memories
An 80 year old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45 years old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow perched on their window. The Father asked his Son, "What is this?" The Son replied "It is a crow". After a few minutes, the Father asked his Son the 2nd time, "What is this." The Son said "Father, I have just now told you "It's a crow". After a little while, the old Father again asked his Son the 3rd time, "What is this?" At this time some expression of irritation was felt in the Son's tone when he said to his Father with a rebuff. "It's a crow, a crow". A little after, the Father again asked his Son t he 4th time, "What is this?" This time the Son shouted at his Father, "Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times 'IT IS A CROW'. Are you not able to understand this?" A little later the Father went to his room and came back with an old tattered diary, which he had maintained since his Son was born. On opening a page, he asked his Son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary :- "Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My Son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a Crow. I hugged him lovingly each time h e asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel irritated I rather felt affection for my innocent child". While the little child asked him 23 times "What is this", the Father had felt no irritation in replying to the same question all 23 times and when today the Father asked his Son the same question just 4 times, the Son felt irritated and annoyed. So.. If your parents attain old age, do not repulse them or look at them as a burden, but speak to them a gracious word, be cool, obedient, humble and kind to them. Be considerate to your parents.From today say this aloud, "I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me ever since I was a little child. They have always showered their selfless love on me. They crossed all mountains and valleys without seeing the storm and heat to make me a person presentable in the society today". Say a prayer to God, "I will serve my old parents in the BEST way. I will say all good and kind words to my dear parents, no matter how they behave". All of us should read this story and realise that our parents have undergone many sacrifices to rear us. They would have gone that extra mile to satisfy our childish desires. The growing number of old-age homes proves that people are becoming inhuman and no longer have any time to take care of their aged parents.We should remember that "Where Love is God is."A soft answer and a loving smile goes a long way in comforting our parents. Spread the message of love and care and respect all aged people.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Monday, May 29, 2006
memories
A Wake-up call for Team India
Well all said and done we lost the one-day series in the West Indies 4-1. It is a shame all matches were close finishes and we should have won the second match. I believe that the defeat in the second match upset the apple-cart for the Indians. The B.C.C.I. continues to baffle me and others with its really strange team selection. The best bowler for India in the one-day series Ajit Agarkar has been dropped. Robin Uthappa is a budding player and giving him just one chance to play defies logic. I am not sure how V.R. V. Singh is going to bowl. The Test series will start in a few days and we shall find out if we can defeat the Caribs in the longer version of the game. Sehwag was unlucky to miss a century twice in succession. If only he had carried on the series would have ended in India's favour. Hope he maintains his form and scores a double century in West Indies.
A Wake-up call for Team India
Well all said and done we lost the one-day series in the West Indies 4-1. It is a shame all matches were close finishes and we should have won the second match. I believe that the defeat in the second match upset the apple-cart for the Indians. The B.C.C.I. continues to baffle me and others with its really strange team selection. The best bowler for India in the one-day series Ajit Agarkar has been dropped. Robin Uthappa is a budding player and giving him just one chance to play defies logic. I am not sure how V.R. V. Singh is going to bowl. The Test series will start in a few days and we shall find out if we can defeat the Caribs in the longer version of the game. Sehwag was unlucky to miss a century twice in succession. If only he had carried on the series would have ended in India's favour. Hope he maintains his form and scores a double century in West Indies.
Friday, May 26, 2006
memories
The Rising Caste of Education
I have nothing personal against the C ongress government or Mr. Arjun Singh, but I do feel that the Congress is following the tried and tested British formula of Divide and Rule. 27% reservation for backward communities is the burning issue right now. It has got more prominence than Amir's Fanaa and Sachin's shoulder injury. Merit is what counts if you go on making reservations how do you expect to produce quality students who will become top-notch professionals. Everyone talks about M.B.C., O.B.C., S.C./S.T., but what about the students belonging to the Forward Communities. Brilliant F.C. students with aspirations to become engineers and doctors often end up doing B.Sc. and B.Com. courses.
We talk of providing more money and better jobs for people of backward communities. I will provide some statistics here, which will provide the true picture.
