பசங்க

சமீபத்தில் இந்த படத்தை பார்க்க நேர்ந்தேன். மிக அருமையாக எடுக்கப்பட்ட படம் இது. இதுதான் நிஜமான குடும்ப படம் . சிறு வயது போட்டி பொறாமைகளை ஒரு கதை மூலமாக சொல்லி இருக்கிறார் இயக்குனர். சற்று கூட முகம் சுளிக்க வைக்காத காட்சிகள், வசனங்கள் மற்றும் பாடல்கள். ஐயா படம் னா இது படம். எடுக்கறானுன்களே மத்த படங்களையும். ஜீவாவின் அப்பாவாக வரும் நடிகர் பிரமாதமாக நடித்துள்ளார். இவருக்கு நிறைய வாய்ப்புகள் வரும். பார்த்தால் ஏதோ தொலைக்காட்சி தொடரில் வருபவர் போல் உள்ளார். நாயகன் நாயகி சுமாராக நடித்து உள்ளனர். படத்தை ஜீவா மற்றும் அன்பு வாக நடித்துள்ள இரண்டு சிறுவர்களும் இரு தூண்கள் போல தாங்கி பிடித்துள்ளனர். படம் பட்டையை கிளப்பி இருக்கிறது .........எப்பூடி

பிகு: அந்த நாயகி பர்ர்பதற்கு லட்சணமாக உள்ளார்.

poor dhoni

Seems the dream is over.. weve lost the first major match.. dhoni will be crucified and mauled ... his state will be worse if we fail to qualify for semis ( most likely as per my intution)... anyways as an Indian i am used to all these.... lets see what happens... moreover we need the real 50 50 wc and not 20 20 now... ;) ( grapes are sour)

electoral system

the first past the post electoral system needs a serious re-thinking... people with less than 30% of the vote are becoming MPs and pass laws that dont have a majority backing.. this leads to law breaches and endless debates....

Reasons for the faults

1) People not voting

we cannot entrely blame the people for low turn outs.. in many a case people who went out to vote found their names missing.. kamal hassan was missing from voter list ridiculous... in delhi many cent govt babus found their names missing... what a pity.... also there should be a provision to allow absentee ballots applicable for even common citizens.. people may not necesarily register to vote in the place they stay .. they may prefer to vote in their home cities just because of the fact that they might have moved into the new place pretty recently.. the voter list should be carefuly revised and ensured that all appropriate names are included. With the technological advances we should also ensure online registration and verification...( Govt enabled and not thru some NGOs as was the case this time)

2) Voting Pattern

why do we need first past the post? why cant we use a proportional system..

this would ensure that to win a person needs atleast some percentage of votes..

we could also try for a primary and a run off system to eliminate people..

we should declare eceltions void if we have less that 55% voter turnout....

lets push for it.....

Secular

when BJP lost we are so happy to say that Secularism won.. is that a reality? We have thus far failed to define what secular means and give it conextual meanings.. One cannot digest the fact that demanding a uniform civil code is not secular... if BJP is really communal it could have said make manusmiriti the code ( Sharia is a code in many islamic countries).. The fact is we still want to appease muslims... Muslims are very much part of this country and we need not go out of the way to please them. Our media is happy to say that the muslims have voted in a block to congress.. thats all fine. when some one asks the same to hindus its regarded communal and fundamental...In kerala and tamil nadu, parties named muslim league and Muslim munnetra kazhagam become part of a secular formation.. I am sorry we need to change this outlook...

Prophecy Comes true

Just 2 yrs before, before oz won the 2k7 wc , i made a prophecy that a day will come when oz will be screwed badly and knocked outta world tournament in the first round... i dint know that it would happen in 2k9 T20 WC... Gayle n Sanga ensured that they did just that to OZ... go ponting rub your face in some mud :) yeow.. the oz are out Ireland is thru to round 2.........
someone please do the same to them in 2k11 WC ... May eng screw themin the ashes due in a month's time... let everyone crush OZ... Amen...

