tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35505640083778268162011-11-28T05:46:39.004+05:30Mythology: the first man and woman to walk the face of the earth were Adamant and Peeve who had two children - Sane and Able.Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-68543372772413614272010-09-26T08:26:00.003+05:302010-09-26T09:22:40.457+05:30<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >These poems I wrote for an Event on FB where, the words being limited to twenty and has to include one word (mentioned in CAPS) from the preceding poem, made for a great string</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Jeering his GENIUS,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >the "Whites" gave him many;</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >a snub, but scant they knew,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >his find ushered their moment of epiphany</span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >- ode to Ramanujan</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Lonely lanes to venture,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >bystanders leave no glance,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >JUST an abandoned walking trail,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >with a stranger in a strange land</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >This GAME brought us all together,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >like subjects of the same sultanate,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >alas, but not forever,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >as today is the penultimate</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Better be it,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >that the games fail,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >may it be ON the coffins of our high handedness,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >the final nail</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >The patrols pass by,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >penetrating gaze - warning by each soldier,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >lest there sparks wanton panic,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >staring into EYES of the beholder</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Set off, jumping gun, </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >trusted my impish gumption,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >now on a ROAD to penance, </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >back to a path of redemption</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Nay-sayers burn with envy,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >at my poetic knack and wealth,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >for those found wanting,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >CLAIM work for public health</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >- mocking a fellow participant</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >ROADS I build,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >but not their routes,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >pity they suffer from farsight,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >despite dwelling and gazing atop palm shoots</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >- making fun of Mallus</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >All my detractors,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >who get me fuming,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I'll come up with many a repartee,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >even if I hit ground RUNNING</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Like I'm drifting the backwaters,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >sipping on Coconut juice,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >but folks apparently FAIR,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >these Kuruvillas, Matthews and Josephs confuse</span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >- another dig at my fellow Mallu participants</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Breathing sighs of relief,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >thanking God a-plenty,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >as I enter here; a numerate,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >pray I can count to twenty</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Motley FLIGHT of poets,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >idioms and puns abound,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >northerners, southerners, western, eastern,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >wonder why I be the only Gulti around?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Once an ace,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >honoured often with a shawl,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >now a street-dweller,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >the only BLANKET will be his shroud</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >FIERY head but flawless grace,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >femme fatale and blissful face,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >the woman of substance - for all to gaze</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >New year's party,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >city-bred guzzled crazy,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >shamefully displayed their hedonist fangs,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >village-folk whet their mouths with HUNGER pangs</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Our saving grace,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >at a sport you ace,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >star, so bright that shall shine-a,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >pray glory at the 'Games, SAINA!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >She bumped into a stranger,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >in her dreams he changed her,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >deep in his thoughts she was falling,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >its when it struck - it was the CALLING</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Storming the city with kalashnikovs and grenades,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >taken as a prisoner of war,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >he retracted when made to FACE BOOK</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >- on Kasab</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >'Saffron terror' - the pseudo PITCH,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >lack of faith or pseudo-secularists - which?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Drifting up in a BALOON of hope,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >he longs to ignite his yearning flame,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >and lamp murky clouds, seeking love</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Our lips besides one another live their own;</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >TODAY, they speak words otherwise unkown;</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >for tomorrow keep mum and forlorn</span></div></span></span><div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><div><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="UIStory_Message"><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><div><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; 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Allow me to help you – the (d)reader – to lower your hearbeats. Yes, it's true. There, I cleared the pollution... air, rather. Now don't start rubbing your eyes. Don't pinch yourself. Don't jump out of your chair, commode or any other surface where your gluteus maximus are resting on at this point of time. Don't howl out frantically and call your friends or family toward your computer screen. I know it's a rarity; like a diamond glittering from the rough of frivolous and trite bloggers haranguing the cyberspace, jostling for fame and pennies from accidental hits on Google Adverts. It may take time to sink in, I can understand but don't ever think you're all alone. I was gasping for breath myself, and I'm not somebody who gets impressed by any one-penny, two-penny literature, mind you. It's nothing unusual to be a fan, or a worshipper of this very incredible Uniform Resource Locator. That the latest offering from the arcane shelf – of yours truly – will raise or even rip-out eyebrows, make people stand up, and take notice, create flutters and even trigger windfall sales for HP, Canon and other printer manufacturers by sudden depletion of ink cartridges resulting from multiple prints of this post, will not be an overstatement. Your Sunday afternoon is taken care of, for sure. It's one to tell your grandchildren, alright. Your sojourn at the world's most frequented blog for non-content-reading-related purposes is about to commence.<br /></p><p><br /> </p><p>The topic I'm about to begin my discerning analysis with is one which wasn't quite covered in depth by the mainstream media over the past month. It's a wedding that took place among a Cricketer from India's most friendly country and an Indian tennis star featuring in ITF's apocryphal list of 'Top Three Women Players of All Time Who Got Famous for No Fucking Reason' along with . The wedding which took place bereft of any controversy or an iota of doubt about the two parties being ever involved in previous betrayals... or betrothals, for that matter, left one tiny but potentially significant bit of information which may leave the future of mankind in serious doubt. The fact that the Cricketer-bridegroom in focus had a semen stained cloth left over at his first night-encounter with his former wife. Some wife who preserves such things. But as the saying goes, mementoss come in all forms, sizes and spots. That former wife of his, who never went out to the media with it, handed it over to the Police as evidence of their association. Mr. Cricket, here, has obviously not read this blogger's best seller 'Phani's Code for Clean Sex' or PCCS – its popular acronym. Such irresponsible acts are bound to have serious implications on progeny-creating habits of his millions of followers across his country and his wife's. His "miss" has been taken advantage of by his ex-"miss". In Cricket they say 'Catches win matches', as we can clearly see, they win lawsuits too! It's obvious that his coach never really gave him some "hitting" practice. Neither at the stumps nor at their gaps. His throws ran out his million strong tiny swimmers who plunged to death in the process. They bit the dust... on the pillow cloth. Given how clear it is that he didn't use protection that fortuitous night, it'll be fair to say that he never even got a good share of "Net" practice. This was one Cricketer who was definitely caught in a Monica Lewinsky moment. His cynics say this is where the similarity with Bill Clinton ends. But while Bill survived impeachment, our Cricketer has a year long break, thanks to the genius of his Cricket board, to reflect on his actions. Sources say he's contemplating becoming a private ball boy to his to-be. That way he can get to be with her wherever she goes for tournaments and as long as she stays there. Given her talent, I'm guessing that won't be more than a day or two. <br /></p><p><br /> </p><p>We all live in a hope that this carelessness of his doesn't rub off on to others in whose hands (or other parts) lie the future of the sub-continent.<br /></p><p><br /> </p><p>You can breathe... now.</p></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-8270795620006462893?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-86722228074212654472010-03-03T19:05:00.000+05:302010-03-03T19:05:11.444+05:30<div>Something on the Rin's provocative recent AD</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.domain-b.com/brand_dossier/adv_brnd/20100303_rin_versus_tide_oneView.html">domain-b.com : Rin versus Tide: The limits to comparative advertising</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-8672222807421265447?