Last one week it has been a overwhelming news regarding the Virginia Tech Slaughter. Almost all news channels allocated most of their air time to cover this incident. Every one no matter whom it is who had contacts with the victims as well as the shooter were interviewed
Leaving all things behind if we have to see what thought would have made a normal human being do such a devastating thing ?
Killing people is not some thing a rare event. In war people kill each other. Terrorist kill common people without any kind of mercy. Of course War/Terrorism have some predefined definition for the killings.Whether they are right or Wrong that's different argument but the motive/background is known . But for this incident will a person who is a loner/mentally affected plan so well to execute a Mass Murder ?
I personally would say the parents should play a vital role in shaping a person. We can blame lots of parameters such as Gun laws,Lack of communication among Medical institutes/Police ,college authorities,etc. But none of these has a direct control on this person than those who are close to that guy. I'm not sure whether his medical records were shared with his parents. More over this country has laws of not sharing those things once a person becomes a major.
One main difference in the culture of West and of countries like India is a person is under parents control at least until he/she gets married. One gets moulded/gets to a better shape when he is surrounded by good people around him who care for him .
So a persons brought up in his younger age shapes him better. So Parents ..Pls do take care of your kids and put more effort in shaping them.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
A thougtt
I was just seeing 'Gandhi' film few days back and reading his Experiments with truth book. In our younger days we have been told Gandhi as a great man,nobel,wise,etc in our books,etc. But when you read the whole story about him we kind of come to know great this person is. He seems to be a different person when you see him as a politician.
This man has kind of controlled whole of India in 1920's when the communication system was very very less compared to what it is now. Be it be British revolt or Hindu-Muslim clash the efforts he took and people loving him was too good to see. This person was beyond religious/caste/diversity barrier. Every Person from Kanyaumari to the extreme north (could be Pakistan now) liked him
The reason for me telling this is with the growing political trend we do not have a charismatic leader whom people love. Of late the President(Mr Kalam) is kind of liked by all and kids/youngsters consider him as role model. But he has nothing to say in politics.
Of course countries that practice democracy for a longer period than India like US have matured in the political arena. More than Individuals it is the policy/practices the parties follow make people align them selves towards them (Conservative,Left,Liberal,Socialist)
Even though in India we have our parties aligning themselves towards some of these still they do not stick on to it or follow it strictly. One good thing we have achieved is we are into this setup only for 60 years with the biggest diversities existing within the culture.
Having said this there is no point in blaming politicians/politics .Or we cannot expect a Mahatma now .One of the way to stream line/improve is to have educated people involving themselves in Politics.The parties won't chnage suddenly. Only the people running them should change it .So more civilized people and democracy within the party will help streamlining them
This man has kind of controlled whole of India in 1920's when the communication system was very very less compared to what it is now. Be it be British revolt or Hindu-Muslim clash the efforts he took and people loving him was too good to see. This person was beyond religious/caste/diversity barrier. Every Person from Kanyaumari to the extreme north (could be Pakistan now) liked him
The reason for me telling this is with the growing political trend we do not have a charismatic leader whom people love. Of late the President(Mr Kalam) is kind of liked by all and kids/youngsters consider him as role model. But he has nothing to say in politics.
Of course countries that practice democracy for a longer period than India like US have matured in the political arena. More than Individuals it is the policy/practices the parties follow make people align them selves towards them (Conservative,Left,Liberal,Socialist)
Even though in India we have our parties aligning themselves towards some of these still they do not stick on to it or follow it strictly. One good thing we have achieved is we are into this setup only for 60 years with the biggest diversities existing within the culture.
Having said this there is no point in blaming politicians/politics .Or we cannot expect a Mahatma now .One of the way to stream line/improve is to have educated people involving themselves in Politics.The parties won't chnage suddenly. Only the people running them should change it .So more civilized people and democracy within the party will help streamlining them
Sunday, April 8, 2007
World Cup - So far
The worldcup is half way through. More than the tension/excitement on the matches media and public have already had lots of entertainment in various happenings.
India's exit from he world cup, and the related team/coach changes with new initiatives by BCCI ,Pakistan's poor performance and Woomer's death adding to this , Bangladesh's stunning performance against South Africa and West indies dismissal performance.
For a cricket lover barring two matches of Srilanka none of the matches proved exciting or nail biting. With Srilanka defeating Newzeland,the Semi final spots are kind of closed for England and Westindies. Aussies are still the favourites and I'm backing Srilanka to win this world cup...
India's exit from he world cup, and the related team/coach changes with new initiatives by BCCI ,Pakistan's poor performance and Woomer's death adding to this , Bangladesh's stunning performance against South Africa and West indies dismissal performance.
For a cricket lover barring two matches of Srilanka none of the matches proved exciting or nail biting. With Srilanka defeating Newzeland,the Semi final spots are kind of closed for England and Westindies. Aussies are still the favourites and I'm backing Srilanka to win this world cup...