OZ crushed yet again

Gayle is for sure the most exciting cricketer of our times... lovely... his innings made sure that oz idiots bit the dust again...!!! pray lanka defat oz on monday and kick em outta t20 wc....

how foolish

i cant fathom why the INC did not decide on the speaker post along with the ministry.. they make meira kumar a minister, then ask her to resign and then make her a speaker... media as usual is gaga abt it first woman n dalit speaker... well they express this dalit word so much that it creates a sort of awkward situation.. they harped so much abt the first dalit prez kr narayanan so much that a french newspaper published his profile as untouchable something like that... then everyone got offended... but Mr narayanan said that the fault was that of the Indian media which just highlighted his caste credentials so much that his other genuine qualifications ( he was a career diplomat) got shadowed...hope they dont create such situation for Meira.. guys we all know that now in India anybody can reach any post :-)... no need to harp....as a matter of fact Meira is also an ex IFS officer....lets see what more the INC has got...now they will have a reshuffle once in 8-9 months as usual... at times its just too boring .....but as and when the assemble elections keep happening we are bound to see more and more drama...

Heir apparent

So the race to succession on tam land has been decided… it all started with a survey that claimed 2-3 lives… now settled… the general from south tam land is in delhi and the Chennai man is in chef de mission in the state… DYNASTIC POLITICS!!!!!!!

Ij it.. what abt Nehru clan ( they r in opposition party too.. crap), Abdullah clan , badal clan, chavan clan deora clan, karunakaran clan, nandamuri clan, chautala clan, hooda clan, scindias, pilots, patnaik clan wowwie the list is never ending… the only people whose sons n dughters are not in politics are lalu, paswasn n Nitish…. ( well they’ll come soon I guess).
So it’s a proven fact .. you got to have some connection high up else your likelihood to succeed in indian politics is very less…
But one thing is for sure .. quite unlike the Nehru or some other clan. Karuna’s sons have had to try and test themselves out.. at least the younger one stalin has been in politics quite long.. his stint in politics is roughly my age … but these guys are all the same…

But still the fiefdoms are rotated in a democratic way.. we have ensured that we give turns to these dynasties… hardly theres one state in India without a political family…Sikkim may be? Arunachal ?

Luckily mayawati n jaya are kumaris.. jaya also has disowned her ex foster son whose wedding bash was bigger than the mittal wedding at versailles.
Whats the solution to all these.. one thing is regardless of dynasties, we should put a cap on the terms of a chief minister and a PM… max 3. Then lets see atlest we will get to see new faces atleast once in 15 yrs J .. that’s if a man or woman becomes a CM or PM at say 50 ( he/she might have an offspiring at roughly 20-25).. by the time of his/her term expiry, the child wud still be 35-40 ish but will have competition from others.. the dynasty transition might not be this blatant…and even that happens, it will not go on for generation after generation……its high time we took interest in politics of our nation..

Cicuit break - Record break

approx 20% rise in just abt 5minutes trading.. 10% in 30 secs and 10% aftera break.
wow ahs something changed in India so drastic??? whos manipulated such a rise... good thattrading was halted.. else these guys wud have bloated sensex to 20K and then let it go for a free fall....good that we have a stable govt.. doesnt mean that things change overnight .. let them have a yr or two to turn around the economy... lets not be impatient... Jai Hind

Pray this is not False

Velupillai Pirapaharan ( thats how they spell it back in so called eezham).... Is dead... Lovely.... This is probably the first time I am rejoicing for a death and praying that the news be true...this man back in 2002 said that Rajiv's death was a tragic incident... his death has not been comic at all.... साला कुत्ते की मौत मारा गया ...Let peace become a reality in SL.. let tamils n sinhalas live in peace... now that Rajpaksa & brothers have had their objective, let them relax the oppression on media... reconcile with all citizens... failing which he might well match the fate of other similar people.....

