Ugly Games in Indian Sports

Its time to have some sports news now.For all these days there will be lot of criticisms, expert opinions,predictions etc on only one sporting event,which is none other than C-R-I-C-K-E-T.Ofcourse,in India sports means only cricket right.But strangely, for the past few days I am able to see lots and lots of news items about women hockey, weightlifting etc. If u r going to think that the debate is about the performance of the relevant teams means, slap yourself and say, "oh my God,I forgot,this is India and performance related debates are only meant for cricket,am sorry!!!".The news was all about sexual harassment in women hockey and weight lifting.

M K Kaushik,this is the name that was in headlines last week.He was the hockey national team coach of India,until this incident came to light.Ranjita Devi,a player, sent a written complaint to HI(Hockey India),alleging that M K Kaushik,the coach has asked sexual favours from her and also has used abusive language.31 players have signed against this Kaushik.Another person,video analyst,Basavraj was also sacked,as there are allegations that he was in the company of sex workers during the tour of China.

Another case is that of SAI(Sports Authority of India) coach Ramesh Malhotra. Reputed Indian weight lifter Karnam Malleswari ,who was the only Indian to win a medal(bronze) in Sydney olympics(2000),has made allegations against Malhotra that he has been sexually harassing junior weight lifters for more than a decade.She has produced some telephonic conversations to media(I couldn't get them in net,else I would have shared it here).After this allegation,Malhotra was suspended.Malleswari also demanded the removal of Sahdev Yadav,Indian Weightlifting Federation secretary,since he has not responded to her complaints against Malhotra in the past.It has to be noted that Malhotra was recommended by IWF for Dronacharya award for the last 2 yrs.

If we analyse the reason for all these issues,I would say its nothing other than "lack of interest towards sports other than cricket".There are so many such Kaushiks and Malhotras in India.Why these issues were not exposed earlier itself? If reports r to be believed it seems that the harassment has been going on for a very long time.The thing is the politicians wants to make money out of anything and everything.When Saina Nehwal met the sports minister in 2008,with her coach GopiChand,the minister asked an excellent question to her."Who is this person(Gopichand)?".Gopichand has won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rathna award and all.But the minister couldn't recognize him. So its crystal clear that he doesn't know anything about sports,but still he becomes a minister.

The latest controversy is the one regarding Common Wealth Games.The venues where the CWG will be hosted is too poor it seems.One popular 24/7 news channel exposed the conditions of the venues.An Indian swimmer,after completing the practice,was hurt near the swimming pool,due to bad construction work.Imagine what if the same happens to some international player?Mani Shankar Aiyar,a former sports minister says that he will be very unhappy if the CWG becomes a success.What to do with people with such an attitude?


There are people who argue that in India,cricket is given more importance because Indian cricket team keeps winning most of the time.The bitter truth is that the performance of this team is not as superb as it is being boasted.This is a kind of team which most of the time will be praying for the defeat of other teams.Most of the time situation will be like this only,"if Australia loses this match,then India can enter to next round".So its a perception that India's performance is far superior compared to other sporting events.

Without much help from govt or their respective sporting authority,people have achieved in other sports too.Saina Nehwal,has won 3 consecutive tournaments and is clearly at no.2.Last olympic games saw a new rise in India.3 medals,Abinav Bindra gold medal in shooting,Vijendar and Sushil won bronze in boxing and wrestling respectively. 
Pankaj Advani,has won world Billiards Championshitp,Asian Billiards Championship etc.Vishwanathan Anand has been consistently rocking in Chess.
To be frank,I would rate him as one of the greatest sportsperson in India, as he has given a new lease of life to chess in India,by winning more and more championships.Atleast after the success of these people the govt should have come forward to help these sports.

The Indian hockey team,which was once rocking at international level,is struggling like anything.Its a real pity that our hockey team couldn't even qualify to olympics 2008.The reason which I heard from many people is that Indian hockey took a back when the matches where conducted in turfs.Are we really so dumb that we can't dominate in turfs?My million dollar question is,this is a nation with population more than 100 Crore(and now its growing in exponential rate :D),can't we find some 15 players,who can put up atleast a reasonable performance? There was an excellent player called Dhanraj Pillai. He did a gr8 job,still he was treated badly by the authorities.Then how can v find good players?It has to be noted that Hockey is India's national game :-).


Nowadays even small kids are aware of Paul,an octopus.There is a sms doing rounds about Paul.This is that sms:


Flash news,Octopus Paul suddenly died of heart attack.The reason is:


Someone questioned it when will India enter football world cup?


This is the condition of Indian football team.Here also talented guys r there.I read a news during FIFA2010.In Chennai Vyasarpadi slums,there is person who caught some mischievous kids and those who were about to indulge in some anti-social activities and coached them.These guys have participated and won in some international tournaments too.They r very familiar with stats about Messi or Ronaldo or Kaka etc.. When some kids can win matches at international level,can't we find players who can perform at international levels?


