tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29108874306303070312024-03-12T20:56:17.667-07:00Confessions of a Lonely SoulAjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-74027268037011352352011-08-19T11:30:00.000-07:002011-08-19T12:42:46.602-07:00Anna-bhai MBBS!<a href="http://www.newsreporter.in/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/anna-hazare-team.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 370px; height: 246px;" src="http://www.newsreporter.in/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/anna-hazare-team.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>
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<br /></div><div>The world is staring to see revolutions in several countries, big and small, violent and non violent. While youth in Egypt rose for their basic rights and overthrew a corrupt regime, rioters in London managed to help themselves with some expensive goodies. India also witnessed uprisings, first by Kashmiris and then by Lokpal supporters.While the first section never really got any support from the people of India, thousands rallied behind Anna. Media declared Kashmiri youth as anti-India while Anna is hailed as the modern Gandhi.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>I have no doubt that Anna's intention to bring this country back to track from the ugly hands of corruption which started to threaten the great Indian growth story. Unfortunately we cannot wipe out corruption by targeting top politicians of this country. One filmy slogan said, 'Mera Neta Chor Hai'. But who elected these leaders? Its the same people who are protesting now. Are all politicians corrupt? If that was the case there will not be any difference between India and Pakistan today. People who are shouting slogans against the PM should not forget the fact that he has impeccable integrity and has done great services to this country when he was a finance minister .</div><div>
<br /></div><div>The Indian middle class should understand corruption is not just in the top brass of politicians ,its everywhere. We should take initiative and find ways to stop it .How many of us pay proper receipt when a police constable stops us for not using you using helmet.By passing laws nothing will change .We all know what happened with POTA. If you bring LOKPAL on to of everything and give ultimate authority to prosecute anyone, will all issues get resolved ? What if the Lokpal goes corrupt? We will appoint something to monitor Lokpal? Finally we will haveto ask God to intervene in that case. There is no magic solution to the problem, definitely corruption will not end by passing one law. Anna's campaign is just like a Bollywood movie, but I cannot see a happy ending.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Instead of protesting in the streets of Delhi, we should create awareness about corruption throughout India. The people of constituencies which elected the Rajas and Ranis of Indian politics should be educated about the value of votes and the importance of selecting the right candidate. Once the people are able to identify politicians with dubious background and evil intentions, the political will be forced to field candidates who are willing to work for country and not for their own pockets. Needless to say we need tighter control and monitoring of elections. Its very easy to degrade all the politicians of this country and be patriotic, but none of us can deny the fact that we elected them.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>We need transparency in government offices and there should be clear cut deadlines for all the offices to action any request from public. We should wipe out middle men who are in and around each and every government office waiting for preys. We require grievance addressing systems in place which can take strict actions if things are not falling in place. We do not require laws to get this done, we need to fine tune the system. Above all this we need to change our own attitude, those who are protesting now should not use bribe as a means to get their work done before others. Anna and other campaigners are focusing on politicians while corruption in the lower end of government is much more than what we can imagine.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>We are the largest democracy in the world. It is insane to change this system one fine day. Already there are enough bottlenecks in this country which is slowing development. Who will dare to invest in India if we have a weak government who can't take independent decisions? We need to look at the bigger picture before branding all the elected representatives as corrupt and reject the entire democratic set up. The media who hails the new Gandhi and his second freedom struggle has no relevance in this society as they are least bothered about the consequences which will directly impact a billion people of this country. A man like Gandhi will take birth only once in a million years.</div>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-10379175922488087992010-06-13T07:08:00.000-07:002010-06-13T13:21:47.696-07:00Blind indeedLady Justice, the Roman goddess of Justice wears a blindfold in order to indicate that justice is (or should be) meted out objectively, without fear or favor, regardless of identity, money, power, or weakness: blind justice and blind impartiality. But in the Indian context unfortunately, the lady is not just blind, she is deaf as well.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://davidonline.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/lady-justice.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 452px;" src="http://davidonline.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/lady-justice.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I just can't understand this mockery called as Judiciary in this country. Looking at some of the recent verdicts, i can only say this system is a big joke. First of all why are we taking such a long time to arrive at a decision. We can't convict the grandchildren of the criminal for his offense. Is this because the whole system is outdated, or is it because the politicians and seasoned criminals/gangsters are able to work their way out and buy time (Years and years) fooling the system. At the same time petty criminals and part time robbers are well within the reach of law while big fishes are leading a comfortable life outside.<br /><br />For killing 25000 people due to sheer negligence, we have given two years for 8 officials of the company. While the biggest culprit who cared a damn for 'indians' is still playing golf and leading a luxurious retirement life. The audit report submitted to the management 2 years prior to the tragedy clearly stated the risks, while the management promptly acted and upgraded their american plant, the indian plant was left like that. I guess the management decision was right when you look at the verdict now. Wonder what could have happened if the same accident occured in their american factory. Warren Anderson would have been hanged long back. Its not just because we do not have an active civil society, we have politicians who have unimaginable greed for money. I am pretty sure some of them would have made millions out of this tragedy while the victims got pathetic compensation. The only mistake bhopal victims did is that they are born in a third world country where price of human life is cheap.<br /><br />We all know there is a terrorist named kasab who came from Pakistan and killed 100s of people in mumbai. We have seen this in TV, read in papers with pictures. You will get at least a 1000 witnesses against kasab. But still the government is taking years to hang him. Crores of rupees are spent for his security. This money is coming from the tax payers of this country. Is nt this ridiculous. One bullet would have done the job that day itself.<br /><br />The best place for the rich culprits to hide is hospitals. <a href="http://www.tehelka.com/story_main45.asp?filename=Ne190610sick_man.asp">Satyam Raju</a> has proved that if you are rich and influential, no law can put you in jail as there are so many judges in our country with a price tag attached to their black coat. Seems like the Modis and Tytlers will roam around free till the next civil war.<br /><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Jagdish_Tytler"><br /></span></h3>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-21553239398908569142010-03-07T02:27:00.000-08:002010-03-07T04:28:40.797-08:00Masters of Marketing<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:relyonvml/> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> 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mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">World has become really competitive these days and unless you market yourself you are never going to succeed. Marketing is an art and marketers follow the key message in Gita ‘end results are important and not the ways to reach them’. Nowadays marketing tactics and advertisements are extremely complicated. Unique and innovative ways of marketing were adopted to generate interest for their products/services. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The marketing department of the movie, “”My name is Khan” has definitely succeeded in generating interest in public through a series of cleverly planned ‘real incidents‘ with the back up of our electronic media. The series was kick started by SRK getting ‘detained’ at an American airport and questioned for an hour or two. Then there was another rumour that SRK’s naked scanned images were taken at the airport and those pics were leaked out to public. SRK has to face all these brutalities because his last name - ‘Khan’. News channels broadcasted these as breaking news! We live in a multi lingual, multi religious country which has innumerable social problems which requires immediate attention. However, this is an era of ‘Paid news’ and the concealed ad campaign of SRK’s movie was given preference. <span style=""> </span>Not surprising at all, as the news channels have stooped down to mere advertisement medium for politicians and bollywood.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://stbjp.msn.com/i/89/F9BD79F3EACCA38E6F9380B317197D.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 350px;" src="http://stbjp.msn.com/i/89/F9BD79F3EACCA38E6F9380B317197D.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The massive ad campaign was to promote 2 parties. One is MNIK the movie and the other is Shiv sena, who is desperately trying to regain its lost fame and loosing their ground to another set of goons – the MNS. SRK and Shiv sena clashed through the media and the following words of exchange and public protest ensured to meet the two objectives of the whole campaign. </p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=""><span style="">1)<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->To brand SRK as a powerful person who stood by his principles and thereby promote his movie MNIK, which basically highlights the racial profiling by west.