At a time when the Congress government wants to raise the quota for Other Backward Classes to 49.5 per cent in private and public sectors, nobody talks about the plight of the upper castes. The public image of the Brahmins, for instance, is that of an affluent, pampered class. But is it so today?...Did you know that you stumble upon a number of Brahmins working as coolies at Delhi's railway stations? One of them, Kripa Shankar Sharma, says while his daughter is doing her Bachelors in Science he is not sure if she will secure a job. "Dalits often have five to six kids, but they are confident of placing them easily and well," he says. As a result, the Dalit population is increasing in villa ges. He adds: "Dalits are provided with housing, even their pigs have spaces; whereas there is no provision for gaushalas (cowsheds) for the cows of the Brahmins.".. .This reverse discrimination is also found in bureaucracy and politics. Most of the intellectual Brahmin Tamil class has emigrated outside Tamil Nadu. Only 5 seats out of 600 in the combined UP and Bihar assembly are held by Brahmins -- the rest are in the hands of the Yadavs. 400,000 Brahmins of the Kashmir valley, the once respected Kashmiri Pandits, now live as refugees in their own country, sometimes in refugee camps in Jammu and Delhi in appalling conditions. But who cares about them? Their vote bank is negligible. And this is not limited to the North alone. 75 per cent of domestic help and cooks in Andhra Pradesh are Brahmins. A study of the Brahmin community in a district in Andhra Pradesh (Brahmins of India by J. Radhakrishna, published by Chugh Publications) reveals that today all purohits live below the poverty line. Eighty per cent of those surveyed stated that their poverty and traditional style of dress and hair (tuft) had made them the butt of ridicu le. Financial constraints coupled with the existing system of reservations for the 'backward classes' prevented them from providing secular education to their children. ...There is no reason to believe that the condition of Brahmins in other parts of the country is different. In this connection it would be revealing to quote the per capita income of various communities as stated by the Karnataka finance minister in the state assembly: Christians Rs 1,562, Vokkaligas Rs 914, Muslims Rs 794, Scheduled castes Rs 680, Scheduled Tribes Rs 577 and Brahmins Rs 537....Priests are under tremendous difficulty today, sometimes even forced to beg for alms for survival. There are innumerable instances in which Brahmin priests who spent a lifetime studying Vedas are being ridiculed and disrespected. At Tamil Nadu's Ranganathaswamy Temple, a priest's monthly salary is Rs 300 (Census Department studies) and a daily allowance of one measure of rice. The government staff at the same temple receive Rs 2,500 plus per month. But these facts have not modified the priests' reputation as 'haves' and as 'exploiters.' T he destitution of Hindu priests has moved none, not even the parties known for Hindu sympathy.
Now after reading this, tell me who is the exploited community. Karunanidhi is bound to make the lives of the priests even worse. He has decided to pass a legislation that people belonging to any community can perform the duties of a priest. I shall present some facts here:
Do you think only Brahmins perform pujas in Tamil Nadu, think again you are wrong. The Gurukal community who are not exactly Brahmins but coming under F.C. perform pujas, many temples have Brahmins as pujaris too. Now there are numerous small Amman temples (Goddess Shakti in her various forms) where people belonging to the backward communities and even many women perform pujas. If you do not believe me enroute to Chennai Central railway station on Pallavan Salai there are two Amman temples parallel to each other. In one of these temples a lady does puja on most of the days. Similarly there are many temples across the state whwere the so called "underprivileged people" perform pujas.
There is no harm in learning or studying the Vedas but to forcefully impress your ideologies of Anti-Brahminism on the people of the state whom you govern is nothing short of absolute dictatorship. These people have to realise that Brahmins have contributed a lot to the growth of this country. Some great luminaries like Rajaji, Ramanujam, Sir C.V. Raman belong to the F.C.
Coming back to the issue of student quotas why can't they provide scholarships for those students from the backward communities. In the end it is the middle-class student from the forward community who suffers the most marks do not mean everything any longer you should be born a shudra to succeed in India. I personally feel that this trend will make a Brahmin feel -"It is a curse to be born a Brahmin in India."
