women” and all I wrote till now is about my mother. I know I test a reader’s patience to the brink however, I felt I need to tell something out before I begin on this topic still it will be worth so without a further ado.
I come from a land where 33% of the pantheon of gods is women, where we are taught in schools the sloka (verse) “Matru Devo Bhava; Pitru Devo Bhava; Acharya Devo Bhava; Atithi devo Bhava” which means “Honor your mother, father, preceptor and guest as a god”. It also indicates that give your salutations first to your mother as she is your first teacher, god. She is the one who shows you and introduces you to your father. Whoever you are from whichever corner of the world the first word which comes to your mind and your tongue is “Mom, Amma, Ma or any modifications of it” (however I may have somebody challenging that it is not true it is actually a four letter word which begins with “F” and my answer to that it is just because of the advent of English). Our manuscripts say that since god cannot be everywhere he made mother.
A pastor of a church got a call from somebody that in a nearby village a family had new born baby and they were going to abandon it because it was a girl. Being a man of god and responsible human he along with few people went to this village the very next day. They went to the house hold where the baby was born introduced themselves and said that they will take the baby since the family was not interested in raising it. The family members did not speak for a while then slowly the mother with a tear eye said you were a bit late and pointed to a medium sized vessel which was on some burning wood outside the house. The pastor along with the people who had come with him slid the lid of the vessel to see a half boiled baby. This is a true story which happened no so far from where I stay, this happed in a village near Karnataka & Tamilnadu border which is roughly around 25 – 30 kilometers from Bengalooru.
This is a true story that happened in Hitech Hospital, Udupi District in the state of Karnataka. The day was November 17, 2008. A baby’s crying was heard loudly from a ward in which 3 days back a lady had been admitted, who was due for delivery on any time that day. She did give birth to a healthy girl and she was shifted in to this ward on November 15, 2008. Since the door was closed the hospital staff thought the lady must be sleeping and the baby must have woken up and is crying for a nursing. After a while again the baby resumed the cry and did not stop for a long time. That is when the hospital staff entered the ward to find the ward empty and nobody was there in the ward nor had anybody seen the mother leaving the ward. They searched everywhere but their search was futile. The hospital staff tried to search her through the contact address she had given while being admitted and through phone numbers she had provided but all of them were fake. The mother had abandoned her three day old baby in the hospital and left.
These are only two of the thousands of incidents that happen here. We get to hear news like girl baby found in trash bin. Dog found chewing a baby’s leg etc. We Indians are a big bunch of hypocrites we revere a female god (Laksmi goddess of prosperity and good fortune and income, Saraswati goddess of education, talent and skills) but when the same female is born in our houses we jeer. India is one of the foremost runners along with China, Taiwan and Korea for Gendercide or Sex Selection or Female Infanticide. Owing to the laws put forth by the health ministry of India no doctor or a scan operator or technician can reveal the gender of the unborn child. However, in India what is banned is in demand more and more.
We men need women throughout our lives. She brings us to life in the form of a mother, while growing up we get her company in the form of a sister. She becomes our girl friend during our adolescence and as a wife till our old age. We want a female to decorate lives and warm our beds but when a baby is about to be born you try to select it to be male. I salute your audacity to do such heinous deeds openly. And such a society which encourages it by holding its silence is worse to live in.
We men are nothing without women actually because she is everything that we can never be. She is by far god’s greatest creation. Her emotional stability is far better than ours. She has a superior pain tolerance than ours. Survival among women with heart failure is better than for men with the disease. The reasons for this remain unclear. Everything around us is women, we call our country mother land, and earth is also a woman. She takes care of our kids, she takes care of us, she works whole day at home and sometimes in a job to support us and gives us company throughout. She is equivalent to a god as she becomes vessel and bears a child and creates life. She can easily live without us but we can never live without her. There is no MAN without WOMAN; MALE without FEMALE and MEN without WOMEN. A wise person once said our country would be truly developed when a woman can walk the streets alone without fear even at the stroke of midnight.
I am not saying that there are good men and bad women but they are just exception, few here and there but we cannot make exception the rule right. People who are reading this from international boundaries may think that this happens only in India then no you are wrong it happens also where you are there the only difference is the degree of the acts changes may be due to the cultural exposure and mindset of generation. It might be far better controlled due to the laws of your respective lands.
This article is dedicated to all the women right from eve till the last baby girl born when you finished this article. Thank you for being there supporting us throughout history and in to the despite of us men being ungrateful B’s and F’s. We can never imagine filling shoes of a woman as you are so perfect at it. God knew that he cannot be there at everyplace and every time that's why he created you.
Angels...
Everybody loves kids hmmm I might draw a few criticisms for saying that still our land runs on democracy and in democracy majority wins. So, everybody loves kids but to be blunt I did not. I found them filled with tantrums. They make a scene in public, create a big ruckus are messy all the time and a lot of other things which easily come to notice. It not that I completely disliked kids I liked them but only those who were silent and playful and not showing their cranky nature or tantrums.
But all this changed, it was October 27, 2008 and I held my niece for the first time in my arms. She was just few days old but the way she looked at me melt my heart. She could fit in to my forearm, so tender, so soft and yet so beautiful. That is when I understood what a father feels like when he sees his baby for the first time and holds it in his hands for the first time. I wanted to adopt a kid from before but always thought a bit grown up would be nice and easier to manage but this boosted my confidence to actually rethink my decision.
After this encounter no matter what and how much kids try to irritate me or bug me I still love it and enjoy it. They are so so sweet and cho cho cute. Everything they do makes them more adorable for me after which I decided to master the art of child photography. I am a novice still it doesn’t matter to me till I love my subject that is those cute babies. If I have to tell from a photographer’s point of view babies are the toughest to shoot, they are energetic and they do not stay still. In spite of that they give the best expressions as they do not fake a smile, or give artificial pose every emotion of theirs comes from their face which conveys thousand things during the time which they cannot speak.
