You are currently browsing the tag archive for the ‘bombay’ tag.
This is exactly what I have been proposing all along. Adopting democratic tactics to protest against injustice.
The MNS leaders and workers finally got their long deserving punishment; watching Deshdrohi, that too at a sub-standard cinema hall in Andheri : Link
I am sure they will think twice before attacking a north Indian in the future !
Thankfully the senseless regional politics in Maharashtra is coming to a close sooner than expected :
No north Indian name for Maharashtrian road.
Wonder how long before they realize that Ram and Krishna are both ‘bhaiyyas’ and turn atheists ?
.. comes from the father of the youth from UP, lynched in a train in Mumbai, who was offered Rs. 2 L as compensation by the Maharashtra government :
Take Rs 20L, give me MNS chief.
To be honest, I woudn’t advocate such a thing too. That would just mean moving further away from a democracy.
A certain M.K. Gandhi had said “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”. What if the people are already blinded ?
Rajdeep Sardesai writes in an open letter to Raj Thackeray pretty much what it is on everybody’s mind. Hope we get an answer :
When you started your party a few years ago, it had been pitched as a party committed to a “modern” Maharashtra. If that vision still stands, why don’t you take it forward in real terms? Why don’t you, for example, set up vocational courses and technical institutes for young Maharashtrians to make them competitive in the job market? Why not, for that matter, start English-speaking classes for Maharashtrian students to equip them for the demands of the new economy? If cultural identity is such a concern, why not launch a statewide campaign to promote Marathi art, theatre and cinema by financially supporting such ventures? If Mumbai’s collapsing infrastructure worries you, then target the politician-builder nexus first. And isn’t it also time we realized that Mumbai is not Maharashtra, that the long suffering Vidarbha and Marathwada farmer needs urgent attention? Why not use your political and financial muscle to start projects in rural Maharashtra instead of focusing your energies on Mumbai’s bright lights alone? An employment generation scheme in a Jalna or a Gadchiroli may not make the front pages, but it will have far greater value for securing Maharashtra’s future.
Jai Hind, Jai Maharashtra!
Methinks the answer is obvious : Because .. it is tougher.
Neither.
I am hoping everyone would have heard about Rahul Raj (and no, he is not Shahrukh Khan’s alter ego).
A youth from Bihar comes in to Mumbai at dawn, holds a bus at ransom in the morning and by noon is history, leaving behing a tale of politics and continued hatred, the end of which is nowhere in sight.
Sadly, almost no one has reacted as a responsible citizen.
The police are yet to disclose details of the incident, which could well be a deciding factor in the argument. Either way, if a passenger’s life was threatened, I would go with the Mumbai police here. They were not netting a butterfly here. This was an armed person they were dealing with.
Maharashtra Home Minister R.R.Patil made the famous ‘bullet for a bullet’ quote. And this, when he was in Sangli with hardly any details about the incident. Wonder why he did not apply his same logic all this time while the MNS was happily rampaging the streets of Mumbai.
Politicians from Bihar, weirdly united and most of whom are hailing Rahul Raj as a martyr, with even lesser details about the incident. Lalu Prasad Yadav calls it a murder and not an encounter, just because the police were not injured.
Mr Shivraj Patil, the Home Minister of India. It would be fair to say that a cute little kitten might scare me more than his words.
Lastly some people of Mumbai, who incidentally, also happen to be citizens of India. Very possibly as an indirect consequence to the recent incidents, a youth from UP was lynched in a train in Mumbai.
Whatever your opnion might be, I think across the board we can atleast agree that the recent incidents have brought out the worst in everyone.
And that terrorists are not born, we make them.
A few lines from yesterday’s post read :
But a smart move to be in the news, considering the media is a sucker for anything related to Raj; including what he ate for dinner last night – chappati, vegetables, fruits and a cup of tea. I am rather disappointed that TOI did not report whether his digestive system processed the food well.
Today Swapnil P writes in about this article : Link
Thackeray chose to remain constipated all day rather than use the Indian loo.
and the joke’s on me now ! Never underestimate the media, especially Mumbai Mirror.