Cricket is the most popular game in India-agreed.But that doesn't mean that every Indian who wants to be a sportsman,should necessarily be a cricketer.The govt should provide the same amount of encouragement to every sporting event.


These issues have to be viewed seriously.The media should expose more about all these stuff.Once Sachin scored a double century,the focus shifted towards him and there was no news about Kaushik or Malhotra.


Earlier and all,non-cricketing sports people used to comment that the govts are not doing enough for their sports in terms of money and other facilities.But when the morality of the people involved itself becomes a question mark means,its really dangerous.Politicians should stop viewing sports as a mode of business.Also they should stop looting the money involved in it.I am not going to the IPL-Lalit Modi saga,as I have already dealt with it in another post earlier.


Lets hope the authorities in India wakes up atleast after all these incidents!!!

A chat with 'The Kingmaker'

It was on July 15th,2010,Kamaraj's 108th birth anniversary was observed.On that day I just had a thought,how it would be if Kamaraj discusses about the current political situation.And am typing the discussion here.Now u don't fight with me stating that discussion with Kamarajar should only be in Tamil.This is purely my own imagination.And no one can pour Tar to this space :D,since its a blog and one can't force me to keep the titles/name board and all in Tamil. Kamaraj knew English too.


Let me explain one small incident before getting into my imaginary discussion .Once a govt officer had passed a GO,which read "In all govt officess GandhiJi's photo must be hanged".On seeing this Kamaraj called the officer and told him that "Even the British couldn't hang GandhiJi,r u going to hang him?Put it this way,"GandhiJi's photo must be installed".So Kamaraj knew English and the discussion was in English only.


Me : Vanakkam Ayya!!!(Welcoming in Tamil)


Kamarajar : Vanakkam


Kamarajar : What is that place?Its early morning 6'o' clock,almost all shops r closed.But like this there is a shop in every street and people are hanging out there in huge number.Is it a place of Bodhanai or what?

Me : It’s not a place of place of Bodhanai,but its a place of Bodhai.That place is called Tasmac,govt wine shop.


Kamarajar : What govt owns wine shop and all?When my govt was in power,we never gave permission to any wine shop and we also arrested whoever were involved in producing illicit liquor.This has to be banned immediately.


Me : Sir,please don't jump to conclusions.This is the only place in India,where u can find 'Unity in Diversity'.Moreover,the annual turnover of these arrack shops is estimated to be around 15000 crores.It is said that the govt itself is surviving mainly because of this money.


Kamarajar :(He is disappointed,felt really bad).Can u get some water?


Me : (At that time I couldn't go to anyone's home,I could get only water packets,so bought a water packet and gave him)


Kamarajar : Oh nowadays u have to pay for water also huh?How much does it cost?


Me : 1 rupee,50 paise


Kamarajar : It seems the cost of living of people have gone very high.Water itself costs this much means,rice should b definitely very costly.


Me : No sir,rice costs just rupee 1/kg.


Kamaraj:(Gets confused)What kind of logic is this? I can't understand.


Me : Its so simple sir.For people Below Poverty Line,the rice is re.1/kg and for others it varies from Rs.35 to Rs.45 .


Kamaraj:Who gets benefitted in this?Whats the status of farmers?


Me: Going by the newspapers,the benefit actually goes to rice-smugglers.There r people who produce fake income details in ration card and buy the rice at a low cost.They sell it to other states(especially Kerala) at a relatively higher cost. Regd farmers,since they couldn't sell the rice for a higher cost due to this,no improvement in their status.They are born poor,they live as poors and die as poor people only.


Kamarjar: What nonsense is this?


Me : Sir,don't get frustrated.This is not everything.The TN fishermen are being kidnapped by the Lankan navy/fishermen constantly and are being harassed badly.


Kamarajar : Didn't ur CM Kalaignar take any action regarding this?


Me : He wrote a letter to PM.


Kamarajar : Just letter huh?Why don't he meet him in person and take any strict action.


Me : Sir,actually speaking this is not such an important issue for our CM to go to Delhi and all.He went to Delhi and met the congress chief at the time of formation of  Cabinet(Central Ministry).His Son and Grandson were made central ministers.
(Enna irunthalum makkal nalam thane mukkiyam)


Kamaraj: Oh no,u too Congress?Why don’t congress oppose this and all?


Me: Sir actually speaking,it seems the congress people go to Anna Arivalayam more often than to Sathyamurthi Bavan.They r not even asking for a minister post in State Govt.Let me stop with this regd congress,if I say more u will feel bad. Only one thing I can say about Congress,the congress is not the same as it was when u were alive.It has changed a lot.


Kamaraj : Don’t worry man,God will take care of all these things.