We Indians have the second highest populations in the world that is almost 17% of the world population. In the time I typed these words almost 100 babies would have been born in India it might sound exaggerated but no it’s the fact. You might be wondering why I started with something personal matter of mine a fear that I overcame or life made me overcome to something else and now talking about something else..
Let me unfold the story
There lived a family husband, wife & a small baby. Husband was working in abroad where as his family was not with him but in his home country. This marriage was not so old but actually quite fresh as the baby was just a year and half old so probably almost three years old. A wild storm blows in to the life of this family. The husband leaves his wife and settles abroad. The wife and mother of baby are left to take care of the kid of 2 by years old by now. She manages but life is not as easy as it looks. She wants to make money quickly but the baby is a shackle which she feels holding her back. She conveys to her house maid that she wants to go abroad and work upon which the house maid asks “what will you do with the baby?” she replies saying I will give it to somebody who needs or I will put it for adoption.
The next day when maid goes to the house again for work, she sees the mother has packed her bags and tells the maid you take care of the kid. I am going abroad and she just walks out of the home handing over the kid to the maid. The maid who does house chores for a living has a baby (let me describe you the baby. She was like an angel very smart and very playful and one who would capture your attention in just a glance) she feels that she will give it somebody who needs it. So, she takes it to some big person in her locality and hands over the baby and tells them to take care of it for one day.
When she went to collect the baby next day she finds it the baby was sold to somebody for mere Rs. 20,000 i.e. almost $500. When they went to the person who bought it the answer they got was the baby is already sent to the Gulf Countries. Does it look a bollywood movie story but actually it happened in reality not just in a remote part of India. It happened in the IT city Bengalooru itself not in a remote area of Bengalooru but in Kormangala. This story was told to me by my friend who along with his family approached the person who had sold the baby for money and also to the person who bought it. How did he come to know about this matter? The maid of the story worked in their house too.
Now the question is who is to be blamed “the father”, “the mother”, “maid”, “person who sold it” or “the buyer”. Hmmm let me guess half of the people who are reading this post have already made up the mind that it is the “mother” who has to be blamed or the other half will be pointing at the “person who sold it”. I might be wrong in assuming and stereotyping your thoughts so I apologize for that. Actually everybody has played a pivotal role in this incident and everybody has to be blamed and if you take it to court of law everybody will be guilty under some section or the other. But, I am blaming them for forgetting humanity which is more than anything.
Millions of people live and are ready to die or already dead try to uphold the legacy of their religions but is it me or our mankind has seen very few people who uphold the religion of humanity. I am right in telling humanity as a religion as it is the first thing that we learn that we are humans aka homosapiens. I guess overtime we have forgotten it and probably that is the main reason we have so many problems of the world.
Now how can I prove that humanity could have saved the baby from being sold?
If the husband wanted discontinue with his marital life. He could have approached a court of law and ended it legally and paid an alimony to his wife and baby this was the least humanity he could have shown acknowledging to a fact that she has left the comfort of her home and family and come behind him leaving everything what was hers to a unknown family and became his wife, shared her life and herself with him and gave him a beautiful gift for a child. If he though not to approach a court of law than they could have had a mutual settlement. What stopped him? Was it the thought that he had to split his money with him or was it because he did not want to take a responsibility.
If the mother couldn’t have taken care of the baby alone then she should have put it up for adoption. I guess when she learnt of the fact that it will take a long time to do so she must have decided to walk off or seeing the face of the child might have made her remember the face of her ungrateful husband due to which she could not tolerate and might have left the baby. If she had just thought that I brought this baby to this world yes it is her who brought the baby to this world. She became a vessel of life and carried the fetus for 9 months and then brought it to life. She is responsible for it and that poor thing does not have anybody else to go to. If she had thought that I am responsible for somebody’s life and that somebody none other than my own baby a part of my body who cannot live off on its own then I should fend for it.
In Indian manuscripts one of the holiest books “Srimad Bhagvadgita” says a message the ‘doing injustice is a crime but much greater crime than that is tolerating injustice’. Yes the maid even though has not much part in this ordeal than the communicator between parties but yes if she had thought what is happening is not right then the thing would have stopped from happening. I am not saying that she did not do it but she acted a bit late. If she had thought to right people on right time then we could have averted this ordeal. If she had cared to update the authorities or took responsibility of handing over the baby to right people I would not have been writing this article.
The person who sold it is an opportunity seeker and he had an opportunity to make money and he did it without shame. Is money everything in this life and not that small life what you traded means nothing. Is it a commodity that can be sold over the counter? If he had also thought that where will this child go if I sell it? How will that baby end up in life? If he had even had slight thought on these matters he would have not sold it. But to my dismay money is the biggest god and it controls everybody. No matter how much we have it still it’s not enough.
Last but not the least the one who bought it, he is just an agent for somebody a puppet and somebody else pulls the strings and of all if he had thought no I will not buy this beautiful thing or even after buying it if he had just thought for a moment where will it end up in to or if I was also a helpless baby and somebody selling me or if somebody else sells my baby. I know it’s feeble to think it would have been stopped if this person would not have bought it. If not him somebody else would have eventually did so. Until there are sellers there will be buyers.
Now that the baby is sent to Dubai only her fate decides where she will end up or decision of the person who took her there. She might be adopted by some person if that happens then it ended good though it started badly but such miracles very rarely happen at least from where I see they seldom do. My hunch is she would be sold either to a rich sheik who will keep her in his harem raise her then when she comes off age she will make her his mistress or to a brothel where she will be raised and then when she is of age she would be sold to a highest bidder who is ready to pay highest amount just to deflower her. It can also happen she might be sold to the illegal camel racing events as a jockey for the camel. If mu hunches are wrong then I don’t mind it going wrong actually would be very happy but I can’t count on it going wrong also from what I have seen and heard. All I can do is pray for that angel.
In Indian manuscripts there is a verse which says “Dharmo rakshathi rakshitaha” dharma literally translates as that which upholds or supports, and is generally translated into English as law or also as one’s righteous duty or any self righteous path. The translation would be Dharma protects those who protect it. So if any one of the parties had thought of protecting ‘Manav Dharma” (Manav means human in Sanskrit) or anybody in this world thinks even for a second before acting out and sees the world from a humanity perspective then we would not have half of the problems of what we have now. I know I or even you cannot take responsibility of everything or everybody but if we take responsibility of one person each then I think we can change how things go around. Think about what I have said and do sleep over it. I know I have written long article thank you for your patience for reading it.
