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1947-2007 : Still no solution to this problem

August19

Since 1990s, the valley has been balancing on such a thin wire, that even a single gush of wind misbalances the situations in J&K. We have seen this state burn since last 3 months over the Amaranth land restoration issue & the worst is still to come – the Partition. Kashmiris now often quote “Forget this land issue, we want Freedom”. Now I cannot understand what more freedom does Kashmir wants? In the past, India has seen many such issues from Nagaland, Punjab, Mizoram etc where state boundaries & demographic numbers was an issue & democracy came as a resolution in those times. But this Kashmir issue never ends.

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Is this true Independence ??

August14

Wishing all the reader a very Happy Independence Day. But is it truly a HAPPY day??? Is this what our freedom fighters wanted or as a matter of fact, is this what we yearn for?? Mobs on street in J&K, farmers out in Greater Noida, Serial Bomb blasts in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangluru, Jaipur and the list goes on. Killings just keep on increasing, be it by a bullet or by a road accident. Women still doesn’t have the freedom to roam around safely in her own country. Or for a matter of fact, it’s not even safe for men to roam around at night. Auto Rickshaw drivers looting & killing their passengers for just Rs 10 or a poor guy just having his tea is looted by a group of men on motorbikes. Is this where we are headed??

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Singhs attack KINNG

August9

Another Friday, another big release – Singh is Kinng. I don’t know whether this movie will be liked by the audience or not, but I can surely say Guru Granth Sahib Satikaar Committee has already started to protest against some scenes or dialogues in the movie. The problem – as then newspaper says – is the portrayal of the Sikh community in an improper manner. Bollywood movies have always been the portrayal of the Indian society ever-since they started. Whether they depict the prestige of imported goods in 1960s or they portray the hard life a farmer led in 1970s or they describe a true reality in Rang De Basanti, they have always showed us various faces of the Indian Society.

But today, I deeply regret reading yet another headline telling us the methodology people are adopting to express their anger on these film producers. Smashing the cinema hall showing these movies is no way a decent community is expected to behave. And for a matter of fact, film producers had already shown the movie to Shiromani Gurwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) for approval. This was a pre-release activity so that un-accepted scenes & depictions can be removed from the movie. And after clearance of the movie, I think if there are any objectionable scenes, then it’s SGPC who is responsible & not the film producers. But I am not asking the Sikh community to go and smash SGPC’s office, but legal actions can always be taken & let law decide what has to be done.
Another such case that has been moving around since so many months is an un-respectful depiction of Manoj Kumar in Om Shanti Om. And SRK & his team promised to remove the scene, but nothing has been done till date & now the movie is all set for a WORLD PREMIER. But Manoj Kumar fans did not go and smash OSO production house. Instead, they chose to trust the Indian Law System.

Bollywood has seen many controversial movies like these (like Mangal pandey, Fanna, Ashoka etc ). But through proper channel & through proper research on the theme, one can produce a controversial movie without any controversies. According to me, Sarkar & Sarkar Raj could have been controversial, but they intelligently framed each and every frame escaping any pin-points from the audience. Or I could say, Big B was amazing in these movies that no one noticed any faults in the movie ;)

People learn from their mistakes, producers of Singh is Kinng will learn a lesson if they did make any mistake. And situations, time & experience does change the perspective from which a person views a problem. Things will change in future & may be this violence rate on each and every issue will slow down someday.

Now go & watch SINGH IS KINGG today, it’s a Saturday, enjoy the movie & decide for yourself if there is anything wrong in the movie.

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MIXED FORM OF HINDI – GOOD OR BAD???

August7

All of us have heard this line in IDEA Cellular ads – WHAT AN IDEA SIRJEE. But have any one of us done some analysis on this dialogue?? Karan Thapar has, in one of his article themed around prevalence of modified Hindi in the Indian society. Every now and then, we keep using English words while speaking in Hindi. Many people develop this habit deliberately to live in this cosmopolitan society while others do it as if these words are inherent in our Hindi vocabulary. So where has this SHUDH HINDI (Pure form of Hindi) vanished??
I give you an exercise- try speaking on any issue in pure Hindi for 5 mins. And I am sure you’ll land up using several English words in between. I tried it, and I failed. A few basic sentences (that I’ll jot down later in the article) that we use, shows how English has slowly crept in our day to day lives. I am not saying it’s bad. But it’s always better if we either speak apt English or apt Hindi. Speaking in, what some call as HINDNGLISH, may sometime land you up in a situation where you cannot find a HINDI substitute for your word, hence facing some communication tribulations in villages where English is not prominent. And Vice-a-Versa condition is equally irritating.
Some basic day to day life sentences like , “Mujhe BOOK chahiye”, “MEDICINE TIME pe lena”, ”MESSAGE karte rehna”, ”CALL uthao”, “BLACK joote dikhaao” etc etc. All these have some English words that can so easy be replaced by equivalent Hindi words to sound more pure. But …
So I ask you just one question – Is it right to let some foreign words come into our Hindi (or any local language) vocabulary, that to, to such an extent that it becomes an integral part of our day to day conversations? Where has those campaigns to promote shudh hindi gone?? Or is it the result & need of the modern day society that makes you sound COOL?? I leave the judgment to you …
PS:  I OFTEN USE SOME ENGLISH WORDS TO EXPESS MYSELF …

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Is this the end or are there more to come?