Me : Sir please be careful while using God’s name.As long as God doesn’t trouble the state govt., its good for him.U know what,our CM once accused Lord Rama of having wine.He also accused Lord Perumal(Venkatachalapathy) that, the lord used to watch entertainment dances of female dancers. So please don’t use God’s name,this is a state where for most of the people Pagutharivu(6th sense) means abusing Hindu Gods and Hindu culture. 


Kamaraj : I would not say it’s the mistake of God.Its the mistake of u people.U people shouldn’t have elected such people.


Me : What to do sir,our people r so poor.Some newspapers say that,people got some money and casted their votes,without any thought about future. People who r well settled never care about the society,that they don’t even bother to know what’s the political scenario around them and they never caste their votes.


Kamaraj : For this there is only one solution my boy.It is u youngsters have to join together.If u want to bring a change in the society means,u need to b a group.No single person can fight corruption,terrorism,nepotism etc all alone. Revolution happens only when people join together.So try to spread the truth that u know to as many people as possible.Ask them to spread it inturn to others.. Finally as a group,u can bring the much needed change in the society. Its time am leaving.


I thought TN is better than heaven.I understood what is hell after coming here.I am going back to heaven again with a heavy heart.


Me : Will try to follow ur words sir


Let me see if I can keep up my word to Kamarajar.And that advice from Kamarajar is not only to me,it is to everyone who wants to cleanse the society.Thats it!!

The Re-Incarnation of the CLOWN

I have updated this space with articles related to politics,cinema,my personal life etc.This time I just wanted to try something different.I just wanted to write a story.This is my first attempt in writing stories.


Disclaimer: All the characters and incidents described in this story are fictitious.Any resemblance to anyone's personal life is purely co-incidental.Later on,don't fight with me.Let me start the story.

                                 

My hero is a happy-go-lucky young man.According to this story he is a college student. Not a studious guy,not an useless fellow rather.He is anambitious youngster too.This story is all about blind faith, immense affection, misunderstanding and self-realization. So from this paragraph, my hero-the clown, will narrate the story. And in between I will describe certain things. And this is quite a lengthy post too.

"I was born and brought up in a normal town.Infact I would say its a developed village and an under-developed town.From there I came to the city- 'Chennai' to do my higher studies(college :D).My college life started off with a bang.At first I thought,'oh this is Chennai!! A city!! Am from a normal town.How will I survive here?'.Like this there were 100s of questions in my mind.But the first day of the college gave answers to all these questions.Yes it was not that much strict and the guys too were not that much studious as I expected(mollamari pasanga than mukkal vaasi).I, even thought that is it really an Engineering college or what?".


Here I should mention some details about my hero.He is an extremely funny person.He has the capability to make fun of any serious situation and to turn the same into a comical one.The best part about him is that,he would love to keep people around him smiling.He wants everyone around him to be happy. That’s his nature right from school days.But the biggest problem with this guy is anger.He is short-tempered and has faced lot of troubles because of this. One more important feature of this fellow is that he had a unique habit of imitating people around him.And the narration by the hero-the clown,will be continued from the next para:


“Right from my school days,I have never moved with girls.I was comfortable with guys,as I was able to understand them easily and at this point I have to confess that I had some sort of shyness in talking with girls.So I didn’t even think of girls.And in college everything was fine. I got some good friends too. Jeeva,Saran and Imran are my best friends.I have played lot of pranks with these guys.


Once we guys were watching a movie in a local theater. We were so enthusiastic and were out of our control,bcoz we were watching first day first show of ‘Thala’ Ajith movie.I stretched my legs and kept it in the chair opposite to me.The person shouted at me: ‘Don’t u have sense?Can’t u c a person sitting in the chair,how dare u keep ur legs here?’. I replied him: ‘U idiot!!Can’t u c my legs in that chair?If u want u change the seat’.”oooooooooo”-this is the sound which we gave together.On seeing the gang,the man had no other option than to shift his seat.


My friend,Saran,was trying to pick up a girl for quite a long time.And she too was kind of giving positive signals to him.This fellow started jumping out of joy and he even started mocking me that I can’t pick up any girl.I did some calculations in my mind and told him ‘All the best’.He couldn’t understand the reason behind it.On that day night,I called his landline number(thank god,he didn’t buy a mobile at that time :D).His father took the phone(as I calculated :D).I spoke like a girl.This is what I told,on hearing his father’s voice:


‘Hey Saran,this is Gayu da!!Tomo also come and meet me at the same place’


His father:’What?’ I continued: ‘Saran,jus now saw ur gift to me!! The watch is really gr8.Thanks a lot!!But hereafter don’t tell lies to ur parents that u hav to pay exam fees and all,to gift me!!I value ur relation more than the gifts’.


