Women's Day.... for what actually??

There is one question that bothering me ever since I first heard the term Women's Day! Why is the world waiting for Women's Day to celebrate womanhood? Do we need a "special day" to celebrate something that is one part of the human race. The more important half if you ask me. Celebrating womanhood has always felt like patronizing women to me! Come on everybody... lets celebrate the women in our life and give her flowers today treat her to something special today and then its back to the very same situation the next day. Nothing changes. Not one small thing. Nothing changes for the woman who was ready to receive those flowers and be treated special today! And why don't we come to that realization? Instead of posting sappy hallmark card/ FB status/ Tweet worthy dialogues out into the world and tagging the ladies in your life in that post, actually for a change try doing something for them daily. Learn to make a cup of tea for yourself, wash the dishes for her after dinner. One small action daily that can help ease the burden on the woman in your life. They actually really don't care about the flower you get them on this one day in a year, if they seem happy about it them trust me they just got swept up in all the marketing circus that is all our social media fueled lives!

Women are not the fragile flowers that men want to believe we are. If we have the power to create life, then we have to power to turn you to dust also. Don't laugh!! We really do. It really is our secret superpower although many women don't realize it (that's why its called secret superpower). Just imagine one day you wake up and the woman in your life is not there. How would you react to that situation? I can tell you one thing if that question was reversed, women would score much higher. Its not how you would react to that situation its how you pick up the pieces of your life after the world shatters around you and how you would troop on forward. We see blood monthly. We are not scared of this! We transform ourselves many times in our life its just a matter of time before that woman is reborn again. 

Stop patronizing the woman in your life! Its the very least you can do to celebrate "Women's Day" !!

....and if you really want to get her flowers make sure they come in a pot and don't die in two days time!!

Communist America?

A forward from Shyam made my day today :-D

Bet on the stand Obama is going to take ;-)

Make-A-Difference

http://makeadiff.in/

Well, thats what the group set out to do and thats just what they did for a whole bunch of kids. They just went out and made a whole world of difference in their lives!! We have a an abundance of people who think about doing things and want to do things to help others. But here is a group who actually went out and did something; and we all better join in and be mighty proud of them!

Please spread the word about this wonderful group and their initiative!!

They are going to conduct a recruitment drive on the 25th and 26th of April. Those intersted please join in.
http://makeadiff.in/blog/2009/04/09/the-make-a-difference-recruitment-drive-april-09/comment-page-1/#comment-1205

I'll have a brown one now!!

Stamp and coin collecting are among the most popular of hobbies. Now Angelina Jolie seems to be a pioneer of a new kind of hobby, Kid-Collecting. Whenever she is in a good mood and bored with the PR work of her movies just hop over to a third world country and collect a kid from there!! so simple and easy!! Give them some really complicated names and then drag them along to all places where there might be papparazzi and get some colourful snaps.

A question which haunts me: Aren't there any orphans in the US and UK? Well, madamme... kids are always kids especailly orphaned ones. To give them a life its not necessary that they have to be from poor countries if your intentions are good. It would save you so much legal hassles also if you save kids from your own coutry. But then it would not have much news value right? Or is the real reason behind all these multi-racial adoptions to show off your skin tone in comparison to yellow and black?? coloured kids as arm-candy??

According to paparazzi, a houseful of kids is slowly driving cracks inbetween Brangelina and Brad was caught giving the nanny a massage!! :-D and now they are planning to adopt an Indian kid. Maybe Slumdog Millionaire was an inspiration for the latest choice?? Or maybe Angelina just noticed that she has white, black and yellow kids. 'I'll have a brown one now!!!'

Brangelina's brood
Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt - Cambodia
Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt - Ethiopia
Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt - Biological daughter
Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt - Vietnam
Knox Léon Jolie-Pitt - Biological son
Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt - Biological daughter

But anyways, I am not bitching too much because third world or not you are taking care of a few kids, so thats does definitely make a difference!!

Bolly-Rule!!

Are we being ruled or rather stalked by Bollywood?
Lets just take a moment to think about and count the number of times we encounter movie industry people in our daily lives. The answer is innumerable. We have scores of advertisements in front of our eyes wherever we look at; television, posters on walls, ad's on buses, newspapers, magazins, websites, on food packets, juice packets, or any damn item we purchase with money!!! They have even become a necessity element in politics, with half of bollywood contesting for the upcoming elections! In present day India, every single occassion or event has to have a bollywood star in it. It has just become an unavoidable factor!! Isn't there a single field where movies and movie stars are not involved in India??

