Awake Spot

Why this kolaver di? has seemed to mostly take the form of 'updates or posts' on facebook / twitter, all across the nation. The one reason for it being picked up so fast is its 'Tanglish' version that has made it unique and a perfect mix, being received well by Tamilians and also non-tamilians. Here, truly the sense of unity in diversity comes into play. Its rightly said that ' Music ' knows no boundaries and travels to the hearts of all without judging on the lines of Caste/ Religion/ Regionalism/ Race. "Tough as it may seem, but there's faint line between Opening and Closing your eyes to the reality". Its overwhelming to know that - people opened their eyes and welcomed with smiling face, appreciating the peppy number, mumbling it during office hours or at home, putting the song as caller tune and hello tune on their handsets, playing it in their car and realizing every other passerby is listening to the same song :) WOW... the world is intox

Amidst the hope of a 'New India' with steps being taken to fight corruption,we are reminded of the other evils that persist predominantly in the nation, with the recent blast near the Delhi High Court. There is a lot of anger within, so it might seem that this post is more of a grievance sharing. But seeing innocent people being hurt makes my heart cry and my mind say "what the F***". When will we be a nation safe to live in. When will we, rather than saying "We are proud to be Indians" will act and stand up to fight against the nation-wide slaughter. When will we stop fighting in the name of religion, when no religion promotes CRIME or killing of innocent people. When will we start living as humans and not as cannibals...eating away the life of others.!!!.....SIGH !! With all this in my mind...when just about to catch some sleep, it felt as if 'Mother Earth' said - "if you don't do something, i sure will" - 'Earthquake in Delhi'

Sunday the 31st of July saw its 1st Slut-walk come to India. So this was the 1st time that one could watch females ambling around on the streets in skimpy clothes without any inhibitions. Now if you are a guy who's reading this post, my last sentence should have clearly made your sensory organs that visualize or capture images in the mind to work overtime. Any male's instincts will go berserk, regardless of his age- 16 or 60. I guess that's not the point here. One's libido could be strong anyways- it need not also necessarily be because of the clothes that turn one on. All the rape and molestation that happens in villages or remote areas is often insulated to western clothing/culture let alone urban India. This is prevalent even within households and amongst relatives. The culprit there doesn't bother if his victim is wearing sleeveless attire or a mini skirt. If clothes were to only triggering factor in such crimes then what reasoning do people have when ev

Recently the incident at Indore, shocked the wits off me. Its said that there are warning signs asking people not to go down to the waterfall, but that definitely goes unnoticed and out of sheer curosity we tend to do what we are instructed not to. Alas, its not always that we are lucky and forbidden from being victim of an unexpected incident. This incident proves that there are days when things just don't go the normal way . Its sad...really sad....We can't blame the nature for what happened, but definitely our negligence and lack of presence of security measures which resulted in loss of 3 lives. This could have been prevented : if at first, they (victims) realized that going against the warnings (of not going near the waterfall)could cost their lives, If, there were security personnels who could have stopped them from going against the warnings stated and If at the end, there were adequate security measures to save them from beight caught in nature's hand. Flash floods

Out of Sight ....but not....Out of Mind...!! Wanted to write a blog only once I saw myself changing....and have I?...Yes,I have changed to some extent and will keep on changing until apocalypse :p :p (it was meant on a lighter note, people...dunno whether the world ends in 2012, and don't even want to specualte) With this post, I want to bring into light the common man's perception about the heritage of India. Let's just focus on 'one of the many' such places - THE INDIA GATE - a landmark that commemorates the live's lost fighting the British Empire , along with the 'Amar Jawan Jyoti' which pays homage to the ones lost in the 1971 Ino-Pak war. However on a recent visit, it appeared that it was more of a 'fun spot' and less of a 'rememberance spot'. The purpose for anyone's visit there, especially the residents of Delhi, is to eat (throw here and there) , play in the pond (having bath in the water and how can we forget ...throw

