Weekend movie

In college days, my good friend Thilak Obla had a fantasy( dream, vision, aim what ever). He wanted to watch 4 shows of different movies back to back in different theatres. I first heard this during the 7th Semester exams ( late 2002) at the canteen. At first, I thought it was madness, but later I took a liking to it and wanted to do something similar but in a multiplex so that travel hassle is reduced. I was never ready to try 4 movies in a day. Two back to back sounded okish but again 2 bollywood or kollywood movies back to back was difficult due to
a) selecting watch-worthy movies back to back and arranging tickets
b) How good the movie may be but standing 12-13 songs in 4 hours is a bit tiresome..
My first trial at two back to back movies was during 2005 on my birthday. Both were English movies, each of about 90 minutes long. Not a big deal.

After 4 years, he experiment was on again but this time an English movie of 120 minutes and a hindi on of around 150 minutes..

The english one was about a plot to kill Hitler that failed and the aftermath of it. Though it dos not sound as exciting as the movies on the holocaust, this one (Valkyrie) was a very neat one. Well planned script and narration, good acting and above all, a plot that makes one sit for 2 hours without moving. Theres not much to go gaga about, still its worth a watch.

Now on to the second one; The much hyped Delhi-6. Swades in anew bottle. The directey rakesh mehra seems to have joined a gang of other film makers who just preach. The portrayal of delhi is clichéd and some the theme for some sequeneces are no different than the ones seen in many other movies… The movie is way too long and boring.
This is one of the movies towing the neo-secular line. Some common aspecs of Indian tradition is mocked at and so called superstitions are questioned. The minority angle is also thrown in. There is nothing new or interesting in the movie. Had it been shorter, it would have been at least a good entertainer. Whatever the makers have tried to do, they have not come out clear and have failed… But many may still like the movie ..

The thamizh feeling

Ideally, i should have posted this one in thamizh but considering the fact that it takes way too much of my time, i chose the queen's english.......
All of a sudden, the sinhala- thamizh problem in SL has come to haunt Indian thamizhs... somebody commits suicide by burning himself, some one fasts until death, some rougues aka lawyers create a ruckus and get a nice thrashing frm police and cry foul, some morons jam the roads, a CM threatens the use of force and threatens criminal proceedings to stop some rhetoric, an external affairs minister is involved .. wow thats a big list.....
Well well well.. i really dont care much about what happens in SL... It is really unfortunate that an ethnic problem has ruined many generations of peace...but shud i cry just because the victims speak the same language as i do? nay i have seen the same thing hapen in the very country i live and no one cares a damn...they just go on as normal... Afghanistan is still eing ravaged by petty war mongering does anyone care either? .. almost 40% of the world's population is in the same plight.. so lets not talk about all these... coming back to he SL question... The brits have a knack of leaving things they started in a disaray... be it India Pak partition animosity or the other issues elsewhere... Ceylon when the brtis left was a fairly peaceful land... the protestant Dons were prominent in politics be it stephen senanayake or hs cousin dudley... no issues,... enter the convert SWRD ( yep they are part of his name) Bandaranayake.... B'nayaka was a protestant but converted budhist .. he tried to drive sinhalese as a prominent language etc... which was not taken well by tamils.. he tred to moderate but was shot in cold blood... hence started the issue.. things were okish until about the late 70s and 80s when LTTE started gainig prominence and a full blwn war started....refugees went from Jaffna to India, and all over the world.. the war was on and off and LTTE became internationally noticed when they mastered the assassination of Rajiv, the Gandhifamily Scion and for sure the PM of India had he survived....Lankan Tamils from all over the world kept funding LTTE. and no one cared until about 2002, when Norway thought something should be done abt it.. btw why did norway give a hoot? bcos as norwegian s thought that the SL refugees were too much for them now... so Eric Solheim became the peace negotiator , Pirabakaran ( thats how they spell it) and Anton Flashed all over world's TV and in answerto Srinivasan Jain's (NDTV Guy) question on Rajiv's murder, they replied that it was a "TRAGIC INCIDENT" ... and ask for pardon from India.. what crap??? Luckily the NDA govt said that it will not be a party in the peace process and whatever the outcome be Pirabaharan is still a wanted crimial in India and LTTE is still a banned org until things changed.... now during the peace time, which saw an economic boom, the LTTE had no dearth of funds and built an airforce.. things changed again and in the full blown war that ensued, LTTE has lost...
suddenly after 2 decades, poiliticos in main tam land have something to shout at...
External Affairs minister as said that the tams in srilanka are a trotured gang, the gov pounds them and so do the LTTE.. hes right.. but his remark drew protests from some MPs.. cant beleive some MPs of Lok Sabha have the guts to supprt the terrorists instead of their own minister... and thats how India is... many members of the film fraternity also have jumped in for LTTE.. guys wake up... LTTE orchestrated the murder of any alternate tamil opinion against pirabakaran.. they shot padmanaha of EPLF at Chennai ... they killed kadiramar and many Tamil MPs from SL... they are using civilians as their shield from army.. still you have the naivity of supporting them.. One long tme MP vaiko has the audacity to say that he will carry arms for them... now he should be banned from politics... freedom of expression cant be taken for granted...one simple logic is , if u support LTTE as martyrs then whats wrong with some ppl in Pak supporting LeT or Jaish or what not? they can give the same reasons as you.. but do you really bother abt that...nay.. cos Kashmiris dont spk tamil do they?.. any form ofterrorism should be condemed and LTTE isno better that LeT cos LTTE's act of building up force when peace was declared is heniuos.....
All tamil students who tow the line of politicos are wating their time.. guys do something worthwhile....
Some lawyers pelted eggson Dr Swamy( a long time anti-LTTE man in India).. Dr Swamy may be a polictical misfit but he is an eminent lawyer of the supreme court and an academic par excellence. you as awyers should have respected him.. for he is one of your seniors... Nay.. we just wanna show our "tamil ness".. Acts like these are not going to help any tamil person and beware, everyone is watching your antics...
the government of India's stance of non interference n SL affairs is a very good one.. we gain credeibility as a nation fighting against terror.. Thanks Pranab and all others... True Tamils are behind your decision...