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-92184826883341808952009-07-14T09:37:00.021+05:302009-07-15T20:41:29.333+05:30<p align="left"><a href="http://newshopper.sulekha.com/ptiimages/original700/Bridge.jpg"></a></p><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Had this been any Minister or </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">MoS</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> who'd have resigned after some incident under his or her portfolio, everyone would've quickly insinuated the move as a political gimmick as the MP knows he or she will be re-elected and be able to retain their office (</span></span><a href="http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=64780"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">as Sonia Gandhi did in 2006</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> over the office-of-profit issue only to win the by-election by a whopping 4 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">lakh</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> votes!) or have their resignation rejected by the PM. This enables the MP to ascend a high level of moral ground while retaining his or her portfolio. Left to themselves, our politicians would own up to nothing! They'd resign only after public disgust vehemently comes out in the open, as during the days after 26/11 when the top two of Maharashtra quit very </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">reluctantly</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">. </span></span></div><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">But the man in the picture these days is none other than</span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span></span><a style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial" title="Légion d'honneur" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Chevalier </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">de</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> la Legion </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">d'Honneur</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Elattuvallapil</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Sreedharan</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">. The man is a 77 year old technocrat and project manager par excellence who has rightly been attributed the sobriquet 'Metro Man'. His </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">meticulousness</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> and quality </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">consciousness</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> is an example to all Civil engineers in India and abroad. This Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">DMRC</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">MD's</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> inner conscience spoke out the day after the Pier Cap of Pier #67 of the Delhi Metro phase II crumbled (due to faulty design, in all likeliness!) killing six </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">workers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> on 12</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">th</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> of July. The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">septuagenarian</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> put in his papers within hours. He rightly said before announcing his resignation: "... even one death is one too many". It's a coincidence that this great man I quoted in my previous blog written over a week ago is in the news today. </span></span></div><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">But I'd still say that only optimists would hope that our Ministers will hence remember this gesture and do likewise in the future when a botch-up takes place in their area of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">responsibility</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> . To expect a precedent as having been set by Dr. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Sreedharan</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> is wishful thinking. </span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">By the looks of things, swords are already out for Gammon India - the contractors and the designers of the elevated structure of Delhi Metro - even before the enquiry committee's report is out. The company responsible for the landmark building of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Mumbai</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> - Gateway of India - is drawing flak from all corners. Gammon is being panned for supposedly failing to adhere to safety measures at the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">construction</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> site. This is ironic, if true, as Gammon India claims to be the only </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">construction</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> company in India to be accredited with ISO 9001:2000 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">certification</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> for all fields of Civil engineering. The media is justifying its stand against Gammon India by the fact that it was this same firm which was held responsible for the </span></span><a href="http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Gammon%E2%80%99s+sloppy+work+known+out&amp;artid=eXgw29tZJck=&amp;SectionID=xAV59odivTs=&amp;MainSectionID=xAV59odivTs=&amp;SEO=&amp;SectionName=BUzPVSKuYv7MFxnS0yZ7ng=="><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Punjagutta</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> flyover collapse</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> in Hyderabad in 2007 which killed two people. Gammon has also been vilified for ignoring </span></span><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Delhi/Metro-accident-Were-cracks-papered-over/articleshow/4770122.cms"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">cracks that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">construction</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> workers had noticed</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> in the pier a week ago before the incident. And that despite </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">DMRC</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> maintaining that </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090713/main1.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">no complaint mentioning the above was registered with them</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">. </span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">O</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">vernight, without a degree or a diploma in Civil engineering or site experience, one finds media-men talking like structural engineers and project management experts on the Delhi Metro bridge. To pin-point the entire blame on the contractors would be jumping the gun. One fact which hasn't been highlighted is that </span></span><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Checks-and-measures-for-Metro-contractors/488957/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">DMRC</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> carries out detailed safety checks on its contractors</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">. Visits to check compliance by the contractors on safety measures ar even made by the great man himself! Thus, the blame for the accident and subsequent loss of lives also falls on the Client. One can presume that the experienced </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">DMRC</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> chief </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">acknowledged and admitted</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> this while stepping down. </span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">It is therefore an incident which requires careful examination and better left to the experts in the enquiry committee appointed by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">DMRC</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">. They could do without over-the-top </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">sensationalisation</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> by the media which might influence their findings and indict the wrong party.</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-9218482688334180895?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-249726525157456622009-06-30T10:25:00.008+05:302009-07-04T11:32:50.705+05:30<div style="text-align: justify;">Mumbai's new "monument" has finally been commissioned. Our media has rightly exalted the Bandra-Worli Sea Link as 'Mumbai's new monument'. One news channel in particular played a collage of Mumbai's other landmarks - Gateway of India, Taj Hotel, CST, the BSE - before zooming in on the BWSL. The media has got it spot on!.. even if they might not be aware of it. Let me explain. Note that there are two essential requirements for any structure to classify as a monument. One, it has to be a stand-out, unique feature in the skyline of the city. And two, it has to be old. This project fulfills both criteria. The fact that it took almost a decade helps it in meeting, or even overtaking, the second criterion.<br /><br />Spanning over 5 km in length and 10 years in delays, this "engineering marvel" cost over four times its original estimate! What's particularly frustrating is that India's longest sea-link was not built on a Concession model (PPP) but wholly paid through Govt. grants and market borrowings by the MSRDC. The fact that communist China built seven such bridges, one of which is 32 km long in the same period, doesn't seem to deter Mumbaikars (or our patriotic media) from pagan celebrations. We might be the only nation who gets carried away with the "flow" so much that we turn oblivious to the many embarrassments associated with this project. One after another, newspapers today carried eulogies on the project that dragged so painfully slow that it was once touted a 'white elephant'. There were full page articles and ads sponsored by companies involved in the project "thanking" MSRDC and patting each other on their backs.<br /><br />Very little coverage was given to the blunders. The project, as environmentalists and urban planning experts have pointed out, will have adverse externalities and will probably defeat its traffic easing purpose. On the environment front, the exit of the Mithi will get slightly narrowed due to the bridge's piers, thus increasing chances of water level rising dangerously high in the river. Besides, since the flyovers at the Worli side, where the bridge descends, have not been constructed, one can expect major congestion at the Worli end. A fire-fighting measure being adopted is that the <a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_fear-no-jams-says-traffic-boss_1269665">traffic dispersal at Worli will be changed</a>. This is bound to cause confusion among motorists as some routes will be permitted only during certain hours. Bandra too will have its share of traffic snarls as mentioned in this <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/Bandra-residents-fret-over-snarls-after-sea-link-opens/articleshow/4703565.cms">article</a>. Besides this, the impact on the Worli Koliwada fishermen will only be known in the coming years.<br /><br />Today, after three frustrating postponements, our benevolent leaders have at long last obliged and descended from their upper echelons in <font style="font-style: italic;">Nayi Dilli</font> to inaugurate the much hyped phase I of the Western Freeway Sea Link. That the State elections are only months away makes this ribbon-cutting rank fairly high in opportunism. Yesterday night, on the auspicious time (8.10 pm) a fireworks and laser show from the BWSL. This extravagant show itself cost Rs. 9 crore! Guess MSRDC thought that after being duped of 1650 crore already it might as well throw in a little more for the galleries. The project involves numerous CCTVs at frequent intervals along its stretch and in the Toll Plaza. This is yet another example of misplaced priorities given that hardly any of Toll Plazas in Mumbai's five entry points have this surveillance facility!<br /><br />All said, nothing can however stop our junta from flooding Twitter or Orkut and Facebook communities with patriotic zeal. Shortcomings aside, we'd rather concentrate on such mediocre pleasures.