The long wait for justice came with a shocker of an extension when the CBI closed Arushi's case citing lack of evidence. Then came the tussle between the parents and the country's most upright(anything but this) investigating agency followed by an attack on Rajesh Talwar and the Delhi public's Justice march on 30th Jan. In all this, my take is that in a country like India, where politicians are busy firefighting for their wrong doings, where the judicial system is always looked up on with suspicion, where upholders of law are flouting it in the open, its victims like Arushi or her parents who will be left in a lurch to fend for themselves. Be it an eyewitness to such crimes or somebody reading an article such as this, will merely clench their fists till the time they say, arre yaar...kii farkh painda hai, India mein yeh sab to chalta hi rahega. But no! This has to stop. Let there be a beginning to end this habit of "Denying Justice" . Whether this is a case

One alive man witnessing a wrong-doing, files an FIR 3 times, yet no action is taken.But, One dead man, brutally murdered, for trying to reveal the wrong doings, gains attention and hence the much-awaited "Action". We are talking about the late Yashwant Sonawane , one of those few honest officers, who wanted to stop the Oil Mafia from conducting their wrong deeds. Though having witnessed the same months ago, no strict action was taken ( despite submitting the raid reports, conducted by him ) to control mafia's activities. But now we see that the incident ( post Mr. Yashwant Sonawane being killed ) has resulted in the government launching a crackdown on adulteration dens around kerosene depots across Maharashtra. If the action ( of putting the criminal behind the bars ) was taken months back when the complaint was filed, it could have actually saved that man from getting killed heinously. There is no point in blaming t

The most observable day to day activity of the residents of our land is ' Spitting ' . Just make an effort to see people around you......from the one walking in front of you to the one sitting in car with family or the one sitting beside you...............there comes a moment when they turn their head and leave the proof of their action along with the unpleasant sound of ' Aaaaaathoooo '. The common habit of chewing pan, tobacco or just spitting for fun / pleasure/ sore throat ( god knows what reason is it ) makes people spit not only on roads, but also on public property (visit any monument to witness the remnants of this act ) , and sometimes they don't even mind spitting on people ( applicable to the ones travelling by bus, car etc., who see nowhere and directly put their head out of the window..... and....spit...yes.....along with the unpleasant sound of 'Aaaaaaathooooo' ) . The roads/ lifts/ staircases ( common places where we find the area of spit high

Ok....so nothing grand about this post...but i am just a little curious to share my encounter with getting nearly termed as an ' eve-teaser '..... :D :D ...Before you draw any conclusion, kindly make the effort to read through this post... So,one fine day, i happen to be a rebel and react on a move by a middle-aged man. Standing in a queue to exit the metro station ( place where you need to punch your coupon/ticket ) , i find the ' Big-eyed uncle ' ( that's how he appeared to me ) getting in out of nowhere and trying to adjust himself right in front of me. After giving a sigh, i felt its time i gave uncle a piece of my mind. Hence, i patted his back and gave him a 'Go back' signal. Now ...now.....why would the 'Big-eyed uncle ' remain silent on that, he thus, retaliated saying " Jayiye madam, kisne roka hain ", I go like ," Excuse me , are you talking to me? " ( least bothered in listening to his revert ). He ends up saying &quo

Failing to understand the reason of unnecessary noise pollution emerging in traffic, i am compelled to pen down a practical concern. Does it make sense of blowing the horn when you know that the vehicle in front of you cannot move, because there is another vehicle in front of it and another and another..... Having experienced the same at the time of traveling during morning peak hours, on one of such days, i literally wanted to get down and go to the uncle blowing the horn incessantly and say " Uncle udd ke jaoge kya ". But seeing that every car around me was repeating uncle's actions, i could just end up gazing with anger. We, Indians, are just too desperate and impatient. If our reason for getting late can be blamed on someone else, we would do the honor, won't we? The soon we realize that the reason for our problems is not anyone else but we ourself, then our lives would become much much better. What's your take on that? So before blowing the horn and damaging

