The season of Reality shows is here again.Every national channel is on a competition at once.Ranging from dance, singing, acting and every kind of drama is seen all around. Well this is a nice source of entertainment for all the viewers like me, but certainly all is not well for the participants.
These shows may swagger of the high publicity they provide to its contestants, but are they really ready to face this challenge. Who started this long road of reality?Well,few might remember, it was the famous money maker "Kaun Banega Crorepati" anchored by Mr. Bachchan. It was a simple show where the participants just needed luck and basic knowledge to earn pelf for themselves. No stress of under performance,drama stuff by the judges and anything and I am not at all against such kind of reality TV.Infact, they were a source for knowledge for the viewers too.But then, started the great war.Dance reality like Dance India Dance, Singing reality like Indian Idol,Voice of India, etc etc were introduced by different channels.Aim-"To provide the country with fresh and raw talent..."DO you really think so???Nah....It was just "To be at the top of TRP chart by hook or crook"...
Well whats even more disturbing is that these shows are more focussed on individual's life and struggle rather than the ability.Every participant will try to woo by expressing how much toll he took to reach the zenith...C'mmon dear,every common man has the same aspirations....I am an IT professional and it took my near and dear ones enough to make me an engineer.Similar is the tale all around. But if I or everyone around starts making a big deal of it as shown by these shows, then at some point of time there will no value of emotions too...So try to keep these precious memories within you rather than a hot public gossip.
Then there is a Television Atyachar oops...Emotional atyachar. Well it's not the producers fault,rather it's ours that we like to view such mockery of relationships.That is what keeps it going.Other blunders closely in competition with such a bug are the annual television Swyamvars, sach ka saamna etc. etc.
OK, what I meant to say in the whole article is that,its not that only crap stuff is liked by the Indian audience,rather any show well scripted
and well organised will be well received as well.Only the makers need put to put in little more efforts and produce shows keeping in light the Indian culture.Lets take some lesson from the comedy reality like Laughter challenge, Comedy circus where we are less likely to complain that reality bites.....
Friday, May 14, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Caste Count..
The dream to a caste-less society remains distant....With Govt. bending down to the demands of OBC leaders of including caste in 2011 census,it will be the first time post-independence after 1931 census.Since then, the caste factor was removed in a bid to remove casteism.
This decision of the Govt. does not go well down with me.Actually, the demand of the OBC leaders is not validated.OBC's have already become a dominant part of the Indian society. They have reservations in top institutions like IITs and IIMs. Yadavs have become a critical part of the Indian politics at the state and at the central level both. Thus, OBCs play an important role in the social as well as economical clout.Inspite of all this, they seek more special recognition.
Census of 1.2 billion population is a humongous task itself.It is estimated to be a 6000 crore(Indian currency) project with 25 lakh officials working all over the country to complete the task. It includes counting evry Indian of all age-groups from newly born to old.For the age group above 15 years,the individual will be required to give his or her personal details including name,age and other basic information.They will be required to give in their 10 finger impression and a recent picture.This all is done keeping in light of the Unique ID project which aims to provide a unique ID card and a unique number to every Indian. This project headed by Mr.Nandan Nilekani will help determine how much percentage of the population has access to internet,mobile phone ,drinking water and other basic amenities. It will be a major achievement in curbing terrorism as well. Such huge are the dimensions of this census that it will almost 2 years for completion.
Adding caste based distribution will only lead to more efforts, chaos and time.and I dont find any such major advantage which OBCs ,dalits or any such community can take from this caste based census.
This decision of the Govt. does not go well down with me.Actually, the demand of the OBC leaders is not validated.OBC's have already become a dominant part of the Indian society. They have reservations in top institutions like IITs and IIMs. Yadavs have become a critical part of the Indian politics at the state and at the central level both. Thus, OBCs play an important role in the social as well as economical clout.Inspite of all this, they seek more special recognition.
Census of 1.2 billion population is a humongous task itself.It is estimated to be a 6000 crore(Indian currency) project with 25 lakh officials working all over the country to complete the task. It includes counting evry Indian of all age-groups from newly born to old.For the age group above 15 years,the individual will be required to give his or her personal details including name,age and other basic information.They will be required to give in their 10 finger impression and a recent picture.This all is done keeping in light of the Unique ID project which aims to provide a unique ID card and a unique number to every Indian. This project headed by Mr.Nandan Nilekani will help determine how much percentage of the population has access to internet,mobile phone ,drinking water and other basic amenities. It will be a major achievement in curbing terrorism as well. Such huge are the dimensions of this census that it will almost 2 years for completion.