Musings again

I am back after trying a post in tamil..

want to discuss a few points here
1) President Obama says wall st bonuses are shameful.
Vald in the current situation.. But knowing fuly well abt the crisis ur campaignspent billions of dollars.. A chunk of it wud have come from wall st.... U better cut costs at gov level before asking them to cut bonuses... also they get fired at will.. not like u guys where 4 yrs is guaranteed and even another 4 yrs is sure if u are popular enuf... ur team is no diff u have tax evaders in ur core committee.. but its just that u get a hero;s image while poor bushie is seen as a villian just like papa bush....
2) Renuka chowdhary says Pub Bharo in response to ram sena.. how ridiculous.. she wants a majority of ladies o be alcoholics just bcos some moron hit an odd gal... will she say brothel bharo if tomm some other moron hits someone in a brothel?... what a mudhead of a minister?
she is known for slapping a traffic police man who stopped her at a signal... God save us from creatures like these
3) Pak says part of 26/11 was plotted in pak and wants Kasab back..
WHAT??? thanks for telling us wht we knw.. but why kasab.. let him eat free food in mumbai for a while.
4) Media covering the beating of a 5 yr gal
You guys are hopeless ... you still say u need more freedom.. u had a surver saying u did a gud job in mumbai coverage.. shame on u... u definitely need censor...
5) Dhoni says we'll enjoy the game and keep relishing the wins until something bad happens ( a loss)
Bravo ur feet is still on the ground.. u said this after 4th ODI, we lost the 5th ...No worries.. we dont need a team like aussies who just win and once they get used do anything to win.... all we need is just win a majority of matches and cups :) or atleast fight well..
6) Commies fight in kerala openely...
Shame on u guys... even when u had a reputation for strict intra party discipline , no one voted... now u have scams and factions and wht not made public... who will vote.. u dare not do politics just for opposing BJP ...
7) Pranab mukherjee bats for rahul and someone compares him to Obama....
Height of sycphancy.. Rajiv never got a degree nt sue if Rahul has one... we all know he studies abroad and enjoyd thr... what he really did who knows.. just roamd arnd india for free and now says he'll be PM .. God Save India...
8) India Inc bats for Modi as PM
too early to say that.. agreed hes a grt administrator.. but he has to moderate a lot....
9) Unprecedented protection for valentines day
Its become worse than Dec 6.. cant say anything except for pitying the policemen as they ve got one more headache day... same wil happen for halloweens and what not..
10) Recession!!!!
when will his get over? seems its like hanuman's tail...

எண்ணங்கள்

இன்னிக்கு ஒரு சந்தோஷமான விஷயம் நடந்தது. ஒரு வழியா மேல் படிப்பு முடிச்சாச்சு. இதுக்கு அப்புறம் என்ன பண்றது? யோசிக்க வேண்டிய நேரம். ஏதானும் புது விஷயமா படிக்கலாம். இனிமே என்ன படிச்சாலும் ஒரு ஆர்வத்துக்காக மட்டுமே படிக்கலாம். பரீட்சைல தேர்றது, தோக்கறது பத்தி பயம்,கவலை இல்லாம ஒரு குழந்தை மாதிரி படிக்கலாம். கொஞ்ச நாளைக்கு படிக்காமையே இருக்கலாம் (இல்லடா மட்டும் படிச்சு கிழ்சாச்சு!!!!). எந்த விஷயத்த தேர்ந்தெடுகறது? சட்டம் ,பத்திரிக்கை, கணக்கியல், பொருளாதாரம் இப்படி ஒரு பக்கம். நிர்வாகத்துறை முனைவர் படிப்பு ஒரு பக்கம் ... என்ன முடிவெடுக்கலாம்...?? கொஞ்ச நாள் போகட்டும்... ஆண்டவன் சொல்றதை செய்யலாம்.....

finally

after 4 years i started it, after 6 years of me becoming a graduate, finally i have managed to get a part time MBA.. an chievement personally... its not an ivy league MBA, not one that'll give a jb with awesome perks.. but still a major confidence booster.. i have gained knowledge indeed and imhappy about it.. the area of specialzation also is complimentary to the job i do...so its time to celebrate and im off ..