August5

Yes, serial blast again rock the cities, they have again targeted the headlines of the newspaper and the breaking news topic on almost all the Television channels. Two back-to-back plots in Bangalore and Ahmedabad have once again multiplied the fear factor and heightened security all over India. How do we coin these unabated blows? Is it a consequence of communal politics or just another serial blasts planned sophisticatedly. Explosions, bloodshed, pain, misery, killing, moaning of lives has become the agenda of today. These brutal minds have claimed innocent lives and not even spared the hospitals this time. They have effectively made lives despondent for many. Can you imagine how horrifying the scene must have been when injured from the first site were being taken for treatment to the trauma center where the second bomb exploded.

It is definitely not the beginning unit in the series of serial bombings. The indelible scar left after the coordinated terror plots on the suburban trains in Maharashtra still leaves the witnessers traumatized. These unprecedented senseless killings leave no good rather than aggravating communal conflicts. We can estimate the number of deaths but can we approximate the lifelong pain and fear caused by these orchestrated blasts? Come on let’s be genuine and accept the grim reality that even if we want we can’t subside their anguish, but mourn for the souls of those who were unfortunately a part of this deadly plan.

The Indian government, intelligence agencies, State government of Gujarat and the State Police have been acknowledge as colossal failure. A day after the Bangalore blasts, Ahmedabad was hit by similar blasts, now what do we call this, inefficiency, a casual approach by the State Police, whose cops are just busy in security of political matters, controlling dharnas and demonstrations. Well, without any delay lets accept the stark facts that our security forces are not trained enough to secure us. India is prone to more attacks, claiming more lives. Our ministers, our caretakers, are busy putting bribery allegations and after such evil attacks they start playing the blame game. Yes, they definitely play their other role substantially well by raising more funds for better training of the security forces. But eventually this money lands up in the Lok Sabha where parties are busy in the inculpation game.

I personally feel that time to take charge has come. If the security guards are not carrying their duties up to the mark, isn’t it an obligation on our part to ring a bell. But we, the public instead of assisting the security agencies want to escape the inconvenience caused due to strict dealings. The dire need of the hour is to team up with the security agencies in combating terrorism. If they feel hassle-free at some point of time, we got to step in, so that they become conscious of the reality that our nation is still jeopardized. A simple move like going and asking a cop to check an abandoned bicycle bearing a tiffin-box can stir up the cop, who was not even bothered to see the bicycle lying deserted ever since. We don’t take note of such petty things but this lack of wakefulness can dish up as keynote in the opponent’s planning.

These deadly blasts are a wake up call for the Youth of India. Let’s unite and not allow the charts and the planning’s systematized by the anti-social elements to be a triumph. This write-up has been structured after going through the editorial of Times Of India and Hindustan Times but it is undeniably the voice of India.

Nuclear Deal (In Pictures)

July23

Here’s some collection of cartoons that say it all. After the voting, everyone feels free to say whatever he or she wants to

say on this issue. But results are not changing :)

Some pics taken from the national daily Hindustan Times. Keep checking back for some more of them :)

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SINGH IS KING !!!

July22

Manmohan Singh

Firstly, I’l like to wish Dr Manmohan Singh my heartiest Congratulations. It’s not a win of a government alone. It’s a win for the Indians, it’s a win for our scientists who will have an opportunity to work on new technology. I have been watching this nail-biting voting since morning & after hearing so many speeches, I could think how mis-leaded some MPs (Member of Parliament)of INDIA are. 20-30% MPs are not even knowing what this deal is about & an even larger number faced away from even speaking a word on the issue when given a chance. These people have no right to vote against an issue that is entirely of NATIONAL Interest. And moving away from India, its an equally important news for the USA also who has been desperately working in getting this deal through.

Apart from this, I feel ashamed to see some un-imaginable hurdles that the “FOR THE MOTION” faced. One MP says that he had been threatened to vote for the motion else CBI will arrest Mayawati.  Another a bigger & a more shocking one, MPs entering into the Lok Sabha with leather bags full of crores of rupees saying that they were bribed. But whatever happened, these people tried every possible way to restrict INDIA from going ahead with this nuclear deal. But in the end, Dr. Manmohan SINGH IS KING.

Lastly, I would like to quote one very inspiring line that Mr. Rahul Gandhi said in his speech today. He said “Don’t worry how the world impacts us, think how we will impact the world”

Rahul Gandhi
(Image Source:Hindustantimes)

Signing Off & wishing all the Indians Congratulations
Team POINT COUNTERPOINT

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NUCLEAR DEAL (Cartoon says it all)

July21

Hello ….

I was going through Times of India of 20th July & found this amazing cartoon (see below). The cartoon says it all. But let’s hope these blocks dont fall ……. wish INDIA gets through this deal. Let India harness the power of NUCLEAR REACTIONS …. let’s pray …

Manmohan Ji

NUCLEAR DEAL (Technological Aspect)

July16

Point Counterpoint started with issues pertaining to environment (Global Warming, Carbon Credit etc, etc.).  And now moving on similar lines, though a more political issue, I discuss the issue of Nuclear power… obviously for commercial use … from technological point of view & political view.
As an engineer, technology has always been a fascination. And we see this nuclear deal as a technological advancement into a new era where CO2 emissions are drastically reduced & where we aim to clean our air & environment. Not moving around the bush, I state some concrete points to support this nuclear deal. Here I go: View Full Article »

Changing patterns of CRICKET (part I)

May27

I was reading one article a day before yesterday whose main theme was the change in CRICKET that is taking place. And indeed this is what I feel that now a days CRICKET has become more of an entertainment than a sport. With every other day cricketer’s photos being splashed on Page 3, every young cricketer being linked with some gorgeous bollywood actress etc. And this is a smart way of gaining popularity & making money View Full Article »

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