His father disconnected the call suddenly.Next day he came to college with a plaster in his forehead.After that he never tried to pick up any gal(goyyala yaar kitta :D).Life was so good till this moment.It was in the third year, ‘A’ and ‘B’ sections were merged together.There was a girl,named Agalya. She was so good.She was looking simple but superb.Ironically,she came to me and asked some doubts in mathematics.I knew the answer,but I didn’t want to answer her. I hate girls.I hate talking to girls.Yes am a misogynist.So I walked out of the classroom, without even replying her. I was so happy that I have insulted a girl. But…


My frnds advised me.They pointed out that what I did was wrong.When our chat was going on,Agalya came to me.She started speaking:


‘What do u think of urself?Who the hell gave u a seat in an Engg college da? In which school u studied?Is this the manners they taught u?What did I ask u? Did I ask u any romantic question?Ur behavior was like a slap on my face in front of 50 people’(and she started crying at this moment).


My own frnds didn’t like my behavior. That incident made me think.I realized my mistake.Her genuine questions to me,made me think.At once,even I felt like crying,when I remembered the way she cried.Then I apologized for my mistake.I explained my situation to her.I explained that not even a single gal has spoken to me in friendly manner.Thats y I was like this. After a little hesitation,she accepted my apologies.Days went on!! Our gang of 4 became 5. Agalya became our close friend. Agalya is a sweet-genuine-kind hearted girl.She can’t tolerate even a small creature being troubled.I like her very much.I have lot of affection towards her. At once Imran straight away asked me,


‘Do u love Agalya?’. I replied


‘No.My affection towards her is something more than love. For me she appears like an angel.In-fact I look her as a GODDESS- she is such a nice girl.She is one of my greatest FRIENDS on the earth’.


Once I saw her crying alone.I enquired the reason.It was simple yet so serious. She had lost her record note.The prob is she had to submit it in 2 hrs.I couldn’t bear her crying. I collected the extra record sheets from everyone.I started writing the record.I finished it in an hour.Still she was not convinced. She was so scared that whether the sir will sign it or not.I made some funny actions as usual to make her laugh. I started speaking all non-sense.I started singing like a donkey.I danced like a monkey.The whole class laughed at me.They enjoyed, including Agalya.And finally she got signature too and she was allowed to take up the exam.


From then on,my comical singing,mimicry,dancing everything bcame popular. And Agalya loved it too.Days went on. The following sequence of events taught me a lot abt life and people. It was October 8th,Agalya’s birthday.I called her exactly at 12’o’ clock and wished her a happy birthday.She simply said a thanks and cut the call.It made me feel kind of differently,bcoz this is the first time am calling a gal at night and the response was vague.Still I thought,’ok I shouldn’t have disturbed her’. Next day morning,I was waiting in college for her,for quite a long time.I was so excited to see her reaction when I give the apple Ipod to her as a birthday gift.You know what,she has been trying to buy this kind of Ipod for quite a long time.First hour started,she didn’t come. Classes over.She was absent for the day. No response from her for my calls or messages.Surprisingly,the other 3 guys,Saran,Imran etc., too were missing. I couldn’t understand anything. Evening when I met Imran,he told that,she gave treat for them in spencer for her birthday. I was stunned and shocked.

I wanted to cry loudly at that moment.But I couldn’t(I don’t know to cry).I was very angry.I wanted to show my anger towards someone(thank God,nobody called me at that time).But I asked this question to myself :’Am angry on whom?and why?’.I couldn’t get any answer. With a heavy heart, I left the college.The next day when I asked her something casually,she responded kind of harshly. My heart turned childish,I asked her ‘Why r u always harsh towards me?Why don’t u speak affectionately with me?’.She gave an excellent answer:’why should I speak affectionately with u?’. She didn’t even bother to speak about the treat. After that I had undergone such a treatment many times.



I understood that she never took me seriously and I realized she is always treating me like this.



I was speaking to myself in several voices.



’Whats my mistake?I didn’t spk anything wrong to her.’


‘Oh no!Whats ur prob man,she is afterall another gal,why do u bother abt her?’


‘But y these guys too ignored me?’


‘Whats there to worry in this?Is she ur lover or what?Jus forget and do some useful work’



Yes.She is not my lover,but she is my friend.Thats y it pains a lot.I am a complete failure as a person.When an angel like Agalya is ignoring me means, I hav2understand that am an useless fellow.But why did she laugh at my songs and dance.She even asked me to sing in different voices and enjoyed. These guys were crazy when I do some mimicry gimmicks,but why did they ignore me too? I got the answer.Only I considered them as my friends and they didn’t consider me as their friend.I was viewed as a clown.Only a clown, who makes people around him laugh. Who does everything wrong to make people laugh at him. Even clowns do have a heart and there will be pain in it too.It really hurts when we r not even an option in the life of people whom v consider special. There is none to show even a little bit of care towards me. Still am not angry on anyone and its not their mistake :-). I heard the beautiful Tamil song in radio, 'Kadavul amaithu vaitha medai".I heard these lines exactly