</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=""><span style="">2)<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->To show the strength of Sena and to show the world that they still have supporters at the root level who can execute Babasaheb’s orders and thereby proving that no security can stop the sena.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We have enough idiots in our country who wasted their precious time watching the WWF match between SRK and Shiv sena. Shiv sena lived up to their name <span style=""> </span>- what more can one expect from the followers of ‘God of destruction’.<span style=""> </span>SRK managed to create curiosity in public and managed to prevent a huge financial burden for his producer who unfortunately financed a ‘hindi forest gump’, where SRK overacted throughout the movie.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The number of film stars in Twitter and blogs has been on the rise, the major objective is to market their new releases and to get public visibility through the medium. <span style=""> </span>The rise of controversies just before and after the release is also very common nowadays. Similar to SRK – Sena drama, the makers of 3 idiots and Chetan Bhagat fought in public. 3 idiots went on to become a huge hit and the sale of Chetan’s book went up by a significant percentage. <span style=""> </span>Classic example of a win-win situation. No points for guessing the real idiots !!!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oHF-qUKh09c/S0CDtQif5UI/AAAAAAAAgtI/tnhvzs4Z6uw/s800/chetan-bhagat-tofa-kabool-karo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 650px; height: 497px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oHF-qUKh09c/S0CDtQif5UI/AAAAAAAAgtI/tnhvzs4Z6uw/s800/chetan-bhagat-tofa-kabool-karo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-23641434603714276742009-07-31T22:20:00.000-07:002009-08-01T09:26:45.575-07:00The Indian Idoiot Box<a href="http://images.clipartof.com/small/5597-Funny-Turkey-Family-Standing-And-Sitting-Around-Watching-TV-Clipart-Illustration.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 450px; HEIGHT: 364px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://images.clipartof.com/small/5597-Funny-Turkey-Family-Standing-And-Sitting-Around-Watching-TV-Clipart-Illustration.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><p>When the first time I heard someone referring Television as idiot's box, I thought it was titally baseless. I wouldn't have seen great epics like Ramayana and Mahabharatha without this wonderful equipment. I would have missed Sachin's straight drives and Amitabh's breath taking performances. Times have changed now. DD gave way to innumerable private channels. Capitalistic greed to maximise profits took center stage while quality and content of the programs took a back seat. Channel owners are ready to even kill each other for their share of viewership. There is no question about the enormous reach and influence of visual media especially television on Indian viewers. </p><p>However, after watching some of the shows I realized that the ‘Idiot Box’ comment is not completely baseless. The prime time viewers shifted their attention from ‘Surabhi’ to ‘Roadies’. Roadies was a huge hit and it has become the topic of discussion for youth. A reality show which is completely scripted and fake like a WWF wrestling match. The key learning points from the show is – ‘never trust anyone (even your best buddies)’. God himself runs this show by the nick name - Raghu. His words and actions on the show suggest that he is nothing short of a street rowdy. He and the participants of the show mistook arrogance for attitude. Bitching and backstabbing are the key ingredients for this ridiculous show. The creators of the show would not have realized that a significant population of kids also watch this show and today television also plays a part in shaping up their behaviour. According to the show, the mantra of success is ‘being selfish’. However, no country or society will prosper if the individuals think only about themselves completely forgetting the collective interest of the nation or society which they belong to. </p><p>Following the success of roadies, so many other reality shows propped up. The basic ingredients are the same – aggression, arrogance and glamour. However, the tag for most disgusting show has gone to ‘Such Ka Samna’. This one has crossed all the limits and the content is indecent to the core. Star Plus must have got its share of viewership and the participants must have got their share of the profit by virtually striping in front of public. Creative freedom doesn’t mean that you can air even adult movies through national channels. There should be some kind of regulation to prevent such shameful, indecent shows. The curiosity of viewers to look in to other’s personal life and the sadistic joy of watching how his wife and kids react to the dark secrets of his life is absolutely disgusting. The viewers of this show needs psychological help.<br />The so called “creators” of these western rip offs forgot one key point. The culture and values are different for different audiences. This is a place where family values have utmost importance. The family system in India replaces the Social security system of the western countries. Blindly following westernization is not going to help us. Unfortunate part is most of the good things from the western world are conveniently ignored by us. How much ever educated we are, we still can’t follow lane discipline while driving. We care a damn for public property. Even though we are intelligent and creative, we still lag behind because of lack of discipline, which is one thing we should learn from westerners. </p><p>Forgot to mention another show, ‘Rakhi Ka Swayamwar’. I could hardly watch it for ten minutes, because I do not have money to buy another TV! Rakhi visiting her potential ‘In-Laws’ and explaining her demands was totally ridiculous and I don’t think even after 100 years no Indian girl will dare to do this. Seems like she is going to marry some NRI soon. But I dont even have a slightest doubt in my mind that this is yet another show where every single dialogue is carefully scripted. The high profile marriage at the end of the show will be a gimmick just to fool the viewers.People who talk crap (like Rakhi, Mallika) have got good market value nowadays, which indicates the degradation of values in Indian society.</p>There were nation wide protests following Mangalore Pub incident, however no one is bothered about the below incident where a girl is slapped publically. Is it coz Shambhvi deserves to be slapped in public?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xa_ob-lmLlI&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xa_ob-lmLlI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-51370912451024875732009-03-29T13:07:00.000-07:002009-04-05T11:54:42.734-07:00Elections 2009 - Ray of hope from Trivandrum.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://adsoftheworld.com/files/1-Criminal%20Free%20Elections%202009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 633px; height: 494px;" src="http://adsoftheworld.com/files/1-Criminal%20Free%20Elections%202009.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">We are a nation of 1 billion people. We have some of the richest in the world, on the other hand our country is also home to a significant population who live under poverty line. A <u1:p></u1:p>booming middle class which is ready to take <st1:country-region><st1:place><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region> to new heights and an emerging economy which has the potential to transform <st1:country-region><st1:place><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region> to a developed country. Some of us have even <u1:p></u1:p>dared to dream of <st1:country-region><st1:place><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region> becoming a super power as <st1:country-region><st1:place><st1:country-region><st1:place>America</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>. I will not blame the dreamers, because we were one of the most developed civilization at one point of time. We can find a lot <u1:p></u1:p>of sucessful Indians who hold key positions in western world. Indira Nooyi, Vikram Pandit, Lakshmi Mittal are specific examples. The cream of our graduates from IIMs and IITs has been lured away by foreign companies. <st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region> would have been a much better place, had we been able to prevent this brain drain. Still there is no lack of talent in <st1:country-region><st1:place><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>. The Tatas and Ambanis showed us that Indian companies can also dream big and can have Global aspirations.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><u1:p></u1:p><st1:country-region><st1:place><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>'s dreams can be achieved only through political will. For that we need politicians with vision, and more than that they should be focused on the development of the <u1:p></u1:p>nation and above all should adopt a honest and transparent approach of governance. Ethics, morality, honesty and integrity are characteristics which we hardly see in any of our netas. <st1:country-region><st1:place><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>'s dreams will remain dreams unless we elect honest candidates who have real passion for the progress of our country. However, there will only be a handful of candidates in that <u1:p></u1:p>category.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We have two national parties who claim to have nation wide <o:p></o:p>reach and a bunch of regional parties who have no ideology what so ever and who are ready to change ideology and principles and awaiting the right opportunity to back stab major national parties. Some of them have tried to set up a third front also. There is no doubt that the regional parties are becoming stronger and national parties are losing grounds which is a very worrying fact. Clearly the regional parties do not have a national vision. I can't imagine an <st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region> led by lalu or mayawati.