GUESS WHAT???

During my school days, the time when DD-National was the only channel available for me to watch on T.V, there used to be a wonderful Quiz show conducted by Mr.Sidarth Basu. The best thing I remember about this quiz show is the buzzer round.

            In this buzzer round, the marks are awarded to the person who presses the buzzer first and gives the correct answer for the question. Obviously, the wrong answer carried some negative marks along with it. There was something which thrilled me very much in this round. Here is a hypothetical scene from this round:

Sidarth Basu : “Lets start the buzzer round. All contestants, please keep your hands on the buzzer”

All tensed faces would be eagerly waiting for the question because, the person who first press the buzzer would be eligible to answer the question.

Sidarth Basu : “First question. Indira Gandhi, who was the first prime minister of India…”

Riiiiinggggggggg!!!

Some one had already pressed the buzzer.

Sidarth Basu: “Yes. Answer please” .He would not utter any other word from that question and this contestant will have to answer it.

Contestant: “Satwant Singh”

Sidarth Basu: “Right Answer”

The school boy, that was me, who used to watch this thrilling scene on T.V was always amazed about one thing – “How do they used to guess the question?”

There could be n number of other questions, which would have suitably completed that question and correspondingly yielded n number of answers like : Jawahar Lal Nehru, 31^st October, Morarji Desai, Operation blue star etc…”

Damn! How the hell did that guy guess the question?

How did he anticipated that, the question is about the murderer of Indira Gandhi?

The reason I write this post is:

From that school kid to now, one of the most important thing my life has taught me is this – Keep Guessing the Questions. The complicated questions of life, which carries the most obvious answers along with it!

Always, Guess – “What???”

Re·spect

"Respect women, not for they are to be respected, but for what they deserve."

Respect : Admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

An exclusive interview with Asha Jayanthi !

Me: Can you just tell me about your game, so that our readers who don't know will get an idea about it?

Asha : Yeah..Its just a simple game.2 or more can play this.Leader will sing a song and the others have to answer from which movie is the song from.The one who tells the correct answer FIRST will get the point.There is NEGATIVE mark for the wrong answer. Thats it..Try once and then you will understand the fun!

Me:How did you invent this game?

Asha : The truth is I don't remember who exactly created this.But it was during a family trip from Kodagu to Kozhikkode.It was a long trip and all of us were dead tired.So we thought of a game which all age groups can play and we came up with this.It was real fun to see our parents scratching their head to get the movie names from their memory.God..we kept playing for a long time and we didn't get time to get bored :)

Me: What about the Marketing of this game?

Asha : I think, it got popular when people started using this as Ice breaker in software companies.Also, it can be played by couples in their long trips to their home, like we do when we travel from Bangalore to Kerala in car. :) And it can be played when we go out for trips with friends.The thing is, we loved the game and we started playing this with our friends and it got spread because of its simplicity.

Me: So who used to be the leader?

Asha : Anyone who knows the songs of a movie can be the leader.Need not be a particular person.You can tailor the game as required, so that every one will get a chance to ask the question.

Me :Oh..I forgot to ask the important question.What is the name of this game?

Asha : We were not getting any good names.First we used to call it Negative One.Because that much powerful was the feeling when leader announce Negative One when we sing the wrong song. Then we named it as Paattum Padavum(Music & Movie) in Malayalam.

Me: Thank you Asha for the time you spent with me.Come up with more creative games like this.All the best..

THE BLOODY FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Jan-30-2013

Lots of discussions are already going live on “Vishwaroopam”, and the ban it had to face due to the allegedly anti-Islamic content the film has got in it,  but I felt that, I should express my feeling too…because, this is my Bloody Freedom of Expression!