"Appavi aan kili thappaga ninaithathu appothu purinthathamma
Athu eppothum kili alla kinatru thavalai than ippothu therinthathamma"

Yes it pains.I am hurt.I am disappointed. But I realized.I understood. Attitude makes the difference. Yes I am a clown.Am just a clown. I will continue to make people laugh.Even I will laugh(afterall I know only to laugh) out loud. But things doesn’t end here. There are lot of clowns who have achieved the CROWN. Yes people who r crowned will have no feelings,no emotions. I too will not have anything from now on. I will do the job of the clown perfectly, but surely I will be crowned one day. I swear that the world will see me achieving something gr8 one day or other. This is going to be my re-incarnation.Yes the re-incarnation of the CLOWN.


That’s it. Since it’s a story,I couldn’t write it briefly. This story is purely my imagination.So u have to get copyrights from me if u want to use this :D.I know ther r lot of talented people here who r capable of making any awkward story as an interesting one :P.So if any such talented people r here means, make it sure that u get the copy rights from me.

Massacre of Justice

I believe each and everyone reading this post will be aware of the recent judgement by the Bhopal court.Anyway lets have a brief recap of what has happened in 1984 and what the judgement is all about.

Bhopal gas tragedy,world's worst industrial disaster,occurred in the year 1984, December 2nd midnight at the Union Carbide India Limited(UCIL) pesticide plant,in Bhopal(Madhya Pradesh).The leakage of a poisonous gas,Methyl IsoCyanate(MIC),in the UCIL plant has lead to the death of 1000s of people.Approximately,some 15000 people were killed in this leakage.Even today people are born with physical disabilities due to the incident.

If we analyse the reason for this leakage,we can get a simple answer.Its the negligence of the people working there.After this incident,the CEO of UCIL,Warren Anderson,came to India.He was arrested and released on bail by the Madhya Pradesh police on Dec7th,1984.He was sent to Delhi safely in a state govt owned flight.From there,he left India.Then it has been concluded that he has absconded.

           Warren Anderson

Well,there is evidence that he knew the plant's design was faulty and did not conform to the American standards of safety.Still he never took any corrective measures.If reports are to be believed,it was Mr.Arjun Singh,the then CM of Madhya Pradesh,has got a phone call from the central govt and after that phone call, Anderson was allowed to go to Delhi,in the govt., flight.Reports say that the call was from the Ministry of External Affairs,which was under the control of the then Home Minister,Mr.Narasimha Rao(the External Affairs minister was ill at that time,so it was under Mr.Rao's control). Former CBI officer,B R Lall has given an open statement that he was pressurized by the central govt(Congress govt,Mr.Rajiv Gandhi was the PM) in this case. Congress leader DigVijay Singh has stated that Anderson was let off due to pressure from US and P C Alexander,former secretary of Mr.Rajiv Gandhi also told that Anderson might have been let off due to pressure from US.

 

       Arjun Singh

So,from the above facts it seems that the Rajiv Gandhi's govt and Arjun Singh's govt has worked hard to save Anderson,an American.But they never thought about the condition of the innocent people,which includes kids,ladies,old people etc,who died in this disaster.The case went on for 26 years.Now the judgement has come. As we all know 8 Indians,who were working in UCIL,have got away with a minimal punishment. They have to pay a compensation of 25000 rupees and have to undergo a 2 years imprisonment.The judgement didn't even mention the name of Warren Anderson,the then CEO of the Union Carbide.

Moreover,if am not wrong,these people can again appeal in higher courts against this judgement.Now due to the pressure from media and the public the congress govt is giving statements as if its going to take some strict action.The brainy guy, Mr.Veerappa Moily,the honorable law minister of India,says that they will try to extradite Anderson to India.Now Anderson is 91 yrs old.I don't know what the govt is going to find out by bringing him back to India.When there was clear-cut evidence itself,they didn't(or couldn't) act.So the statements about extradition are nothing more than political stunt.

Just delayed is the justice denied.

The problem with the central govt is that they are not willing to learn from their past mistakes.Well,to be apt,this govt doesn't even seem to bother about the 1000s of victims who died and who r suffering several genetic diseases.Whats there to worry,afterall,the victims were Indians.Now it seems that the govt is planning for another disaster.

Our PM,Manmohan Singh,considers signing the N-Deal with the US as the greatest achievement in his tenure.Now that the US wants India to sign the nuclear civil liability bill.First of all,there are 'n' no. of ways to produce electricity.There is no necessity to go for Nuclear Power plants controlled by private authorities.If I start typing about the hazards of N-Deal,then this post will never end.But still it has to be mentioned here.So just go through the link given below.Mr.P K Iyengar,an atomic scientist clearly explains the disadvantages of N-Deal.