But all this changed, it was October 27, 2008 and I held my niece for the first time in my arms. She was just few days old but the way she looked at me melt my heart. She could fit in to my forearm, so tender, so soft and yet so beautiful. That is when I understood what a father feels like when he sees his baby for the first time and holds it in his hands for the first time. I wanted to adopt a kid from before but always thought a bit grown up would be nice and easier to manage but this boosted my confidence to actually rethink my decision.
After this encounter no matter what and how much kids try to irritate me or bug me I still love it and enjoy it. They are so so sweet and cho cho cute. Everything they do makes them more adorable for me after which I decided to master the art of child photography. I am a novice still it doesn’t matter to me till I love my subject that is those cute babies. If I have to tell from a photographer’s point of view babies are the toughest to shoot, they are energetic and they do not stay still. In spite of that they give the best expressions as they do not fake a smile, or give artificial pose every emotion of theirs comes from their face which conveys thousand things during the time which they cannot speak.
We Indians have the second highest populations in the world that is almost 17% of the world population. In the time I typed these words almost 100 babies would have been born in India it might sound exaggerated but no it’s the fact. You might be wondering why I started with something personal matter of mine a fear that I overcame or life made me overcome to something else and now talking about something else..
Let me unfold the story
There lived a family husband, wife & a small baby. Husband was working in abroad where as his family was not with him but in his home country. This marriage was not so old but actually quite fresh as the baby was just a year and half old so probably almost three years old. A wild storm blows in to the life of this family. The husband leaves his wife and settles abroad. The wife and mother of baby are left to take care of the kid of 2 by years old by now. She manages but life is not as easy as it looks. She wants to make money quickly but the baby is a shackle which she feels holding her back. She conveys to her house maid that she wants to go abroad and work upon which the house maid asks “what will you do with the baby?” she replies saying I will give it to somebody who needs or I will put it for adoption.
The next day when maid goes to the house again for work, she sees the mother has packed her bags and tells the maid you take care of the kid. I am going abroad and she just walks out of the home handing over the kid to the maid. The maid who does house chores for a living has a baby (let me describe you the baby. She was like an angel very smart and very playful and one who would capture your attention in just a glance) she feels that she will give it somebody who needs it. So, she takes it to some big person in her locality and hands over the baby and tells them to take care of it for one day.
When she went to collect the baby next day she finds it the baby was sold to somebody for mere Rs. 20,000 i.e. almost $500. When they went to the person who bought it the answer they got was the baby is already sent to the Gulf Countries. Does it look a bollywood movie story but actually it happened in reality not just in a remote part of India. It happened in the IT city Bengalooru itself not in a remote area of Bengalooru but in Kormangala. This story was told to me by my friend who along with his family approached the person who had sold the baby for money and also to the person who bought it. How did he come to know about this matter? The maid of the story worked in their house too.
Now the question is who is to be blamed “the father”, “the mother”, “maid”, “person who sold it” or “the buyer”. Hmmm let me guess half of the people who are reading this post have already made up the mind that it is the “mother” who has to be blamed or the other half will be pointing at the “person who sold it”. I might be wrong in assuming and stereotyping your thoughts so I apologize for that. Actually everybody has played a pivotal role in this incident and everybody has to be blamed and if you take it to court of law everybody will be guilty under some section or the other. But, I am blaming them for forgetting humanity which is more than anything.
Millions of people live and are ready to die or already dead try to uphold the legacy of their religions but is it me or our mankind has seen very few people who uphold the religion of humanity. I am right in telling humanity as a religion as it is the first thing that we learn that we are humans aka homosapiens. I guess overtime we have forgotten it and probably that is the main reason we have so many problems of the world.
Now how can I prove that humanity could have saved the baby from being sold?
If the husband wanted discontinue with his marital life. He could have approached a court of law and ended it legally and paid an alimony to his wife and baby this was the least humanity he could have shown acknowledging to a fact that she has left the comfort of her home and family and come behind him leaving everything what was hers to a unknown family and became his wife, shared her life and herself with him and gave him a beautiful gift for a child. If he though not to approach a court of law than they could have had a mutual settlement. What stopped him? Was it the thought that he had to split his money with him or was it because he did not want to take a responsibility.
If the mother couldn’t have taken care of the baby alone then she should have put it up for adoption. I guess when she learnt of the fact that it will take a long time to do so she must have decided to walk off or seeing the face of the child might have made her remember the face of her ungrateful husband due to which she could not tolerate and might have left the baby. If she had just thought that I brought this baby to this world yes it is her who brought the baby to this world. She became a vessel of life and carried the fetus for 9 months and then brought it to life. She is responsible for it and that poor thing does not have anybody else to go to. If she had thought that I am responsible for somebody’s life and that somebody none other than my own baby a part of my body who cannot live off on its own then I should fend for it.
In Indian manuscripts one of the holiest books “Srimad Bhagvadgita” says a message the ‘doing injustice is a crime but much greater crime than that is tolerating injustice’. Yes the maid even though has not much part in this ordeal than the communicator between parties but yes if she had thought what is happening is not right then the thing would have stopped from happening. I am not saying that she did not do it but she acted a bit late. If she had thought to right people on right time then we could have averted this ordeal. If she had cared to update the authorities or took responsibility of handing over the baby to right people I would not have been writing this article.
The person who sold it is an opportunity seeker and he had an opportunity to make money and he did it without shame. Is money everything in this life and not that small life what you traded means nothing. Is it a commodity that can be sold over the counter? If he had also thought that where will this child go if I sell it? How will that baby end up in life? If he had even had slight thought on these matters he would have not sold it. But to my dismay money is the biggest god and it controls everybody. No matter how much we have it still it’s not enough.
