Thursday, January 31, 2013
Vishwaroopam
Another movie in India getting dragged into a created controversy, and amongst the many, one of the most idiotic and stupidest reasons is that it could create social disharmony. If that is the case then all movies bashing Pakistan, its secret services, etc, should be banned as that could be the reason we are having so much turmoil on our borders and our soldiers heads decapitated could be the reason for this.
Dumbest idea is the moment a cigarette lighting scene is shown a notice get displayed that ‘Cigarette smoking is injurious to health’. Then it should apply for everything, for e.g. if there is a sex scene a notice should be displayed ‘Unprotected sex can cause STD and AIDS’. If there is a gun fight scene a notice should be displayed ‘Guns can kill’. Notices should be for stunts that show heroes flying, villains flung, drinking alcohol, etcetera, and etcetera. No doubt it would be confusing whether we going to be entertained or going to get educated?
If movies are targeted for social disharmony, then the question is has motivational movies done any good? Good no. of movies have been made on Gandhi, so how many politicians have stripped their attire and walked into parliament with a loin cloth? How many have stopped taking security and walk around with a stick in their hands? Movies have been made on saints like Saibaba, Sant Tukaram, and many more, so how many have turned religious watching these movies? When will our government, politicians and law makers realize that movies are for entertainment and do not contribute to social change of destruction or nation building. If that was so then our nation by now should have been the most developed nation in the world as we are largest movie producing nation in the world. The way things are going it won’t be long that diktats would be issued not to show politicians, police and lawyers as corrupt and dishonest, as that is a reason there are scams in the country.
Mystery is for a movie like Vishwaroopam legal approvals and disapprovals are done if not in hours at least within days, then how come someone like Afzal Guru is still enjoying hospitality in our prisons and not yet hung? Why did it take so long for a Kasab to be hung? Flip side is how come innocents languish in jails and cases are dragged for years together? We hear there are shortages of lawyers then where do the lawyers appear for banning a movie? No producer or director puts a gun on the population and demands them to watch movies, so are we to understand that if the law does not intervene, people will go watch movies and get influenced. If that is so then the law should intervene for movies that flop and ensure the producers get their money and demand everyone to go and watch their movies.
Then playing and singing the national anthem should be also be banned as there are some religious bodies that have an objection to that. So next time I go to watch a movie and the national anthem is played, I wish it comes with a notice that reads, ‘Singing the national anthem cannot assure national harmony’.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Republic of India
A rape incident which did get the whole country shocked in grief. A crime so gruesome that politics took precedent to justice, as it did shake the government institution to act. Politics reached to even utter lower levels that India is known for. Diktats for women not to carry mobile phones by some communities, to an alleged religious head stating that the victim should have addressed the culprits as bothers, to film industry being held responsible, and the list is endless.
Where are we heading too? Protestors who wanted to protest the crime were beaten and water cannoned in the chilly weather of Delhi, at the same time arson and vandalism by political parties are just looked away. Is this what democracy all about? Was this a first rape incident in India? Statistics reveal a rape every few minutes across India. So why was this rape victim taken to Singapore for treatment? Will future rape victims also get this level of treatment? Is this not rape of faith and judiciary in the country for the thousands of rape victims and their families?
Thousands of soldiers have died manning the border with Pakistan to the latest being the most cruel and inhuman level of barbarism, where a two soldiers heads were decapitated and taken by Pakistan as a trophy. Where are the protestors? Where are environment destroyers with their burning candles? Where are the communities that come to bloodshed if there religious values or religious heads are portrayed in negative light. Here people who protect our lives are killed like an animal game hunt and no one is bothered? Waging a war with Pakistan may have had us even get back Pakistan occupied Kashmir (and even Pakistan) with lesser casualties than what we are losing our soldiers to infiltration by Pakistan across our borders and killing them without provocation. Is this not rape of morale of our soldiers, with our country not acting, on the contrary insulting the defense institution further with peace talks with Pakistan?
Kingfisher Airlines a defaulter of billions of rupees to banking institutions and its employees not being paid for months, but the owner Vijay Mallaya is having a ball. He is busy with Formula racing, horse racing, and woman chasing but the banks will not chase him how petty defaulters of their loans are chased and humiliated, and even anti-social elements hired for loan recovery. Scams are unearthed in every industry, who is being hired to recover the money? When did we ever hear of some billions recovered which were swiped out in corruption? Is this not a rape of the economy of our country?