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Divisive politics and hate speeches have become very common. Varun Gandhi's speech has attracted serious attention. His speech was particularly disturbing because it came from a person who is educated at the London School of Economics. Varun's grand father was a Muslim and his mother is a Sikh. Still he made such a disgusting hate speech just for votes. He is the new opportunistic face in a party which laid its foundation by spreading hatred towards minorities. Young Netas like varun and Raj has taken clues from their seniors and realised that communal remarks and regionalism fetch votes even in modern era. Campaigns like jaago re have been trying hard to attract voters to polling booths. However, even though there is widespread protest against criminalisation of politics, political parties gave tickets to criminals. How can we expect educated urban classes to come forward and vote for criminals and fraudsters.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The list of <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4312013.cms">candidates from Kerala</a> is really encouraging this time. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashi_Tharoor"><b>Shashi Tharoor</b></a> is contesting from <st1:city><st1:place>Trivandrum</st1:place></st1:city>. He is one of the most eligible candidates in election-2009. His global experience and knowledge can easily earn him a cabinet post . Going by his track record, he is more than capable of taking <st1:city><st1:place>Trivandrum</st1:place></st1:city> to new heights. Bloggers from <st1:city><st1:place>trivandrum</st1:place></st1:city> have started campaigning for him through blogs and for the first time in my life, I am going to vote.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qM49q07IXS0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Please visit his <a href="http://shashitharoor.in/home?setLanguage=english">website</a> and try to support his campaign in whatever way you can. Can he be the ‘Obama of Anandapuri’ and deliver the change we are looking for? My answer is a definite yes!<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-11406970103347019972009-03-15T22:45:00.000-07:002009-03-15T23:03:53.429-07:00Baapu returns.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.azjamon.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ghandi-1024x768.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 658px; height: 481px;" src="http://www.azjamon.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ghandi-1024x768.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /> TV channels celebrated another Indian Victory after Vijay Mallya brought back Baapu's belongings. News channels declared Mallya's win as the show of Indian strength and money power to the world. I always had a feeling that television media has never been able to cover the real issues of the country. They always concentrate on stupid controversies, while real issues went unnoticed.<br /><br />Gandhiji considered drinking as a social evil which can hinder the progress of our nation. Now Mallya has managed to get his belongings using the money from his liquor business. I can’t see any reason why we should celebrate this; on the other hand we all should be ashamed. Gandhiji's trademark is simplicity, its an irony that his belongings went to someone who is exactly opposite, who lives a luxurious fast paced life.<br /><br /><a href="http://indiapost.com/article/usnews/5704/">Otis </a>has approached Government of India to avoid the auction. In return he has asked the government to spend 5% of the GDP for health and sanitation of the poor. I think Gandhiji would have preferred Otis to have his belongings than Mallya. At least he understands what Gandhian principles is all about. Finally Government claimed that they brought the pride possessions through Mallya in order to save their face. However Mallya has rubbished this claim quickly and announced that the government has nothing to do with the auction.<br /><br />I believe we shouldnt worry too much about his spectacles and other personal belongings. We should pay attention to what he taught us. His ideology of simple life style has great relevance in today's world where people struggle to pay off their credit cards.<br /><br />The commercial value of Baapu is sky high. Lage Raho Munnabhai, has proved this fact. He still lives in the heart of millions of people around the world. Many think Gandhian principles are difficult to practice now. However, living a simple life has its advantages. It will make us less complex human beings. The mad race behind money is not going to take us anywhere.Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-41874224402884364362009-02-22T11:32:00.000-08:002009-02-27T18:25:16.383-08:00Nuns - Innocents Sentenced for Life time imprisonment by the Church.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Nun_in_cloister%2C_1930.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 763px; height: 900px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Nun_in_cloister%2C_1930.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/exnuns-confessions-set-to-rock-kerala-churc.../425407/">Dr Sister Jesme</a>'s autobiography has been a huge embarrassment for the Church in kerala. I have very high regards for this bold lady who challenged the mighty church by revealing bitter truths. In her book she has narrated even the personal trauma and shame she faced during her days as a nun. Church has been under severe criticism, after few priests were accused of murder of sister Abhaya. This one adds on to the numerous allegations against the church, which always managed to ridicule allegations by its political power and its influence over the mainstream media.<br /><br />The life of a nun is not an easy one especially inside the huge walls of churches. Most nuns in kerala join the church in their early ages. It may not be their personal choice, most of the time it will be their parents and the family who decide that the girl should go to church and become the bride of jesus.<br /><br />Imagine the mind state of that girl who will be alienated from her family and asked to live a life which is as good as a life term (even murders come out after 15 years). Will they not have normal feelings and emotions associated with girls of their age group? Who is benefiting by wiping colours off their dreams of life.<br /><br />The church has a meticulous system to brainwash girls from a very young age and motivate them to become nuns, obviously with the full support of the family. The systemic brainwash might work for some, and they live a life without ambitions<br />for the rest of their life. But mother nature has created all of us with instincts. Even after decades of brainwashing, the normal human instincts may still prevail. Lesbian tendency among nuns is mentioned in her book,which is not a surprise at<br />all. This is not just about sexual needs, even nuns wish for love,care and support from someone. Deprived of almost every mode of entertainment, nuns are supposed to live like aliens from some other planet. Isn't this human rights violation? Its<br />like chopping a bird's wings before it could fly around to see the beauty of this world. How can a progressive society like us support church to deny basic human rights for these sisters. Isn't this talibanisation? what is the difference between the taliban in afpak and one of the highest literate society in India? Where are those human rights activists and feminists who shed tears for Muslim girls suffering in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Are they blind to ignore the sexual assault on nuns by the priests Or is it coz they are not powerful enough to raise their voice against the church? It is<br />coz Gandhi notes have power to block the even the so called, 'secular' voices, and the church has bundles of them.<br /><br />I do not believe in superpowers. But if there is a god, he has created all of us with almost the same set of basic emotions, feelings and instincts. Denying the instincts is denial of God. Nuns are advised to live isolated from main stream to concentrate on community initiatives to uplift the society. There are people who have showed the world that family life is not a hindrance for community services. Community services is a mask anyways. The hidden agenda of religious conversions is not a secret any more. Churches get foreign funding (They might have targets to achieve as well!!) which is used to bribe tribal leaders for mass conversions. All in the name of<br />Jesus! Most of the educational institutions run by church are cash cows. A new business model adopted by Mata Amritanandamayi is actually copied from church. Community services is just a marketing initiative to turn the attention of the public and media.<br /><br />There are similarities between a nun and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devadasi">Devadasi</a>. They both are wedded to 'Gods'. Both are exploited by established systems, nuns by churches and devadasis by the priests. Both of them are isolated from main stream. The stupid system of devadasis was stopped by law. Christian missionaries have played active part in eradicating the cruel and inhuman system of Devadasis. But ironically they do not notice that the church is also involved in a similar crime.<br /><br />Last year there was an mms of a nun from aluva circulated by some lunatics in internet. After media reports church expelled the nun. Media covered it extensively and gave importance to the nun's expulsion. But they missed one important point, who is the culprit? Is that the driver who exploited the lady's love or the nun who gave everything to him trusting his love. According to me, the man has to be pelted with stones. She shouldn't be ashamed of herself, instead she should be proud that she followed her instincts. Heaven is for those who follow instincts as instincts are directly from god which has greater sense than the stupid system laid by his 'middle men'. I hope the society will open its eyes to this heinous system and free those sisters from the iron walls of Church.Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-5798511187842616132009-02-15T05:59:00.000-08:002009-02-15T06:07:18.170-08:00Muthalik, Ramsena and a few pink chaddis.Recently media unearthed a 'leader' out of nowhere. His name is Pramod Muthalik, the Karnataka version of Raj Thakere. The man woke up one day and realised that his culture is under attack. He formed a Sena that day itself and recruited some monkeys as Ram did. The monkeys pulled the hair of innocent girls and created nuisance to public. Apparently the government of Karnataka is run by Muthalik's dear friends, who were also worried abut Indian culture, as elections are nearby.<br /><br />Valentine's day is a day for lovers. Narrow minded people like Muthalik cannot stop people from loving each other. The existence of this world depends on the eternal feeling called love. Bangalore reacted to Muthalik's comments by 'Pink chaddi campaign'. Soon Muthalikwill be seen as a roadside salesman selling chaddis, as he will not have space in house to keep those. The only problem his customers face will be lack of variety in terms of colour.