Adding caste based distribution will only lead to more efforts, chaos and time.and I dont find any such major advantage which OBCs ,dalits or any such community can take from this caste based census.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
The Beginning of an End....
So here it is...On May 6th,2010 came one of the most awaited decisions from the Special Court in Mumbai for which the entire nation was anticipating for.Nearly after One and a half years of Mumbai terror attacks, its lone surviving perpetrator, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab was rewarded capital punishment under 4 charges and life imprisonment under 5 other charges.Prior to this,on 4th May the Special Court judge Justice ML Tahilyani found him guilty in 86 different cases.
Sentencing of Kasab has brought back smiles on hundreds and thousands of faces all over the country, particularly to those who lost their dear ones in this gruesome attack. The conviction and the speedy trial has bought back the faith of people on Indian judiciary. Justice Tahilyani has had a reputation for speedy and impartial trail for years.He was also the judge in the Gulshan Kumar murder case trail in 1997 where he had then convicted the accused,Mohammad Ali Rauf to life imprisonment. In the Kasab case, since he was the lone surviving terrorist ,any punishment other than death could not justify his acts.It is believed that during the trial sessions in court, Kasab would not have any remorse for what he did,instead he grinned. It was rightly mentioned in the conviction statement that such a terrorist is beyond repair to moralize his values.
As I was studying more about people like Kasab,I started to wonder what really leads them to these anti legal activities.Is it merely jihad that they are ready to lay their lives for??I really dont agree. If we look into the life of Kasab,he was born in a remote village, Faridkot in Pakistan. He hailed for a very poor family.As a child when he could not get money for new clothes from his parents, he turned to small crimes like robbery.It was after he saw the posters of jihad all around he went to its camp.He was promised a huge amount for himself and his family for successful conduct of Mumbai attacks.When he was caught alive,he requested the officials to kill him since jihad doesn't allow to be caught alive.Its "Do or Die .Then only Allah will bless you".
Well I am not at all trying to defend people like Kasab.What I am trying is to get into deep root cause of the people who commit these crimes.If Pakistan and other countries who actually habitats these crimes try to figure out these problems and work upon it rather than playing the blame-game, then may be one day we can proudly boast of a terrorism free world.
Sentencing of Kasab has brought back smiles on hundreds and thousands of faces all over the country, particularly to those who lost their dear ones in this gruesome attack. The conviction and the speedy trial has bought back the faith of people on Indian judiciary. Justice Tahilyani has had a reputation for speedy and impartial trail for years.He was also the judge in the Gulshan Kumar murder case trail in 1997 where he had then convicted the accused,Mohammad Ali Rauf to life imprisonment. In the Kasab case, since he was the lone surviving terrorist ,any punishment other than death could not justify his acts.It is believed that during the trial sessions in court, Kasab would not have any remorse for what he did,instead he grinned. It was rightly mentioned in the conviction statement that such a terrorist is beyond repair to moralize his values.
As I was studying more about people like Kasab,I started to wonder what really leads them to these anti legal activities.Is it merely jihad that they are ready to lay their lives for??I really dont agree. If we look into the life of Kasab,he was born in a remote village, Faridkot in Pakistan. He hailed for a very poor family.As a child when he could not get money for new clothes from his parents, he turned to small crimes like robbery.It was after he saw the posters of jihad all around he went to its camp.He was promised a huge amount for himself and his family for successful conduct of Mumbai attacks.When he was caught alive,he requested the officials to kill him since jihad doesn't allow to be caught alive.Its "Do or Die .Then only Allah will bless you".
Well I am not at all trying to defend people like Kasab.What I am trying is to get into deep root cause of the people who commit these crimes.If Pakistan and other countries who actually habitats these crimes try to figure out these problems and work upon it rather than playing the blame-game, then may be one day we can proudly boast of a terrorism free world.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Silent Tears......