Education in the country is a mess. Instead of education it is more emphasis on the importance of state language that is priority to knowledge. It is religious influence on education where some political party insists students sings religious hymns like the ‘Gayatri Mantra’. Then another religious group that oppose singing of the National Anthem. Even more shocking is the Police Commissioner of Mumbai, Mr. Satyapal Singh stating English education triggers suicides and murders. How more idiotic and stupid a remark can get, where education is blamed for evils in society. Is this not rape of education?
On the health care front we have a politician who blames cases of dengue to be cause of dieting and food habits. Cases of surgical instruments left inside the patient’s body after surgery, babies being gnawed by rats, accident patients not admitted in hospitals as they may not be able to pay. Quack doctors with fake certifications treating patients whereby health care is more health scare. Is this not rape of the health of the people?
Interesting was to know of a law that is being planned to punish rapists to be named after the recent rape victim which died in a hospital in Singapore. Will laws in future be named after victims who were murdered or cheated or robbed? Roads and bridges get named after politicians and the infrastructure of our country is in the dumps, similarly laws named after victims not improve the law and order of our country. Is this not rape and mockery of the Indian Public?
As we approach the 64th Republic Day of India the question is are we a Republic or Raped Public?
Where are we heading too? Protestors who wanted to protest the crime were beaten and water cannoned in the chilly weather of Delhi, at the same time arson and vandalism by political parties are just looked away. Is this what democracy all about? Was this a first rape incident in India? Statistics reveal a rape every few minutes across India. So why was this rape victim taken to Singapore for treatment? Will future rape victims also get this level of treatment? Is this not rape of faith and judiciary in the country for the thousands of rape victims and their families?
Thousands of soldiers have died manning the border with Pakistan to the latest being the most cruel and inhuman level of barbarism, where a two soldiers heads were decapitated and taken by Pakistan as a trophy. Where are the protestors? Where are environment destroyers with their burning candles? Where are the communities that come to bloodshed if there religious values or religious heads are portrayed in negative light. Here people who protect our lives are killed like an animal game hunt and no one is bothered? Waging a war with Pakistan may have had us even get back Pakistan occupied Kashmir (and even Pakistan) with lesser casualties than what we are losing our soldiers to infiltration by Pakistan across our borders and killing them without provocation. Is this not rape of morale of our soldiers, with our country not acting, on the contrary insulting the defense institution further with peace talks with Pakistan?
Kingfisher Airlines a defaulter of billions of rupees to banking institutions and its employees not being paid for months, but the owner Vijay Mallaya is having a ball. He is busy with Formula racing, horse racing, and woman chasing but the banks will not chase him how petty defaulters of their loans are chased and humiliated, and even anti-social elements hired for loan recovery. Scams are unearthed in every industry, who is being hired to recover the money? When did we ever hear of some billions recovered which were swiped out in corruption? Is this not a rape of the economy of our country?
Education in the country is a mess. Instead of education it is more emphasis on the importance of state language that is priority to knowledge. It is religious influence on education where some political party insists students sings religious hymns like the ‘Gayatri Mantra’. Then another religious group that oppose singing of the National Anthem. Even more shocking is the Police Commissioner of Mumbai, Mr. Satyapal Singh stating English education triggers suicides and murders. How more idiotic and stupid a remark can get, where education is blamed for evils in society. Is this not rape of education?
On the health care front we have a politician who blames cases of dengue to be cause of dieting and food habits. Cases of surgical instruments left inside the patient’s body after surgery, babies being gnawed by rats, accident patients not admitted in hospitals as they may not be able to pay. Quack doctors with fake certifications treating patients whereby health care is more health scare. Is this not rape of the health of the people?
Interesting was to know of a law that is being planned to punish rapists to be named after the recent rape victim which died in a hospital in Singapore. Will laws in future be named after victims who were murdered or cheated or robbed? Roads and bridges get named after politicians and the infrastructure of our country is in the dumps, similarly laws named after victims not improve the law and order of our country. Is this not rape and mockery of the Indian Public?
As we approach the 64th Republic Day of India the question is are we a Republic or Raped Public?
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