Last but not the least the one who bought it, he is just an agent for somebody a puppet and somebody else pulls the strings and of all if he had thought no I will not buy this beautiful thing or even after buying it if he had just thought for a moment where will it end up in to or if I was also a helpless baby and somebody selling me or if somebody else sells my baby. I know it’s feeble to think it would have been stopped if this person would not have bought it. If not him somebody else would have eventually did so. Until there are sellers there will be buyers.
Now that the baby is sent to Dubai only her fate decides where she will end up or decision of the person who took her there. She might be adopted by some person if that happens then it ended good though it started badly but such miracles very rarely happen at least from where I see they seldom do. My hunch is she would be sold either to a rich sheik who will keep her in his harem raise her then when she comes off age she will make her his mistress or to a brothel where she will be raised and then when she is of age she would be sold to a highest bidder who is ready to pay highest amount just to deflower her. It can also happen she might be sold to the illegal camel racing events as a jockey for the camel. If mu hunches are wrong then I don’t mind it going wrong actually would be very happy but I can’t count on it going wrong also from what I have seen and heard. All I can do is pray for that angel.
In Indian manuscripts there is a verse which says “Dharmo rakshathi rakshitaha” dharma literally translates as that which upholds or supports, and is generally translated into English as law or also as one’s righteous duty or any self righteous path. The translation would be Dharma protects those who protect it. So if any one of the parties had thought of protecting ‘Manav Dharma” (Manav means human in Sanskrit) or anybody in this world thinks even for a second before acting out and sees the world from a humanity perspective then we would not have half of the problems of what we have now. I know I or even you cannot take responsibility of everything or everybody but if we take responsibility of one person each then I think we can change how things go around. Think about what I have said and do sleep over it. I know I have written long article thank you for your patience for reading it.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Movie Week
This week 7.19 - 7.25 was indeed a movie week for me. I watched a lot of movies and it began from Monday
7.19
Transformers 2 : The Revenge of the Fallen ( I watched it for the second time this time with colleagues)
The Rundown
7.20
Walking Tall
7.21
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana ( Telugu Movie - nice one)
Ghosts of Girlfriend's Past
7.22
Watchmen
7.23
Green Lantern : First Flight
7.24
I had to attend a marriage so did not watch any
7.25
Star Trek
Van Vilderman Freshman Year
The Haunting in Connecticut
I know its not too much but it can workout. I have to say people from this generation who did not follow Star Trek please read something over the net for Star Trek as you will have no clue what or where things are.
The Rundown is a slick action movie and Dwayne Johnson if gets right chances can become the next Action Superstar.
Next Week I will try to watch the new Harry Potter movie, DragonballZ Evolution, The haunting in Connecticut, Taxi Driver, Collateral Interview with a Vampire and some more.
7.19
Transformers 2 : The Revenge of the Fallen ( I watched it for the second time this time with colleagues)
The Rundown
7.20
Walking Tall
7.21
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana ( Telugu Movie - nice one)
Ghosts of Girlfriend's Past
7.22
Watchmen
7.23
Green Lantern : First Flight
7.24
I had to attend a marriage so did not watch any
7.25
Star Trek
Van Vilderman Freshman Year
The Haunting in Connecticut
I know its not too much but it can workout. I have to say people from this generation who did not follow Star Trek please read something over the net for Star Trek as you will have no clue what or where things are.
The Rundown is a slick action movie and Dwayne Johnson if gets right chances can become the next Action Superstar.
Next Week I will try to watch the new Harry Potter movie, DragonballZ Evolution, The haunting in Connecticut, Taxi Driver, Collateral Interview with a Vampire and some more.
Unconditional Love....
It was Tuesday July 20, 2009. I had been to Strand Book Stall in my office Campus searching for a book by Charlaine Harris. I was waiting behind a person to get a chance to talk to the attendant. In the mean time my eyes rolled down on the new arrivals section and there it was lying amongst the stack of books with a red flower on the cover and a text which went “I too had a love story". I felt the title was really attractive and attention binder and then i noticed on the top section some excerpts of a review.
A review from none other than N.R. Narayana Murthy looking at which rushed a speedy thought in to my mind why would ‘NRN’ would write a review for a book which is a love story. I know I might be stereotyping ‘NRN’ but there is a reason for that. He is an intellectual and a visionary. He would spend his time doing better things than read somebody’s love story unless it was written by somebody within the company. My eyes raced down to find info on the author which said he was a software engineer in a prominent company. I need not be a Mensa certified genius to figure it out that he was from dear old Infy.
I started reading the book while travelling to office next day in the bus. The story seemed fine and excellent with a lot of emotions flowing. But the most startling point was it was similar to my life in many a ways that were unimaginable. Whenever he spoke [author – sheesh I forgot it is his true love story] it took me back in my time where I started to recall the same things I had done or enjoyed or experienced with my love. I the book today actually would have finished earlier but gave a long break and resumed it today and finished it.
I just want to say from what I read is an honest attempt to tell his love for her so that everybody understands love is beautiful. It is much more beautiful if you could find somebody who would love you equally or more than that. The book tells about small things in life which make a big differences and which I liked and explain if you continue to read further. I know the author for a fact added a bit more content or I may be wrong the truth lies with the author. All I can say is read it because you might be able to either feel it or relate to it. I want to thank the author – Ravinder Singh for sharing his life with me through that book and also NRN for reviewing it whose name made me think more about the book.
‘Khushi’ may you rest in peace…..
Now to resume with the ‘Unconditional Love’
By the time I finished the book I had cried many a times and yes sometimes recollecting my memories, sometimes remembering my pain and at times it was for all the happiness I had seen the same way the author did. After the book finished I realized from the moment I started reading the book I was in some kind of pain. I was feeling depressed, lonely and sad and above all scared. Now I realized what the pain is…
Love it is indeed my pain, my kryptonite, my Achilles Heel. The unconditional Love I have for her is my pain. My love story unlike the author’s started with a message on Friendship day which led to meeting of two strangers and without seeing each other. We fell in love I went through the same anxiety when I first went to see her just like the author went through. She was my angel, my life and my soul. I lived a life time with her the small things which she used to make me feel like making me eat on time, walking with me in the rain, talking to me till I slept off on the phone, combing my hair, winking at me when we were with friends, tickling me when I used to drive. Walking on the sea shore holding hands, watching sunset while her head rested on my shoulder and she telling me how much she loved me. She telling me that she wants to listen to my heartbeat every night while she slept. There are countless things, memories, places and events which are suffused in me.