<br /><br />The economic prosperity of Karanataka and bangalore is greatly attributed to the IT/ITES sector. The westernised youths pay huge taxes to government, which is used to fund developmental programs for the state. Government of Karnataka tried to cover up the atrocities by Muthalik and co with some ridiculous comments. The answer for that came from Home minister Chidambaram who ensured that Muthalik and his monkeys spend their valuable time inside the lock up on Valentine's day.<br /><br />There is one solution for this problem, which will ensure that no more goons will surface in future to do such shameful acts. All these men should be sent to the army and post them on the front posts of the army. The self proclaimed saviors can channelise their hate to do something which is useful for the country. Rather than showing their temper on girls, they can use it against our enemies.<br /><br />For Muthalik and his Monkeys, with lots of 'LOVE'.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RLRLhV9U0kQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RLRLhV9U0kQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-33416566217238944982009-02-05T13:20:00.000-08:002009-02-12T22:14:11.167-08:00Slumdog aiming Oscars!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9iZtZLKFBoo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9iZtZLKFBoo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Slumdog Millionaire has sparked off serious debates all over India. One set of people are proud of the movie because a film based on India and acted by Indians and it won prestigious awards and got nominated for Oscars while some feel that the film portrays a wrong image about India.<br /><br />The film was severely criticized by greats like Amitabh Bachan for showing the slums of India and projecting a wrong image. The film has disturbing visuals of India and its hard to digest for any proud Indian. However, it is unfair to say that Danny Boyle has projected a false image of India to the western audience. Whatever he has showed in his movie, is a reality which still exists. Slums can be seen in almost every Indian city, there is a vast majority of people under poverty line and are deprived of basic amenities. The riots against Muslims is another scene which can damage the secure image of India. The riots, slums and underworld featured in numerous bollywood movies before. Now people are worried about the image of India just because the movie is directed by someone from west. Why do we have to cover up the truth?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9HbL1RRQctI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9HbL1RRQctI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />The movie is about Jamal's journey of life and love from the slums to the hot seat of TV show, "who wants to be a millionaire". It portrays the survival instincts of a slum<br />kid and his never-say-die attitude and determination to find his lost love. Fresh faces, brilliant screenplay and amazing direction makes this movie better than typical bollywood stuff. Its a refreshing change after stupid movies like 'Rab Ne Bana di Jodi'. May be our bollywood directors should learn a few things from this movie.The focus of bollywood is on size zero actresses, designer costumes, foreign locations and six pack heroes. They have completely gone offtrack as they forgot that the essence of a cinema is its storyline, screenplay, characters and direction.<br /><br />I think Amitabh is just annoyed coz his real life role as a TV host was portrayed as an arrogant character in the movie. Kudos to Anil Kapoor for his excellent acting skills.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGvU4fdVb-w">AR Rahman</a> is finally being recognised in International arena. We all know he is a rare talent and a musical genius, however his best works over the years went unnoticed in the west. Dev Patel, Irfan Khan, Freida Pinto and the slum kids put up a good performance. (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKFSFtx7YQM">some of the slum kids are actually from the slums of mumbai</a>). Now the wait is for Oscars, for the first time Indians will be eager to watch it live.<br /><br />The film has a typical bollywood ending of Boy and Girl getting reunited in a crowded place. It is a masala mix of romance, drama and suspense. It will not be easy for a movie influenced by bollywood, to compete with hollywood movies in Oscars. Anyways lets hope for the best. Jai Ho!<br /><br />Also read - <a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20090212/1049/top-their-people-like-us.html">Real Vs Reel</a>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-77150339201485703832009-01-11T05:13:00.000-08:002009-01-11T07:24:50.175-08:002009 - Few predictions from Attukal Nostradamus!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/slypuck2/ObamaBinLaden-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 358px;" src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/slypuck2/ObamaBinLaden-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />2009 will see some of the most exciting and weird incidents.<br /><br />- After recession, unemployed Americans will start BPOs and work will be outsourced from India to US. Training centres to teach Hindi will crop up everywhere in America.<br /><br />- Sreesanth, after being slapped out of the team due to his 'acute aggression syndrome', will get in to movies. There will not be much of a change in his life as he will be doing the same thing he did on the cricket field like, dancing, abusing everyone and most importantly getting slapped regularly - The only difference will be instead of the hard hands of bhajji, it will be soft hands of heroines.<br /><br />- Reality shows will go one step further. Whenever there is a dispute between the judges, the stage will be converted to a boxing ring and the dispute will be solved by a knockout.<br /><br />- Raghu will change the format of roadies, he will ask candidates to sing bhajans, ask them to say Ten commandments and debate on Mahatma Ghandhi's 'My experiences with truth'.<br /><br />- Raj Thakare will go for an all India trip, he will be spending a lot of time in Bihar with Laloo studying the possibilities of generating power from cattle fodder.<br /><br />- Rajnikanth will do an Art film with adoor gopalakrishnan. His fans will see him staring at a chair and smiling without a single dialogue throughout the film.<br /><br />- RSS cadets will do community services in muslim dominated 'mini pakistan'areas all across India.<br /><br />- ShahRukh Khan will be seen romancing with a new heroine in 2009 - Nia, 12 years old.<br /><br />- Ghajini will be made in Malayalam and mohan lal will act as hero. He is going to show his 6 packs in that movie.<br /><br />- Mammooty will leave to USA to learn dance from Michael Jackson. Mammooty's moonwalk will feature in his upcoming films.<br /><br />- K Karunakaran will finally say yes to 'Yamaraj'. However, he will create groups in his kingdom and Chitragupta will revolt against Yama with the backing of our leader. We all will be lucky because as long as Leader is there, we will not die.<br /><br />- Achumama will finally decide to stop talking. He will go to Vallikavu to get 'Jadu ki Jhappi' (Magic hug) from Amma to remove all his frustrations.<br /><br />- Some of the mega serials will end this year because the serial industry is hit by an acute shortage of glycerine.<br /><br />- Item girls like Mallika sherawat and rakhi sawant will join church as nuns, as some of the nuns have put up a better'show'compared to them in 2008.<br /><br />- DYFI will change their strategy and embrace non violence. If you slap a DYFI 'child', he will not only show his other cheek but also ensure that he gets a tight one in that also.Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-59986124923181485662008-12-25T00:21:00.000-08:002009-01-11T06:25:21.344-08:00Merry Christmas<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Is9xHR11E3A&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Is9xHR11E3A&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-52737108610604952302008-12-13T08:00:00.000-08:002009-01-11T06:25:21.345-08:00GOD - Created by Saints, destroyed by FundamentalistsGod - a name which we all fear, respect, worship, love and obey diligently. There are numerous Gods across the globe, different races have different gods of their own, and countless stories about gods and their miracles are injected to our brains before we are able to think of our own. We all are systematically brain washed by our religions through our parents and society.<br /><br />There is one thing common about gods - they all have super powers. They have a highly sophisticated intelligence network which gives them instant reports about each and everything which is happening across the world. He will analyse your behaviour and weigh the good and bad deeds we have done in this world and then determine whether we should go to heaven or hell once you die. Simply amazing isn't it?<br /><br />Another common trait of gods across the world is that they will never ever appear in public. The messages are always conveyed by his preachers, who claim they have direct access to god and his 'messages'. Even though they are not able to do significant 'miracles' by themselves, they normally come up with some simple tricks like catching Shiva lingas and even Rolex watches from thin air. (A professional magician can perform much better tricks than that!)<br /><br />Questions about God have always been dealt with stupid philosophy by the preachers. Their answers are always vague, confusing, without any evidence whatsoever and will always be based on 'stories' and 'books' written in prehistoric times. Still majority of our educated society including scientists and doctors believe and follow 'non existing' Gods.<br /><br />Gods were created by the rulers of the land when people were as good as animals. Religions were created by great thinkers in order to guide mankind to a civilised life and to create an environment of peace and mutual respect. Religions had contributed a great deal to human race. They played a pivotal role in shaping up great civilisations. Religions were relevant and indispensable in ancient times, as they ensured that people move in the right direction. The uneducated and uncultured people during those times were made to believe that some 'super power' is monitoring them and they will be accountable for their actions, thereby creating a fear (of god) which forced people to live a honest life.<br /><br />But things are different now; human race has evolved a great deal. We all are educated and civilised. We are capable of understanding good and bad. Religions have lost relevance as the ill effects are more than the merits. People need to understand that there is no point in being oversensitive over religions. Religions are nothing but a few well written stories by some of the greatest visionaries who lived centuries ago. Even in their wildest imaginations, they would not have foreseen current situation where religions, most probably will initiate the destruction of mankind.