Lot of time people justify violent act or behavior by attaching a back story to it. For example, Naxalite movement in India. Human right people clamor of state wrong doing and justify in some way the violent means employed by Naxalites to fight for their right. Like Mahatma Gandhi said, "An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind." A wrong done to somebody does not justify the violence and hooliganism of the victim. Another example would be - A guy, who has molested a girl, reasons for his act that the girl by her revealing clothes and promiscuous expressions were leading him on to do exactly like what he did but it will not justify his own weakness in character and moral degradation. This reason stated by the guy can never be the plausible explanation of his act.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Wedding season!!!
I have been longing to get a satisfying week and Boy! last week, i couldn't even sleep properly. Hang on...before you get any serious regarding my preoccupation. It was due to my active participation in my cousin sister's marriage. Marriage was in Nanota (a town in Saharanpur district) and as we all are aware of, marriage home brings all sort of unexpected nervous moments along with hilarious ones.
First hilarious moment was when at the ceremony (RaatJaga- It is called!!!) bride's parental cousin, who was one hell of a character, started dancing on the song "2 Ghoont pila de saathiya" and Boy! not only he mesmerized us with his unbelievable dance moves but also he ordered a mock drink to bring authenticity in his act. No prize for guessing, we were all kept in splits for the entire duration :D
After this happy go lucky incident, we slept at around 3:00 A.M. As soon as i woke up, i bumped to another interesting character named "Rajnath singh" (purely based on appearance). Rajnath singh was a man you can not easily forget once you met him. one of my cousin put himself in an awkward position by asking a seemingly innocent question from Mr Rajnath Singh that, "why did you come late?" On which came the million doller reply from this man - "I was busy with Rahul." Everybody inquired, "Rahul!!! Rahul who?" He said unperturbly-"Rahul Gandhi." You might not probably get this. Let me explain. Mr. Rajnath Singh is the most useless man, unemployed, boastful and above all shameless. He is a self-proclaimed Congressi and his glib reply made the situation hilarious based on his state of affairs it is rather possible that even any small town Rahul might not be interested in meeting him.
Nevertheless, all such things are part and parcel of our Indian marriages. I had a blast being part of this great Indian Drama and experiencing most of the things which makes this exercise such unique!!!
First hilarious moment was when at the ceremony (RaatJaga- It is called!!!) bride's parental cousin, who was one hell of a character, started dancing on the song "2 Ghoont pila de saathiya" and Boy! not only he mesmerized us with his unbelievable dance moves but also he ordered a mock drink to bring authenticity in his act. No prize for guessing, we were all kept in splits for the entire duration :D
After this happy go lucky incident, we slept at around 3:00 A.M. As soon as i woke up, i bumped to another interesting character named "Rajnath singh" (purely based on appearance). Rajnath singh was a man you can not easily forget once you met him. one of my cousin put himself in an awkward position by asking a seemingly innocent question from Mr Rajnath Singh that, "why did you come late?" On which came the million doller reply from this man - "I was busy with Rahul." Everybody inquired, "Rahul!!! Rahul who?" He said unperturbly-"Rahul Gandhi." You might not probably get this. Let me explain. Mr. Rajnath Singh is the most useless man, unemployed, boastful and above all shameless. He is a self-proclaimed Congressi and his glib reply made the situation hilarious based on his state of affairs it is rather possible that even any small town Rahul might not be interested in meeting him.
Nevertheless, all such things are part and parcel of our Indian marriages. I had a blast being part of this great Indian Drama and experiencing most of the things which makes this exercise such unique!!!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Valentine Special
This is just a random thought and it crossed my mind today because of all the hype surrounding it at this very day-VALENTINE DAY. You can say that i have never experienced love in a true sense...but that would be rather "Cryptic". True sense- what the hell it is supposed to mean? OK to clear the doubt...i have never experienced love, sensory or otherwise.
I love my parents, my family and friends but i guess that is not what this V-day is supposed to signify for us youngsters. We have all sort of labels to display our love for them e.g. Mother's day, Father's Day etc. What i don't understand is that the kind of market frenzy this day bring is beyond comparison from the rest of days. what is such big deal about this particular day that we, youngsters, go completely berserk on this day. We buy fancy gifts, send flowers, chocolates all sort of mindless marketing tools to show our feelings to each other.
Some people argue that a special day for love is in itself not such a bad idea because it gives you the occasion to do something really special for your loved ones which is not generally thought of in the usual circumstances. While on the other hand, some despise the whole point of labeling a day into something special for the sake of it. Their argument is that why people need a particular day to express their feelings toward somebody.
I love my parents, my family and friends but i guess that is not what this V-day is supposed to signify for us youngsters. We have all sort of labels to display our love for them e.g. Mother's day, Father's Day etc. What i don't understand is that the kind of market frenzy this day bring is beyond comparison from the rest of days. what is such big deal about this particular day that we, youngsters, go completely berserk on this day. We buy fancy gifts, send flowers, chocolates all sort of mindless marketing tools to show our feelings to each other.