<br /><br />P.S: Here's an excerpt from an <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINDEL19641720090703">interview</a> of E. Sreedharan (Delhi Metro) by Reuters on 3rd July, '09:<br /><p>'Despite the Delhi metro's success, Sreedharan said India lags far behind Asia's other emerging economic giant, China, in fast implementation, often because of <span style="font-weight: bold;">New Delhi's short-sighted planning, a lack of political will and government interference</span>.</p><p style="font-style: italic;">"That vision or determination that things should move fast, that's not available in our country,"...."Unfortunately what is happening is that everybody wants to control things. Nobody wants to take responsibility."</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-24972652515745662?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-75357208536709512252009-04-07T16:29:00.006+05:302009-04-07T16:44:06.202+05:30<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/Sds0xyGhz0I/AAAAAAAAAYA/TqP-zbzsAuM/s1600-h/1199_1_large.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 196px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/Sds0xyGhz0I/AAAAAAAAAYA/TqP-zbzsAuM/s200/1199_1_large.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321905414535761730" /></a><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Has it happened to you? Ever shown up in an inappropriate dress or some attire that “elders” frown upon? Sure it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">hasn</span>’t! It’s not necessary that embarrassments (E) I’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ve</span> had are run-of-the-mill types that strike commoners. See, everyone has the right to an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">encounter</span> or two with Mr. E.  But single digits aside, I have already, dime-a-dozen rendezvous with dishonour in my life. But this one incident in particular took the cake, ate it and fed the crumbs to the friendly neighbourhood <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">kuttas</span></span>.<br /></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">It was a Midsummer day’s <span style="TEXT-DECORATION: line-through">dream</span> reality when the mercury touched 36 deg. by noon on the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">auspicious</span> occasion of <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Mahavir</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Jayanti</span></em> , a holiday in college, and I had a <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Maha</span></em> encounter with <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Morul</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Pulees</span></em>! Although in this case the enforcers were not some Saffron-clad motley crew but my college Dean himself. This <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Pulees</span></em> Sub-Inspector “caught” me in the “act” of wearing a knee length half pant in the college library. <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Jai</span> Ho!</em> Expecting a deserted campus, I nonchalantly put on my blue tee, my black shorts and landed in the library. That time there was yet another meeting <em>(sic)</em> taking place among the Director and the Faculty (remove the ‘c’) members of this great institute of mine (a.k.a The 8<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">th</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">IIM</span>) in the same place. Sir <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Phani</span> barged in to scan the book shelf for any latest issues of a monthly. But quickly realising my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">mis</span>-step or -take, I mumbled “sorry sirs”, left that <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">under- ventilated</span> enclosure and sat in a classroom. I suspect that it was during my interruption that the Gurus caught a glimpse of my provocative, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">woolly</span> calves for the first time. Moments later, the librarian called me for some work for which I came near the counter. It was that very moment that the Dean (not exactly <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Deen</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">dayaalu</span>) happened to pass by. A double take and a few seconds later, he called me into the office, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">mano</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">-a-</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">mano</span></span>, and told me: <em>“I know today is a holiday but when you come to the college you should NOT come in such casuals. In your home or wherever outside it’s fine but here you just can’t enter in casuals.”</em> A few breaths later he ended with: <em>“Please remember there are women here in the campus </em>(my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">fav</span>. line)<em>. Don’t repeat this.”</em> I replied with a straight face: <em>“I understand, sir. Sorry”</em>. We then dispersed. <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Jai</span> Ho!</em></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The hit movie song from <em>‘John-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">hai</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">tu</span>-ya-John-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">hai</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">na</span>’</em> named after me started playing in my ears: <em>“But <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Phani</span> can’t expose <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">saala</span>!”</em> Now in the aftermath of such a red-in-the-face moment, a typical reaction from any other bloke would have been: Old people, generation gap, etc, etc. But <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Phani</span>, as you are already aware, is far from your daily urban bumpkin. A deeper analysis reveals a startling fact (startling to YOU, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">re-narration</span> of a truism for me). That the prime trigger behind my Dean’s fervent appeal to me was the features of my legs, below the knees, were simply too attractive to be ignored. They were a hazard to anyone’s concentration. They could have served as a major <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">distraction</span> to unsuspecting ladies who were diligently surfing their Orkut and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Facebook</span> accounts or chatting up “old friends” using the college landlines. One only shudders to think the mass misdirection that would have ensued had the girls from my class and among the juniors turned out in full force. “Full force” might have been exactly what they would need to restrain themselves. Another possible cause of beguilement could be the envious boys who could have cast an envious eye on my legs. They would have a hard time holding back their ladies. Both of them might even start “pulling my legs”, one literally speaking, one figuratively.</p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">This incident thus left me wiser. So far I was unmindful of my tempting twosome and took no notice of the hazards of my over gorgeousness. But no more! I took the sage advice and solemnly resolved that no more shall I leave my calves unattended especially in any place bustling with members of the opposite sex no matter how much the weather demands minimum clothing. The SI of the <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Morul</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Pulees</span></em> did me a favour.</p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Joy</span> Ho!</em></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-7535720853670951225?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-57489993008891310812008-07-26T20:29:00.011+05:302008-07-28T20:00:33.226+05:30<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:times new roman;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >Its that time of the year/month/fortnight or day when our country's top-notch sleuths (occasionally called TV News channels) switch on to Turbo mode. Barely hours after two sets of serial blasts having ripped through the non-metro cities - Bangalore and </span>Ahmedabad<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >, some groups like our media - the electronic one in particular, currency notes wavering association of India (politicians) and (in)security analysts have begun hopping around and doing what they usually do best in these times - move their lips incessantly!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >Frustratingly, unbelievable amounts of time and effort goes into the Why, How and Who of the incidents. Does it really matter to the victims whether </span>Gelatin<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" > sticks or </span>RDX<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" > or Wrigley's bubble gum was used? Or even whether timers or cellphones were used as timers? Security analysts go </span>berserk<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" > and flood each and every one-penny, two-penny media agency with the "motives" behind the blasts! Is it such rocket science that the common man can't figure out that the terrorists want to get people to start panicking and turn on one another? Does he need these intellectual scaremongers to tell him anything this obvious? In fact, all these possible stories floated by these analysts of the blasts might easily give terrorists ideas! But this only ONE of the many dissections done, mind you.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >At a furious pace, the Toms, Dicks (pun intended) and </span>Harrys<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" > in the media start rattling out girlish acronyms like </span>HuJI<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >, </span>SIMI<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >, </span>LeT<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >, </span>JeM<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" > within seconds before you can say 'U-s-a-i-n B-o-l-t'. In record time, one is fed "never-before-heard" stories of how "sleeper cells" (an annoying oxymoron) of the </span>LeT<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >/</span>HuJI<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" > have co-ordinated with local </span>outfits<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" > and planned the whole thing. Journalists jump, </span>infact<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" > leap, to conclusions on how the whole plan was hatched WAY before the investigating authorities conclude their findings. That itself (investigations), in our country, happens at such a break-neck speed.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >Reports are in that </span>Guiness<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" > is contemplating setting up camp in India to study how even the much veneered Scotland Yard has lagged our very own, thoroughbred Policemen in cracking these cases in minutes. And as a matter-of-</span>factly<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >, that same old, verbose, repetitive story is narrated of how the bombers </span>attended<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" > training camps in one of our jobless Islamic neighbouring countries and then crossed over and carried out their sinister plans.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >And for all this common knowledge, </span>talkshows<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" > are organised and expert opinions are sought. TV Channels even exhort people to send them video footage they might have happened to capture at the scene </span>of<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" > the incident. These kind of 'Citizen Journalist' </span>campaigns<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" > irk me no end. Are they implying that citizens start using their cellphone cameras and zoom in on people bleeding on the streets instead of lending them a helping hand? Footage of the blasts, if captured, ought to be handed over to the Police and no one else. Worse in the middle are the men of straw in our legislature.- babbling hackneyed rhetoric of and yielding no breakthroughs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >Simple question: Would the media would not be better off pressurizing politicians to take action with the same gusto like they (the media) showed in the Jessica </span>Lal<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" > case? Isn't it high time we saw tangible results like implementation of stricter laws, improving co-ordination among police and giving them more teeth?