Funny SMS

I was walking very fast to hostel. I had received a sms from my friend ‘sachin-195*’. I wanted our master blaster to cross the 200 barrier. I increased my speed to see atleast last two overs. Then I received a message,‘Sachin first to score double ton in ODI. Be proud to be an Indian’,from my sister. I immediately felt like laughing. Is this a valid reason to feel proud to be an Indian?. But I feel proud as Sachin’s fan.

Hostel's bane is about to come

I feel happy and proud to be in my class. When I talk to my school friends, juniors or seniors I proudly tell about the unity of our class. I never forget to mention the fact that in our class we didn’t conduct election for any post. But my pride was checked by a sport event. Yes, it’s nothing but IPL.

In 2008 BCCI announced the inauguration of IPL. The whole country roared with joy and I too was not an exception. I was waiting for IPL to begin and it finally started few days before our fourth semester. I thought that it would be joyful to watch, our stars shining with their bat, along with my friends. But my assumptions were wrong.

It is natural for groups to cheer for different teams. Initially the difference of opinion was insignificant. But when the tournament moved into its top gear, the problems also grew in size. At a point our class broke into two groups, each ready to fight against the other. Only at this point I felt really bad for watching IPL. IPL ended happily for Modi and for players who earned crores but it left shameful and bitter memories in my mind.

This year our fate made us to face the storm again. I don’t know whether Sachin’s team or Dhoni’s team will win, but I don’t want to lose the good memories of my college life because of IPL. So I have decided not to watch IPL. The four years of happiness will become meaningless if we end college life with a fight, that too for worthless IPL. So I pray to God for everything to be well.

Choreo night

On seeing the title if you think this post is about Choreo nite, then you are wrong. This is about how I spent my time in hostel while my friends were enjoying the program in OAT.

Lets come straight to the point. Oh sorry, I don't know where to start. I think it is wise to start with this...... I was sleeping in Ayya's room and someone said "Get up Selva let us have our dinner and go to OAT". I hate being disturbed while sleeping but I hate it more to go to mess alone. It is Muthu and he has returned from Pondicherry ( The day before, some of my friends went to Pondy. It had nothing to do with this post) I don't know when and I didn't want to ask him as I'm not interested.

The only event which I enjoy in every Techofes is Choreo nite but this time I said no to my friends. I came to hostel and sat in the TV hall. Some were watching the movie "Janaa". If someone asks me "which is the worst movie you have seen?",I would tell "Janaa" without giving a second thought. I couldn't sit for more than 15 minutes. I got up from my seat and went to Ayya's room. Two of my friends were watching "Matrix". I wonder how they can see the same movie so many times.

I was not sure what to do and so I started to walk to and fro in the corridor. I had the feeling of missing something. I thought I should have gone to OAT and that this is last Techofes and I missed it without any reason. The pictures of my friends coming to me and telling that 'the program was excellent and you missed it' came before me. I don't know how to kill the time and slowly I heard some foot steps. It were my friends and I can see the disappointment in their face. They said the program was a bore and they couldn't watch it. On hearing this I felt a great relief that I have made the correct decision. I think now I should change what I have written in the second line of this post:)

AAYIRATHIL ORUVAN

“This is the best movie I have seen in tamil” said one of my friends. Another one said “so far I have seen this movie four times”. After hearing these comments I saw this movie with great expectation. In general I like to watch fantasy movies and to my expectations the first half of the film had the kind of material which I like.

Selva Raghavan gave a twist in second half by saying that Reema , the Police squad head and the minister are Pandyas and they are here to take revenge against Cholas and to take back the idol of their God. The war between Chola and Pandyas was in 13th century. The world have changed a lot in this 800 years but there is a gang which still awaits for a revenge. I don’t know how it is possible. British people treated our ancestors as slaves for 300 years and they took our wealth. But the circumstances have changed and now we don’t have any hatred for them.

Some argues how it is possible for Reema to bring the painting of Tiger on her body. Let us take “All is Fair in Fantasy” and leave such things. But SR brings Indian Government into this issue. Indian Government sends our Army and Air Force to kill thousands of innocent Indian people who didn’t do any harm to our country. India is a country in which we hesitate to give death sentence even to murderers and terrorists but here our Government kills thousands of people without giving a single thought. I don’t know how the minister convinced our Government to do this.

It also had other flaws like Karthi getting some super natural power suddenly , Ravi using a cell phone which has charge for so many days and also the film had many unwa nted scenes. In fantasy you can have your own set of logics but when you bring the real world in your film, you can’t create some new logics and rules to fit your story.

The good thing about this movie is SR have tried something new. Tamil in the second half is nice to hear. I don’t consider this as a best movie. Trying something new doesn’t make the movie as the best. But I would like to appreciate SR for his attempt and I expect a much better film from a director like him.