Monday, April 2, 2007
Sivaji - The boss
As all we know the entire southern film industry is eagerly awaiting for the release of SIVAJI-THE BOSS . Songs were released on April 2nd and already it is rocking every Car/PC/house. Some of the stills released were really pulsating and it shows how rich the movie is.
AR Rehaman as usual has given blasting tunes and few of them get into the mind first time itsel. Followin Rehaman's trend the rest would become hits once we start hearing them.
Super Star's introduction song and one melody with Thirupavai are really good
More than films depending on their strength ,the films getting released on Tamil New years day expect Sivaji to get released the same day aiming that people will come to their films in the event of not getting tickets to 'SIVAJI'.
Hope like Chandramukhi SIVAJI wil satisfy all audiences and keep the people involved in Film business happy
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Reservation - A social cause
The recent Supreme Court Verdict on the OBC reservations has clearly indicated our Politicians exist and work nothing for other than Votes.
With the social discrimination prevailing in the Indian Culture, Reservation for deprived classes was in evitable. We all have to accept the fact that we need to bring people whose generations were not given chances before because of the caste system to excel themselves. The main goal of this system is to create a society where every one have equal opportunities.
We have passed 60 years of Independence in which we have been living with this system . Had this system been judicially followed till now we could have created a society in INDIA where we would have at least brought 40 - 50 % of the people and their future generations in line with the developed one
Thanks to states like Tamil Nadu who were front runners in this movement where in they did a excellent performance in making this happen. There it is 69% now but again they created more educational institutions,increased the seats and developed Industries which gave enough opportunities for the students. This helped in keeping all sections of the society happy and get benefited. But in many other states, the political parties merely do vote bank politics. They tend to pretend as if they are supporting the deprived sections but actually not.
The goal of this reservation system will only be achieved if it actually benefits the people who need this. We should have some strong governing laws to see if this is not mis used or once one gets benefit from this they should not be used by their following generations . If this is not done this will further create a big difference among the educationally/economically sections in the backward classes
More than just talking about this system for the past 60 years after independence and not able to achieve any thing ,if the Govt /politicians aim at increasing India's Economic growth/Industries it will slowly evade the caste system we had. We have to create a society where any one can do any kind of work. In Countries like US the person is not differentiated based on the work he does(either running a barber shop/farmer/or working in a company). This is possible because all these jobs have a industrial back ground.
Let the next generation kids at least grow in a environment like that
With the social discrimination prevailing in the Indian Culture, Reservation for deprived classes was in evitable. We all have to accept the fact that we need to bring people whose generations were not given chances before because of the caste system to excel themselves. The main goal of this system is to create a society where every one have equal opportunities.
We have passed 60 years of Independence in which we have been living with this system . Had this system been judicially followed till now we could have created a society in INDIA where we would have at least brought 40 - 50 % of the people and their future generations in line with the developed one
Thanks to states like Tamil Nadu who were front runners in this movement where in they did a excellent performance in making this happen. There it is 69% now but again they created more educational institutions,increased the seats and developed Industries which gave enough opportunities for the students. This helped in keeping all sections of the society happy and get benefited. But in many other states, the political parties merely do vote bank politics. They tend to pretend as if they are supporting the deprived sections but actually not.
The goal of this reservation system will only be achieved if it actually benefits the people who need this. We should have some strong governing laws to see if this is not mis used or once one gets benefit from this they should not be used by their following generations . If this is not done this will further create a big difference among the educationally/economically sections in the backward classes
More than just talking about this system for the past 60 years after independence and not able to achieve any thing ,if the Govt /politicians aim at increasing India's Economic growth/Industries it will slowly evade the caste system we had. We have to create a society where any one can do any kind of work. In Countries like US the person is not differentiated based on the work he does(either running a barber shop/farmer/or working in a company). This is possible because all these jobs have a industrial back ground.
Let the next generation kids at least grow in a environment like that
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Guru - A rare expiriment
Guru - Nice Experience
We had a chance to view the film on a busy working day. ManiRathnam has given a good film all together. It is rare to get Biographies filmed as commercial movies in India and Mani has done this with courage and succeeded in it. I'm not sure how this movie will satisfy 'B' or 'C' center audiance but on Metros and in growing corporate life styile of cities in India this should be a success
Reliance Vs Shakthi
Even though the initial title claims that the move is not representing any individual or organisation for every one it is a known truth that it talks about the success of Reliance Industries.
Scenes
The initial scenes of struggles and success of GuruKanth Desai(Jr.Bachan) and the final court scene were taken very nicely taken.
Nice to see a dram/biographt film in the midst of romance and action dominated indian movies.
ManiRathnam has proven his skills in filming about personalities with his first work beiing Iruvar on this category of films.
Over all it is a good movie to watch and before going just read about Reliance industries/its founders and related information on web ,else it will be little bit confusing and at times irritating.. Remember this is not a movie to get your self entertained instead it is about a person who struggled from his middle class background and rose to build one of the biggest enterprises in India.
Bharath
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