</span><br /><br /><br /></div><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-5748999300889131081?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-4264885313710480932008-04-28T22:25:00.003+05:302008-04-29T22:37:36.535+05:30You read right!<br /><br />See, India has truly "arrived" on the world stage, everybody. We are going.. in fact, almost have gone, "global". We have embraced, if not molested, western culture hook line and sinker with the unanimous consent of our populous - something our efficient and neutral media does within a second, at will to make bloody accurate generalizations.<br /><br />By truly entrenching the ideals of democracy where the masses - urban/western youth - that makes for 90% of our strength and blowing hot and cold over every perceived encroachment on "freedom-of-speech", our "nationalists" have ignenuously "opened" up our country and her god-damned culture, which dates back to as recently as 350 BC, to the outsiders. Our right to express ourselves albeit at the cost of suppressing others' views has given a unique turn to the whole idea of free-thinking.<br /><br />The country's leading "liberal" foot soldiers have kicked the conservatives' (let me use the infrequent alternative - 'moral police') behinds for their totally unprovoked objection to foreigners movin' to music, as a means to cheer up a crowd.<br /><br />Why not ban item numbers in our movies?, they ask.<br /><br />Why not discipline the men who jeer at the cheerleaders? they fume.<br /><br />First, let's look at the very need of some bunch of dancers by the boundary ropes. They're meant to egg on the crowds, to cheer them up and get them on their feet. Right? But the point here is, do Indian crowds, who are already Cricket-mad, need anything more than watching their idols live to get them excited? No, methinks! Maybe in other countries, where the crowds are somewhat somber, having cheerleaders would have clicked and made sense.<br /><br />Conclusion: cheerleaders are futile.<br /><br />Now as for the obvious questions thrown. The liberals "accidentally" forget the fact that movies are certified 'A' or 'U' or 'U/A' depending the amount of "explicit" content they contain. They contain a certain message hinting what the content is about unlike Cricket, or any other sport. So, does that mean Cricket matches should also be displaying some 'warning' or some sort at their gates? No, but since time immemorial, movies are <span style="font-weight: bold;">known</span> to contain displays of affection and this trend has now evolved into more and more show of flesh. It is but a natural progression. The viewers know what to expect sometime in the middle of the movie. Also, their is a certain element of creativity which can be exploited through nudity. Again, Bollywood movies are also not watched by as many people in the country as compared to Cricket, definitely not the "bold" flicks. And for that, I don't need to do no survey, I'm sure of it.<br /><br />But Cricket? when was this 'Gentleman's game' or any non-American sport ever known to the commoners to be a place where one gets to watch skimpily-clad blondes strut their behinds like they're in some pub in the middle of their Spring break? Common-sense, something that goes flying out of the window whenever the "moral police" blares its horn, says citizens of our country would find this uncomfortable and parents would get jitters letting their young children watch white trash. And I don't even need to explain that. Then why is the "grown up", higher-middle class intelligentsia ramming its' <span style="font-style: italic;">Chalta-hai</span> attitude down the whole country's throat? Not one to miss out on whipping up some drama, the media men pass verdicts and denounce the ministers for turning Maharashtra into an "intolerant state". The same old 'Don't they have better issues to be bothered about?' counter comes out of their creative minds. This very same counter came up when names of cities are changed which the liberals are, you guessed it, opposed to as it degrades the city's "brand value"?<br /><br />As for catching the men who misbehave, that is a no-compromise and should be dealt with harshly. But this is, sadly, a <span style="font-weight: bold;">fact </span>in a country like ours. Resolving it won't happen overnight and we have to accept that. Isn't it as simple as a make-shift solution that some venues ought to be free from any provocation to the Indian male? And given the nationalities of the cheerleaders and the subsequent jeering reportedly done by some men in the stadias, aren't we aggravating our damaged reputation of shameful incidents towards foreigners?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-426488531371048093?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-6645268059933521652008-03-31T14:49:00.005+05:302008-04-03T22:07:57.685+05:30<span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://happybunny.orbitearthstores.com/images/StupidPeopleLarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 220px;" src="http://happybunny.orbitearthstores.com/images/StupidPeopleLarge.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">We Indians have a knack of coming up with wise-cracks so often. But sometimes...we need to be a little creative, right ? Some corny, cheesy lines we tend to over-do. Here they are...<br /><br />Whenever you ask them if they have learnt a certain foreign language, say after living somewhere out of town, they say "Little, little" in that language and then giggle about it like it's the first freakin time we've heard this. E.g<br />Y: Hey X, how much Tamil have you learnt huh?<br />X: <span style="font-style: italic;">Konjum Konjum, hehehe </span>(and then bares his teeth, acting cute)<br /><br />When asked about how they were in class during their school days, they shamelessly babble the "seldom" repeated: "I was an out-standing student in my class. Meaning I always used to stand outside the class as punishment from my teacher." And you start to think that the teacher was being a little light on the bastard!<br /><br />You buy a shirt or a pair of shoes you really liked from a small shop or a mall, whatever. On seeing that, Mr. Smart Ass (hereafter referred to, quite derogatorily as MSA) asks you the price you paid for the shoes. You say "1200 Rs." He immediately bursts out into a silly mocking laugh "Hehehehee" and tells you, pretty loudly, that he (or his equally deranged friend) bought a similar pair for Rs. 500, whatever. "Ek baar pooch toh liya hota na?", MSA says quite matter-of-factly. And if you don't react like he wanted you to or you just give him a 'OK, whatever' face then he carries on and on till you're forced to say "OK fine, next time, I'll ask you when I go out." Finally he spares you with a parting "1200 Rs., ha ha!"<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">*A to B: Exams are around the corner.</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">B to A: Well buddy hope you are studying hard OR are you hardly studying?<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >*(Contributed by Aditya Srinivaasan)</span><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">More to come, guys, more to come...<br /><br /></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-664526805993352165?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-84045078214626327022008-01-13T15:44:00.002+05:302008-03-31T15:08:37.987+05:30<a href="http://www.thanksabillion.com/images/thanks_a_billion_logo.gif"><img alt="" src="http://www.thanksabillion.com/images/thanks_a_billion_logo.gif" border="0" height="178" /></a> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"...carrying the hopes of a billion people..."</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"...of a billion dreams... "</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"...the Blue billion... "</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"...comprising one-sixth of humanity... "</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"...billion pigtails... "</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"...billion no-gooders..."</span><br /></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"...billion blah-blah-blahs..."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Now when did you last come across such a dreary phrase? Chances are, I bet, yesterday/today or the last minute! Lines like these have caught our e-media’s fancy ad infinitum ever since we crossed 100 crore in 2000. The phrases are used indiscriminately for exaggerating the burden on any one of our always-flattering-to-deceive national sport teams on the eve of “battle” (like, say, the Cricket team before embarking on their tour of Australia or before the final of the T20 World Cup final). The intent here is to create an illusory hope or “weight” in the minds of the people of the occasion.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Besides being statistically inaccurate, the phrase is also monotonous and a hyperbole. I utterly despise it as it is plain hogwash simply because not everyone is concerned whether the sports team raked in the moolah in the World Cup or sent its arch rival packing. Surprisingly, having 20% of us below poverty line and the same percentage illiterate never deters morons from using such phrases. Is being a billion-strong something to be proud of, given how the people in our country fail to get two sqaure meals a day? If the phrase is to be understood in detail, it goes to say that the entire population, including infants, the hospitalized (unconscious), the ones who do not follow the sport at all and the largest group of our nation - the ignorant, are all automatically included in the category of I-really-hope-our-team-wins-coz-that-gets-food-into-my-mouth.</span><br /><br /></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The gullible (a.k.a the masses) are easily influenced by such instigation and skip work, college, school and lose out on “really” contributing to the country in order to watch the match. One day of productive labour is lost or reduced, which counts; given how frivolous instances like sentences in film songs force </span><i style="font-family: times new roman;">bandhs</i><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> so often. Raising the expectations to such levels often results in violent and foul reactions from the people whenever, say the Cricket team, fails miserably as if the team really let us down and sunk our national pride. As you see, in our cricket-mad country, you have nobodies burning effigies, posters, shouting slogans and coming out on the streets at the drop of a hat. Add to that our over-efficient media who covers each one of those nobodies in the name of 'breaking news' - which has to be taken literally in such cases. Frustrated mobs begin to think that we are finished as a nation and there's no pride in being Indian anymore.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">So the nex ttime you read such 'bullion', ignore it like it were a ciggarette stub or </span><i style="font-family: times new roman;">paan </i><span style="font-family:times new roman;">stain on the footpath.<br /><br /></span></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-8404507821462632702?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-89151305747148802092007-12-30T20:14:00.001+05:302008-03-31T15:07:27.951+05:30<p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">It was around 6 in the evening that I first watched the breaking news about the bomb blast killing over 25 at Benazir’s election rally speech in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Rawalpindi</st1:place></st1:city>. After following it for some time, I briskly browsed through all the news channels which were more or less reporting the same details on that suicide bomb attack. But it was when I switched to BBC; I read the flash news about Benazir being in critical condition in a hospital in ‘Pindi. Seconds later, on Headlines Today, I first read that she has been declared dead. Needless to say, the news channels went into a tizzy. Reportedly, she had been killed by two armed militants who opened fire at her car at 6.46. It’s true why they say ‘History repeats itself’ - Liaqat Khan – Pak’s first PM was assassinated at the same place decades ago as Benazir was today – ‘Pindi.