<br /><br />We lead a luxurious life compared to our ancestors; thanks to the technology, electronic equipments, advanced medicines, infrastructure, internet etc. None of this was given to us by God or his ‘spokespersons’. This is the result of the hard work of normal human beings with no extraordinary powers. I think its time to realise the truth – ‘There is no God’ and we have only one life. We need to experience the beauty of the greatest mystery of all times – “Life”, rather than fighting each other for silly reasons like religion and nationality.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_rqUsC2KsiI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_rqUsC2KsiI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4qmcOG-na4E&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4qmcOG-na4E&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-4004893542151783082008-11-28T19:49:00.000-08:002009-01-11T06:25:21.346-08:00Mumbai Terror attack - Time to ACT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ap0811270412__oPt.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 410px; height: 574px;" src="http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ap0811270412__oPt.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Mumbai is attacked again. Innocent people ran for cover when ruthless terrorists sprayed bullets. Reports suggest that the terrorists came via sea route from pakistan. This confirms the incapability of our coast guard. A new organisation named 'Deccan Mujahudin' has claimed responsibility. Even as one of the terrorist claimed that he is from hyderabad, his punjabi accent clearly reveals his links across the border.<br /><br />Pakistani Foreign minister offered 'condolences' and offered a 'hotline' between Intelligence officials. May be our ministers will accept this offer and will coordinate with ISI. ISI will be regularly updated by valuable information which they will use to train more terrorists and send us via sea, land or air probably, coz its no secret that our aerial surveillance radars are outdated.<br /><br />Pakistani press and ministers accused India of raising false allegations and also commented that the politicians in India are accusing them to cover their intelligence failures. But the fact remains that the terrorists came from Pakistan and was trained in pakistan by Lashkar. Where is pakistan's intelligence when these terrorists planned their operation in their land? There is no doubt that ISI has significant links with LET and even America and rest of the world is aware of that after the Kabul Indian embassy attack. Pakistan's democratic government has taken steps to minimise the influence of ISI in politics. ISI was pressurised from all the sides. Without ISI and Pakistan army's support, nobody can plan and execute such an attack. The democratic government in pakistan is a silent spectators of this proxy war.<br /><br />Now focus is on India. How the government is going to react to this ruthless assault? The attack revealed how vulnerable Indians are in the hands of terror. It is virtually impossible to prevent infiltrations from pakistan and bangladesh completely, because we have a very long coastal line and we share porous borders with Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. We need proactive approach, rather than reacting after a terror strike. The budget allocation of 100,000 crore rupees for defense is not just to use the army for rescue operations after terror strikes and natural calamities, we need to use them when the taxpayers who paid this money has been shot in streets like dogs.<br /><br />We had enough of diplomatic missions after terror attacks. we cannot sit and talk about this and enforce laws to curb terror. Nothing will stop until we hunt down these rats from their burrows in pakistan. We should not hesitate to cross the border, as the government of pakistan is helpless to prevent terrorists backed by ISI. Gandhigiri and non violence will look good only in bollywood movies. Even Gandhi would have applied for a gun license now. A full fledged war is anyday better than this proxy war, where innocent civilians are butchered like cattle. We have a history of handling issues casually, kandahar and kargil are two examples of it. India should learn from Israelis, their commandos went all the way to Uganda and freed the hostages after storming in to the airport.<br /><br />Whole of India offered prayers to those brave cops who took the bullets in their chest. They led from the front, risking their life and died for the country. We cannot afford this to happen again. we should fight this terror with all the power we have got, otherwise one day you will find a terrorist walking in to your living room carrying a AK 47 and that will sadly be the last thing you see in this world.Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-77752574672732503652008-11-21T23:23:00.000-08:002009-01-11T06:25:21.347-08:00Terrorism weds Politics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://a.abcnews.com/images/International/ap_shiv_sena_080619_mn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/International/ap_shiv_sena_080619_mn.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />As Indians we are quite familiar with terrorism, in fact we are living in a country where our chances of returning home after work is pretty low. Breaking news about blasts has been a regular feature in all the media channels. However, Its no more a shocking news for any of us. Over the years, terrorist organisations and those who are arrested in connection with terrorist activities are invariably Muslims. Now things have changed, we have our own 'saffron terror'.<br /><br />Terrorism is BJP's main campaign weapon against congress. There is widespread panic among public due to the ruthless blasts across the country. BJP was trying to capitalise on this issue by offering security to citizens if they come to power. All of a sudden news about saffron terror broke out, giving out indications of a political drama scripted by congress to upset BJP's campaign. At first, many thought that this is a step to please minorities and secure their votes, especially after Muslim organisations accused police of staging a fake encounter at Jamianagar. Not sure whether Police will actually sacrifice one among them for a 'fake encounter'.<br /><br />However, on the other side saffron brigade once again proved that they can match Islamic terror by all means. RSS and Bajrang Dal have a history of attacking minority communities in order to save 'Hindutva'. Hinduism always preached peaceful coexistence with other religions. The self imposed upholders of Hinduism should understand that they are spoiling the image of the religion by their barbarian acts. Why are the saffron clad saints, interested in politics and fighting for power? A saint, as per definition is 'an extremely virtuous person, who has no interest in material things’. I am confused; the saints should be in Himalayas, praying to god standing in one leg. What are they doing here in civilised cities? Apparently they were making bombs and helping other anti social elements to plant bombs in mosques.<br /><br />Now, is this bombing an oppression against Islamic terror or is there a hidden political agenda as well? Each blast will enforce BJP's point of this country being insecure to live. So these blasts helped to boost their campaign. I have to admit congress has done well to block this campaign by arresting elements of 'Saffron terror'. This has hit BJP very badly as the arrested saint has close relations with top BJP leaders. The most disheartening fact is that the RDX for the blasts was supplied from a member of our 'secular' Army.<br /><br />This proved that terrorism has no religion. The act of terror can come from any section, any religion, any class. The only thing common is that these acts are initiated by insane minds to express their anger towards established systems by cowardly acts like killing innocent people who have no connection with the 'established systems' they are revolting against.<br /><br />Politics is a full fledged war now. Political parties use even the acts of terror as a weapon to fight each other. The common man, who is watching all these Tamasha take it as another joke in laughter challenge and move on. Recently Modi demolished temples in Gandhinagar which is Advani's constituency. Its double benefit (oru vedikku 2 pakshi) to him as he can reduce the chances of Advani winning the elections and Modi can project himself as a national leader who is pro-development and secular. Congress is no better, they have been 'auctioning' tickets for elections. 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Most beautiful place on earth.<br /><br />School days, eventful & fun filled classrooms, stressful exam days, celebrations after the exams (Fishing and swimming in the nearby river), Year end holidays. Balarama, poompatta :)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">What were you doing 10 years ago</span><br /><br />I was writing my first love letter which I couldn't deliver as I was unable to find the right Hamsam:)<br /><br />I was studying most of the time, sitting near my window which was facing the backyard of our neighborhood. There was someone cute at the backyard memorising lessons repeating them loudly:). (Dear 'R', u r solely responsible for my dismal performance that year at college)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Today</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Your first thought in the morning</span><br /><br />Weekday or weekend??????<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">If you build a time capsule what would it contain?</span><br /><br />My laptop with internet connection, beverages (alcoholic) and a big poster of Rani Mukharjee.<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />Tomorrow</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">This year</span><br /><br />I couldn't foresee any change in job, as the market condition is not that great. Its safer to stick on to this lovely company which gave me a decent hike (0.00000012%) and a record breaking bonus (8 rupee 56 paise).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">What do you see yourself doing 14 years from now?</span><br /><br />I Will be driving back to my home in a 96 model esteem with the most unlucky girl on earth to stay in the same childhood house, which will complete one full life cycle....