This Remandalisation is going to destroy the economic and social progress of this country. God made man and man made Religion. Caste system was based on the profesion that followed in the Aryan period. Slowly it became a symbol of power and and agression and then it became hereditary. It has become so deep-rooted in our culture that it has become an accepted part of our lives. I believe that in most of India except for some distant villages the curse of Untouchability has been removed. A few yers back it was announced that people who converted to Christianity would be given the same facilities given as people from SC/ST communities. This resulted in mass conversion and whole villages in Tamil Nadu, Orissa and Karnataka became complete Christian communities.
The protest of doctors continues throughout the country, but this government wants to make us slaves. Oh Lord when shall this country become self-sufficient and free of the narrow dreary corridoors of doom called casteism? Please post your comments and give me your opinion on this topic.
The Rising Caste of Education
I have nothing personal against the C ongress government or Mr. Arjun Singh, but I do feel that the Congress is following the tried and tested British formula of Divide and Rule. 27% reservation for backward communities is the burning issue right now. It has got more prominence than Amir's Fanaa and Sachin's shoulder injury. Merit is what counts if you go on making reservations how do you expect to produce quality students who will become top-notch professionals. Everyone talks about M.B.C., O.B.C., S.C./S.T., but what about the students belonging to the Forward Communities. Brilliant F.C. students with aspirations to become engineers and doctors often end up doing B.Sc. and B.Com. courses.
We talk of providing more money and better jobs for people of backward communities. I will provide some statistics here, which will provide the true picture.
At a time when the Congress government wants to raise the quota for Other Backward Classes to 49.5 per cent in private and public sectors, nobody talks about the plight of the upper castes. The public image of the Brahmins, for instance, is that of an affluent, pampered class. But is it so today?...Did you know that you stumble upon a number of Brahmins working as coolies at Delhi's railway stations? One of them, Kripa Shankar Sharma, says while his daughter is doing her Bachelors in Science he is not sure if she will secure a job. "Dalits often have five to six kids, but they are confident of placing them easily and well," he says. As a result, the Dalit population is increasing in villa ges. He adds: "Dalits are provided with housing, even their pigs have spaces; whereas there is no provision for gaushalas (cowsheds) for the cows of the Brahmins.".. .This reverse discrimination is also found in bureaucracy and politics. Most of the intellectual Brahmin Tamil class has emigrated outside Tamil Nadu. Only 5 seats out of 600 in the combined UP and Bihar assembly are held by Brahmins -- the rest are in the hands of the Yadavs. 400,000 Brahmins of the Kashmir valley, the once respected Kashmiri Pandits, now live as refugees in their own country, sometimes in refugee camps in Jammu and Delhi in appalling conditions. But who cares about them? Their vote bank is negligible. And this is not limited to the North alone. 75 per cent of domestic help and cooks in Andhra Pradesh are Brahmins. A study of the Brahmin community in a district in Andhra Pradesh (Brahmins of India by J. Radhakrishna, published by Chugh Publications) reveals that today all purohits live below the poverty line. Eighty per cent of those surveyed stated that their poverty and traditional style of dress and hair (tuft) had made them the butt of ridicu le. Financial constraints coupled with the existing system of reservations for the 'backward classes' prevented them from providing secular education to their children. ...There is no reason to believe that the condition of Brahmins in other parts of the country is different. In this connection it would be revealing to quote the per capita income of various communities as stated by the Karnataka finance minister in the state assembly: Christians Rs 1,562, Vokkaligas Rs 914, Muslims Rs 794, Scheduled castes Rs 680, Scheduled Tribes Rs 577 and Brahmins Rs 537....Priests are under tremendous difficulty today, sometimes even forced to beg for alms for survival. There are innumerable instances in which Brahmin priests who spent a lifetime studying Vedas are being ridiculed and disrespected. At Tamil Nadu's Ranganathaswamy Temple, a priest's monthly salary is Rs 300 (Census Department studies) and a daily allowance of one measure of rice. The government staff at the same temple receive Rs 2,500 plus per month. But these facts have not modified the priests' reputation as 'haves' and as 'exploiters.' T he destitution of Hindu priests has moved none, not even the parties known for Hindu sympathy.