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Asma Jehangir’s was sobbing while talking to NDTV 24X7 about the incident. Her hatred for the Pak army and Musharraf in particular was quite evident. The mood in Pak – my guess – is also. At the same time she was in mourning the loss of one of “Pak’s hope”. Almost all our leaders expressed the usual ‘shock’, ‘condemnable’ and ‘cowardly act’ on the fatal attack. The sympathy and sorrow expressed is a little over-the-top in my opinion. Next thing you know, our govt. may even declare a day or two of mourning and our flags held at half mast. As my friend Jimmy rightly pointed out, Benazir is no Mother Teresa to be mourned over so much. It was during her first tenure that <st1:place st="on">Punjab</st1:place> (Pak) based Sikh militants spread their tentacles across the border and backed the Indian separatists during the Khalistan movement. J&amp;K too witnessed mass infiltration of Mujahideen from across the LoC. Her turning a blind eye to the Pak army and ISI backed terrorist infrastructure in the valley is but obvious.</span></p><div style="font-family: times new roman;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">As expected the newspapers came out screaming out</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">CNN-IBN has really gotten on my nerves by it's 'Light a candle' campaign for Benazir</span></p></div><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The incident now is a freaky coincidence, given the fact that Indira and Rajiv and Zulfikar Ali and Benazir – the two most famous and popular parent and child duos of the two countries met their ends on the same way in almost identical events. The storming of the Lal Masjid earlier this year was also de ja vu to Indians following the episode as something similar had taken place in ’84 when Operation Bluestar was carried out in the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Golden</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Temple</st1:placetype></st1:place>. <b>WAIT</b>!! But it doesn’t stop there. Musharraf’s PCO in November was supposedly to “wipe out” extremism and remove any “interference” by the judiciary. Indira Gandhi had also imposed the same in ’75 to root out corruption and lawlessness. But the popular belief on the both side during their respective emergencies was that the leaders had done so only to save their skins and remain in power. The scenes witnessed in both countries during the “emergency” times were also similar.</span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">P.S: In case you're wondering if this is a rip off from some news article, I wrote this on the 27th but I have posted it now because I could not access the internet till today</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-8915130574714880209?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-7689807254847955832007-12-14T18:36:00.000+05:302007-12-14T18:38:57.870+05:30Green line, Seven Eleven<br />You stop in<br />For a pack of cigarettes<br />You don't smoke<br />Don't even want to<br />And now check you change<br />Dressed up like a car crash<br />The wheels are turning<br />But you're upside down<br />You say when he hits you<br />You don't mind<br />Because when he hurts you<br />You feel alive<br />Is that what it is?<br /><br />Red light, grey morning<br />You stumble<br />Out of a hole in the ground<br />A vampire or a victim<br />It depends on who's around<br />You used to stay in<br />To watch the adverts<br />You could lip synch<br />To the talk shows<br />And if you look<br />You look through me<br />And when you talk<br />It's not to me<br />And when I touch you<br />You don't feel a thing<br /><br />If I could stay<br />Then the night would give you up<br />Stay<br />Then the day would keep its trust<br />Stay and the night would be enough<br />Faraway, so close<br />Up with the static and the radio<br />With satellite television<br />You can go anywhere<br />Miami, New Orleans<br />London, Belfast and Berlin<br />And if you listen<br />I can't call<br />And if you jump<br />You just might fall<br />And if you shout<br />I'll only hear you<br /><br /><br />If I could stay<br />Then the night would give you up<br />Stay<br />Then the day would keep its trust<br />Stay<br />With the demons you drowned<br />Stay<br />With the spirits I found<br />Stay<br />And the night would be enough<br /><br />Three o'clock in the morning<br />It's quiet and there's no one around<br />Just the bang and the clatter<br />As an angel runs to ground<br />Just the bang and the clatter<br />As an angel hits to ground<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-768980725484795583?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-33379237615600365152007-12-06T16:19:00.000+05:302007-12-08T19:14:20.122+05:30<div align="justify"><strong><u>Kind</u></strong><u><strong> </strong></u><u><strong>a</strong></u><strong><u>ttn</u></strong><strong> :</strong> <i>This post appeared verbatim in TheTimes Of India's Bangalore edition on 8th Dec 2007 on the edit page <strong>as one of the letters to the editor</strong> on pg. 22. 'The letter is titled PM has better things to do' although I emailed it with the same title as this blog.</i><br /></div> <br />Click here <a href="http://epaper.timesofindia.com">http://epaper.timesofindia.com</a> to read my letter in the e-paper<br /><br /><div align="justify">With Anil Ambani and Mayawati both "dashing out" letters to the Prime Minister at the drop of a hat, one wonders if they feel the PM has nothing else to do all day but read their grievances. Agreed, the PMO's address is public information but such "dashes" from the influential (Anil has written three in 2 weeks) seem more like a show of power that they know people in high places than anything. Do they expect the PM to sit and kill competition or ban a Bollywood flick? If such trivial issues are brought to the PM's notice then we all might as well start writing about the daily commuting troubles we face.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-3337923761560036515?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-57746939188589140472007-11-28T11:33:00.002+05:302008-03-31T15:06:27.589+05:30<div align="justify" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.chroniclejournal.com/includes/CP_stories/60/60778.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 194px; height: 234px;" alt="" src="http://www.chroniclejournal.com/includes/CP_stories/60/60778.jpg" border="0" /></a>News on Sanjay Dutt being granted bail was oh-so coming. My suspicion is that the SC might have taken public sympathy, pleading from INC president for her party MP's sibling, Sanjay's good behaviour, charity work (probation), possible losses to the film industry into account while letting him go - for the moment.<br /><br />I'm no legal eagle but on the face of it, the bail seems to be undeserving especially given the fact that he didn't even spend 2 years behind bars. </span></div><div face="times new roman" align="justify"> </div><div style="font-family: times new roman;" align="justify"><span style="font-size:130%;">To me, the initial verdict seemed fair as it was an educative one and one that served as a warning to the public that one's status in society is immaterial when one has committed a crime. He was earlier given bail on grounds I don't know why but him having contacts with anti-nationals and that too during 'riot season' was reason enough to me for him to be sweating it out in jail.<br /><br />His sentence given earlier this year too seemed fair - although it's severity seemed a tad harsh or atleast that was what the media thought. Solidarity shown by fellow actors and the film industry made me sick.<br /><br />Interesting how the media widely covered his every trip to orphanages, trusts and temples while he awaited his sentence earlier this year. To me, Sanjay was running pillar to post to increase his Karma points in the public eye. Maybe he was attempting an image make-over. Come to think of it, his role as Munnabhai in the blockbuster movie also seemed like a step in that direction.<br /><br />On this bail though, the CBI, whether under influence or not I don't know, said that it is not going to oppose bail petitions of those who were not a part of the "main conspiracy". With nobody contesting the bail, the possibility beckons that it may extend indefinitely. Basically, it's more or less concievable that it will be the last time Sanjay will ever be behind bars, at least relating to this incident which is disappointing since the case ran for almost 15 years and frustrated many including the city police, the Dutt family and the other co-accused who were sentenced along with Sanjay only for SC to set aside a lower court's sentence.<br /><br />This anti-climactic sympathy was never coming. The very purpose of setting up ad-hoc courts for speedy trials is defeated and especially that which was deliberated over for almost a decade and a half.<br /><br />I'd like to know what you guys think about this.<br /><br />Tailpiece: I was amused on reading this line that appeared in Rediff - <em>"The news of Sanjay Dutt's release on bail has come as a relief to producers of 'Mr Fraud', 'Kidnap'.."</em> The titles of the movies made for a good laugh<br /><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-5774693918858914047?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-66522092097171068282007-11-16T15:36:00.002+05:302008-03-31T15:05:32.143+05:30<div style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Lo and behold!<br /><br />The winner of hurts, the ultimate in dim-wit humour, connoisseur of merriment, the (be)little master, the champion of the qwerty keyboard, the maverick writer, the un-shaven always-a-light-bearded dude who’s ongoing mission in life remains to “boldly go where no (wise) man has gone before >>> the barber”, the occasional janitor of his bathroom and the stuff dreams (the clean, dry ones) are made of, and lastly, the undisputed </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Bad-Shah</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> of over-indulgence when it comes to using commas, quotes and parentheses to form long and reader un-friendly sentences is back to the un-real world of blogging hook line and sinker.<br /><br /> I thought it's high time I got back at.. err.. I mean got back 'to' all my readers who have stood by me through thick, thin and crap. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >My email has been flooded with requests for a new blog</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> (I've made the above line bold so that you don't miss it.. afterall - IQ 150 hai bhai!!). Some have been really restrained in expressing their longing for new wisdom from yours truly. Readers, loyal and otherwise, are all puzzled by my conspicuous and high-profile absence. After reluctantly giving in to their pitiful pleading, I have decided to reveal the reasons for my long hiatus.<br /><br /> See, I have my plate full of heavy-dooty subjects like ‘Accounting’, ‘Marketing’, ‘Computer Applications’, ‘Economy’… where you’re given a free hand and a sudden divine right to act like you're in jargon-land where people frown at you when you indulge in loose, un-specific Gujju, Dalal street lingo like '</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >arre apro Mookes Omboni duniyo ne sabse omeer odmi ban gaya hai ne</span><span style="font-size:130%;">?’ instead of ‘Mukesh Ambani becomes the world’s richest man in terms of Market Capitalization! But if you want to sound atleast a little cool and veteran-ish with capital market terminologies, you should say market ‘cap’. (Hmph! In which other blogs will you get to read such not-so-obvious gyaan, huh? Bolo, bolo!) We are also taught computer application, statistics (which I am too keen on getting under after hearing that evergreen Sidhuism: 'Statistics are like a girls' skirt, they hide more than they reveal') and the last subject being ‘Organised crime’.. (again purposely commits a mistake so that he can use his favourite word >> ‘err’).. I mean ‘Organized Behaviour’ le! ('le' is, bytheway, a Kannada word for 're' in Marathi/Mumbaiyya, whatever. I've begun using it indiscriminately as if I was born in interior Belgavi and have been living in namma Bengaluru since the day I began thinking cool, which, needless to say was a long time ago). And since we have begun talking about Kannada, which I was going to come to sooner or later.. this being nanna blog afterall, I can proudly trumpet that I have working knowledge of it (working as in..it seems to be). Proper, methodical and unwavering guidance by my Kannada-speaking friends has resulted in me shamelessly enlightening simple, ignorant Kannadigas of the sheer magic of the plethora of abuses they are missing out on in their mother-tongue.<br /><br />While I carry on with my mission, thou shall satiate thyself by intensely reading this blog over and over again till thou heart's content.