Human life is all about ups and downs. Perhaps, more downs than ups. This is because, good times move rather smoothly and at a rapid pace than the bad ones. But is it true? The actual reason what I find is that it is the human tendency to keep on pondering about the worse ,worst situation when he is in a bad situation. With such grief comes pain and sometimes tears too.
Tears are sometimes inevitable. Rarely does one finds a direct relation between pain and tears.But yes, when the pain exceeds its threshold, tears are almost inevitable.They roll down without any consent. The more harder you try to stop them ,the more they flow.
Sometimes I find it soothing to cry and sometimes it causes some disturbance too. Disturbance as it can unease me further or can cause unrest among the near and dear ones.In such times,it is best to let have SILENT TEARS. Well I felt this feeling myself for the first time yesterday.
Believe me or not,they eased my heart instantly!It is for this reason that I went on to write on it today. It was almost like sharing my heart out with someone.Well sometimes its good to sober quietly.
Tears are sometimes inevitable. Rarely does one finds a direct relation between pain and tears.But yes, when the pain exceeds its threshold, tears are almost inevitable.They roll down without any consent. The more harder you try to stop them ,the more they flow.
Sometimes I find it soothing to cry and sometimes it causes some disturbance too. Disturbance as it can unease me further or can cause unrest among the near and dear ones.In such times,it is best to let have SILENT TEARS. Well I felt this feeling myself for the first time yesterday.
Believe me or not,they eased my heart instantly!It is for this reason that I went on to write on it today. It was almost like sharing my heart out with someone.Well sometimes its good to sober quietly.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
There is no right way of doing a wrong thing....
All have read and said about the April 6th,2010 massacre of Dantewada district in Chattisgarh. About 76 jawans of the CRPF were brutally savored by 2 groups of Maoists. Is this a justified act? Mass replies in a chorus "NO"....
This grave incident led me to think and inquire more about the history of Naxals.They originated from a small village 'Naxalbari' in West Bengal from the Communist party of India(Marxist).There were three main leaders agitating this "revolution" Kanu Sanyal who passed away recently, Charu Majumdar and Jangal Santhan. Their main agenda was to crush the upper class landlords, the ruling govt. by the use of military arms. This way they can liberalise themselves "the poor peasants and the tribals". Astonishingly, what started as a small movement was joined in by platoon of tribals, college going students leading to a creation of 30 Naxal organisations covering an estimated area of 92000 square kilometre till date!!!!
But the question is the same.Will this kind of brutality give them what they want? Emancipation can never be achieved upon the blood of innocent. These pusillanimous acts of ambushing and killing the sleeping soldiers,attacking innocent children in schools would rather toughen their way.They should ponder over the fact "If they are right in doing these of anti-legal activities, why haven't they achieved Renaissance till date?".
People ,politicians and media who earlier used phrases like " Naxalite, a problem to be solved and tackled" have now started using language of wipening them out.
On the part of the govt. also ,they need to change their course of plan. They should use "think first,act next" strategy. Merely taking blood for blood will be like "throwing a stone in return for stone in other's house leading to damage at both houses".One must follow a real scenario of Andhra Pradesh where when Late Mr.Y.S Rajashekhar Reddy took over as CM in 2004, went on peaceful negotiations with the Naxals leading to considerable satisfaction at both sides.
Whatever the future has in store, Maoists need to understand that their aggression and activities can never be justified, and that it will only lead to thickening of the wall .........
This grave incident led me to think and inquire more about the history of Naxals.They originated from a small village 'Naxalbari' in West Bengal from the Communist party of India(Marxist).There were three main leaders agitating this "revolution" Kanu Sanyal who passed away recently, Charu Majumdar and Jangal Santhan. Their main agenda was to crush the upper class landlords, the ruling govt. by the use of military arms. This way they can liberalise themselves "the poor peasants and the tribals". Astonishingly, what started as a small movement was joined in by platoon of tribals, college going students leading to a creation of 30 Naxal organisations covering an estimated area of 92000 square kilometre till date!!!!
But the question is the same.Will this kind of brutality give them what they want? Emancipation can never be achieved upon the blood of innocent. These pusillanimous acts of ambushing and killing the sleeping soldiers,attacking innocent children in schools would rather toughen their way.They should ponder over the fact "If they are right in doing these of anti-legal activities, why haven't they achieved Renaissance till date?".