Now after reading this, tell me who is the exploited community. Karunanidhi is bound to make the lives of the priests even worse. He has decided to pass a legislation that people belonging to any community can perform the duties of a priest. I shall present some facts here:
Do you think only Brahmins perform pujas in Tamil Nadu, think again you are wrong. The Gurukal community who are not exactly Brahmins but coming under F.C. perform pujas, many temples have Brahmins as pujaris too. Now there are numerous small Amman temples (Goddess Shakti in her various forms) where people belonging to the backward communities and even many women perform pujas. If you do not believe me enroute to Chennai Central railway station on Pallavan Salai there are two Amman temples parallel to each other. In one of these temples a lady does puja on most of the days. Similarly there are many temples across the state whwere the so called "underprivileged people" perform pujas.
There is no harm in learning or studying the Vedas but to forcefully impress your ideologies of Anti-Brahminism on the people of the state whom you govern is nothing short of absolute dictatorship. These people have to realise that Brahmins have contributed a lot to the growth of this country. Some great luminaries like Rajaji, Ramanujam, Sir C.V. Raman belong to the F.C.
Coming back to the issue of student quotas why can't they provide scholarships for those students from the backward communities. In the end it is the middle-class student from the forward community who suffers the most marks do not mean everything any longer you should be born a shudra to succeed in India. I personally feel that this trend will make a Brahmin feel -"It is a curse to be born a Brahmin in India."
This Remandalisation is going to destroy the economic and social progress of this country. God made man and man made Religion. Caste system was based on the profesion that followed in the Aryan period. Slowly it became a symbol of power and and agression and then it became hereditary. It has become so deep-rooted in our culture that it has become an accepted part of our lives. I believe that in most of India except for some distant villages the curse of Untouchability has been removed. A few yers back it was announced that people who converted to Christianity would be given the same facilities given as people from SC/ST communities. This resulted in mass conversion and whole villages in Tamil Nadu, Orissa and Karnataka became complete Christian communities.
The protest of doctors continues throughout the country, but this government wants to make us slaves. Oh Lord when shall this country become self-sufficient and free of the narrow dreary corridoors of doom called casteism? Please post your comments and give me your opinion on this topic.
Monday, May 22, 2006
memories
Rasatanthram(Chemistry)-Movie Review
Wine matures and tastes better with age. Similarly the Mohanlal-Sathyan Anthikad combination which returns to the silverscreen after 12 long years for a superhit presentation-Rasatanthram. I saw the movie at Anand theatre, Chennai on Sunday. The theatre was 75% full which is pretty good and everyone enjoyed Lal ettan and Velayudhan Kutty's(Meera in disguise) antics.
Premachandran (Mohanlal) is the middle class friendly neighbourhood Mr Nice Guy who goes out of his way to make life better for others. He is extremely hardworking and devoted to his work as a carpenter and is an expert in Vaastu shastra. The man virtually lives for others with his gang of expert carpenters Manikandan Asari (Innocent) and others.
People in the village have blind faith in Premachandran and he stays with his father whom he calls Master (Gopi) a retired teacher. His neighbour (KPAC Lalitha), her daughter who has a silent admiration for him, house owner (Oduvil Unnikrishnan) a failed carpenter (Mamukoya) are the other people in the village.
One day while repairing the house of a rich contractor Roy Joseph (Sreekumar) Premachandran comes across Kanmani (Meera Jasmine) the maid servant who is like a slave in the house. He saves her from suicide and due to certain circumstances he disguises Kanmani as a boy Velayudhan Kutty and she comes to live in his house.
But one day police nab her after a complaint from Roy. In the court she blurts out that she is in love with Premachandran creating fresh problems for the man. Actually Premachandran has a past as he has taken upon himself a murder committed by someone else to save his sister’s honour! Now Premachandran has to look after Kanmani, the burden of his father and the entire village which has been evicted by the government for a power project.
