Dedications

The recent melee around the movie ‘My Name is Khan’ only goes to prove that the Shiv Sena whose mascot is a Tiger is losing its teeth, stripes, balls, and all other part of its anatomy that can prove that it’s a Tiger. Looks like anything associated with a tiger is jinxed as Tiger Woods ended up proving he to be an animal, and this animal can’t prove to be one. It’s take a lot to be a Tiger.

Bal Thackrey is a man I love and admire, as no politician worth their salt, have the gall to speak their mind. Yes his ideology is twisted, weird and many a times insane. His claim to be the protector of the Marathi people has been a load of gas. He has got himself so confused that in the process masses who he had kept in a state of confusion for decades have awoken. First it was South Indians that were his target, then Muslims, then people from UP, then it was his Hindutva stance, where it boomeranged as people from UP or South India can also be Hindus. Then it was his tirade against Valentine’s Day. Finally when everything failed to keep his roar alive, which started sounding like the mew of a lost kitten he started to attack the softest target in the country that is the film industry. The entire approach of the Sena has been that of a political terrorist. Terrorise anyone who does not agree to their political ideology. Vandalism and putting the public at large to inconvenience has been their only achievement.

His own blood pulled the rug of his feet, I mean paws. That’s beside the point Raj Thackrey who could have rocked, got it cocked following the paw steps of the tiger. In the process got the Marathi people even more confused, as it was earlier just one party or family giving them a carrot on a stick, now it two parts of the same family, this time giving them only a stick, as they have not even left the carrot they used to dangle earlier. The whole trip of Maharashtra for Maharastrians is so skewed up, as no one knows what defines one to be a Maharashtrian. One opinion is you have to be domiciled in the state for 15 years, so if you are born in Maharashtra and have not lived there it disqualifies you, but if you are from UP and lived there for 15 years qualifies you. Then the Sena’s opinion is that you have to know the language to be a Maharastrian, which makes Ajmal Kasab the terrorist, a Maharastrian as he has already started giving his replies in Marathi in the court. Then another view is you have to born to Maharashtrian parents, which means if a set of parents were Maharastrians and migrated to Pakistan during the partition, it qualifies their children to be Maharastrian. The list goes on and every opinion contradicts the other, and as usual confuses more. I won’t be surprised if another opinion may soon be enforced that you have to prove your origins right upto Darwin’s theory from which brood of monkeys you originated to prove your Maharastrian monkey origins.

No problems with all this confusion they can go ahead and make it murkier, but why vandalise, terrorise and physically hurt people to drive your ideology. Beating up innocent taxi drivers whose origins are from UP. Vandalise cinema halls to ban a movie of Shahrukh Khan because he said something that is pro Pakistan. If what he said is wrong, deal with him why should the common suffer and fear for his life. If you can’t debate with him don’t terrorize, as Mr. Thackrey ‘Your name is not Khan but are you a terrorist?"

# posted by Sunny Fernandes @ 2:54 AM 1 Comments

I was always intrigued by God Men, as always aspired to be one. Firstly they are great Ad Men as they can put advertising companies to shame with the moolah they rake, teach them Marketing strategies, and rake up TRP's (Television Rating Points). One of our latest in India is a guy named Ramdeo, who can cure pimples to cancer by twisting your body into shapes that make you look like from where you evolved. That only confirms why this dude is cockeyed; twisting himself so much that he got his eyeballs twisted. Wonder why he can’t straighten that, as he claims yoga can improve eyesight and even avoid need for glasses. I have no complains about yoga and its healthy abilities, it is just like any form of exercise that is good for the body. Packaging it as a medical cure is what I have a problem with. Then you have the con men and they need no mention, as many go for a fix to these dudes to ward off bad luck, try to peek into the future to see what it holds, though none of them could predict jack shit till today, though I personally loved Osho, whose fix for everything was sex. He was so good at sex that he actually screwed US of A, and had to be deported. That is besides the point you don’t need to be a God Man to screw US of A.

I am not disputing or trying to disprove that there are no holy men or spiritual men. Then it is like finding a needle in a hay stack. As in the last 5000 years of mankind there has been just few like a Gautam Buddh, Mahavir, Jesus, Guru Nanak, Sai Baba, Mohammed, who been teachers and spiritual guiders to humanity. Taking of Sai Baba, the new breed of God (Con) men cannot even form a cult of their own that they try to fake the holy men of history, as one of them claims to be the reincarnation of Sai Baba, and fishes out gold rings from thin air, coughs out gold eggs, and have a huge base of followers who are the Stupid Men. So this guy is like the sequel of Hollywood Movies, like Rambo which had 4 sequels, this guy claims to be Sai Baba part 2. Some of his believers even believe that holy ash falls from his picture on their walls, not realizing that they may have not painted their walls for ages and the plaster is peeling. I am in the process of grooming myself to be Sai Baba part 3, and learning some cool hand tricks from youtube. The egg and the holy ash from my picture I tried it with my wife, just that she threw eggs on my picture and instead of holy ash from my picture; my picture had to be throw in the thrash.

In our recent history I have great admiration for people like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa and Dalai Lama to name a few. None of them ever proclaimed divinity or spiritual powers that heal. They just had their actions that spoke louder than words, and their actions will inspire the next generations of mankind. None of them had lifestyles that were materialistic in nature and had just one goal to make the world a better to live in. Their whole lives were dedicated to help mankind, reach out and touch.

Since I can never be anywhere close to these noble and holy men, I am aggressively pursuing my dream of being the Con Man, so currently doing a course on the ‘Art of Living’ by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who claims to cure all worries and stress by breathing. Just never knew why he had to title himself twice as Sri, which is equivalent to Mr. in English, till I heard him speak. He has such a feminine voice that maybe he has to emphasize twice in his title that he is a Man. Some of the stuff he teaches is really cool, as otherwise none of these jokers would have such huge fan following. It’s like watching a movie you like a star you watch his movies, you ape him, etc. Same here these guys can awe people with the gift of the gab, or cheap magic tricks or twist and turn. So this guy’s breathing stuff is nice and good quick fix of feel good. Breathing techniques are thought and then relaxation techniques and in the process some fall asleep and snore, when they awake it is good fresh feel, and WoW this guy is treated like God. I tried the breathing technique and it is good, just that on one occasion I took a heavy breath and broke wind, and in the process I got the revelation for the name of my institute when I claim to be God Man, it would be called the ‘Fart of Living’.

# posted by Sunny Fernandes @ 1:20 AM 3 Comments