The sad part is she is no longer with me. No she is not dead please she is healthy (touchwood) and may have a long life. I am neither a psychopath who is fixated with her. Our relationship ended few years back (I know the exact day and time and place and also the words spoken by me and her). She moved on in life where as I stood still. She told me move on, my mom told me move on and my friends told me move on.
I have one question to all the people who tell move on “Are your feelings, your memories, your part of life so cheap that you can replace it with somebody so easily?” “Is your heart/ life a public toilet that people can come in use it?” The feelings, the time I spent with her, in loving her, talking to her will always be there in me.
Love gives so much of joy also many wounds that are hard to count. She told me time will heal them. But we do not realize that time heals wounds but leaves scars for us to remember the wound forever. Whatever it is Love is the second most beautiful thing that happens in anybody’s life. Loving her was one thing that made me what I am today. I am not expecting her to comeback in to my life never will as you don’t get a second chance in life.
Love is like drawing some are good at it. Some really suck at it. I definitely suck real badly. My advice is Love at least once in your life it will show you what life is and how beautiful it is. I want to say more but it is better I cut here…
A review from none other than N.R. Narayana Murthy looking at which rushed a speedy thought in to my mind why would ‘NRN’ would write a review for a book which is a love story. I know I might be stereotyping ‘NRN’ but there is a reason for that. He is an intellectual and a visionary. He would spend his time doing better things than read somebody’s love story unless it was written by somebody within the company. My eyes raced down to find info on the author which said he was a software engineer in a prominent company. I need not be a Mensa certified genius to figure it out that he was from dear old Infy.
I started reading the book while travelling to office next day in the bus. The story seemed fine and excellent with a lot of emotions flowing. But the most startling point was it was similar to my life in many a ways that were unimaginable. Whenever he spoke [author – sheesh I forgot it is his true love story] it took me back in my time where I started to recall the same things I had done or enjoyed or experienced with my love. I the book today actually would have finished earlier but gave a long break and resumed it today and finished it.
I just want to say from what I read is an honest attempt to tell his love for her so that everybody understands love is beautiful. It is much more beautiful if you could find somebody who would love you equally or more than that. The book tells about small things in life which make a big differences and which I liked and explain if you continue to read further. I know the author for a fact added a bit more content or I may be wrong the truth lies with the author. All I can say is read it because you might be able to either feel it or relate to it. I want to thank the author – Ravinder Singh for sharing his life with me through that book and also NRN for reviewing it whose name made me think more about the book.
‘Khushi’ may you rest in peace…..
Now to resume with the ‘Unconditional Love’
By the time I finished the book I had cried many a times and yes sometimes recollecting my memories, sometimes remembering my pain and at times it was for all the happiness I had seen the same way the author did. After the book finished I realized from the moment I started reading the book I was in some kind of pain. I was feeling depressed, lonely and sad and above all scared. Now I realized what the pain is…
Love it is indeed my pain, my kryptonite, my Achilles Heel. The unconditional Love I have for her is my pain. My love story unlike the author’s started with a message on Friendship day which led to meeting of two strangers and without seeing each other. We fell in love I went through the same anxiety when I first went to see her just like the author went through. She was my angel, my life and my soul. I lived a life time with her the small things which she used to make me feel like making me eat on time, walking with me in the rain, talking to me till I slept off on the phone, combing my hair, winking at me when we were with friends, tickling me when I used to drive. Walking on the sea shore holding hands, watching sunset while her head rested on my shoulder and she telling me how much she loved me. She telling me that she wants to listen to my heartbeat every night while she slept. There are countless things, memories, places and events which are suffused in me.
The sad part is she is no longer with me. No she is not dead please she is healthy (touchwood) and may have a long life. I am neither a psychopath who is fixated with her. Our relationship ended few years back (I know the exact day and time and place and also the words spoken by me and her). She moved on in life where as I stood still. She told me move on, my mom told me move on and my friends told me move on.
I have one question to all the people who tell move on “Are your feelings, your memories, your part of life so cheap that you can replace it with somebody so easily?” “Is your heart/ life a public toilet that people can come in use it?” The feelings, the time I spent with her, in loving her, talking to her will always be there in me.
Love gives so much of joy also many wounds that are hard to count. She told me time will heal them. But we do not realize that time heals wounds but leaves scars for us to remember the wound forever. Whatever it is Love is the second most beautiful thing that happens in anybody’s life. Loving her was one thing that made me what I am today. I am not expecting her to comeback in to my life never will as you don’t get a second chance in life.
Love is like drawing some are good at it. Some really suck at it. I definitely suck real badly. My advice is Love at least once in your life it will show you what life is and how beautiful it is. I want to say more but it is better I cut here…
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
My weekend 28 - 30
The start of my weekend usually begins the same way as it is beginning for the past 6 - 8 weeks. Yeah thanks to our Inter-Process Cricket Matches. I got a nice chance to try sports photography. It turns out that i can do a bit of sports photography. So the same way i was invited to do some sports photography for the last league match of the tournament. I was prepared as i finished my work earlier than usual. I have made real improvement over the weeks all thanks to Rohan. Since all the players were ready they decided to start the match by 6.30 AM and not the usual 7.30 AM. I told others i will meet them in the ground, i moved to do my laundry.
I was the first one at the laundromat, I am grateful and will always remain grateful to my company for this facility. I was about t leave for the ground as i noticed it was sunrise and i was having this beautiful sunrise shot. I took out my camera loaded the memory card and was try to focus then i realized that i had left the battery for the camera in the charger at home I now had two options in my hand one being going home and getting the battery the other being simply going to the field and saying i forgot the battery forgive me. I chose the latter and i went there spent sometime. I watched the game and told the other team will win within 10 overs. I went to collect my laundry from laundromat. On return to the ground i noticed that the opposite team was almost about to win and they won within 9.3 overs.