<br /><br />Till next timeth, I wish thee farewell.<br /><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-6652209209717106828?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-89704364145159995852007-07-20T18:07:00.000+05:302008-12-11T00:16:08.836+05:30<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/RqNScKTyndI/AAAAAAAAABo/ZC7Y298COMs/s1600-h/ED191E45B3D6452FB36D2D4EB9D8AE54.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090002647615970770" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/RqNScKTyndI/AAAAAAAAABo/ZC7Y298COMs/s200/ED191E45B3D6452FB36D2D4EB9D8AE54.jpg" border="0" /></a>Thaaaats rrrrriighhtt! Lay-dees and Genital-men, the much awaited nerve racking, nail biting and dandruff inhibiting results of 'bloodyimportantexam' are out and once again the XX chromosomes have come out trumps in the battle of the sexes which the helpless boys weren't aware had begun. Banners in almost every one penny, two penny newspaper read 'Girls outshine Boys!' some even had sub-titles which read <em>'this is really good for boys' self esteem</em>' or <em>'serves you beasts right, ha</em>!'. Technically speaking, they are spot on. Being the fairer sex, girls have the natural advantage of reflecting white light off their skin better than boys. Therefore no objection to the act of "outshining" that girls have managed to perform. The "outshined" boys, especially those who aspired to enter the field of journalism, have now learned their lessons and have come to understand that true gender equality lies in coming up with headlines that demean their own kind and create a gender war. hmph..kids these days, I tell you..so naive!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-8970436414515999585?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-71843922268504751232007-06-08T19:44:00.000+05:302007-06-08T22:10:06.197+05:30In case you forgot, let me joggle your memory about something relevant.<br /><br />Our government is involved in a peace process (an irreversible one..remember?) with an arch enemy - Pakistan. Yes, we're still "at it". A visit by our PM to Pakistan for talks is due and has long been so. Reports suggest he might not do so this year given the situation over there.<br /><br />Representatives of both sides have held four rounds of talks/discussions so far. The last one was held in January in Islamabad. At the end of each round the same hackneyed statement emerges "Talks were held in a friendly atmosphere..both sides have agreed in principle to continue discussing..the dates for the next round of talk will be finalised soon"<br /><br />In case you forgot, since the peace process began in January 2004 leave alone that of the proprietorship of the valley, even comparatively smaller bones of contention don't appear close to resolution.<br /><br />Siachen where hundreds of our Jawans and theirs brave the sub zero climate to guard their parts of a lifeless barren piece of frozen water! Sustaining such numbers in these altitudes costs a fortune; substantial amounts of public money is needlessly spent and continues to be spent as defence allocation keeps increasing with each passing year (a 11% increase compared to last year).<br /><br />Sir Creek - one where both sides can't seem to agree to a common map even. Both countries tussle like all the gas reserves of the world are hidden beneath the creek. Even the joint survey which was recently concluded could not produce a breakthrough during last month's talks.<br /><br />Transfer of prisoners - some who have unknowingly strayed across the border or who are mistaken for spies still languish in jails. Every round of talks raises expectations of the relatives of those prisoners and at the end of it disappoints them.<br /><br />The sole exception being the Baglihar dam which wasn't really mutually solved, mind you. Both sides agreed to the UN appointed arbitrator's verdict.<br /><br />Our Jawans of the army,upwards of 5 lakh in the valley alone,and paramilitary still patrol the LOC day in and day out and continue combing the streets of Kashmier to flush out insurgents/freedom fighters/whatever you call them. Life hasn't gotten any easier for them since the 6th of Januray 2004 has it? The always-in-the-news,never ending army excesses and human rights abuses are a direct fallout of the prolonged and forced stay of our Jawans in the valley coupled with the sweeping powers it is provided with by the dreaded AFSPA.<br /><br />As for the valley, President Musharraf's four point formula - which experts see as a climb down or softening of Pakistan's stand on Kashmier, has faded from public memory. My prediction is that the UPA will drag its feet as long as it can so long as the 2009 Lok Sabha elections are some time away and when the elections start nearing, it (UPA)will speed up the negotiations with the other side and also wax about how it has succeeded in the peace process with Pak in its election campaigns. Acting on expected lines, some sections of our media too are helping the govt. find reasons to be unhappy with Pakistan. An exercise in brain washing is proceeding and has been for a while now, not just in demonising Pakistan but also China. It is not for no reason that the Pakistanis (government officials as well as media) view Indian press as biased and pro-establishment. It seems to be in our govt's interests to buy time and do as little as it can do stall the stagnating peace process. Urgency will only kick in once the summer of 2009 approaches.<br /><br />Till then though, we shall continue to "do the rounds"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-7184392226850475123?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-70417000752124850552007-05-02T19:10:00.000+05:302007-05-02T19:13:06.466+05:30Dave Matthews Band - Satellite<br /><br />Click the first video on the right<br /><br />Satellite in my eyes<br />Like a diamond in the sky<br />How I wonder.<br />Satellite strung from the moon<br />And the world your balloon<br />Peeping tom for the mother station<br />Winters cold spring erases<br />And the calm away by the storm is chasing<br />Everything good needs replacing<br />Look up, look down all around, hey satellite<br />Satellite, headlines read<br />Someones secrets youve seen<br />Eyes and ears have been<br />Satellite dish in my yard<br />Tell me more, tell me more<br />Whos the king of your satellite castle? <br />Winters cold spring erases<br />And the calm away by the storm is chasing<br />Everything good needs replacing<br />Look up, look down all around, hey satellite<br />Rest high above the clouds no resrictions<br />Television we bounce round the world<br />And while I spend these hours<br />Five senses reeling,<br />I laugh about the weathermans satellite eyes.<br />Satellite in my eyes<br />Like a diamond in the sky<br />How I wonder.<br />Satellite strung from the moon<br />And the world your balloon<br />Peeping tom for the mother station<br />Winters cold spring erases<br />And the calm away by the storm is chasing<br />Everything good needs replacing<br />Look up, look down all around, hey satellite<br />Rest high above the clouds no restrictions<br />Television you bounce from the world<br />And while I spend these hours<br />Five senses reeling<br />I laugh about this world in my satellite eyes.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-7041700075212485055?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-41839291105054407802007-04-22T13:20:00.000+05:302007-04-22T13:29:06.228+05:30Click the 2nd video on your right<br /><br />Duran Duran - "Someone Else Not Me"<br /><br />Now while the beat is slow<br />Here in your arms I sway<br />Now that the light is low<br />Something I want to say<br />I guess you've known it for a while<br />But I mean trouble<br />I only want to see you smile<br />And I burst this bubble<br />The hardest thing is to let go<br /><br />When love is real...<br />Like a flower loves a bee<br />But I know you're meant to give yourself to someone else<br />Not me<br /><br />And I could carry on with you<br />Does that sound crazy?<br />I think you feel the same way too<br />And you can't face it<br />The hardest thing is to let go<br /><br />But it's not defeat<br />When you set somebody free<br />And I know you're meant to be yourself with someone else<br />Not me<br /><br />Can you let go?<br />'Cause that's love that's real<br />Like a flower loves a bee<br />And you know you're meant to give yourself to someone else<br />Not me<br /><br />Somebody else not me<br />Meant for somebody else not me<br />Somebody else not me<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-4183929110505440780?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-78510073622659988002007-03-27T17:02:00.000+05:302008-12-11T00:16:09.228+05:30<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/RgkL5iKKeJI/AAAAAAAAABg/Q25baLz3F5k/s1600-h/break_glass.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/RgkL5iKKeJI/AAAAAAAAABg/Q25baLz3F5k/s320/break_glass.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5046577940495235218" border="0" /></a><br />The last fortnight was truly an eventful one for me. I had my first ever glimpse of mobs (of the <span style="font-style: italic;">tod-phod </span>type) albeit of the juvenile/minor kind. Where? Who?.. Mahatma Gandhi Mission's college yaaph yinginyering yaand tuchno(low,all time)gy, Students protesting the fee hike. Also, some really cool slogans which I learnt were: "<span style="font-style: italic;">Chor hai, chor hai, MGM chor hai", "Jhoota hai,jhoota hai, principal jhoota hai</span>" and the tacky,corny crowd favourite "MGM <span style="font-style: italic;">hai ha</span>i!!" I must admit though; the hike notice really roused the dormant artist in them. Posters, and there were quite a few of them, were pasted on every vinyl inch of the college walls, cartoons mocking the principal and the head trustee, which they don't trust anymore, in addition to plain dumb graffiti like "NO FEE HIKE!" and the in-your-face warning "Do not <span style="font-weight: bold;">attain</span> lectures". Spelling mistake? Yes.. but as Ratan Noora would put it, "<span style="font-style: italic;">bhaavnaaon ko samjho</span>". Those who took admission in 02-03, like moi, were exempted from the hike but to the majority it was applicable. On reading the notice (with great difficulty and with the help of last semester's PCT topper), the suave, uber-cool stew-dents formed a large mob before the entrance and shattered the glass doors in anger. Given the lack of ventilation in classrooms and inadequate sunlight, this indeed was an opportune move. Effigies of the principal and the head trustee were made and burnt using Ship matchsticks and pocket cigarette lighters. The nation's most eminent and pioneering news channels (ETV Marathi, NMTV and Sahara Samay) were drawn to this incident and the TV cameras certainly gave stew-dents their 15 seconds of fame they craved for. Giggling faces, feigned anger and "<span style="font-style: italic;">arre tikde bugh, camera aale</span>" became the in-thing. The episode lasted for much of four days and later fizzled out into a more sedate "We are still in protest but will resume attending lectures the coming week". I doubt this would have been the stand if there were any glass doors intact though. For most, the week was something out of the ordinary given the undercurrent of excitement one could feel all around the campus. In fact, un-confirmed but largely believable reports are coming in that most <span style="font-style: italic;">vidyarthis</span> were glued to their TV sets hoping to catch a glimpse of their exploits the whole week.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-7851007362265998800?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-23382197070405429362007-03-07T18:10:00.001+05:302007-03-07T18:18:27.262+05:30Hi dear friends! (you're dear 'coz you read my blog) I gave the CET last month; wasn't bad. College is full of hustle-bustle of late. I'm striving to meet deadlines for getting my assignments checked. A lot of project work too is pending so expect me to be preoccupied and out of action (the blogging one) for atleast a week. Catch you later :)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-2338219707040542936?