The problem with Rasathantram is that it lacks a story but works on the Sathyan formula of Mohanlal as a do-gooder and provides comedy and sentiments in the right dose. Mohanlal is simply superb and his comedy timing, controlled emotions and outburst in the climax take the film to great heights. The scene where he removes the roof tiles and accidentally sees Meera taking a bath brings the house down.
Meera is perfect foil for Mohanlal and she does a great comedy act. As Velayudhan Kutty in disguise, her body language is a treat to watch. The way she falls for Premachandran and slowly makes him interested in her can be done only by a versatile actress like Meera. Sathyan regulars –Innocent, Oduvil, Mamukoya all are good. In the climax, Jagathy’s character is a bit contrived. Gopi as Mohanlal’s father is a right choice as the father-son emotional scenes are well handled. The songs are melodious with three chartbusters-Attangara ...., Poo-poo kunguma poo and thevaram...
Watch the movie.
Rating ****/5.
Rasatanthram(Chemistry)-Movie Review
Wine matures and tastes better with age. Similarly the Mohanlal-Sathyan Anthikad combination which returns to the silverscreen after 12 long years for a superhit presentation-Rasatanthram. I saw the movie at Anand theatre, Chennai on Sunday. The theatre was 75% full which is pretty good and everyone enjoyed Lal ettan and Velayudhan Kutty's(Meera in disguise) antics.
Premachandran (Mohanlal) is the middle class friendly neighbourhood Mr Nice Guy who goes out of his way to make life better for others. He is extremely hardworking and devoted to his work as a carpenter and is an expert in Vaastu shastra. The man virtually lives for others with his gang of expert carpenters Manikandan Asari (Innocent) and others.
People in the village have blind faith in Premachandran and he stays with his father whom he calls Master (Gopi) a retired teacher. His neighbour (KPAC Lalitha), her daughter who has a silent admiration for him, house owner (Oduvil Unnikrishnan) a failed carpenter (Mamukoya) are the other people in the village.
One day while repairing the house of a rich contractor Roy Joseph (Sreekumar) Premachandran comes across Kanmani (Meera Jasmine) the maid servant who is like a slave in the house. He saves her from suicide and due to certain circumstances he disguises Kanmani as a boy Velayudhan Kutty and she comes to live in his house.
But one day police nab her after a complaint from Roy. In the court she blurts out that she is in love with Premachandran creating fresh problems for the man. Actually Premachandran has a past as he has taken upon himself a murder committed by someone else to save his sister’s honour! Now Premachandran has to look after Kanmani, the burden of his father and the entire village which has been evicted by the government for a power project.
The problem with Rasathantram is that it lacks a story but works on the Sathyan formula of Mohanlal as a do-gooder and provides comedy and sentiments in the right dose. Mohanlal is simply superb and his comedy timing, controlled emotions and outburst in the climax take the film to great heights. The scene where he removes the roof tiles and accidentally sees Meera taking a bath brings the house down.
Meera is perfect foil for Mohanlal and she does a great comedy act. As Velayudhan Kutty in disguise, her body language is a treat to watch. The way she falls for Premachandran and slowly makes him interested in her can be done only by a versatile actress like Meera. Sathyan regulars –Innocent, Oduvil, Mamukoya all are good. In the climax, Jagathy’s character is a bit contrived. Gopi as Mohanlal’s father is a right choice as the father-son emotional scenes are well handled. The songs are melodious with three chartbusters-Attangara ...., Poo-poo kunguma poo and thevaram...
Watch the movie.
Rating ****/5.
memories: May 2006
India's tour of the Carribean
The second match was a tear-jerker in the real sense. India's unbeaten streak of winning 17 matches chasing a total was broken when India lost the match by a run. Chasing a modest total of 199, India were all out for 197. This was largely due to Sarwan's wonderful unbeaten innings of 98.
Meanwhile, Yuvraj played a largely restrained innings, which consumed 121 balls and included eight fours and a six. Dismissed cheaply in the first ODI, he showed exemplary character in carry the Indian innings on his shoulders in energy sapping conditions.