I left for home and on the way i purchased some fruits and juices and some tender mangoes for myself and some to be sent to mom as she loves that. We don't get the tender ones so easily as compared to here. I also got some food parceled and came home noticed there was no water then rigged the pup to get water, had food and watched a movie, then went and sleep. I woke up in the evening at 4.00 PM. I wanted to play Need or Speed Most Wanted and I did actually because I wanted this opponents car and i was playing over and over till i finally won it. Then i left and tried to send he package which i was late and missed the carrier bus. called up mom and told her will be sending it tomo.
I had food and hit the sack early, woke up pretty early on Sunday morning and watched some movies. I spent whole day at home in the evening i left out dropped moms parcel and got some food from outside. I had food and watched MTV Roadies. I slept early as i wanted to wake up early and i did so i could get a sunrise photo shoot. I did have some fun over the sunrise photo shoot. I came back home watched another movie. I slept now few minutes back i woke up and now I am posting this.
I also noticed a coincidence on Saturday evening while surfing channels on TV i bumped in to the movie 'Jab We Met' a very nice movie, it was on some channel. On Sunday while surfing channels I again hit 'Jab we met' on Zee TV. Now what is the coincidence it is i jumped to the movie spot exactly where i had jumped in to yesterday. I also watched Lagaan only during breaks of my other show. I also watched Charlotte's web only few minutes.
The movies i watched over the weekend in the order I watched them
1. Penelope [2008]
2. Revolver [2006]
3. Sweet Home Alabama [2002]
4. Pulp Fiction [1993]
5. Milk [2008]
These are the movies I have and yet to watch
1. The Wrestler
2. PS I Love You
3. Crash
Catch you till another post. :)
I was the first one at the laundromat, I am grateful and will always remain grateful to my company for this facility. I was about t leave for the ground as i noticed it was sunrise and i was having this beautiful sunrise shot. I took out my camera loaded the memory card and was try to focus then i realized that i had left the battery for the camera in the charger at home I now had two options in my hand one being going home and getting the battery the other being simply going to the field and saying i forgot the battery forgive me. I chose the latter and i went there spent sometime. I watched the game and told the other team will win within 10 overs. I went to collect my laundry from laundromat. On return to the ground i noticed that the opposite team was almost about to win and they won within 9.3 overs.
I left for home and on the way i purchased some fruits and juices and some tender mangoes for myself and some to be sent to mom as she loves that. We don't get the tender ones so easily as compared to here. I also got some food parceled and came home noticed there was no water then rigged the pup to get water, had food and watched a movie, then went and sleep. I woke up in the evening at 4.00 PM. I wanted to play Need or Speed Most Wanted and I did actually because I wanted this opponents car and i was playing over and over till i finally won it. Then i left and tried to send he package which i was late and missed the carrier bus. called up mom and told her will be sending it tomo.
I had food and hit the sack early, woke up pretty early on Sunday morning and watched some movies. I spent whole day at home in the evening i left out dropped moms parcel and got some food from outside. I had food and watched MTV Roadies. I slept early as i wanted to wake up early and i did so i could get a sunrise photo shoot. I did have some fun over the sunrise photo shoot. I came back home watched another movie. I slept now few minutes back i woke up and now I am posting this.
I also noticed a coincidence on Saturday evening while surfing channels on TV i bumped in to the movie 'Jab We Met' a very nice movie, it was on some channel. On Sunday while surfing channels I again hit 'Jab we met' on Zee TV. Now what is the coincidence it is i jumped to the movie spot exactly where i had jumped in to yesterday. I also watched Lagaan only during breaks of my other show. I also watched Charlotte's web only few minutes.
The movies i watched over the weekend in the order I watched them
1. Penelope [2008]
2. Revolver [2006]
3. Sweet Home Alabama [2002]
4. Pulp Fiction [1993]
5. Milk [2008]
These are the movies I have and yet to watch
1. The Wrestler
2. PS I Love You
3. Crash
Catch you till another post. :)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
A Question to the Saffron Brigade
"A land of Hypocrites" is what I have thought as a title for a book which I might write someday. I know you might ponder for a minute “what is the title of my blog” and “title of my book” in common and related to. So, here we go to my logic explanation theme.
It all started few days back on a Saturday when a Saffron brigade which calls themselves as army of Ram raided a pub and thrashed everybody. Next day newspaper the leader of that army of miscreants on allegations of brutalizing and hitting women commented as I quote " Our people did not raise any arm on women, we only thrashed the men who accompanied the women and we escorted the women outside " he also claimed that external forces are trying to spoil the images of his followers. Now, reality turns out when a news channel shows the video of the same people thrashing women in public.
What was more shameful than that was that the media which always spoke against such stuff were only covering it and not trying to stop it. They just witnessed it like eunuchs when helpless women were beaten around by men in a barbaric fashion yet nobody raised a voice.
On seeing the video everybody condemned but the so called leader of that faction Mr. Pramod Mutalik releases a statement that it was just to condemn the Pub Culture that it flourishing in India which is western and not our "Culture" the media was waiting for such an opportunity to flounder their media war in terms of coverage while everybody was awaiting for the response of our State Chief Minister with all respects Mr. B.S. Yediyurappa's comments and actions on the same. In the beginning all the perpetrators will be reprimanded but within few days he released a press statement “Pub Culture is not our "Culture" I’ll not let flourish in Karnataka ".
A week later after this event 3rd International Women's Conference is held at Bangalore but nobody spoke about this matter. Isn't it a real form of hypocrisy? Now to some more facts I will not deny that the act of brutality on young girls was not condemned many personalities have condemned the same. I really appreciate that but what about the people who mattered what did they do other than staging such ideals for hypocrisy?