First shocker came when I read this: ( courtesy Wikipedia)

Title naming

In June 2012, the producers of the film ran into conflict with the Hindu Makkal Katchi who demanded that title be changed. They claimed that Viswaroopam was a Sanskrit word rather than a Tamil word, and argued that Kamal Haasan was being anti-Tamil, by naming the film in another language. The same political party had earlier protested against a song in Haasan's Manmadhan Ambu (2010), following which it was removed from the film.

The second, more obvious shocker was, when I read this:

The initial ban on the movie in Tamilnadu was lifted by Madras High Court ,but later uphold the ban on January 30,2013.

I saw Mahesh Bhat speaking about this controversy  earlier this day on a national debate. I would like to echo the same in my own words as below:

“Next time when I take a sheet of paper and pen to write something, I will be thinking about every Tom, Dick and Harry out there, who is going to protest against every scene in my movie. I would be concerned about the financial,political and social ramifications of that, and would be pulled back unknowingly by my own self in my creative disposal. That would be the end of my creativity.”

Lets see this case. Who is this Hindu Makkal Katchi to ask Kamal Hassan to change the name of this movie, just because the root of the movie title is in Sanskrit? I feel that the name “Hindu Makkal Katchi” is too Old-fashioned  and should be changed to something like—“ Yo! Yo! Tamil”. Would they change that name, just because I am feeling it that way?

I have got a news that, the next Rajani movie is going to be anti-Jewish. Would you believe that and go ahead with a protest for banning the movie, if you are Jewish?

No, that would be extremely stupid from your side.

Please don’t judge a movie before you watch it.

Despite the fragmented release and controversies, Vishwaroopam garnered highly positive reviews from critics, most of which had downplayed claims of the film being anti-Islamist / anti Muslim.

This is a free country, and I have my freedom of Expression!

FAQ on THE INDIAN HONKER

 Who is the Indian Honker this article refers to?

The Indian Honker in this article, is that person who insanely thinks that, by persistently pressing the horn on the steering wheel of your vehicle and by effect producing that most annoying blaring sound, the vehicle in front of your vehicle is gonna move even much more faster than it is supposed to be, unconditionally on an Indian road.

Can you please detail it? How does the Indian Horn really sound?

It Sounds something like this –“&^%*&(^&%(&%$&^%$(&!@$!^@(&)*)^&#Q%”

According to different situation applicable, it can be classified as:

·         A short beep – An advice, saying that you are changing your lane to mine. Please don’t.

·         A longer one – A threat or a command, saying you are not following any traffic rules.(especially to say –“ you are honking too much”)

·         Even a longer one – An Abuse, conventionally followed by a sound and a gesture (usually with right hand or middle finger) even followed by verbal exchange of words, preferably in local mother tongue.

·         Still longer and harsh one with an extreme sense of shrillness in it – “Fuck you ass hole. You are driving much faster/slower than me and I am almost dead due to that”, most probably from a private bus driver.

Note: Some other patterns cannot be written here, either due to the limited vocabulary of the author or due to the extent of imagination an Indian honker puts in each of his Honking.

So to ask it again, does the vehicle move even faster, than it is supposed to, if the Indian Honker keeps honking from the back?

No. It actually slows down the vehicle in front of the Indian honker due to the following reasons:

1. The Indian honker (no.2) in front of your vehicle gets seriously irritated by your Honk. The egoistic Indian driver instantly starts thinking –“How dare he honk from behind in such a traffic?”. He thinks that the Indian honker is arrogant and would not let him overtake which eventually slows down the already slow traffic.
2. Most of the truck drivers doesn’t really mean “SOUND HORN O.K”, even though they have got it written on the back of the truck. What they really mean, I assume, is to keep good sound for the horn. But for matter of fact, the “SOUND” in above writing is supposed to be a verb (whatever that “OK” means!).
3. Mr. Indian honker, The Indian “Learner” driver is nervously driving in front of your vehicle. So don’t give him a heart attack by your blaring honk. To make the situation worse, if Mr.learner’s car engine by chance gets stopped in the middle of heavy traffic, The Indian honker kills him with that bloody Indian honk. This includes every Tom, Dick and Harry who even passes through the other lane
4. A traffic signal is not controlled by your horn. It does not become green in a faster rate if you honk.
5. A road bump (or pot-hole) will not move its stationary position hearing your honk.