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In a 1996 case, the Supreme Court held: “Once the activity carried on is … potentially hazardous, the person [responsible] is liable to make good the loss … irrespective [of] whether he took reasonable care …”. Absolute liability extends to restoring environmental degradation.

The nuclear liability bill violates these principles. It has fixed that the compensation amount incase of any disaster,is approximately 300$ or about Rs.2300 crores.The operator's liability,that is the company,has to pay just 500 Crores and the rest of the amount will be paid by the govt.That is the govt will invite trouble from a foreign country and it will compensate for that trouble using our tax money.Warreh wah!! what an idea sir ji!!!

It seems that the govt is too careful in avoiding troubles in future.I mean troubles from media.Because,if this bill is signed,not only the media,none else can question the govt like what is being done now.So everything will be legalized.

Till today the govt owned nuclear power plants are working fine.If the administration is good enough,then there won't be any power scarcity at all and our own govt can set up more no. of power stations gradually.If Mr.Singh thinks that this is going to be his greatest achievement,am sorry PM ji,if anything goes wrong,u will remain in the memories of many generations,but in a bad light.

The govt has failed to compensate the Bhopal victims monetarily.Atleast if it learns from the past and drops the idea of signing this N-Liability bill,that itself would be a great relief for those who died.Lets pray god that such tragedies doesn't happen again.

Note : Most of the facts mentioned in this article are taken from daily magazines like Indian Express,Dinamani etc. and I have added some points regd the N-Liability bill from the article of Mr.Praful Badwai.

My favorite inspirational writers

Hello people.. I thought of blogging about my college life,but I will do that in another post..First of all I have to think everyone who is reading this blog..Its because of the support given by you people I got 1000+ hits.. So thanks a lot for all your continuous support :-) and continue supporting this blog :-).Now I would like to write something about some great people whom I consider as an inspiration for me in terms of writing.. Most of them are journalists.So let me start.

Cho Ramaswamy:

             

                       

People who know me personally will be knowing the fact that am a 'Thuglak' fanatic. And yes,it is Mr.Cho-a comedy artiste,a play writer,a lawyer,an honest journalist, is one of my role models in terms of writing articles.Every week I will buy the weekly magazine Thuglak,run by him,without fail.What do I like that much in that magazine?You can't find any vulgar/glamorous photos in it.No free items like soap,shampoo etc, are given along with Thuglak.Facts are not cooked up to please any individual.And the most precious thing that Thuglak has and most of the magazines doesn't have is "HONESTY". Thuglak is the magazine that has the gutts to criticize people in power(be it CM or PM, no matter).He is always considered as an opposition party,because he never fails to point out the negatives of any govt.The only weekly(compared to someother magazines,I know) which writes the true facts about Hinduism is Thuglak. Cho has a lot of respect and bakthi towards Kanchi Maha Swami Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi and at the same time he never failed to criticize fake godmen like nithyananda or premananda.

When he wrote against DMK,his office was assaulted by some goondas.But that didn't stop him from criticizing DMK,instead his writings became even more powerful.He was one of the few bold journalists to question and criticize the emergency brought by Mrs.Indira Gandhi.The speciality of Thuglak is,the satirical comments by Mr.Cho on all politicians and some issues.

Ofcourse I do have difference of opinion in some issues with Thuglak,but still I would proudly say,Thuglak is 'The Best' weekly in TN and one of the best in India.

Aditya Sinha:

He is Aditya Sinha.Actually I couldn't get a better pic of him from google :(.He is one of my favorite columnist in "The New Indian Express".The motto of Indian Express is "courage of journalism" and this man's articles in the editorial page proves it.His articles are hard-hitting and it also has the right mix of humor.IE is the one of the few English journal which is not pro-congress.That doesn't mean its anti-congress.Let me put it simple,it is one of the few unbiased "dailies" in India.And his hard hitting articles are definitely inspiring ones.

S Gurumurthy :

He is another well known commentator on political and economical issues.He writes editorials in Indian Express.His writings appear in Thuglak too.He is a chartered accountant and a bold person.He was a key person who brought out several scandals of some big VIPs.He was the one who found out several facts about the Bofors scandal,to which some newspapers link some top level congress leaders.Now that the central govt is using CBI like a remote control in a video game,so now it would be foolish to think that the real culprits on Bofors scandal will be punished.But hats off Gurumurthy,for bringing out so many facts.He is a man with mission.He has boldly condemned the forceful conversions to other religions.He never hesitates to condemn/criticize the jihadis.His articles on the issue of arresting Sri Jayendra Saraswathi,against the christian missionaries in Orissa at the time of riots in 2008 etc are worth mentioning.

Francois Gautier:

He is Francois Gautier.I have read his articles only in Indian Express.Some of his articles in IE,"What made hindus in Bangalore angry","Slumdog,marxism,regionalism" etc were really inspirational.He is a pro-Hindu writer.I have seen several nice pro-Hindu articles written by him in IE.All these articles are supported by facts and figures.He is a foreigner,still he loves/values the Indian culture much more than some of the so called secular Indians.