Yuvraj featured in two vital partnerships. He added 64 runs for the fifth wicket with Suresh Raina (27) in the middle overs to help side recover from the doldrums of 60 for four.
The left-hander then added another 47 runs for the eighth wicket with Ramesh Powar that saw India rebound from 134 for seven to needing 22 runs of as many balls.
Ian Bradshaw, the best bowler on view on Thursday, proved to be the nemesis again, claiming 3-33 with his nagging length.
The left arm seamer did the early damage, having Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid in his new ball spell, before returning to remove Ajit Agarkar in the latter part of the innings.
Also frustrating the Indian batsmen were part-time slow bowlers Marlon Samuels (2-30) and Chris Gayle (1-33). The West Indian fielding was also sharper that helped the bowlers maintain the pressure on the Indian batsmen while defending a meagre total.
The third match is on Tuesday.
India's tour of the Carribean
The second match was a tear-jerker in the real sense. India's unbeaten streak of winning 17 matches chasing a total was broken when India lost the match by a run. Chasing a modest total of 199, India were all out for 197. This was largely due to Sarwan's wonderful unbeaten innings of 98.
Meanwhile, Yuvraj played a largely restrained innings, which consumed 121 balls and included eight fours and a six. Dismissed cheaply in the first ODI, he showed exemplary character in carry the Indian innings on his shoulders in energy sapping conditions.
Yuvraj featured in two vital partnerships. He added 64 runs for the fifth wicket with Suresh Raina (27) in the middle overs to help side recover from the doldrums of 60 for four.
The left-hander then added another 47 runs for the eighth wicket with Ramesh Powar that saw India rebound from 134 for seven to needing 22 runs of as many balls.
Ian Bradshaw, the best bowler on view on Thursday, proved to be the nemesis again, claiming 3-33 with his nagging length.
The left arm seamer did the early damage, having Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid in his new ball spell, before returning to remove Ajit Agarkar in the latter part of the innings.
Also frustrating the Indian batsmen were part-time slow bowlers Marlon Samuels (2-30) and Chris Gayle (1-33). The West Indian fielding was also sharper that helped the bowlers maintain the pressure on the Indian batsmen while defending a meagre total.
The third match is on Tuesday.
Saturday, May 20, 2006
memories: May 2006
India's Tour of the Carribean
Well we started the tour with a victory, Dravid's excellent knock of 105 along with the 66 scored by Kaif(who has finally found his form) enabled India to win the first O.D.I. against West Indies.
The match at Kingston was reduced to a 45 overs a side match because of overnight rains. Dravid won the toss and elected to field. Chris Gayle struck a solid 123 runs and at one stage it looked like the Caribs would score 280. Agarkar and Harbhajan bowled superbly to restrict the Caribs to 250.
Dravid and Sehwag opened the batting and Sehwag got out because of a silly run-out. Irfan and Yuvraj failed and Dhoni hit a couple of balls to the fence. Kaif and Dravid built a solid partnership and along with Raina Kaif hit a four of the penultimate ball of the Indian innings to guide India to a five-wicket win.
India's Tour of the Carribean
Well we started the tour with a victory, Dravid's excellent knock of 105 along with the 66 scored by Kaif(who has finally found his form) enabled India to win the first O.D.I. against West Indies.
The match at Kingston was reduced to a 45 overs a side match because of overnight rains. Dravid won the toss and elected to field. Chris Gayle struck a solid 123 runs and at one stage it looked like the Caribs would score 280. Agarkar and Harbhajan bowled superbly to restrict the Caribs to 250.
