random thoughts

I want to know the Truth, All the worlds a lie, Broken are the foundations I believe in, The victories are defeats, With eyes never apart, The sky turns black from blue, With stones replacing hearts, Why are questions never asked? For in them lie the answers, Why must I tolerate greed and might? Why must I fly when I can fight? Why must I turn my around and keep quite? When will my heart turn to the light? - LOML

Wednesday, April 18, 2007



Every time some "controversy" comes to light I wonder:

What is wrong with us?!

At one point it was the Indian Nuns protesting against the screening of Da Vinci Code, which I found absolutely maddening cause although I did not get to see the movie I read the book and I just could not understand as women how could they have a problem with a theory trying to look at religion from an alleged "feminist perspective"... If nothing else at least the content tries to break some stereo types of Christianity, which really cant be that bad.

Any way the orange brigade in our country I think has now under taken the sole right to 'protest' and demonstrate at the drop of a very frivolous hat, if its not movies then it is comments made by celebrities or politicians and parties and then there is always the "western culture" in the form of valentine's day, Kentucky Fried chicken and Archie’s that they can get all uptty about!

My conclusion... people are too small-minded and really need help.


The latest one is really annoying me as it is a recurring theme of the orange brigade protests, where any and every thing is an attack on our 5000 year old culture and tradition etc etc etc.

Well so Gere kissed Shilpa, we happily forgot what for and only remember, "HE KISSED HER, my god that is blasphemous and he must apologise." They make it sound almost as if he had raped her.

And Shiv Sena even released a press note:

Mumbai April 16
Nothing wrong in protesting over Shilpa-Gere kiss: Shiv Sena Without admitting that its activists were involved in the protest against actress Shilpa Shetty's kiss with Hollywood star Richard Gere, the Shiv Sena today said there was nothing wrong with expressing contempt at such an act. "Even if the protest (in Navi Mumbai) has been staged by the Shiv Sainiks I would not blame them as the way Shilpa Shetty and Richard Gere indulged in a shameless public display, it was not at all in keeping with our culture and tradition," Sena MP Sanjay Raut told PTI. "Moreover, the visual media kept relaying the same clip again and again which was also not in good taste," he said. Observing that protests are just a manifestation of the anger of the general public, Raut said, "This may be Hollywood culture but a majority of people in India will not like to see such public display of affection." Over 50 alleged Shiv Sainiks stormed the Vashi railway station where Shilpa was shooting for her film `Metro' and protested by burning effigies of the actors and shouting slogans.

Therefore as a *reminder to our self proclaimed protectors of our 5000 year old 'sabhayata' I have put two pictures of out culture and tradition that celebrates sexuality, fertility and to an extent eroticism...


*This is just a reminder not a comparison or justification for the Gere-Shetty activities... It was blown out of proportion by the media if they had chosen to write about why he Kissed her rather than just that he kissed her and how he kissed her maybe we wouldn't have had to go through this long song and dance at all... But then one can only hope :)







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Saturday, April 14, 2007

The EQUAL law

The law is equal for all so we like to believe, but it is quite interesting to see the startling difference between the Canadian man accused in 45 cases of assault or the UP Politician’s son convicted in one murder case while undergoing another trial for another murder brought to court and the other inmates who may or may not be involved in serious crimes.
Ernest Fenwick Macintosh, 63 year old Canadian citizen living in India since 1994, was arrested in Delhi last week has been produced in court twice since his arrest and is invariable bathed a Calvin Kline cologne, allowed to sit while the constable on duty next to him stands and given mineral water brought by his defense lawyers in court during the court is hearing his case.
Vikas Yadav convicted in the Jessica Lal murder case and the main accused in the Nitish katara murder case, is brought in with less pomp and show but invariably looks like he just walked out of a beauty parlour after attending a very long facial session. His hair that almost outshines his skin is well conditioned with material rarely available inside the prison.
On record no one is willing to comment but off the record it is a well-known fact, "That if you got the money you got everything, even forbidden things inside the jail."
Other accused when brought to court are usually pushed around and bullied by the constables and never offered a seat or sip of water. They are hardly ever shaved or in clean clothes and it is not about the social backgrounds they come from as they hardly look different from the richer accused before their arrest.
It bothers but continues to exist... one of those things we all just put aside as... "Life!"

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