<br /><br />I tag <a href="http://manasinakkare.wordpress.com/">seema</a>, and <a href="http://laymansrevelations.blogspot.com/">Layman</a>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-80750057855435178652008-11-01T06:40:00.000-07:002009-01-11T06:25:21.349-08:00Top 5 addictions<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;">I have been tagged by</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://manasinakkare.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/tag-o-mania-tag-for-addictions/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Seema, (Apostrophic Metis) </span></a></span><span style="font-style: italic;">to list top 5 addictions</span><span style="font-style: italic;">, here it goes</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Cyberspace</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Orkut – Great place to keep in touch with your old buddies. My friends in school and college are scattered all across the globe. This is the place where I interact with them, view their latest pics, (some of them changed so much!!), recollect the good old times (some nasty ones as well), exchange wishes during festivals, keep tab of latest happenings in their life etc.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Blogs – Amazing tool to understand different views, emotions, thoughts of people whom you have never even seen before. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://in.youtube.com/user/akkarakazhchakal?ob=1">Akkara kazchakal</a> - This serial portrays mallu life in US. The script and direction could match our subtle old Malayalam movies of 80-90s. George Uncle, Giri giri, boby/baby kuttan and co are doing a great job. Its better to watch this than the latest Malayalam flicks which can be described in one word- ‘ridiculous’.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vFMibQQmph4&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vFMibQQmph4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Rain</span> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">From childhood, I am in love with rain. I like to roam around in my bike when it is drizzling; I love to watch the heavy downpour in my balcony sipping coffee. Rain is something which brings back memories of my home town. The smell of soil when the first drop of rain touches the ground is eternal.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.eontarionow.com/images/Rain.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 506px; height: 338px;" src="http://www.eontarionow.com/images/Rain.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Music</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I prefer soft peaceful music of any language. Music calms my mind after stressful working hours. Favorites are endless, Yesudas, Unnimenon, Hariharan, Lionel Richie, Kumar Sanu, <st1:place><st1:placename>Savage</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Garden</st1:placetype></st1:place>….. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Recent addiction is Roopa’s romantic voice<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v0t3ZeyDHDw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v0t3ZeyDHDw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">Movies</p><p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Die hard fan of <a href="http://rajamohan.blogspot.com/2005/09/padmarajan-loss-in-january.html">Padmarajan </a>movies. What a loss for Malayalam movie Industry. Don’t remember how many times I have seen NPMT and Thoovanathumpikal. Addicted to this particular clip in youtube.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aSXqMScGjFw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aSXqMScGjFw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Cricket</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.freewebs.com/sachinrameshtendulkar/049031.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 388px;" src="http://www.freewebs.com/sachinrameshtendulkar/049031.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">As an average Indian, how can I miss cricket in the list of addictions. This is one sport where every Indian, including Mr. Raj Thackeray cheer for our country. There was a time when I watched matches even during exams, without commentary of course (sorry Amma!). However, things are different now, thanks to live scorecards, without which I would have completely lost touch with the game.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-43392786105755454852008-10-18T11:12:00.000-07:002009-01-11T06:25:21.350-08:00Communist Cabin Crew in Jet Airways<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/16/images/2008101655080101.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/16/images/2008101655080101.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Jet airways decided <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Give_us_a_reason_for_the_sack/articleshow/3600934.cms">to cut 1900 jobs last week.</a> Employees, mostly hired on contract basis protested against this inhuman decision. For a change it was a protest with a lot of glamour and media covered it extensively. <span style=""> </span>If it was held by a bunch of poor labourers, it would have been another anti-industrialization movement. However the employees from wealthy families manage to pressurise the management and they reinstated them. Right decision was made as the management realised that they are not dealing with people who are below poverty line whose protests will hardly get any kind of attention either from the media or from politicians<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The most surprising aspect was anti-communists who were against mass protests and trade unions which prevented development of states, suddenly took a U turn and started talking about labour laws! ITES, IT and Aviation are the most glamorous sectors currently in <st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. All these sectors are directly linked with global markets and employees here are very well paid compared to Indian managed manufacturing sector. The global financial turmoil started having its impacts in these sectors. Job cuts are beginning to hit headlines.IT/ITES sector never felt the need of unions as they are well paid and are have favourable working conditions. However employees in this sector are facing the heat now. <span style=""> </span>News like <a href="http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?sectionName=Business&contentId=4612990&programId=1073754899&pageTypeId=1073754893&contentType=EDITORIAL">this</a> started giving them nightmares.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Most executives in these sectors has been criticising communists their employee friendly approach and has been pointing fingers at them for their anti-development policies. But they are learning a hard lesson, that when things go horribly wrong, you will be left with very few options. When our job is at stake and our future is insecure we all will become communists, we will forget about our company’s future and nation’s development. After all we are humans and we all have families to take care of, which is more important than nation’s development.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/18/images/2008101853841101.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/18/images/2008101853841101.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The funniest part in this whole episode of firing and reinstatement was Raj Thakare. I have no idea what this guy is up to. He is desperate for media attention, in fact starving for publicity. He showed us how dirty politics can become and proved again that he can threaten people better than experienced goons. </p>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-26990816434736598132008-10-13T11:44:00.000-07:002009-01-11T06:25:21.351-08:00Kerala - Proving that its STILL God's own country<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://kundankannan.sulekha.com/mstore/kundankannan/albums/Technopark;%20Kerala/Technopark%20141.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://kundankannan.sulekha.com/mstore/kundankannan/albums/Technopark;%20Kerala/Technopark%20141.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Kerala has been awarded number one state based on the ranking in<br />various socio economic factors. As usual the anti kerala/mallu elements ridiculed the report. The crusaders who blogged their way to fame by abusing kerala and mallus couldn’t digest the Stats given in the <a href="http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k8/sep/seprel67.php">survey </a>which is done by Price Water Coopers. There is no doubt that Kerala is lagging behind other states in attracting investment and has a lot of scope for improvement. However, in spite of limited funds available to the government of kerala, they managed to achieve a better rating compared to the other states which has got huge foreign Investments.<br /><br />Take the example of Infrastructure. People must be wondering how Kerala<br />got a better rating compared to Karnataka and Tamilnadu which boasts<br />of Express highways, Flyovers and huge buildings. People who criticize<br />this survey should understand the variables which are used for ranking. Its not the number of flyovers, but its the connectivity of roads to villages, number of beds/ 1000, schools, telephone density etc which were taken in to consideration. Infrastructure development should not confine only to cities, the benefit should reach to common people through out the state.<br /><br />It is evident that the money flowing in to the big states are not passed on to the lower sections. Rich will become richer and poor will remain poor and will be deprived of basic amenities. Kerala is criticized for spending money equally in cities, towns and villages when others invested heavily on the cities forgetting masses in small towns and villages. Socialism may be a unrealistic dream for many here, however kerala at least tried to become a socialist state by not forgetting the lower sections and people who live in far off towns and villages. People who are blinded by the wide roads and flyovers in the major cities need to take some time off to visit places outside the city. Karnataka is not just Bangalore and TamilNadu is not just chennai. There are human beings living in other parts as well and they do have the right to have proper roads, schools, hospitals and other basic amenities.<br /><br />To set up industries in kerala is not easy compared to other big states. It is not because mallus are rude. It is because of various other reasons. Industries, especially manufacturing units will find it hard to find space to set up big factories as kerala is heavily populated. Moreover industries will be forced to follow stringent measures to control pollusion and emission. They are well aware that people and environmentalists react to anything which disturbs the living condition as this will affect the tourism industry of the state badly. Is it wrong to keep our house clean?. The industries will prefer other states to kerala because they get cheap labour (from the so called 'developed states'!!), and this kind of interventions seldom arise. They don’t have to confront people as they seldom has the courage to raise their voices(thanks to poverty and illiteracy). Even if something comes up the companies use their money and muscle power to suppress it. They can easily bypass emission norms in other states (thanks to the corrupt officials).