So, you really mean that Indian honking is NOT useful at all?

Fuck you man! You have all the characteristics of a bloody Indian Honker. You are – Arrogant, You are stupid, You are Persistent, and above all you are such a pain in the ass! You don’t have to be a genius to press hold that horn on your steering wheel constantly. But you need to be a good driver and gentleman to avoid those honking, especially in the city limits.

OK. I admit. Then why can’t we have strict Law against this kind of Honking, especially within the city limits?

Are you kidding? We already have umpteen number of laws against Honking and Sound pollution as such. The only problem is in following the laws, morally as a social obligation. In other countries, they have strict law enforcement measures to prevent the “Indian Honking”. Let us do it. Please. For a better India. For a better Earth! STOP INDIAN HONKING!

What you eat defines your health and Not your LIFE

One religion tells us NOT to eat Beef, the other one tells us NOT to eat Pork, and the third One tells us to EAT Both. Then basically there is a problem with RELIGIONS, considering the fact that - All three have got a huge following of people who have lived their life happily, following these principles, propagating it to their younger generations without questioning it. What you eat defines your health and Not your LIFE!

Then one of my friends asks me:

“How can you generalize religions like that? Don’t define religion by how the way the blind follows it”

My answer:

If religion is not strong enough to define its people, then the people will define its religion. This has happened in the past and this will happen in the future too. What is the use of having such a good religion in theory and what you are getting in reality is just "bloody dance of ignorance and imitation"?

Life is So Good!

3 points to my 'Software' friends before you renew your Vehicle Insurance

This post is dedicated to all my Software Friends,

Reason to write this post are the customers who come to us, with the label of Software Engineer, after being fooled by some Private Insurers. Request you to read this before you take your vehicle insurance.

1) No Private Insurer can refuse Third Party Insurance for your Vehicle.So next time, if any company refuse to do Third Party Insurance, tell them that you will write a letter to IRDA and you will get your policy done in 5 minutes! Before you take your vehicle to road, make sure you at least have a third party insurance for your vehicle.

2) If you have not made any claims in a Policy Period, you will be eligible for No Claim Bonus(NCB) when you go for renewal of your Package Policy/comprehensive Policy.

• When you sell your old vehicle and buy a new one of the same class and type, you can transfer this NCB to the new vehicle.Thus you can gain a big amount..i.e your Insurance Premium may come down from 20000/- to 10000/- based on NCB. So next time when you buy a vehicle, make sure you use your old NCB.
• Also, you can transfer your NCB when you shift from one Insurance company to the other.

3) You can view details of any vehicle from the website https://vahan.nic.in/nrservices/ by giving registration number and chassis number.Insurance details are also available here.So don't miss renewing your Policy.

Be a responsible driver! Drive safe !

Disclaimer : This is just a brief description about NCB and Third Party policies which I believe will be a helpful information to my friends.You can get full details regarding this from IRDA website or from your Insurer.

TO ALL MY FACEBOOK BROTHERS

Dear Brothers… I am posting this article for the benefit of all my beloved brothers who have facebook profiles. If you have uploaded your photos in to facebook, please immediately delete it from facebook. It has been confirmed from different reliable sources that, your profile picture is being misused by different rackets (mainly female and homo sexual) across the globe. They take your facebook picture, edit it using photoshop with the body of male nude photos and circulate it again in internet in different vulgar sites. Many such incidents have been already reported across the world, mainly from India, Thailand, Japan, US and France. Think about it brothers…The people behind this heinous activites doesn’t have brothers or fathers?