A pleasant Sunday morning ended up in an altercation with a guy whose mutt dropped its shite right in front of my house. And this, with the guy standing and watching nonchalantly. When I asked (you think so?) him how his civic sense was so low, and that how he could allow this to happen, I was shocked on hearing, " koi law hai to batao yaaro ". Now, do we need laws & rules to keep people from making their pets to defecate around the world? How is it that our sense of hygiene and sanitation reached such lows? The same guy or anyone in his place would ensure this doesn’t happen in front his own house, would he? World over there are rules where-in pet owners need to carry a bag and collect the faeces. Even in Mumbai there are action groups which keep the pressure mounted on BMC to monitor and ensure that the faeces are collected and discarded by pet owners all by themselves. My question is, will only an iron fisted approach be the solution to something as basic keep

The repercussions of the so called "Strong' religious beliefs, is ultimately borne by the common man. I don't know how to react on this,...... should i feel sorry on the ones who are victims of the malicious act or should i laugh on the extent to which the belief is taken that it makes one 'Blind' and 'Inhuman'. This post is in context to the recent news of " Swami Aseemanand " confessing the RSS leaders role ( including him ) in planning the Samjhauta Express and Malegaun blasts ( the list of their activities seems longer than this as the Hindutva extremists are accused of planning the Ajmer Shareef and Mecca Masjid blasts as well ). With my eyes raised and head moving right - left in disagreement, the least i can do is raise my concern here. What has further shocked me is the statement that came from dear Swami baba " I told everybody that bomb ka jawab bomb se dena chahiye (we should reply to bomb blasts with bombs) I told everyone sinc

Should we glorify the ones who take the step of killing others because they disagree with their opinion? For us, such an action means, the individual was coward, as he could not be outspoken about his views and hence, ended up taking the life of the one who had the courage to ask for justice. Your personal dissatisfaction doesn't mean that someone's life be taken for granted. Salman Taseer , is one of those individuals who had the courage to speak against a law which he considered unjust. Here, an opinion is meant to be accepted or rejected, not meant to be the reason to kill. His intent to go against was to save a woman ( Asia Bibi ) from a mistake she committed but not intended to. Was that a wrong thing to take stand for? Was that a question mark on his religious beliefs? Was that a reason... a reason so valuable that his life carried no value. Some believe that Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri (alleged for assassinating Salman Taseer) did a tremendous job, by raising his weapon o

This might be a stale topic to write on considering the life expectancy of a scam in India depends solely on Indian news channels blasting our TV screens for that day/evening. Nevertheless I had to pen my views... The tapes show/expose the thirst for power and information in this rat-eat-man-race (rats' appetite has burgeoned over the years) with ulterior motives. We all knew politics as a dirty game played by saathvi aur paanchvi kaksha pheil goondas or even worse angutha chaaps . But even the fairly educated ones who we thought can be entrusted with the job of development want the kursi to simply satisfy their ego or personal ambitions. One-upmanship or at least attempting to show one’s superiority by its lobbying for a post in the Union cabinet shows these MPs will go to any extent to become a power centre (we know that they are masters rigging polls anyways). Ministries & portfolios were being selected just like ticking an option from a multiple choice question wi

Lately a lot has been talked about the Freedom Of Information act, the right to know what's happening around you and the right to reason out whether it is 'right or not'. The citizens of any country expect their system to be transparent and all necessary information to be shared with the nationals. They trust them and give them the authority to perform activities for the welfare of the nation and their residents. However, a mere mention of the revelation from Wikileaks on 'Collateral Murder ' questions the integrity and sanctity of the same. What you see is not what actually happened. So even though, some officials might question the authenticity of the leaked documents, still can they answer the reason for the issue to have been left under wraps. Many innocent individuals (who were the target in the murder) could not even ask for mercy at the behest of the ignorant officials. As picked up from Wikipedia ; ' WikiLeaks released a classified US military video de