After movie stars the people who hound us most are the cricket stars, the only rare examples of people not belonging to these 2 categories are maybe the likes of Sania Mirza.
Doesn't India ever get tired of seeing them everywhere? Is there anybody out there who hopes for a change??
And now I have Aamir Khan even telling me to switch off the lights at my home!!! :-P

Now thats Customer Service!!

A person in Mumbai came across a pretty unique autoricshaw and I got these snaps and descriptions as a forward. So dont know who the lucky customer was!! :-)

Take a look at pic 1- which has got a first aid box on the left and a newspaper box on right (which had all hindi-english-marathi-gujrati and economic times)

Take a look at pic 2- which has got a tv on the top with cable (I was watching colors channel) and below that is the tissue box. On the left is the mandir type stuff and dont miss the "Only gandhigiri" written there, below that is the calendar and a notepad and pen along with a blue fan (which is blowing towards the customer who sits)

Take a look at pic 3- 25% discount for handicap!! Who on this earth can expect somethin like this from an rickshawala yaar!! I spoke to that person and found him so much interesting and creative. He was telling some new stuff he is gonna do more for the customers to be happy.

Well guys, I proclaim that this guy is Bapuji incarnate!! If you ever see a lady lying down in 'shastangam' pose in front of an auto-wallah, u can bet its this guy who might have moved to Bangalore and me in front of him!!! :-)

e-Pope

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/12/holocaust.bishop.pope.benedict/index.html
Good now that The Pope has woken up and discovered that there is something called Google apart from the Vatican and Catholic Church websites!! Let's all pray that he discovers Blogger atleast in the next decade!!

And btw some one please tell The Pope that condoms were invented much after the Bible was published and so he cannot possibly quote traditional catholic teaching against its usage!!!
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/17/cameroon.pope/

Kannada - Murugan Kattakada

This is a poem by Murugan Kattakada which I came across recently.
Simple yet hard hitting language used.
Very much in tune with the sad financial situation faced by many in Kerala today.

ellavarkkum thimiram.. nammalkellavarkkum thimiram
mangiya kazhchakal kandu maduthu..
kannadakal venam.. kannadakal venam..

ellavarkkum thimiram.. nammalkellavarkkum thimiram
mangiya kazhchakal kandu maduthu..
kannadakal venam.. kannadakal venam..


raktham chithariya chuvarukal kaanaam
azhinja kola koppukal kaanam
raktham chithariya chuvarukal kaanaam
azhinja kola koppukal kaanam
kathikal vellidivettum naadham
chilukal udanju chitharum naadham
panni vedi puka ponthum
theruvilpathi kalvira kolvathu kaanaam
ozhinja koorayil olinjirikkumkurunnu
bheethi kannukal kaanaam
mangiya kazhchakal kandu maduthu..
kannadakal venam.. kannadakal venam..


smarana kudeerangal perukumbol
puthran beli vazhiyee pokumbol
mathru vilapa tharattil
mizhi pootti mayangum balyam
kannil perumazhayayi peythozhivathu kaanaam
smarana kudeerangal perukumbol
puthran beli vazhiyee pokumbol
mathru vilapa tharattil
mizhi pootti mayangum balyam
kannil perumazhayayi peythozhivathu kaanaam
mangiya kazhchakal kandu maduthu..
kannadakal venam.. kannadakal venam..


pottiya thali charadukal kaanaam
potta madhya kuppikal kaanaam
pottiya thali charadukal kaanaam
potta madhya kuppikal kaanaam
palisha pattini padi kerumbol
purakile maavil kayarukal kaanaam

pottiya thali charadukal kaanaam
potta madhya kuppikal kaanaam
pottiya thali charadukal kaanaam
potta madhya kuppikal kaanaam
palisha pattini padi kerumbol
purakile maavil kayarukal kaanaam
tharayil oru ilayil oralpam chorayil
koonan urumbin thedal kaanaam
tharayil oru ilayil oralpam chorayil
koonan urumbin thedal kaanaam
mangiya kazhchakal kandu maduthu..
kannadakal venam.. kannadakal venam..


