Well i was amused the way people drive in mumbai. I have drove in many cities and towns in india including all metros but mumbai stands out. Its not that i am driving it for the first time in mumbai, i had driven here some time in 2003, but a loet has chaged since then.
My comments/observations could apply for other cities in india also.
Like most people believe, it is wrong to assume that all people who are drive are rash or senseless. It is one or 2 drivers on the road who play the spoilsport. I have almost observed this everyday while i travel to office and back home on the busy western highway.
Who doesn't want to reach the destination first, everyone does but should it be at the cost of others, i dont believe that should be. But yes that is the case that happens, everyone is trying to overtake the other person, everyone is shouting at the other person, etc.. finally no one has respect for the other person.
A person riding a bicycle, shows his hand and starts taking a turn or joins a busy traffic road(99% of the time he doesn't show any signal) and expects the person travelling at a speed of 40-50-60 kmph to slow down or stop for him and the entire chain fo cars to follow. Is his expectation high or mine. Why should i stop for some one who just wants to cross the road, i pay a hefty amount as ROAD TAX and i have the right to drive on the road as long as i follow the rules. Does the bicycle person or the person crossing the road pay a tax like this, the answer is NO, but still i am exptected to stop. Even the co travellers or cops on the road blame the driver in the car for rash driving even if there is no fault of the driver. I am not saying that the driver is never of fault, he is many of the times, but the remaining accidents or road blocks could be avoided if the other person is cautious. But no, he will not, as if the person who has a car has done the greatest sin fo purchasing a car/bike/truck etc..
I am stopping this right here as i have no words to write about these issues.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Writing
I was going through some of the bolgs i follow and was amazed to see that people pne down every thought of theirs. I am not commenting on it in the wrong way, but i am getting inspired by their work.
I used to believe that people dont share much of their thoughts but i was proved wrong. Kudos to the blogging community which helps so many to share their feelings.
I used to believe that people dont share much of their thoughts but i was proved wrong. Kudos to the blogging community which helps so many to share their feelings.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
POLITICS - POLITISING
From the past few months i was thinking to write a blog on this, but couldnt find the time. Now since i have some time let me pen down some thought i hav about indian politics...
Indian Politics, should i give an introduction to this topic, i dont think so. With the Lok Sabha Elections round the corner, and the Media having enough coverage, even an insane person would know that the elections are here with every political party throwing dirt on each other and every political party making huge promises for the public, trying teir level best to come into power and ruin, mind you not rule, the next few years of the country. The situation is even worse i Andhra Pradesh. This special mention of AP is because i hail from that state and watch the news regularly to catch a glimpse of the happenings of the state. Currently there is nothing but politics in the news and each channel particularly favoring a political party, they use all kinds of funny animations to make fun of the non favoring party......GROW up MEDIA, dont make a mockery of yourselfs...
Now coming to the national politics, i have always been opposed to congress, because of the leadership...Come on people with a population of more than a Billion and a history of more than 60 years, dont we have one able political leader to take the leadership of the party....I am opposed only because of the following reasons,
1. She did not apply for the citizenship after marriage, she took the citizenship only after she was electeed for the leadership post
2. what background does she have to become a leader, is it only that the bloodline should become the leaders, comeon people, if this how the country is to be run then please i would be happy if the British would come and make us slaves again, atleast then we would unit again and a true leader would emerge.
Who will be willing to join politics if only bloodlines would end up as leaders, but pray that would be born in the bloodline...HOPE One billiion people pray and their wishes be granted.:)
Back to another national party, are they insane, an 80+ person, i would not consider him as a candidate, claims that he is ready to lead the country, to where. This very same people put down rules that another fellow citizen of the country should retire after 60 years of age. Is it a joke that a person who is 70+ decides that a person above 60+ should not be involved in service.
If people will continue as leader till they reach 80,,90 and 100, then when will the younger generation take the responsibility, when they reach that same age. Going by the statistis, the current generation has an average life of 65 only.
One thing what i liked about Rahul, is that he did not take the responsibility when given, he took his time and still is not actively involved in the dirty politics. He is learing and soon he will be the leader. 2 resons why i am saying this:
1. Bloodline
2. He has learnt the politics
HOPE is all i carry, though it doesnt make a difference to many politicians not the public, but still as a right i have highlighted my concerns.
Indian Politics, should i give an introduction to this topic, i dont think so. With the Lok Sabha Elections round the corner, and the Media having enough coverage, even an insane person would know that the elections are here with every political party throwing dirt on each other and every political party making huge promises for the public, trying teir level best to come into power and ruin, mind you not rule, the next few years of the country. The situation is even worse i Andhra Pradesh. This special mention of AP is because i hail from that state and watch the news regularly to catch a glimpse of the happenings of the state. Currently there is nothing but politics in the news and each channel particularly favoring a political party, they use all kinds of funny animations to make fun of the non favoring party......GROW up MEDIA, dont make a mockery of yourselfs...
Now coming to the national politics, i have always been opposed to congress, because of the leadership...Come on people with a population of more than a Billion and a history of more than 60 years, dont we have one able political leader to take the leadership of the party....I am opposed only because of the following reasons,
1. She did not apply for the citizenship after marriage, she took the citizenship only after she was electeed for the leadership post
2. what background does she have to become a leader, is it only that the bloodline should become the leaders, comeon people, if this how the country is to be run then please i would be happy if the British would come and make us slaves again, atleast then we would unit again and a true leader would emerge.