An idealist once told our country will be developed when a Woman can walk on the roads at night without any fear. Well but we are moving to an age where she cannot even go anywhere in broad daylight as well. The so called Moral Police of Mr. Mutalik attacked pubs but they are not bothered about the liquor shops which are within 100 meters of a hospital, a school or a holy place. They do not see every rape happening in India with in a time of 20 minutes. They are blind to see forced prostitution that happens everywhere. Mr. Mutalik for your information Asia's biggest and World's third biggest brothel is in India in Kolkata why are you not stopping that. Is brothel and prostitution in our so called "Culture"? Since you are so much concerned with our culture in the same culture we revere our parents equal to gods even it is written " Matru Devo Bahav, Pitru Devo Bhava, Acharya Devo Bhava" so if all these are true then why do we have so many old age homes. Why are you not raising voices against them?
One more important matter which needs urgent attention is female feticide and abortion, do you know that in India alone every 5 minutes there is an abortion happening somewhere. What about that is it our culture? These are the gist of all the things which are beyond the pub culture and actually the evils. I guess who will get front page coverage if you concentrate on them right.
Our culture says that we should keep our women equal to god, not just because our culture says I am telling she is equal to god because only god has the ability to create life and she does create you, bear you and fend for you and raises you to be a good human. You ordered to hit the same women so isn't it equal to sinning against god. You told the press when it cornered you saying that there were women inside the pub in such a condition that it could not be shot as they were almost stripped of clothes and ready to shoot an adult movie. We cannot give you the benefit of doubt as you do not have any proof. Even if they were in such a condition you should have called Police and not beaten helpless women. Even your sister faction recently commented whatever you guys did was just it proves one point the biggest enemy of a woman is another one.
Now, to the actual beating how many of the members of your faction have actually hit or molested them in that time. Are you sure that every one of them is a saint and none of their hands ventured in to their body parts? Ok we will give you a benefit of doubt there. But reality is different sir. As, one of our benevolent reporters from a leading Kannada daily asked don't your memebers drink? Please look in to your own gown before pointing spots in others.
We call ourselves a developed / developing country when a girl cannot walk without fear on the streets. You condemn clothes this generation has adopted. Again to tell you, even trousers were not from our culture. Why do we wear them? Dhotis’ are our culture however, we should live with time. I know you have told women can wear jeans but not revealing clothes. Honestly, tell me whether a woman is fully covered or wearing revealing clothes, people can make her feel that she is not wearing anything just by their eyes. Jus to deviate a bit from topic you know this duality is in all of our blood actually we all are hypocrites, you want to know why? We raised a big voice when Mallika Sherawat was sporting a bikini for some movie because she is an Indian and it is not our culture. It was tossed around by media like a tossed salad. However, every one of us is comfortable in seeing bikini clad white women (western foreigners) dancing for some song of a remix video or movie song.
Now returning to the topic, Do we need such moral policing about our culture? Who decide this is our culture and this is not? Our culture says there is nothing wrong in taking good from any culture. I am not saying this is good that is bad but isn't good or bad a psychological thing? Actually good or bad depends on which side of the line you are standing. No culture is perfect I agree to that even ours. If anybody wants to argue I have points like Caste System, Religion, Language, God etc. You also had told since the parents were not responsible in telling them guidance you had to do it the stick method. Now, I am asking you if you had children and tomorrow somebody beats your children like animals in the road will you say since I was responsible for making them responsible they deserve it. Who gave you the right to hit somebody else's kids?
You cannot stop anybody, from doing anything that too against their will because they lead their life and if you talk about my culture or our culture. I will ask one thing to all the readers as well as Mr. Mutalik. Who made this culture? Who decided this is ours and that is not? Some individual or a group called society. Its motive might be to have a governance model but why so that it can differentiate among people and dominate everybody. Culture, religion, language are huge trees and have deep roots nobody can do anything to ruin this. So stop being a guardian to our culture.
If there is cow dung on the road all you can do is say there is cow dung be careful when you walk to anybody yet if the person is adamant in stepping on the cow dung it’s his will and wish. You have no right to stop it. The same way if anybody wants to follow some other culture it is his life and not yours let him / her follow that. Don't force your views on others. If you really want to tell generation about our culture hold workshops in schools, colleges this is where generation takes shape. If everybody was like Hitler then world would not have been a place to live. Please use your workshops to add values in their lives, values which are not negotiable for any reason. If you apply force then you will reach no where. Give the youth an ability to judge right and wrong in short rational thinking. If you are able to generate at least one person in a batch who can think and differentiate things then you will do India far better good than anybody could. However, if you use the same workshops for systematic brain washing. Then please answer the question i will post at last.
I also did not fail to notice your recent threats to everyone saying, you are against the Day Culture i.e. Father's Day, Mother's Day and yeah how can I forget Valentine's Day. Also your threats saying if you find any boy and girl together you will drag them to temple and get them married.
Now if you are against Day culture please stop, Teachers' Day, Children’s' Day, Independence Day, Republic Day why are you not targeting those it’s also a form of Day celebration. If you say it is ours then you are biased with this. I know I am wrong in comparing my examples with yours but my point is stop associating things with the day but associate things with feelings and emotions. You also told if they want to celebrate let them do it entire year. I want to ask you Sir, do we celebrate birthday all the days of the year, Ugadi we celebrate it only one day of the year why not all the days. It is because everything has its prominence on a particular day. I know that father's Day or Mother's Day or Women's day all have been hyped by greeting card companies to make money but why are you so worried about when it is celebrated understand the feelings that go behind them. I personally work and do not get time even to sit talk with friends but if I send my friends a card saying Happy Friendship day thanks for being a part of my life and making it beautiful. What wrong does it do for our culture? Answer this question please.
Now for Father's Day /Mother's Day or Women's Day has anyone who is reading this also ever went and told your parents “Thank you" for what they have done for you. Have you ever hugged them and said "I am really lucky that you were in my life"(If you have already told I salute you) so if a card or a day can do it then what is wrong in celebrating it. If something is not doing anything wrong or bad (again perception differs) why simply make a fuss saying it is harming our culture?