vishesh tippnis

Now that congress has won we hear a lot of vishesh tippnis some interesting ones ive heard are
1) New Age sycophancy - the so called royal of gwalior scnidia says Rahul shud be PM ( boss MMS was projected as PM b4.. whats the fun inthis now.. we anyways know that RG is PM in waiting and u will get a cabinet birth.. same as ur dad who was a side kick of Rajiv)
2) Sycophancy of the Old age - Prithviraj Chavan says Rahul can claim the PMs chair wheneverhe wants..... PM MMS says he would like Rahul to be a min .. RG says if PM likes he wud be amin ( he bhagwan... is this a price for a stable govt?)
3) Rahul's so callec coming of age- he won in UP ( 20 seats boss, if it was coming ofage it shud have been 30 or 40) .. alsohis decision was to go alone in Bihar and UP.. in biharthey managed only 2... so lets take this vicory with pinch of salt....
4) Victory of secula forces - Lets see how they work and how many more sops to minorit they offer... there is no dearth of festivals and elections in India lets waitand watch how congress manages its show and the BJP reoups...
5) The MNS factor - last time BJP-SS was unlucky tohave lost mumbai, this time they have themselves to blame... political pundits thoughtRaj Thackeray was a joker but he setoutto achieve whathe planned.. he never wantd any MP seat .. he just spolt the party of BJP-SS.. treat him with respect in assembly election guys... he will be a factor worth considering...
6) On Meera Sanyal - B4 elections ppl were really jittery abt the south mumbai corporate candiate Meera, as tey thought she cud spoil the chances of INCs Milnd... but afterhe won , Shekar something Gupta of Indian xpress said that the 6000 odd votes got by Meerawas from her cocktail party members... As if Milind never had cocktail parties......these hypocrites... self proclaimed righteous fellas.... Meera had every right to stand in elections and had she won considerable votes, these guys wud have been silent or rather praising her...

7) Loss of criminals - Is it?? how can the media be so naive... as per them only in UP and Bihar do crimanals contest and if all of them lose, its a great sign... there are many criminals who have won, they are not clean just because they have not been chargesheeted or vindicated or whatever... its not a court where u say ure innocent until proved guilty.... Tam land itself has so many criminals who are MPs now..... cmon...

MMS cabinet part 2

So how should the cabnt look like a wild guess

MMS - PM (some other useless ministires)
Rahul Baba - Deputy PM?? ( can hold any other portfolio as well)
Pranab Dadu - Fin Min
P C ( If hs victory conroversy is not blown up) - Home Min
Sashi Tharoor - Foreign Min
Kamal Nath - Environment or commerce
Murli Deora - Petroleum
Mulayam ( Assuming he pitches hs 22 odd seats t cover the 10 needed) - Defence
La Loo shud this guy be given a ministry at all? Kick him off i say
Farooq - Some minstry
Pawar - Agri
Mamata - Suitable for Railways
Ok enough guesses on portfolios
Praful - Aviaion again to ruin the NACIL
Some guess on who else will me mins
Some 6-8 odd MPs from Andhra ( man they gave UPA and cong a big boost)
some 5-6 from UP ( cong won 20+ alone)
some 3-4 from Rajasthan
the clan - MK Azhagiri , Dayanidhi & Kanimozhi from tamland
sibbal and one more from delhi....
Soren will get another term...

then who else....

Elections

Finally elections are over and seems congress has kind of managed to win... but theywould still be short abput 30 seats and mayawati or mulayam may have to pitch in.. coconut headed lalu is decimated... CPM demolished in WB & Kerala.. COng has sprung a surise mainly due to goos howing in Rajasthan, MP , Punjab, kind of better in UP .. In TN though they've lost AMMA hasn't lived up to her billing.. lets see in assembly 2k11 ... BJD sweeps in orissa shows Navin has carried forward the Patnaik clan to new heights.... whats wrong wth BJP, good in Guj, Kar, Bihar with JDU, its nowhere in Delhi...it still has got another 5 years to rebuild and rebound...
Lets hope this time also congress manages to run 5 years in power.......... In the end we managed to pull it off amidst security threats etc etc...

Fasting fasting

he he the SL issue took a nice turn with the TN CM and his so called indefinite fast... well , having had breakfast, he sat on a fast and by lunch time he was back :).. no offence intended but everyones does this fast :-)fortunately for him, the Lankan government had announced something, which is definitely not a ceasefire...not sure what else we'll get to see as the poll scene unfolds further..