Who will be willing to join politics if only bloodlines would end up as leaders, but pray that would be born in the bloodline...HOPE One billiion people pray and their wishes be granted.:)
Back to another national party, are they insane, an 80+ person, i would not consider him as a candidate, claims that he is ready to lead the country, to where. This very same people put down rules that another fellow citizen of the country should retire after 60 years of age. Is it a joke that a person who is 70+ decides that a person above 60+ should not be involved in service.
If people will continue as leader till they reach 80,,90 and 100, then when will the younger generation take the responsibility, when they reach that same age. Going by the statistis, the current generation has an average life of 65 only.
One thing what i liked about Rahul, is that he did not take the responsibility when given, he took his time and still is not actively involved in the dirty politics. He is learing and soon he will be the leader. 2 resons why i am saying this:
1. Bloodline
2. He has learnt the politics
HOPE is all i carry, though it doesnt make a difference to many politicians not the public, but still as a right i have highlighted my concerns.
Continuing my remarks about movies
Continuing my remarks about movies.......
After many failures watching some pathetic movies, i finally decided not to risk by going to a Hindi movie and went for a English movie, titled "Pink Panther - 2"...
The movie was a utter time pass, for people who just want to have some fun then there could be no better movie right now to watch. Steve Martin, not a his best though but tried his level best to add humor to the movie. The movie was simply not so superb, but full time pass...
I was expecting some great performances from Aish, and was highly disappointed by her role and performance. Aish, hitting on Steve, never expected that, but still she made it so obvious in her acting that she almost mae it clear that she was upto something...
Contradictory to what we see of her in indian movies, where Indian heros (young) run around her, she was hitting on a 50+ actor, thats some thing strange. She always looked fair and i think the indian directors made it a point to make her look fair, but again contradicting to that, she appeared dark in complexion, but none the less, she was H.O.T. It was really hard to keep the eyes off her, and i would suggest(though my opinion doesnt matter) that she continue with that complexion. I never liked that way she appears, FAIR, but in this movie she was dark and hmm...
All together it was a fun movie and hope more movies like this are yet to come..
After many failures watching some pathetic movies, i finally decided not to risk by going to a Hindi movie and went for a English movie, titled "Pink Panther - 2"...
The movie was a utter time pass, for people who just want to have some fun then there could be no better movie right now to watch. Steve Martin, not a his best though but tried his level best to add humor to the movie. The movie was simply not so superb, but full time pass...
I was expecting some great performances from Aish, and was highly disappointed by her role and performance. Aish, hitting on Steve, never expected that, but still she made it so obvious in her acting that she almost mae it clear that she was upto something...
Contradictory to what we see of her in indian movies, where Indian heros (young) run around her, she was hitting on a 50+ actor, thats some thing strange. She always looked fair and i think the indian directors made it a point to make her look fair, but again contradicting to that, she appeared dark in complexion, but none the less, she was H.O.T. It was really hard to keep the eyes off her, and i would suggest(though my opinion doesnt matter) that she continue with that complexion. I never liked that way she appears, FAIR, but in this movie she was dark and hmm...
All together it was a fun movie and hope more movies like this are yet to come..
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Hindi Movies
Man it was really tough sitting through that movie.....It was saturday evening when i had visited a mall in the suburbs and suddenly decided to go for a movie.....I still curse for choosing to watch a hindi movie.....
i am not avert to watching hindi movies, i am fan of hindi movies and have almost all movies that were released till late 90's. then i stopped watching hindi movies. the reasons are many. too long to watch, vulgarity, no sense in the movie and so on...
In the past few years i have become very choosy about watching hindi movies and would watch it only after many people have given their reviews....
but this time i went to watch a movie just for fun and i was really upset the way the movie went about....i really hated the movie not because of the story or the songs or anything else, just for the reason, the way the indians were treated(yes the movie is Chandni Chowk to China)...come on people wake up, we are no longer slaves and every indian is proud to an indian. the was they showed that indians are miserable and cannot fight back, please spare me. we have a history of thousands of years, we have fought for what we are right now and potraying indian in such a bad light was really disheartening. here on one side we are showing the world that we are no less to any one and on the other hand we have movies potraying us a fools......i dont have any words to appreciate the director, actors/actresses who had accepted to don these roles.....
I, being an indian felt really offended the way the movie was shot or the sequences....I am an Indian and am proud to be an Indian......its a humble request to all directors, if u cannot show good of an indian then atleast dont show them in the bad light.....
i am not avert to watching hindi movies, i am fan of hindi movies and have almost all movies that were released till late 90's. then i stopped watching hindi movies. the reasons are many. too long to watch, vulgarity, no sense in the movie and so on...
In the past few years i have become very choosy about watching hindi movies and would watch it only after many people have given their reviews....
but this time i went to watch a movie just for fun and i was really upset the way the movie went about....i really hated the movie not because of the story or the songs or anything else, just for the reason, the way the indians were treated(yes the movie is Chandni Chowk to China)...come on people wake up, we are no longer slaves and every indian is proud to an indian. the was they showed that indians are miserable and cannot fight back, please spare me. we have a history of thousands of years, we have fought for what we are right now and potraying indian in such a bad light was really disheartening. here on one side we are showing the world that we are no less to any one and on the other hand we have movies potraying us a fools......i dont have any words to appreciate the director, actors/actresses who had accepted to don these roles.....
I, being an indian felt really offended the way the movie was shot or the sequences....I am an Indian and am proud to be an Indian......its a humble request to all directors, if u cannot show good of an indian then atleast dont show them in the bad light.....
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