<br /><br />Typical example is coca cola factory issue. People revolted because the company contaminated the drinking water of an entire panchayath. Can anyone who has at least bit of humanity left in their heart can say they did something wrong. People who sit inside air conditioned offices and blog against the decision taken by the government will never realize the harsh reality. Common man’s drinking water has more importance in kerala than an MNC.<br /><br />I am not trying to glorify Kerala here; we have a lot of things to improve. Unemployment is the biggest worry. We need to look at the Service Sector as it will not have the bad effects which the manufacturing sector has. I could sense positive signals from the state. Technopark and Vizhinjam project are examples of it. Crusaders hardly comment on it, as their eyes are closed firmly. I have no idea what kind of satisfaction these people get by saying, ‘mallus are hypcrites’, ‘dogs own country’,‘inflated mallu ego’, ‘are mallus generally rude’ (The funniest by far - A Non resident Mallu who visited kerala and thought mallus inside kerala are rude just coz none of the taxi drivers or waiters called him ‘Sir’!!!). The kind of image mallus generate in such blogs will definitely affect the overall image of the state. 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Special thanks to LaijuAjithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-78554760340986219852008-08-24T23:41:00.000-07:002009-01-11T06:25:21.353-08:00The Other Side of Outsourcing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Thomas_Friedman_2005_%284%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Thomas_Friedman_2005_%284%29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"\0022"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-alt:"Times New Roman"; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:auto; mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" >I watched this excellent feature regarding outsourcing in youtube - <a href="http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=8quDb3FIUuo">The Other Side of Outsourcing</a> presented by Tom Friedman, an American author and columnist.<br /><br />The story showed the booming IT/ITES sector in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" ><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" >, the westernised youth, RSS, NGOs and finally Slums. Tom has covered almost all the relevant aspects of globalisation in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" ><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" > and really showed the ground reality in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" ><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" >.<br /><br />I have no doubt that the outsourcing is a boon to Indian economy and particularly for the ever growing youth population. It helped to solve the unemployment problem for the educated middle class to a great extend. Apart from direct employment, it has positive influence in the entire economy, as it provides indirect jobs such as cab drivers, support staff, canteen venders, construction workers etc. The government is also getting richer, thanks to the corporate and income taxes. The land value and the rents went up as a result and the standard of living changed for the better. I am also one of the beneficiaries of outsourcing as I have managed to steal a 'British Job'.<br /><br />As the video suggests, the untapped talent of </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" ><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" > is huge. Our education system is highly competitive and that to an extend developed a youth population who are focused on what they are doing. As the youth gets dispensable time and dispensable money, they tend to deviate from the family bonds, which is a little concern for me. The kind of turbulent personal relationships in western world should not repeat in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" ><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" >. A very valid point by Dr. Anathamurthy, regarding the family bonding in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" ><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" >. It takes care of social security in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" ><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" >. Unfortunately, we are inheriting the demerits of westernisation as well.<br /><br />Tom decided to cover outsourcing after the outbreak of protests against it in western countries. We can make out that he had genuine concerns about the loss of American jobs. However, the answer was given by Azim Premji . he openly said that west can't have double standards as they enjoyed the benefits of globalisation and open market by selling their products here which has resulted in closure of many indigenous businesses and los of jobs. Now its our turn to benefit from it, and I am afraid Americans will have to be innovative to face competition.<br /><br />RSS acts as the moral police which opposes any kind of westernisation to safe guard Indian culture. Their reaction against valentines day is absolute rubbish. I believe that its the people who should decide whether to celebrate it or not. Expression of love is nothing wrong as we should not forget that Kama Sutra originated here. You cannot impose culture to anyone. I don’t think our culture, which is thousands of year old, is fragile and needs upliftment. Ours is a secular state and no one has the right to question people's choices.<br /><br />What we should not do in this bright rosy word of outsourcing is to forget the majority population who are still struggling. The people in slums who doesn't have basic education, shelter, food and sanitation is something which the society and government have to concentrate on. As Indians shows optimism of becoming super power we should not forget that major portion of our population are still in villages. The upliftment of socially backward people and brining them to the main stream is the most important task. I would like to salute the NRI who gave wings to the dreams of those poor students. We should not close our eyes on the fact the sections in the lower class need a dramatic upliftment if </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" ><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" > has any chance of becoming a developed country, forget about "Super Power". Apart from flyovers and 6 line roads, there are lot of things which we need to focus on. Education is the most important aspect as we have huge talent which goes unnoticed due to lack of proper education.<br />Please have a look at <a href="http://www.teach.timesofindia.com/index.aspx">teach </a></span><span style="font-size:11;"><a href="http://www.teach.timesofindia.com/index.aspx"><span style=";font-family:";" ><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></a></span><b><i><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" > </span></i></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" >and participate. Lets also contribute to this society rather than sitting in our cozy bed room and blogging about it!</span><span style="font-size:11;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-26632863141704005812008-08-09T12:03:00.000-07:002009-01-11T06:25:21.354-08:00Gulf and Communism<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/c/communist-office-508640-sw.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/c/communist-office-508640-sw.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The inspiration for this post is a movie named <a href="http://tvmtalkies.com/archives/240">Arabikatha</a>, another excellent movie from Sreeni. The film is about the struggles of a communist in Dubai. Sreeni just lives as 'Cuba Mukundan' in the movie.<br /><br />Gulf and Communism - Two factors that has a significant influence in life of Keralites. Every malayalee is one way or the other impacted by these two at one point or the other. Communist leaders like AKG and EMS has played an important part in the party's efforts for the upliftment of the lower classes of the society. Lands were recovered from feudal land lords and distributed to poor. Significant efforts were made to improve education and basic health care. Its a crime to forget their contributions to the society, especially to the deprived class, who were treated as slaves at a time. The played a vital part in creating a '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala_model">Kerala Model</a>' , which was studied with interest even by foreigners.<br /><br />However, as we all know Kerala's economy is struggling due to lack of Industries in the state. The fingers will defenitely point towards the red flag. Their aggressive revolts against industries has not just stopped foreign investors, even keralites moved out of the state to start business.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.worldwidepropertyshop.com/dubai/dubai-city.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.worldwidepropertyshop.com/dubai/dubai-city.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is where, we should understand the significance of Gulf in Kerala's economy. The money which is pouring from the desert to this small state, was the only single force which backed our economy. Countless malayalees are working in desert now, with their hearts filled with memories of their homeland (God's own country).Their hard work has ensured their families back home,a good life with all the basic facilities. Their interaction with near and dear ones are only through telephone, or during their visit once in two years or so.<br /><br />The communists today can amass significant wealth (which is against their policies), can run companies (they are against capitalism!), can use laptops (they are the first ones to oppose computer!) also! So hopefully they will change their policy and welcome industries, and bring back those people who work far away from home. Lal Salam.<br /><br /><br /><h3><span class="mw-headline"><br /></span></h3>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-88086507778454178532008-07-25T13:03:00.000-07:002009-01-11T06:25:21.355-08:00Smoking Expedition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/254514959_273e700d02.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/254514959_273e700d02.