Back to Lankan Crisis

Lanka this time around is creating so much flutter that its not gonna die down soon.. Many people have attempted self immolation in tam land..( emotionally charged eh) .. many saying that SL Army is committing a genocide and that they should stop the fight... well i am pained to see that no one n TAMLAND is empathising with scores of kasmiris wo have been affected by the J&K issue with such a fervour evenhough the nationalty is same... here its just the language that takes precendence.. if you they say that hey show empathy beyond boundaries, do they empathise so much for afghanis who are sufferring for decades or do they empathise with people n darfur ( many in tamland will ask "is darfur a sweet dish?").. Well hell no... these people are just creating political noise based on language and some students and hopeless people have joined in the agitation...If these guys have an iota of genuine iterest in tamil welfare that they show off, did they try anything to stop the real genocide thats happening in tamland??? I'm referring to the scores of rameshwaram fishermen shot down by lankan navy while they were verymuch fishing in Indian waters..... Did the CM who calls himelf tahimzh ina thalaivar ( Head of tamil race) ever protest against this? DId mr Vaiko who claims he will carry weapons to aid LTTE ever raise a voice against this?.. Wake up tamil men... this is a farce....i do agree that people insri lanka suffer but if we try to intervene beyond a certain limit, pakistan might do the same in kashmir citing the same reasons.. here we say language , there they'll use relegion....just realise what we have been upto...

PS: Many of my tamil acquaintences have pointed out that iam heartless toward fellow tamils and my caste is a prime reason for that... To ye all mortals... me being a so and so has nothing to do with my stand on such issues... I see myself as an Indian and first and foremost I tend to see things from an Indian perspective ... I will emptahise as much with Kashmiris , north eastern fellow citizens as i do with fellow tamils in India.. as far as e SL Crisis is concerned.. it pains e but so do the crises in Afghanistan and many other places...

IPL2 - Damp Squib

Really with so much rain it has been a damp squib.
Also no match is interesting.. only one match betn CSK and DD has gone down the wire till the 19th over of 2nd innings...........
The only interesting aspect of IPL2 has been the fakeiplplayer blog. The author is a good writer and keeps his posts interesting.. Many may find the language and nick names obscene.. But whateverhe does say seems to have atleast some bit of truth.... My fav nick names are Appam Chu***a and vinnie d**do .... lets see what happens to this guy...
As faras my last post goes i got another first hand experience about my own rotten luck..... though i dont wish to say the incident....

naseeb

One of my colleagues and I were discussing the effects of naseeb or fate or luck... our conclsion was neither of us had a good outing with fateand both of our naseebs were "pandu" a mumbaiyya slang for a flop show..... Though i said th, i did not realise how true it was unil i went to Mumbai last week.... The offices in mumbai were so nice and one of them was stunning.. wish i worked in such a place... the place where i work is nothing short of a garbage dumping ground :-).... anyways you will have to take these things with a pinch of salt...

IPL Out

Finally after too many meetings and press bites, IPL is out of India....
Sensible decision by the unioin home ministry... Why to stretch our central forces, without hwom this cannot happen... the central forces will anyways have a tough time during elections with the personnel having theirleaves cancelled for a prolonged period... add to this the IPL festival, we risk at stressing them to break point levels.. IPL is an instrument whereby very few people earn hell a lotof money and we should not allow central security to be wasted even though they pay for it.. Increase the security bill 10 tims, and check whether BCCI is sill willing... in the end common sense has prevailed and whatever might be theventual reason, its better that IPL is out of the way.....

hey raam

Well, something bizzare always happens in India so one is never short of surprises...
But the latest surprise or shock was to see Kiran Bedi endorsing a beauty cream!!!! hey raam
when the debates are on bashing beauty cream adverts and calls to ban them ... we see the iron lady endorsing one...eesh.. cmon India's first lady IPS, magasaysay award winner, a lady who demosntarted her pride by quitting when her seniority was overlooked for Delhi Commssioner's job now endorses beauty creams... that too she uses slogans that point to her flawless reputation as a police officer to sell a cream????Hey raam

Slashin Sachin

Sachin these days seems to be playin to set some of his records straight. Last yr he made is first ever odi century in oz land, in the process enabling india to capture the last ever CB tri series ... today he has made a grand first century in NZ land... nz land especially auckland established slashin sachin as the opener, butit was at SL on vinayak chaturti 1994 that he made a century....43 now in 15 is awesome.... so sachin, the next one i expect is hangon until the next tour to enger land and score a test hundred at lords.... i wanna see ur name on that borad at lords.....