Now to major one in the list Valentine's Day to be honest I actually found your statement funny as I found your foolishness to be obvious. If you find a girl and boy together take them to temple and get them married. Has anyone told you that you are narrow minded? Do you see every boy and girl as lovers? Can't they be siblings, cousins, and friends? If you have an idea about Valentine's Day as lovers day, then it is just a foul play of media and greeting card companies. It is the day of love and if you say love is only between boys and girls then only god can save the people who follow people like you. This is a day where you can tell your friend’s family and everybody how much love you have for them. It is not lover's Day it is a day for love. Love can be Brotherly / Motherly / Fatherly & Friendly. Please don't follow the wrong notion put forward by gift companies, greeting card companies for their benefit. Imagine a world without love and emotions, how brutal would it be. There would be no like or attachment because there is no love. Love is the most beautiful thing from this world.
Now a humble request, to everybody who are concerned about Culture and morality. Please do not waste your time on motives of other people, they are jobless they have an ulterior motive. You will be stuck with criminal cases your wives and families will lament your absence at home while you spend time in jail. People who instigate this have a motive to get publicity that is all in them. Has anybody thought why was this sudden our culture movement started just before assembly elections could start? Publicity and no other motive. This will not run for a long time. Our state practically runs on liquor and mining incomes do you think any government will put a ban on it.
So please do not waste your time for such people.
Well if the Saffron Brigade actually did something they are not just the people responsible we also are, it is because we kept watching them do whatever they wanted and now all we are doing is writing these blogs and protests. I request everybody next time you see some incident like Mangalore Incident then please take responsibility joins hands and thrash everybody. They can be hundred or thousand but the mass will be much bigger than them and easily outnumber them. They will scare people who get scared easily. Just a point related to taking responsibility, we are blaming Kasab and Pakistan for 26/11 attacks. They are not the ones responsible we are actually each indivdual is we take everything for granted, security at a bus terminus nobody checks the bags even after the bombing incidents. Blamed should be the people who are from India born in this soil, still help external forces to transport materials. Until each one of us does not start taking responsibility for real there will be 100 Kasabs and millions of terrorists from everywhere. Responsibility is not an erection that comes only when you are in a mood. That mood is if you watch movies like Rang De Basanti, Black Friday or Chak De or incidents like 26/11 or 7/11 bombings because these moods are forgotten as soon as media stops speaking about those. It should be the mantra of life.
Please take responsibility. As for the Saffron faction of India, why don't you go and hunt terrorists? Oh sorry please don't do it as you will kill everybody of minority saying he / she is a terrorist.
Wel coming back to the main issue, I want to applaud for all the people who have stood against Mr. Mutalik and his Saffron Faction.I hope spirit of free India will reflect from you. Now the question to Saffron Brigade. "How do you differentiate yourself with Taliban?"
I know it was a long post, but just to make clear I am not in favor or against any Saffron Faction or any party or person. I just want to condemn what is wrong.
Dracon..
Till next time.
A new Beginning...
Hi All,
I know a post almost a year back and now again a fresh start, life requires some consistency. So, here I am with a new outlook in life and have comeback to Me, Myself & My Thoughts.. I wanted to write about all the things then over the past few months decided to streamline it to a few topics and here they are
1. My thoughts and point of views on various matters
2. Photography.. My Passion, My guide in life
3. Travels..
4. People..
5. Foodie...
These topics are self explanatory so i will not give more light on it but would like to tell somethings like in Photography, i will showcase some of my recent pictures which are worth publishing. In travel section i will have a purview of the travels i have done. In people, i will showcase those ordinary people who have done extraordinary things in their ordinary life. These people are making a difference in somebody's life. In foodie, i will review and highlight the food joints and locations I have traveled to and liked food. I will be very hones in these sections.
I would like to give a general disclaimer my posts are not to hurt any section or part of the general mass or society. It is not to hurt the integrity of people at large. It is just a view towards a common mans' view on certain matters. If any post actually damages a particular person or identity or individual, Organization or Company of any part India or World then it cannot be prosecuted under any court of law as it is just my perception and my thoughts and if you find it offensive you can close this web page immediately as I have not asked you to read. It was at your discretion to read this post and it was no done with any force or coercion. If in any of the posts I have used any names of any Trademarked products or Registered companies or Branded items. Please note all such registered trademark and copyrights are with particular owners and not with me. Please note that India is a free country and I am just using my freedom of thought and freedom of speech.
If you agree for these conditions then enjoy my posts and I want to be a journalist someday so please go ahead and write comments as I can correct myself in someways.
Dracon.....
I know a post almost a year back and now again a fresh start, life requires some consistency. So, here I am with a new outlook in life and have comeback to Me, Myself & My Thoughts.. I wanted to write about all the things then over the past few months decided to streamline it to a few topics and here they are
1. My thoughts and point of views on various matters
2. Photography.. My Passion, My guide in life
3. Travels..
4. People..
5. Foodie...
These topics are self explanatory so i will not give more light on it but would like to tell somethings like in Photography, i will showcase some of my recent pictures which are worth publishing. In travel section i will have a purview of the travels i have done. In people, i will showcase those ordinary people who have done extraordinary things in their ordinary life. These people are making a difference in somebody's life. In foodie, i will review and highlight the food joints and locations I have traveled to and liked food. I will be very hones in these sections.
I would like to give a general disclaimer my posts are not to hurt any section or part of the general mass or society. It is not to hurt the integrity of people at large. It is just a view towards a common mans' view on certain matters. If any post actually damages a particular person or identity or individual, Organization or Company of any part India or World then it cannot be prosecuted under any court of law as it is just my perception and my thoughts and if you find it offensive you can close this web page immediately as I have not asked you to read. It was at your discretion to read this post and it was no done with any force or coercion. If in any of the posts I have used any names of any Trademarked products or Registered companies or Branded items. Please note all such registered trademark and copyrights are with particular owners and not with me. Please note that India is a free country and I am just using my freedom of thought and freedom of speech.
If you agree for these conditions then enjoy my posts and I want to be a journalist someday so please go ahead and write comments as I can correct myself in someways.
Dracon.....
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