Some people argue that a special day for love is in itself not such a bad idea because it gives you the occasion to do something really special for your loved ones which is not generally thought of in the usual circumstances. While on the other hand, some despise the whole point of labeling a day into something special for the sake of it. Their argument is that why people need a particular day to express their feelings toward somebody.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Essay writing 2
Bollywood truly represents the changing Indian society
Hmmm...truly is the keyword here. How will you describe 'truly'? In my opinion, there are lot of films that come out from indian film industry. Out of these most films are made to keep the audience entertained (depends on the taste of the viewer). Do they represent the changing indian society? Yes, if we are talking about the new middle class which has got the spending power and which is getting the exposure of the new market driven economy. Most movies cater and target to this segment of audience. The diversity of indian society, the kind of problem we as a society faces in our daily lives, are not represented in our movies in the real sense. It is more of a caricature, an escapist route taken, in most of the movies. Our cinema is yet to mature and produce the kind of art that will give it the distinct indian feel and by indian feel i do not intend to point out just song and dance.
Hmmm...truly is the keyword here. How will you describe 'truly'? In my opinion, there are lot of films that come out from indian film industry. Out of these most films are made to keep the audience entertained (depends on the taste of the viewer). Do they represent the changing indian society? Yes, if we are talking about the new middle class which has got the spending power and which is getting the exposure of the new market driven economy. Most movies cater and target to this segment of audience. The diversity of indian society, the kind of problem we as a society faces in our daily lives, are not represented in our movies in the real sense. It is more of a caricature, an escapist route taken, in most of the movies. Our cinema is yet to mature and produce the kind of art that will give it the distinct indian feel and by indian feel i do not intend to point out just song and dance.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Essay writing
Tax Deduction to women as they take care of educational and health needs of a family.
I don't agree with it. Why? Firstly, i agree that women take care of educational and health needs of family but it is not always economic help that women are taking care of. It can be that women support more proactively to children in their home work. Both men and women are equal shareholders in a family and they both decide about how to spend their income for the well being of their family. why to dole out benefits just for women?
I strongly believe that women outshine men in number of areas and we should collectively promote them to fare better and better by providing equal opportunities to perform and compete. At the same time, i don't wish any preferential treatment for women. It is like we as a society still feels that women not independent enough to financially support herself need state benefits. Also it would be unfair of us to talk about women equality on one hand and ask for monetary advantages for the women on the other hand.
I don't agree with it. Why? Firstly, i agree that women take care of educational and health needs of family but it is not always economic help that women are taking care of. It can be that women support more proactively to children in their home work. Both men and women are equal shareholders in a family and they both decide about how to spend their income for the well being of their family. why to dole out benefits just for women?
I strongly believe that women outshine men in number of areas and we should collectively promote them to fare better and better by providing equal opportunities to perform and compete. At the same time, i don't wish any preferential treatment for women. It is like we as a society still feels that women not independent enough to financially support herself need state benefits. Also it would be unfair of us to talk about women equality on one hand and ask for monetary advantages for the women on the other hand.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Short story
I am planning to shoot a short video along with my friend just to satiate my creative yearning :)
Synopsis
There are two guys. Both are poles apart in terms of their personalities. One is gregarious, affable and easy to mix with. While other guy has an extreme low self belief, low confidence and a pessimistic outlook towards life.
The story revolves around these two guys. An accidental meeting between both will not only reflect their contradictory ways of life but also will create a situation where both will be astounded by the outcome of this accident...
Synopsis
There are two guys. Both are poles apart in terms of their personalities. One is gregarious, affable and easy to mix with. While other guy has an extreme low self belief, low confidence and a pessimistic outlook towards life.
The story revolves around these two guys. An accidental meeting between both will not only reflect their contradictory ways of life but also will create a situation where both will be astounded by the outcome of this accident...
Saturday, August 2, 2008
college again!
Here I am finally back after such a refreshing vacation, this is college again... There is one good news as well as bad one.
First good one... after such a long lasting wait we all get our rooms but the best part is that this time again I am lucky and settled on the first floor while some of my friends again been dumped on the top floor .Some are even more unlucky and didn't get the room so far but we hope they gonna get in this week.
Time for bad one...I lost my cell phone on the very day of returning to the college...so finally I registered my name in the list of lost goods category while some of my friends proudly initiated that phenomenon and still trying to get a niche in "how to lost your stuff?"
First good one... after such a long lasting wait we all get our rooms but the best part is that this time again I am lucky and settled on the first floor while some of my friends again been dumped on the top floor .Some are even more unlucky and didn't get the room so far but we hope they gonna get in this week.
Time for bad one...I lost my cell phone on the very day of returning to the college...so finally I registered my name in the list of lost goods category while some of my friends proudly initiated that phenomenon and still trying to get a niche in "how to lost your stuff?"
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