Dravid and Sehwag opened the batting and Sehwag got out because of a silly run-out. Irfan and Yuvraj failed and Dhoni hit a couple of balls to the fence. Kaif and Dravid built a solid partnership and along with Raina Kaif hit a four of the penultimate ball of the Indian innings to guide India to a five-wicket win.
memories
Netaji-An Undying Legacy
There is something about Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose that refuses to die from the minds of the general Indian public. The British and the successive Congress governments at the centre tried to feed a lie saying that Netaji died in a plane-crash near Taipei in Taiwan. There is no documented proof that such an air-crash occurred. The Justice Mukherjee Commission reiterates this and declares that Netaji is dead but he did not die in the crash. Recently an article appeared in which an 104 year old man claiming to be Netaji's bodyguard said that Netaji died in Uttar Pradesh where he lived incognito calling himself Baba. Reports of Netaji staying in teh erstwhile U.S.S.R. and his meetings with Stalin are documented in K.G.B. dossiers. Whatever may be it is certain that Netaji is dead by now. If he were alive he would be 109 years old. Just imagine if he was at the for-front the whole scheme of the Indian freedom-struggle would have changed. We would have got our independence earlier and would have been a military super-power. If he is alive hope he is fine, if he is dead my salutations to a true martyr. Jai Hind.
Netaji-An Undying Legacy
There is something about Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose that refuses to die from the minds of the general Indian public. The British and the successive Congress governments at the centre tried to feed a lie saying that Netaji died in a plane-crash near Taipei in Taiwan. There is no documented proof that such an air-crash occurred. The Justice Mukherjee Commission reiterates this and declares that Netaji is dead but he did not die in the crash. Recently an article appeared in which an 104 year old man claiming to be Netaji's bodyguard said that Netaji died in Uttar Pradesh where he lived incognito calling himself Baba. Reports of Netaji staying in teh erstwhile U.S.S.R. and his meetings with Stalin are documented in K.G.B. dossiers. Whatever may be it is certain that Netaji is dead by now. If he were alive he would be 109 years old. Just imagine if he was at the for-front the whole scheme of the Indian freedom-struggle would have changed. We would have got our independence earlier and would have been a military super-power. If he is alive hope he is fine, if he is dead my salutations to a true martyr. Jai Hind.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Cinema, You and I
Guys go watch this movie, this is not the usual run-of-the-mill, Tamil action+love+comedy+sentiment+item song movie. The story and presentation is slick and different. The theme is "Crime does not pay." Jeevan, Malavika, Sonia Agarwal, Vivek, Abbas, Manoj K. Jayan and the director Susi Ganeshan all have pivotal roles in the movie. I am not going to spoil the party by revealing the full story. I will just give a brief outline-Manickam, played by Jeevan is sent to the city to live with his uncle a police officer. He chances upon an illicit affair between Malavika and Abbas and videotapes their "act". He blackmails them and travels to Australia along with his village friends. An encounter with Rosie, Sonia Agarwal, who is not what she pretends to be, love, blackmail, fights and retribution make the movie a must-watch. Who is Rosie? What happens to Malavika and Manickam? How does the detective help Manoj? Watch the movie and get the answers to these questions. Good music by Bharadwaj, with two chartbusters-"Poi Solaporen" and "Thiruttu Payale", Vivek watch out your comedy is getting stale. Excellent cinematography and intelligent direction. Rating ****/5*s
Guys go watch this movie, this is not the usual run-of-the-mill, Tamil action+love+comedy+sentiment+item song movie. The story and presentation is slick and different. The theme is "Crime does not pay." Jeevan, Malavika, Sonia Agarwal, Vivek, Abbas, Manoj K. Jayan and the director Susi Ganeshan all have pivotal roles in the movie. I am not going to spoil the party by revealing the full story. I will just give a brief outline-Manickam, played by Jeevan is sent to the city to live with his uncle a police officer. He chances upon an illicit affair between Malavika and Abbas and videotapes their "act". He blackmails them and travels to Australia along with his village friends. An encounter with Rosie, Sonia Agarwal, who is not what she pretends to be, love, blackmail, fights and retribution make the movie a must-watch. Who is Rosie? What happens to Malavika and Manickam? How does the detective help Manoj? Watch the movie and get the answers to these questions. Good music by Bharadwaj, with two chartbusters-"Poi Solaporen" and "Thiruttu Payale", Vivek watch out your comedy is getting stale. Excellent cinematography and intelligent direction. Rating ****/5*s
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