pinchu madikoothambathu per
chernniruvathu velli kashu koduthu
thozhuthu marikkum kazhchakal kaanaam
pinchu madikoothambathu per
chernniruvathu velli kashu koduthu
thozhuthu marikkum kazhchakal kaanaam
theruvil swapnam karinju mukhavum
neetiya pinchu karangal kaanaam
arikil sheema kaarin ullil
sukha sheethala mridu maarin chooril
oru shwaanan pal nunavathu kaanaam
mangiya kazhchakal kandu maduthu..
kannadakal venam.. kannadakal venam..


thinnayil ambathu kaashin pension
thendi oraayiram aale kaanaam
thinnayil ambathu kaashin pension
thendi oraayiram aale kaanaam
podi paarum cheru car-il oraal
parivaarangalumaayi paayvathu kaanaam
mangiya kazhchakal kandu maduthu..

kannadakal venam.. kannadakal venam..

kili naadham gatha kaalam
kanavil nunayum motta kunnukal kaanaam
kili naadham gatha kaalam
kanavil nunayum motta kunnukal kaanaam
kuthi paayaan mohikkum puzha
vatti varandu kidapathu kaanaam
puzha vatti varandu kidapathu kaanaam
vilayilla thavala paadilla
koottan kuzhikal kuppatharakal
mangiya kazhchakal kandu maduthu..
kannadakal venam.. kannadakal venam..


oraal orikkal kannada vachu
kalleri kurishettam
vere oraal orikkal kannada vachu
chekidadi vediyunda
oraal orikkal kannada vachu
kalleri kurishettam
vere oraal orikkal kannada vachu
chekidadi vediyunda
kothiyudakkuka thimira kazhchakal
spadika saritham pole sukrutham
kadu karichu marinju ozhukunnoru
maveli thara kaanum naam
kothiyudakkuka kazhchakal
idayan mutti vilikkum.. kaalam kaakkuka


ellavarkkum thimiram.. nammalkellavarkkum thimiram
ellavarkkum thimiram.. nammalkellavarkkum thimiram
mangiya kazhchakal kandu maduthu..
kannadakal venam.. kannadakal venam..
mangiya kazhchakal kandu maduthu..
kannadakal venam.. kannadakal venam..

The recitation of the poem can be downloaded at this link :
http://www.4shared.com/account/file/93533316/88bbed63/Kannada-MuruganKattakada.html

PS: Sorry for the poem in manglish. Haven't yet mastered typing in malayalam.

Liquor saves the day!! Now becomes 'Gandhi-Red'.

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Well, the government didnt do anything and Mallya showed us what he was capable of doing, and now that has solved the problem of who would end up owning Gandhiji's long lost articles!!!

Now Mallya owns a part of the Mahatma; or rather thats what he wanted to do. As he doesnt have a chance to do the former, he settled to buy/ grab what he could afford to at a given moment. He has declared he wants to donate it to the Indian Government and is right now looking very smug in between all the hype and hoopla.

Maybe he wants to stick Red Kingfisher tags onto the specs.

Maybe insert special soft red colour leather wrap for it in the specs-case.

Or maybe the government offered him a special advertising space for UB group in and around the museum where the items would be kept for display in the future.

Anyway, the good news is that Gandhijis memorabilia has been bought with liquor-money, the one thing he was always opposed to second only to his abbhorance for Violence, and the government is patting itself for the 'efforts' put in.

Oh!! How far Gandhijis 'Bharat' has moved away from his ideals and dreams!!

Free!! Free!! Free!!

Catchy keyword huh?!?! I know .... expecially for indians ;-) hehehe

Heard of use and throw?? well here's a new concept that explains a system of use and give away and for the receiver its totally free...

Nope, not Recycle...its called FREECYCLE :-)
Everyones in the habit of storing up stuff you are done with and eventually throwing it away when realization dawns that its useless!!! According to the freecycle system, you give away stuff to people who need them or are searching for them. A sort of barter system and when you are in need of an item search for it using the same system.

Its already very popular in the west.. slowly and steadily picking up pace in India...see if u can help others and yourself too on the way....

Join in :

http://www.freecycle.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycleblr/ (there are city based yahoo groups)