P.S. : I am sure there are still farmers committing suicide, Dalits being massacared and Christians being killed somewhere. What more, they don’t even have access to a loo !
Amidst all the violence, politics and nonsense that generally clutters the life of an average Indian, this is a moment we all need to be proud of. The launch of Chandrayaan-1, which by definition proves that there are more to follow !
Firstly, about the name; I have heard many variations (which includes one friend referring to it as Chandranarayan) but the right pronunciation is चंद्रयान-1 (Courtesy : Wikipedia).
So we are back to the good old times. Back to kids saying they wanted to become an astronaut; technically weird, since this was an unmanned mission (or maybe being a pilot didn’t seem too attractive courtesy Jet Airways).
Among its other minor achievements are a mention by Barack Obama, a discussion in the Ubuntu Forums (where people are learning about India) and of course, a mention in the Stanford Daily here (information by Raghu).
Chandrayaan-1 had a textbook launch (which lead to one wise person at RDB wonder if there was a textbook inside) but there are serious concerns that it might run into some trouble in space very soon :
Image via email from Tushar B.
But to be honest, I am doubly excited about our forthcoming manned mission to the moon, with the hope that we get to vote whom to pack off.
Yes and to follow the rich tradition of our mostly otherwise media, you can send in your wishes to the ISRO team who made all the Indians proud, by writing in the comments section below !! Let’s write to them and boost their morale !
P.S. : You can also send in your good wishes/messages in case your neighbour’s dog gave birth to a litter, your manager was caught cheating on his wife, India’s victory over Australia in the 2001 Kolkata test and any random occasion. Just like our news channels, I will make sure the concerned party reads it, even if it is a dog.
While a lot of bouquets and brickbats have been thrown at Raj Thackeray recently, this is something which stumped even me :
Raj’s act dangerous for Hindutva: Puri seer.
I did not get head or tail of his reasoning. But a smart move to be in the news, considering the media is a sucker for anything related to Raj; including what he ate for dinner last night – chappati, vegetables, fruits and a cup of tea. I am rather disappointed that TOI did not report whether his digestive system processed the food well.
About the religious events that take place yearly :
The Hindus visit the Amarnath shrine and the Kumbh Mela.
The Muslims visit Haj.
The MNS visits the railway examination centers.
The attack on the railway examination centers has now become as old as the Amarnath yatra. Why doesn’t someone have the sense to change the centers or provide security !
** Read the post below “A Wednesday – movie review” first for reference **
Mumbai Meri Jaan provides a solution. Although it might have technical flaws, as an audience, I was happy with its attempt at a solution. Honest and sincere attempt by Nishikant Kamat (known for his Marathi movie Dombivli Fast and its Tamil counterpart Enavo Oruvan).
The best of the movie in ascending order :
1. Paresh Rawal. (Quote OSO : Wah ! Kya acting hai !)
2. Camerawork. Sheer joy.
3. Writing, in a few key scenes, especially the chain monologue, the Rupali Bani Rudali pun.
Personally, I felt the bests outnumbered the flaws, just due to their quality. Kay Kay Menon perfectly potrays the overconfident-about-his-thoughts unemployed youth, who is the bread and butter of the politicians of Mumbai today. Soha Ali Khan is very good with her role. Madhavan is decent. Irfan Khan is okay.
Unfortunately, the narrative slows down considerably once all the stories are established. Irfan Khan’s story drags on (and the only shift from reality), Madhavan doesn’t tell about his close brush to his family for some strange reason and so the story drags on (his accent oscillates between Bihari at times to Bambaiyya), you know what you are going to see in Soha Ali Khan’s story, but it unravels at its own pace. Probably the writer expected better impact by more emphasis.
Thankfully all the above are sandwiched between Paresh Rawal, Vijay Maurya (Kadam) and Kay Kay Menon, and at the end, all that remains with you is Paresh Rawal’s Tukaram Patil.