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-77873456867992331012007-02-19T14:53:00.000+05:302007-02-26T17:17:28.377+05:30Our politicians sure seem to have a way with words and at certain times, they somehow seem to be at their eloquent,loquacious best. Yet another bomb blast occurred last night inside two coaches of the Delhi-Attari <span style="font-style: italic;">Samjhauta </span>express killing 66 people. The moment one reads this, even if he knows an iota about how things are here, one will easily guess what the motive is and who dunnit. I find it amusing how easy it is to accurately predict reactions of our leaders when such incidents occur. They know what to say without any emotion at all; all their responses are mere studied ones, not with any conviction or seriousness. Promptly, they offer 'X' lakh Rs. compensation, and (to save their bottoms) promise that the police will get to the bottom of the incident.<br /><br />A few mindless, hackneyed ones that came out this time around are..<br /><br />1. "<span style="font-style: italic;">We condemn this incident</span>." - PM (achaa?)<br />2. "<span style="font-style: italic;">It is an act of terrorism</span>." - HM (ha! no way, <span style="font-style: italic;">kya baat kar raha hai</span>)<br />3. "<span style="font-style: italic;">It is an act of cowardice</span>." (heard THAT before)<br />4. "<span style="font-style: italic;">India will not bow before terrorism</span>." PM again (he said the same thing after 7/11)<br />5. "<span style="font-style: italic;">Terrorists trying to derail the peace process</span>." (literally derail. RM at his obvious best)<br />6. "<span style="font-style: italic;">Matter will be investigated</span>." (HM again)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Notice how not a single statement among these even remotely hints at any sort of apology or regret</span>! Why cant they hold themselves slightly accountable and own up to the security lapses? Its clear that it isn't done because of the fear of being taken to the cleaners by the opposition parties and would be tantamount to political suicide?<br /><br />F.Y.I:<br />PM - prime minister<br />HM - home minister<br />RM - railway minister<br /><br />All this thrash talk showing defiance/courage is alright but how about being on one's toes 24X7? Why do we wait for such a thing to happen to get alert? Why is it that a nation, 3 times our size and MANY times as likely to be a victim of terror attack given its policies, hasn't witnessed a single terrorist attack after 9/11? When is the Indian Railways going to realise that it IS a favourite of terrorists? It ought to come down like a ton of bricks on the incompetent personnel who were in-charge of frisking the passengers and security. Now even foreigners are paying the price for their laxity 'coz the blasts claimed many Pakistani passengers as well.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-7787345686799233101?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-63110263123867174212007-02-16T17:47:00.000+05:302008-12-11T00:16:09.431+05:30<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/RdWlY2kL5SI/AAAAAAAAABI/93aYLTCzvp8/s1600-h/ecstatic.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/RdWlY2kL5SI/AAAAAAAAABI/93aYLTCzvp8/s320/ecstatic.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032110005039129890" border="0" /></a>Hi guys! Just wanna share something I'm ecstatic about. My 7th semester results are out, they were declared yesterday, and I have passed!! I am so relieved and pleasantly surprised 'coz my elective wasn't exactly great but shockingly I scored 59 in it :) although the fact that I was awarded grace marks ('condoned' is the word actually) in a paper I thought I would walk all over is another matter. This,in fact, is the first time I have cleared all subjects of a single semester in my first attempt so that makes it TWO firsts :D Secondly, lol, this has made my folks very very happy. You are now reading the blog of a guy who just cant seem to wipe the satisfaction off his face. There's a spring in his step, with occasional tip-toe jumps, frequent snapping of fingers, broad chest, and a chin that's anti-gravity. Cheers! (hic):D<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-6311026312386717421?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-29096459500508322592007-01-30T15:04:00.000+05:302008-12-11T00:16:09.554+05:30<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/Rb8anYOtP7I/AAAAAAAAAA4/3E31l7O0ZSA/s1600-h/registrationbox.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/Rb8anYOtP7I/AAAAAAAAAA4/3E31l7O0ZSA/s320/registrationbox.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025764972990119858" border="0" /></a>In what can be described as a clear misunderstanding of the utterance of some words in Shiv Sena founder/leader/....be all and end all - Bal Thackeray's public speech on Sunday, the media reported that he warned of violence if Mumbai is delinked from Maharashtra. No section of the media cared to look into the other issue with regard to which he may have said what he did: "Mumbai will burn!". If they even slightly had their wits about them then they would have remembered that the speech came only a week after 30,000 jobless,unemployed and sick-of-everything-Mumbai enthusiasts ran their hearts out in a marathon organised by the "Poised" (and biased) Times Of India group. According to www.quacks-thrive-coz-u-r-dumb.com, Mumbaikars burnt 1200000 calories of fat, skin, acne, hair while running mindlessly for 10 kilometers in what seemed like a drill conducted by the Mumbai police to prepare for the scramble one may have to make during possible,future cases of rioting and deluges. The mercurial Mumbaikar (Mr.Thackeray), it was reported, had not read the papers for the last two weeks. He merely stated the obvious while talking of the marathon to the obese that the marathon (which Mumbaikars often run to get a glimpse of rare, 'once-in-a-green-moon' sights of clean roads) has several benefits. The city's treadmill manufacturers, who have always been pro-Congress since the days of rubber mats, were the real target of BT who have reportedly gone into losses following the out-and-out contempt shown for treadmills shown by the runners who gave a 'screw-them-treadmills' look of satisfaction when they finished their dream runs.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-2909645950050832259?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-45711220805720505552007-01-25T18:41:00.000+05:302007-01-25T18:52:55.179+05:30Its a sad sort of day for me. I usually have such days a few times a year and its the same sinking,surrendering feeling I'm filled with again right now, this instant. I guess when one does not get what one hopes (not being selected for a B-school, in my case), one's bound to have that 'so close, yet so far' feeling. My emotions are somewhat similar. Maybe it wasn't in my destiny. Compared to my previous 'sad' days, I'm extra depressed this time 'coz I really thought I'd get through once I finished with the rounds which I believe went through pretty satisfactorily. I try talking to a close friend but the situation isn't any better. Some say maybe something better is in store for me but I'm still depressed. Lets see, maybe next time. I know I somehow have to bear this defeat but like every other time, I'm finding it tough. Maybe some time alone will help. I try saying in my mind '<span style="font-style: italic;">Jo bhi hota hai achche ke liye hota hai</span>' (Whatever happens happens for the good) <span style="font-style: italic;">Dekhte hain, dekhte hain</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-4571122080572050555?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-52250936131983566032007-01-21T16:46:00.000+05:302007-01-23T16:32:18.539+05:30Too much has already been written on <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Shilpa</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Shetty</span> and her "<span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">traumatic</span>" experience in Channel 4's reality show 'Big Brother'.Wait... <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">don't</span> get me wrong, <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">I'm</span> gonna do exactly the same now.<br /><br />As always, my ultra-sensitive fellow countrymen reacted "strongly" and our over enthusiastic media stoked their emotions. No one bothered to actually verify whether Jade Goody (without two shoes actually) did utter the words or were they just media speculation. <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Barkha</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Dutt</span> wrote in her article 'Pride and prejudice' in HT (Jan 20) that <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Jade (who'se father is of African origin) called Shilpa a 'cunt' instead of 'Paki' as the media reported</span>. Another participant slyly asked ''<span style="font-style: italic;">I </span><span style="font-style: italic;" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">don't</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> know how Indians eat with their fingers.. I mean who knows where the fingers have been</span>''. <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Shilpa</span> was also told go back to her 'slum'. Ironically,she was called a 'dog' by one of the bitches too. So hearing all this hurt out pride, awoke our dormant nationalism and brought out generalised and hypocritical remarks against Britishers.<br /><br />Why do I say hypocritical? Because..<br />1. To us, Indians of the northeastern states or people of east Asia are '<span style="font-style: italic;" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">cheeni</span><span style="font-style: italic;">-</span><span style="font-style: italic;" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">meeni</span>' or <span style="font-style: italic;">'</span><span style="font-style: italic;" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">chinki</span><span style="font-style: italic;">'</span><br />2. We call Africans or people of African origin '<span style="font-style: italic;" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Kaalu</span>'<br />3. We consume tonnes and tonnes of fairness creams every year to get ourselves or our daughters to be pretty (meaning 'fair-skinned') as we feel anyone with a dark or dusky skin tone is inferior and less pretty.<br />4. Most of the <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">marriage</span> proposals in our newspapers include: 'Wanted,a <span style="font-weight: bold;">fair</span>..bride"<br />5. A foreigner coming from Europe ,the Americas or Australia is referred to <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">as '<span style="font-style: italic;">gora</span></span>' or '<span style="font-style: italic;" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">firrang</span>'<br /><br /><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Isn't</span> all this <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">racist</span>? If we are so proud of our colour then why do we prefer 'white' grooms? <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">That's</span> pretty racist <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">isn't</span> it? Lets get our own house in order because accusing Britain and its people of being racially <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">discriminating</span> shall we?<br /><br />Now that <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Shilpa</span> has <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">in fact</span> denied being racially abused by saying that she <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">didn't</span> feel Jade's abuses were racist leaves us (media+<span style="font-style: italic;"><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">aam</span> junta</span>) embarrassed <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">doesn't</span> it? Now whether <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Shilpa</span> really <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">didn't</span> take Jade's comments as racist or whether she denied it because she was discreetly reminded by the Big Brother management about her fat fee (3.5 <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">crores</span>) and the losses the channel may face, your guess is as good as mine.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-5225093613198356603?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-60345468261395093972007-01-13T16:56:00.000+05:302007-01-16T15:56:37.148+05:30As someone (my conscience) rightly said, this is MY blog. So I should write more about myself than about issues <span style="font-style: italic;">hain ki nah</span>i? OK, so let me blow my own trumpet for a change eh (meaning I'm modest and dont usually pat myself a lot. So try reading between the lines every now n then 'coz Im full of hidden messages) So let me enlist my interests, activities,hobbies and likes/dislikes,viagra,viagra...oopss..umm..