Assassination of Truth

I rarely watch news channels. Accidentally one of my friends kept a news channel before two days. I saw the news about Vikram Buddhi, a graduate from IIT. News reader said that in his case justice was denied. Immediately I was filled with anger and started to curse all the Americans in my mind. Suddenly many questions came to my mind…. Is this the first arrest for threatening the US president?...... Did they arrest him because he was a foreigner?...... If an American does the same, what punishment will he get?..... Why didn't Indian government go for the rescue?...... Then I started to search the answers for these questions in net(thanks to wifi in hostel).

Arresting a person for threatening US president had occurred so many times in US. To my knowledge some people were arrested for threatening former US president Clinton, even recently they detained a man on august 12 for holding a sign that said “DEATH TO OBAMA”. On may 1994 Secret Service arrested Ron Barbour on charges of threatening Bill Clinton. Two 13 years old girls were arrested for sending e-mails to Bill Clinton. A 14 year old Irving was arrested for telling to his friends that he wants to shoot Bush. Charles Madrid was arrested for expressing his wish to kill George Bush. Daniel James Murray was arrested for threatening President Barrack Obama. “They have arrested these peoples on same charge, then why is our media creating such a hype for Buddi’s arrest?” if this is the question in your mind , then you read this fully.

In the above cases, Ivring was released after an enquiry. Two girls were arrested only after two warnings. Secret service said that they were arrested for the words they used. Ron Barbour was jailed for 5 years for this case. Charge against him is little severe, he SS said that he was planning to assassin Clinton. Charles Madrid and DJ Murray too said that they want to kill their President to police officers (Sorry I can’t find what happened to them).

After knowing the imprisonment Ron Barbour, you would appreciate US because Vikram Buddhi was given a term of less than five years. But note that the people who sent their threat directly to President were only arrested. I will shows some facts which shows that SS didn’t take action on many people who showed their angers through sign boards, T-shirts and even in a public speech.


Betty Williams(Nobel Peace Prize Winner) said these words in a meeting in Australia,
“I would love to kill GeorgeBush”. But SS didn’t take any action against her.

Even now T-shirts are available in US with the words “We don’t need to impeach Bush. We need to execute him”. SS didn’t investigate the designer of this T-Shirt.
Here are some of the pictures which contain threats to Bush. SS didn’t take any action against the people who helds it.

OK we have seen enough about the people who expressed their wish to kill US President. Now let us focus on Vikram’s case. The charge against him is that he is a threat to US president, US first lady, US Vice President and the list goes on. He is a threat because he posted comments to kill them in a Yahoo Page. If posting his comment in web page is a crime, then I think Betty Williams had done a more severe mistake. How does the Secret Service view people who hold sign boards and wear T-shirts like “KILL BUSH”. Severe action should be taken against these people because there is video proof against these people. But there is no evidence to prove that Vickram had posted these comments. The charges against him are all baseless.

There are so many unresolved questions in his investigations. Why did they cleared the charges against him first? Why did they arrested him after some months? Why Vikram’s father is not allowed to see his trial? Why are they forcing Vickram’s father to leave US? Only God and the US officials know the answer for these questions.

My view is not that Vickram should not be punished because Betty and others are free. Justice is common for all, anyone who does wrong deed should be punished. If he had really posted those comments about president and US women, then I tell that he is being punished for his crime till now. There is no need to send him to prison for another five years.

My last anger is on Indian Government, which hasn’t rendered it’s support to Vickram to get justice. After all these thoughts I said to myself that “No one who holds the boards or T-shirts or comments in net will kill US President. It is the US Government which has killed the TRUTH”.

NOTE: I have highlighted the sentences like “DEATH TO OBAMA” & “KILL BUSH” in the above passage just to mention that they were told by protestors. I don’t want anyone to die. So don’t take any actions against me.

Grave of the fireflies

Yesterday I watched a Japanese animation movie “Grave of the Fireflies”. This is about Seita and his younger sister Setsuko, orphaned by World War II. This film begins by showing a boy in torn dress. He dies after uttering the last word ‘Setsuko’. A janitor takes a candy tin from Seita and throws it away. It has some ashes and bones. From this comes the spirit of Setsuko and fireflies. The spirit of Seita narrates this story.
Seita and Setsuko’s mother dies due to firebombing during World War II. Their dad is serving in navy. This makes them to stay in their aunt’s house. Their aunt gets some of their mom’s things to sell them for rice. But the boy hides a candy tin for her sister. This aunt is also not an exception. She ill treats and forces them to leave the house.
Rest of the film shows the struggles of these orphaned children. I shed some tears on watching this movie. This shows that the tragedy doesn’t end when the bombing stops. I have seen some war movies but this one made me to realize 'how dangerous war is!!!'. I highly recommend you to watch this movie.
Movie : Grave of the fireflies
Music : Michio Mamiya
Direction : Isao TakaHata
Producer : Toru Hara
Novel by : Akiyuki Nosaka
Duration : 90 minutes