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />When I was in school (think its 8<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span> std), me and my friend <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">sapath</span> discovered a fact - most of the cool dudes in our town were smokers. We could see them smoking in bus stand, parks and other public places which has sparked curiosity in our innocent (?) minds. We started noticing smokers, the way they hold the cigarette, the way they send out those lovely white fumes out of their noses, some of them even used to send smoke rings (which require special skill and training i guess).<br /><br />We started discussing about this fantastic white cylindrical substance which has got fire at one end and a fool at other end. We both were a little adventurous than the others in school and we decided to test this amazing substance, which can do wonders to our personality. Not to forget those film stars who used to smoke cartons of cigarette just to prove that they are cool and the villains smoke (usually the pipes) to prove that they are powerful.<br /><br />We decided that we need to test this wonderful thing, and started planning for it. We would have spend at least 5 days to plan this operation. The first question in front of us was, who will buy the cigarette. I cant do it because school is near my house and everybody around the school knows me. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Sapath</span> is the shortest in our class and he looks like a fifth standard student even though he in Eighth, and selling <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">cigarettes</span> to minors is a crime. Do not <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ask</span> me who is selling <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">cigarettes</span> to +2 guys.<br /><br />We made a market study and spotted at least 4-5 five small shops (<span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">pettikada</span>) where we can get the stuff. I persuaded <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Sapath</span> to buy cigarette and he agreed. We zeroed in on one of the small shops near our school which is run by an old lady whose house is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">attached</span> to the small shop. We both went near the shop in the evening, studied the place for a while, standing at the opposite side of the road. Finally the moment arrived, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Sapath</span> with all his courage crossed the road and walked steadily towards the shop. I stood at the opposite side and was shivering.<br /><br />He saw the wills packet inside the glass shelf , however the old lady was not in sight. she was inside the house attached to the shop. He called gently, <span style="font-style: italic;">Ammachiii</span>... The old lady answered his call from inside, she asked "what do u want <span style="font-style: italic;">mone</span>" . He pointed out the cigarette pack, without answering her. I could see Sapath's courage draining out at a rapid pace, sweat pouring out from his forehead, and his hands were shivering. She again asked from inside, "what is that you want". He said softly in a shivering voice '<span style="font-style: italic;">ammachi thande ithu</span>' (Grannie, this one). The old lady now came out and entered the shop, but unfortunately his courage has completely drained out by this time and he turned and look at me who is standing on the other side watching the drama. He shouted '<span style="font-style: italic;">Ajithe oddikkoda</span>' (Ajith Run!!). The next second, two brave boys started running at a speed of 58 km/hr. The lady thought sapath has taken something from the shop and she started chasing us for a few meters. However the race was easily won by the fresh young legs.<br /><br />We ran till the vacant ground and sat there for sometime trying to regain our breath. We looked at each other and burst out to laughter. We both reviewed the whole operation and found out the faults in the execution. After one hour of analysis and heated debate, sapath stood up with his head held high and I could see the determination in his eyes. He took the responsibility of goofing up the first attempt. He walked out of the ground at a steady pace and with firm footsteps ( Bhagat singh's picture flashed in my mind for a second). He walked straight to a crowded shop, asked for a cigarette and a match box in a fairly confident voice, ignored the surprise look of the people around and walked out in the same confident way with the cigarettes.<br /><br />He came running to the ground where I was waiting desperately. He showed the cigarette proudly and I congratulated him for his heroic effort. He lit the cigarette and took a drag, and started coughing. I also followed his path, soon both of us were coughing big time. with smoke in our lungs and nose. We found out that smoking is not that cool as we think.<br /><br />I am still not a smoker, while sapath was a pretty good smoker during his college days and even when he started working. Recently I got an invitation for an orkut community from Sapath. The name of the community was "I hate cigarettes". He also quit smoking for good!!! Still whenever we meet the first thing we would say each other is "<span style="font-style: italic;">Ammachi thande ithu,,,,,,,, Ajithe Odikkoda</span> !!!"Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910887430630307031.post-74673365831365443362008-07-12T11:14:00.000-07:002009-01-11T06:25:21.356-08:00Its better to be an Atheist! Thanks to Amrithachaitanya<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kerala-malayalam.com/blahdocs/uploads/image005_702.jpg"><img style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://www.kerala-malayalam.com/blahdocs/uploads/image005_702.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.indiavisiontv.com/news/20080511/images/santhosh-madhavan6.jpg"></a><br /><br />It all started when a saint named 'Santhosh Madavan' alias 'Amritachaitanya' got busted in kerala for Fraud, Rape of minors, hawala etc etc. Soon the stories of so many so called god men and god women started coming out from every nuke and corner of kerala. News papers and Television media enthusiastically covered the outrage against Swamis, goddesses , pasters and other self proclaimed gods. Every day Malayalees woke up with news of another saint who got arrested for his 'sacred deeds' (seems like most of them are devotees of Lord Krishna).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mathrubhumi.com/2008_customimages/news/3_13_360_7737543.jpg"><img style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://www.mathrubhumi.com/2008_customimages/news/3_13_360_7737543.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We got another swami who treated the audience with a hollywood action thriller, and fired a couple of rounds in the police station. Wow!!! It happened in Kerala. which has been marked as one of the best states in terms of law and order. The swami, claimed he is very close to 'balettan' and his son. Poor balettan had no clue (at least that is what he told the media) .<br /><br />We have got a paster who made millions by just talking about god. He has got crores in his bank account and a few Flats, all that he made by offering a professional service which virtually made all doctors jobless. The funniest part is that the witness was one of the top official in the government health department. Oh jesus 'ivar cheyyunnathu enthanenu ivar ariyunnilla'.<br /><br />As usual the red volunteers who were really bored for decades as there were no landlords left for them to kill, rose to the occasion. They started tracking down the Gods with the help of their deadly student wing. (Deadly for the society and the public property). The unemployed youth showed the polit beuro that they are ready to take up any job which the party gives. Barbers beware, you guys have got severe competition!! The Student Wing managed to give a pretty decent haircut and shave for a swami. This swami turned out to be an innocent guy who lived in a hut. He has gone to the Human rights commission with his complaint.<br /><br />I am sure that the comrades (sakhakal) will be angry for my comments, hang on guys I am not so one sided. I like some of your policies, even though majority is crap. I heard most communists are Atheists. They were trying to teach little kids that you should not have a religion, because it has been the source of majority of problems happening across the globe. For a change, I am with the communists for this one. Its better to be an atheist in this century.<br /><br />I was watching some of the debates in TV, in which some of the renowned Atheists participated actively. Some of the arguments they made were spot on, for which the religious heads had no answer. Remember the controversy created over 'Makarajyothi' in shabarimala. At last its proved that it was lit by none other than our own Police chettans. Unbelievable!!!! May the souls of Tamilians who got killed in the stampede to see the 'jyothi' rest in peace.<br /><br />People who live in 21st century, how can they be so stupid. We can forgive our ancestors for believing in these superstitions as they were unaware of the scientific inventions, and other information sources which we have in this era. Its cowards who will run to god and self proclaimed gods to solve their problems. Those are the people who are scared to face the ugly face of reality. Its your life and you have to tackle your problems, no god or gods followers are gonna give you food and shelter everyday. They do it sometimes when there is a tsunami. Dont think that it for the poor, Its a 'MARKETING GIMMIK' planned by well established 'corporates'. I work for an MNC in bangalore which has got nothing to do with gods. My company provides funds to many orphanages and many charity institutions which is one of the CSR initiatives (Corporate Social Responsibility). We all should be treated as gods then, as we have also contributed for it.<br /><br />Jesus, Krishna, Ram ,Allah were all normal human beings with no supernatural powers. They all taught us to love each other. The self proclaimed Gods of this century is exploiting the mindset of people. The God men have found fertile land for their existence in Kerala, which is considered to be 100% literate. I was proud to be a mallu and always boasted about the kerala model and Human development index report about kerala. But how can an MP from my state go for a stupid Godmother's birthday celebration, and watch her dance like 'kali' with her tounge hanging out! Wake up people and listen to Atheists, use your brain and not your heart.<br /><br />Ajith<br /><a href="mailto:ajithcg_nta@yahoo.com">ajithcg_nta@yahoo.com</a>Ajithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497040066614517237noreply@blogger.com4