<span style="font-style: italic;">mera matlab</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">vagera,vagera. </span>Hold your frowns for later,I've plenty of those (PJs)<br /><br />I was born on the 19th of October, 1984 - the year Rakesh uncle (Sharma) went into <span style="font-style: italic;">antarikhsh, </span>Indiraji was exterminated..no,assasinated...(sheesh,is she some rodent to be "exterminated"? what was I thinking?..Im trying to improve my usage of words here..so excuse me), Bhopal gas tragedy and one of my favourite cricketers,Irfan Pathan was born. I'm sure many other significant events took shape that year, only I can't remember them.<br /><br />Im pretty good at the following: (<span style="font-style: italic;">mane </span>there are a LOT of things so I'm listing them)<br /><br />Playing Chess (Im famous for my night..err..Knight moves),<br />Am exceptionally good at Badminton (Sorry if I sound "cock"y..hehe)<br />Playing and watching Cricket (Im talking about the tougher version... underarm, box)<br />Boarding crowded, crammed buses<br />Reading newspapers and keeping myself abreast of the latest happenings,<br />Casually walking to lecture halls half an hour late but sprinting the last few paces like crazy and puffing and panting at the door to appear sincere,dedicated and eager to reach on time.<br />Taking shots at myself (with my digicam) and potshots at others who I don't like,<br />Regularly irregular when it comes to hitting the gym,<br />Sheepishly insisting on "<span style="font-style: italic;">Bhaiyya, ek sukhaa puri banaao</span> na" every time I finish a <span style="font-style: italic;">sev/bhel/dahi puri</span> for <span style="font-style: italic;">paisa vasooli</span>,<br />Trying to play the guitar,<br />Frantically searching FTV and TRENDZ whenever our cable<span style="font-style: italic;">wallah</span> changes the channels<br />and finally.... Orkutting (Join my communities guys!) :D<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Ab mere gym ka time ho raha hai isliye main tumhe baad mein milta hoon kahin jaayiega nahin. Phir milte hain, isi samay isi waqt. Tab tak ke liye... Namashkar<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-6034546826139509397?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-57597097825463776132007-01-06T16:28:00.000+05:302007-01-07T11:56:11.900+05:30Ok! So <span style="font-style: italic;">Dada</span> ends up with the highest aggregate in the series among Indian players beating the likes of Sachin "spent-force" Tendulkar, Dravid (out-of-form) and the lax-man Laxman (good one no?! :)). All prayers of Kolkata's jobless rickshawwalas, sweet shop owners and ofcourse WB's Chief minister,Im sure he has some although he's agnostic, have been answered. So after my rant, I guess all this makes me hungry...very hungry..might have some humble pie.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-5759709782546377613?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-67072365746865488572006-12-28T16:47:00.001+05:302008-12-11T00:16:09.691+05:30<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/RZOkeha5kgI/AAAAAAAAAAM/7ikk_Sq6crc/s1600-h/GangulySourav041007DisappointedGbg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/RZOkeha5kgI/AAAAAAAAAAM/7ikk_Sq6crc/s320/GangulySourav041007DisappointedGbg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013531654467719682" border="0" /></a>All the talk about Ganguly returning to form, finding his touch again and being back in the reckoning for captaincy has turned out to be overly optimistic, unreasonably wishul and, going by today's duck, myopic. A half century under bowler-friendly conditions in his comeback innings and a 20 odd in the next had everyone, including one kid-faced, over eager to fill Sidhu's boots as NDTV's main cricket expert, Ajay Jadeja jump the gun and call for Sourav to be reinstated as captain. I conceed that he did show grit in the first test, infact Ganguly's performance partly succeeded in embarrasing Greg Chappel as Greg always wanted Ganguly and Laxman out. True, the debacle in the one-dayers did call for experience in the team and Mr.Vengsarkar and his band did the right thing by selecting Laxman and Ganguly, but lets face it, we all know that Ganguly's selection was more due to public pressure than his performance for Bengal. Him being appointed captain on the basis of one good match will not only disturb Greg's plans but also spell doom for our chances in the upcoming world-cup. The media, which wheted the fans's appetite, kept a close eye on Ganguly the moment he landed in S.Africa. His performance in his first match (the warmup game at Potchofestrom) was keenly observed by fans back home. His 83 confirmed the belief that experienced players are THE way to go. Everyone conveniently ignored the fact that he was dropped when on 20 odd and convinced themselves that Ganguly's knocks were a sure-shot sign of his return to form. The old cliche "Form is temporary but class is permanent" was on everybody lips. Now, as is my prediction, we all will once again be overcome with a sense of Deja vu and witness how Ganguly's scores spiral downward. Lets be at our objective best for a moment and ask: Is Ganguly merely out of form or has he lost it altogether, as cricketers do when they hang their boots?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-6707236574686548857?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-84804562752637336022006-12-22T12:34:00.000+05:302008-12-11T00:16:10.129+05:30<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/RZOsOBa5khI/AAAAAAAAAAY/D14PENy2lAw/s1600-h/induscre1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/RZOsOBa5khI/AAAAAAAAAAY/D14PENy2lAw/s320/induscre1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013540167092900370" border="0" /></a><br />So why did I choose this name - prisonerofpassion? Its inspired by one of the best songs of India's greatest rock band so far - Indus Creed (inactive now) which goes by the name 'Prisoner of passion'. The lyircs are truly brilliant. Here they are:<br /><br />Stanza 1<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span>Trying to understand just what we are,<br />Searching in the parlours and the country bar,<br />Then you showed me how to care,<br />You cleaned me up and made me a man again,<br />Suddenly you disappeared an I found myself back on the road<br /><br /></span>Stanza 2<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br />Thoughts of you just tear my mind apart,<br />I want to end but dont know where to start,<br />Dream of all those times you showed me how to share,<br />Now its much too late to be a man again,<br />The bottle seems the only way<br /><br /></span>The chorus goes...<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Coz' Im a prisoner of passion yeah!<br />Just a sucker for emotion<br />A prisoner of passion yeah,<br />on my own.<br /><br /></span>Stanza 3<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Im searching for sanity that I know I'll never find,<br />Lost in the labyrinth in my mind,<br />Another weary pilgrim on that broken trail,<br />Stranded in a land where it never rains,<br />And the bottle feels like the holy grial<br /><br /></span>(Chorus)<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span>(Solo)<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Coz' Im a prisoner of passion yeah!<br />Just a sucker for emotion<br />A prisoner of passion yeah,<br />A fool without a notion.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-8480456275263733602?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-15586923928788929252006-12-21T12:32:00.000+05:302008-12-11T00:16:10.251+05:30<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/RZOtgRa5kiI/AAAAAAAAAAk/dNTRwT6UTM0/s1600-h/manmohan_singh%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cBKMpffGOBg/RZOtgRa5kiI/AAAAAAAAAAk/dNTRwT6UTM0/s320/manmohan_singh%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013541580137140770" border="0" /></a>Yesterday (20th Dec), in Amritsar, our PM Dr.Singh somewhat indirectly responded to Pak Pres. Musharraf's four-point solution in which he (Mush) proposed in an interview to NDTV's head honcho Prannoy Roy. I agree with the line in today's TOI article -"the PM reacted...to Musharraf's offer...in what is seen as a move to blunt the General's PR advantage." Its true as the Gen is very candid during interviews and is approachable (many interviews are proof of that) and answers most of the questions posed with an open mind. This is not saying that I endorse TOI's viewpoint everytime though.<br /><br />Sometimes I get the feeling that our PM merely wants to impress upon us the idea of him being sincere, forward-looking and peace-loving. Ask me, I feel this is all too cliched (in Musharraf's words - it is 'hackneyed') . If one can recall (as several papers have reported), our PM conveyed similar feelings last year on an earlier occasion in the same city! The "peace, security and friendship" speech was made in March while flagging off the Amritsar-Nankana Sahib (Sikh pligrimage place in Pak) bus service as well. Coincidence? I think so. What other reason can there be? He could not have possiblly anticipated that Gen Musharaff would put forward his four-point solution around this time and that he (PM) would respond to it while visiting the Gobindgarh fort in Amritsar to inaugurate some projects to woo the junta for the upcoming assembly elections in the Punjab.And Im sure the PM DEFINITELY did not not choose Amritsar, the border-city (Wagah closeby), for his speech so that his voice through the microphone can be heard across to the other side!<br /><br /><br />So what did Gen Musharraf exactly propose in his interview on Dec 5th?<br /><br />1. No change in the borders of J&K (I think he meant no territories be acceded to either side)<br />2. Make borders and the LoC irrelevant (promote cross Loc movement for people and trade,maybe opening more points across LoC)<br />3. Staggered dimilitarisation (hinting at OUR army's presence in J&amp;K to be reduced)<br />4. Autonomy or self-governance with a joint supervision mechanism (beats me!)<br /><br />The moment this interview was shown on TV, our external affairs minister - Anand Sharma chose to play it down saying boundaries cannot be redrawn but New Delhi stands for peace. Our govt always criticises the General for negotiating through the media. I see nothing wrong with that. The proposals are significant proposals and the interview itself was a significant one as Musharraf offered to give up Pak's demand for a plebiscite in Kashmir (1st time ever.. on TV atleast) which we all know, is stated in the UNSC resolution, 1948. He also ruled out independence for either parts of Kashmir.<br /><br />I hope some concrete moves are made in Jan when our Foreign Min, the bombastic bong (I love alliteration), Mr.Mukherjee goes to Pak and meets his counterpart Khurshid Kasuri. These proposals can surely be discussed.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-1558692392878892925?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550564008377826816.post-75521763148863558802006-12-18T17:10:00.000+05:302007-01-16T16:26:20.736+05:30Hello readers! Im Phani (strange name but you'll get used to it), a final yr. civil engg student, living in Navi Mumbai, India. Im a jovial, friendly, open-minded and patient person. Besides being heavily into orkuting, some of my other hobbies include playing the guitar, listening to music i.e. mainly instrumental, rock (I follow the Pakistani and Indian rock scene), pop and sometimes classical, playing Chess, watching and playing, whenever possible, Cricket. I dislike any kind of pretense, wannabes, flakes (thanks Adi) - a term we use for silly girls (I sound mannish eh? am not though), snobs and braggarts.<br /><br /> I'll mostly be blogging on current international and national (Indian) affairs like Indo-Pak relations, Kashmir, terrorism and also a lot on the Indian political scene. You can expect for an unbiased, non-partisan, objective and highly opinionated blogs. Im not pro-any political party. I'll be posting the source along with my blogs too whenever I can. One thing about the political scene that I need to illuminate, and I'm saying this at the outset, is that I believe its fatuous (thanks IMS) to blindly advocate the ideology and actions of any political party, not that Im cynical about all of their achievements, but because I feel there's a dearth of honest and forthright politicians in any party in my country.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3550564008377826816-7552176314886355880?l=prisonerofpassion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858499201914029219noreply@blogger.com8