Pazha.Karuppayyah:

He is a great Tamil writer.He writes articles in Dinamani(a Tamil daily) and in 'Thuglak'. The best part of his articles is the way he presents it.He has a great knowledge in Tamil literature.His articles are awesome to read.He has written articles on several issues like Mr.Karunanithi(TN CM :D)'s lust for power,Sania Mirza's marriage,on fake drugs scandal(which is rocking TN now) etc.One thing which I could observe from his articles is that,somehow or other he brings in the name of Mr.Karunanithi and bashes him.What makes me wonder is he perfectly connects Mr.Karunanithi's name in any article.He uses pure Tamil words.His articles have punch,satire,humor,historical references,facts and figures.

And there are some more people whom I would like to mention here,apart from the above mentioned ones.They are people whom I know personally.First I would like to mention about my friend Jagadish.I have read some of his blog posts.On seeing his blog only I too wanted to go for it.I understood how to present articles in a blog(He also used to write lengthy articles like me :D).There are lot of differences between his blog and mine,but his blog created some interest in me to start blogging.So,honestly he is also an inspiration to me :-).

Another guy is there.His name is Vishnu.Myself and him started blogging actively more or less at the same time.Amidst severe pressure and hectic schedule,this guy keeps his blog active by posting articles at regular intervals.At one stage my blog was kind of dead one.I couldn't blog anything here,due to my hectic schedule.But on seeing this guy only again I started blogging regularly by allotting some time specifically to blog.

The above mentioned people's thoughts inspires me a lot,but I follow my own way of writing only(thats y sometimes these blog posts might appear stupid to u :D).I always express only my opinion here and not others' :D.And I have difference of opinion in some issues with all the above mentioned people.

These are the people from whom I learnt and am learning to write articles.And there are also so many other writers whom I like a lot,but only these people inspired me to write articles in public forums.Finally it is the encouragement given by my friends,in my initial stage of blogging,made me to keep it alive for more than 1 year.Had they pointed out only my mistakes in this blog,I might have stopped blogging long back.But they encouraged me.Now am happy that so many others, whom I don't know personally,are also going through this blog regularly. Once again I thank everyone for ur valuable support.

'Polymorphism' in Love

Hello friends.. For the past few months I have been writing kind of serious and sensitive articles in this space.Well let me give a short break for all those stuff.I thought of blogging about my college life in this post,but something prompted me to go for this topic. I have already blogged a long article about love in the same blog,but this time I want to discuss it in a slightly technical way :P.

Well,first of all what is polymorphism? An object existing in different forms.This is the most simple definition.For example if u consider the operator '+',it can be used in different forms.In the statement 2+3=5,the '+' operator is used for addition of 2 numbers.Whereas the '+' in the statement "Stupid"+"Fellow"(this will give a result "StupidFellow"),the '+' operator is used for concatenation.This is operator overloading,an example of polymorphism.Like this an object existing in different forms is called polymorphism.(I am able to hear the mind voice scolding me in bad words :D,ada naangalum computer engineer thaan ya :P).Let me come to the point straight away.Here the object is love and I am planning to explain its different forms like puppy love,school love,college love etc and etc... Now I believe u people r able to understand the logic behind the title of this post.So let me start with the first form of love,the puppy love.

What do I mean by puppy love here?Its not the love between dogs :D.The love between the kids below 11 yrs is what I meant by puppy love.U can ask what do they know about love?They don't know anything.But the kind of affection and attraction between the 2 kids will be PURE.Pure in the sense,they don't know what future has in it for them,infact they don't even know that there is something called future. U can argue that is just friendship and not love,but in my opinion it can be called as AFFECTION,reason,for sure a boy will be showing a kind of special interest towards a girl compared to others(the vice-versa of this statement too holds good).In that age if a teacher beats the boy,the girl will cry.If the girl cries the boy will get chocolates for her.He will daily bring slate,pencils etc for her.This type of affection in this age is not dangerous as well painful.Anyday puppy-love will remain a sweet memory for everyone,provided if they had any.

Let us go to the next form-School love or Adolescent love. Actually this love is a sub-class of puppy love.This too has all the properties of the parent class puppy-love,but the thing is it has some extra features too(ada inheritance pa :D).But the danger in love starts only at this age.The children in the age group of 12-18 can be grouped into this category.After 18,according to Indian constitution a person is a major and he gets the right to vote also.OMG,again politics comes in :D.Anyway let me stop with this and proceed with love :P.Why do I say danger starts at this age?Actually in adolescent love,there are again 2 forms.Of-course,both these forms has the properties of the base class puppy love.