People ,politicians and media who earlier used phrases like " Naxalite, a problem to be solved and tackled" have now started using language of wipening them out.
On the part of the govt. also ,they need to change their course of plan. They should use "think first,act next" strategy. Merely taking blood for blood will be like "throwing a stone in return for stone in other's house leading to damage at both houses".One must follow a real scenario of Andhra Pradesh where when Late Mr.Y.S Rajashekhar Reddy took over as CM in 2004, went on peaceful negotiations with the Naxals leading to considerable satisfaction at both sides.
Whatever the future has in store, Maoists need to understand that their aggression and activities can never be justified, and that it will only lead to thickening of the wall .........
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Ships are safer in the harbour,but they are not meant for the same....
Ok ,So here comes the second day and with it the second blog...This time I took a complex kinda title...just to check my ability....and let me clarify from now itself that I am confused....
But anyways lets start....the above statement can be justified only by some fair real life instance.Something, that is happening around me and it will be better if I dont contemplate or indulge in it, but the big question is "Till when?". Issues or problems cant be left as they are eternally.Politics is an ever booming agenda but quite outdated .Second option is terrorism , but its quite humongous and way ahead of my capability to explain.So why not relate the recent IPL controversy with it and see the outcome.
Recently, we saw the successful completion of IPL3. IPL has been a phenomenal success right from the day it arrived.No doubt, fashion, glamour, cash have been the dominating factors, but for a ardent cricket lover there was sufficient sports too.
Today, if I speak on behalf of a regular citizen, which I am ,will the recent Lalit Modi-Shashi Tharoor spat and subsequent events will have any impact on my love for cricket???Will I stop supporting and loving my fav. team in the IPL....?????Na....
But yes, if I have to dig the facts out and start thinking as a responsible member of the society, I wont be concerned as to how Modi became the highest tax payer suddenly in past 2 years or why he wasn't pellucid in his activities relating to IPL .....I would rather be asking the big question that why all the politicians have suddenly made him their main agenda.Why are all beleaguering him? Dont they have ample other issues other than this?Doesn't Mr. Sharad Pawar ,instead of concentrating on cricket should give more time and planning to curb the rising food prices.The inflation rate is touching skies but the govt. is still keeping its hands folded. Cant the Opposition parties suggest and work hand in hand with the govt to help the poor rather than asking for resignations every now and then....
I dont say that they should shut their eyes to whatever is happening around,but the area of concern definitely need to be more focused on pennyless and needy rather than the rich and influential who anyways will get full media glare anyhow..........
But anyways lets start....the above statement can be justified only by some fair real life instance.Something, that is happening around me and it will be better if I dont contemplate or indulge in it, but the big question is "Till when?". Issues or problems cant be left as they are eternally.Politics is an ever booming agenda but quite outdated .Second option is terrorism , but its quite humongous and way ahead of my capability to explain.So why not relate the recent IPL controversy with it and see the outcome.
Recently, we saw the successful completion of IPL3. IPL has been a phenomenal success right from the day it arrived.No doubt, fashion, glamour, cash have been the dominating factors, but for a ardent cricket lover there was sufficient sports too.
Today, if I speak on behalf of a regular citizen, which I am ,will the recent Lalit Modi-Shashi Tharoor spat and subsequent events will have any impact on my love for cricket???Will I stop supporting and loving my fav. team in the IPL....?????Na....
But yes, if I have to dig the facts out and start thinking as a responsible member of the society, I wont be concerned as to how Modi became the highest tax payer suddenly in past 2 years or why he wasn't pellucid in his activities relating to IPL .....I would rather be asking the big question that why all the politicians have suddenly made him their main agenda.Why are all beleaguering him? Dont they have ample other issues other than this?Doesn't Mr. Sharad Pawar ,instead of concentrating on cricket should give more time and planning to curb the rising food prices.The inflation rate is touching skies but the govt. is still keeping its hands folded. Cant the Opposition parties suggest and work hand in hand with the govt to help the poor rather than asking for resignations every now and then....
I dont say that they should shut their eyes to whatever is happening around,but the area of concern definitely need to be more focused on pennyless and needy rather than the rich and influential who anyways will get full media glare anyhow..........
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