This is like hierarchical inheritance.More than one sub class being derived from the same base class.And remember,here the default base class for all the classes is LOVE.This is something like the OBJECT class,which by default is the base class for all the classes and no class extends the object class(in this post the LOVE class) explicitly :D.The first form of adolescent love happens due to situation and circumstances.This happens when a boy and a girl start moving together in many aspects and any special character of the boy(or girl) might impress the girl.The way the boy speaks or the way he behaves with others or the way others respect the boy etc any such feature might impress the girl(and vice-versa).In this case,the duo will think this as love and they will start thinking too much out of their relation(thanks to cinemas :D).And this is the age where all sorts of funny events will start.Our friends will start teasing us.They will say,"hey she is looking at u,see da".They will call that girl and say "he is calling u".The girl will blush with a cute smile.My goodness,we will be on cloud nine in such situations,but we will never realize 2 things.1: A severe pain awaits all these happiness 2.This is not love and just an infatuation. But again this is also excusable.

The other form of adolescent love is purely based on physical attraction(rather I should say its a biological attraction :x).I believe people who r reading this post are matured enough to understand the meaning of the term 'physical' or 'biological' attraction.But both the forms of this adolescent love will bring nothing more than pain to us,thats why the parents will be bit strict in this aspect alone at this age group.But again over-strictness will prompt even an innocent to do all these stuff. So this is the age where parents have to handle their children delicately with extreme care :-).

The next form of love is college  love.This again is a sub-class of adolescent love.This cannot inherit both the forms of adolescent love,as there is no multiple inheritance in java(now am in java only :D).So again 2 different forms of college love exists.One form of college love is again based on physical,so lets not discuss much abt it.The only difference between adolescent and college love(I mean in terms of physical attraction) is in college it happens intentionally.The boy or girl does this nonsense willingly.Thats all about it.Lets discuss the other form of college love.

But the college love also inherits the properties of puppy-love.So this is multi-level inheritance.

Well this is the most dangerous form of love.Why?

It is in college where a person MIGHT experience joy,pain,affection,emotion,anger etc altogether because he or she remains in college for atleast 3 years.So if the love works out or it fails,both MIGHT result in immense pain.I have seen guys keeping arrears due to love failures.I have seen suicides of girls due to irresponsible guys who,once accepted the love has later distanced themselves stating stupid reasons.Again the vice-versa too holds good for this statement.Here everything will start of as a fun.But this is the age where we start maturing.So love at this age will have lot of possessiveness and pain.If the proposal is accepted,the girl(or boy) becomes too sensitive in the relation.Wherever we go,she/he expects calls from him/her.If they don't get an immediate reply to their messages,they make it an issue.In worst case,if the guy/girl doesn't attend the call from his lover(he might be taking bath,she might be driving etc),thats it.The next word that will come from their mouth is "with which girl u were flirting? what mistake u found out in me? what made u to choose another girl?"paaaaaaaaaaaa.. too many questions right? Ya thats why I said,its painful.

Sometimes,our friends might also help us to marry our partner by going against the parents.99% of such loves has ended up in a disaster.These are the possible outcomes.Either the friends who helped the love will be cheated(Nadodigal is a realistic movie,what we saw in that movie,is not director's imagination,but prevailing reality,so I am not copying him :D) or the lovers themselves will feel for their mistake.Even if the lovers are happy,they will never get the affection of the elders. Their love for sure becomes incomplete without the blessings of the parents. But there are exceptional cases where the love has resulted in immense happiness,no denial in that ,but still that remains a minority.So in my opinion we have to be careful at this age and should see that we never fall in love :-).

I can write a lotttttttttt about college love,but the space is not enough,already all r bashing me for writing long articles.So let me stop with this and proceed to the next and final category of love.

The love after u become a professional is the last category which I am planning to discuss in this post.Well this doesn't extend any class except the default base class LOVE.Actually this is the class with the "public static void main" method.In this class we can create objects for anyother class and call methods of any class :D. And after we become professional we r free to choose our life partner.One will start earning and  for sure will have the much needed maturity to handle love.After becoming a professional it is easy to convince the parents too.But again,if the situation is such that,ur parents can't be convinced means,my suggestion is again to take care that you don't fall in love :-).Just because u r professional,don't keep on searching girls,then people will think bad about ur profession(ungala intha area mama nu nenachippanga).

Thats all about  polymorphism in love.Why am saying that all classes extends the puppy love is because that is the Purest form of love between a girl and boy.Actually True Love is as pure as a fresh air.So all the love should extend the puppy love class.Even the 2 loves,which is based on physical attraction,also starts of with love,but later only it goes awful.So I am correct in terms of inheritance :D.

Finally I would like to conclude this topic with the following SMS joke:

"What is polymorphism?Boys use the word friendship to start  the love,but girls use the same word friendship to end the love,oops concept machi :D".

Take that joke in a lighter vein :-).Provide ur valuable comments in the comments section :-)