They never care about thee future of our life. How are we going to get a good girl in life if we are going to be dishonoured like this? So, better not to take chances by posting your photos in facebook. Please share this news to as many possible brothers in facebook. If you are a sister or wife and If you are concerned about your brother or husband, please do SHARE this to as many number of people. Let us remove all our photos from facebook.

The sample photo of one of such victim is shown below:

  

Now let me write about this.

I have seen many retards sharing such messages in facebook stating – “ dear sisters, please remove your facebook profile pic for your own good, blah, blah…”. I am pretty sure that, in the next tab they would have kept open hot porn sites or would be uploading their own pic to FB. Now here is my advice to such retards:

1. Changing head in photoshop is a 2 minute job.
2. If you are so concerned about your so called “sister” sharing her photo in fb, better be concerned about you too, coz your head can easily appear in any of the websites with such a body shown above.
3. So you retard, please stop sharing such “male”-ish messages.

Guys and Girls, lets face the truth. In such a small world, its so easy to get your photo if somebody really needs it. And, If really someone needs to dishonour you by doing a “photoshop” on you, it is just a 2 minute job. It does not really matter whether you are a guy or a girl. Let us grow ourselves to a point that, such kind of a photo is not going to affect us in any manner, or if at all it affects; it’s with same quantum for men and women!  Let Women also dance, sing and celebrate as much as men do!

Pepper spray and my pledge

Dear S,

I received the pack which you had ordered online. I was happy and sad at the same time, when I opened it. Happy, because I got a feeling of courage when I saw it. Sad, because it was a symbol of revelation that I am no longer safe on roads.

Even with that Pepper Spray bottle tied to my cross bag, I was so scared to come to M.G.Road today. I have not been scared of travelling alone ever in my life, even in the wee hours of the day. But today, the travel from Jayanagar to M.G.Road, that too at 6.30 in the evening, in that auto, made me realize that I have lost all the courage I had. With all these things happening around us, I felt so weak.

In that half an hour of travel - I was preparing myself to use Pepper spray-I was thinking what to do if he deviates the auto to the wrong route-what if Pepper spray wouldn't work properly-how to contact you when I am in danger - A sequence of events disturbed my mind. At the end of the journey, I was relieved that nothing happened to me, but some other thought was disturbing me. At the same time, another girl might have faced those situations for real.

Rape Rape Rape… from new born baby to old lady...there is no discrimination for the rapists. They just need a hole to satisfy their momentary desire.

I am so fed up with all this. Do you know, when did I hear the word Rape for the first time in my life? It was when I was in 6^th std. One day morning, my parents were having discussion about that day’s news. I could see the shock in their face. I understood that something brutal has taken place.Yes..It was Suryanelli rape case which happened in Kerala. No one told me what exactly rape is. But my mom told me to keep myself away from strangers.

A few days after that incident, when I was playing with my brothers, one guy from the nearby shop came to my house to deliver rice. When my brothers went out with that guy’s bike, I was there alone at my home. I can never forget that picture of mine. A lil innocent girl in a blue pinafore. He asked me to give him a kiss. I refused. Again he held me near him and asked a kiss. I refused – I ran out - he followed me- I didn’t know what to do –My brothers came – I was happy – but he went out and told them that they can use his bike for one more round-he deliberately wanted to keep them away- I lost all my hope- I was angry at my brothers-I ran to the bathroom –the only room which had a tight lock-locked door – he persistently banged on the door- I was afraid- I was scared – I was shaking- I don’t remember how much time I sat there.

I opened the door when I heard the voice of my brothers. I came out – I cried – I cried loudly. When my parents came back from office , I told them that I was raped as in suryanelli case. They got scared. When I explained to them the whole thing, they laughed. My father talked in favour of that guy. He told me that asking a kiss is not rape. He told me that, that guy was a boy just like my brothers. I was relaxed to see them laugh but I was not fully convinced. Now I know one thing for sure. If I had not known about Suryanelli case or rape at that time, I would not have locked myself in that bathroom. I would be writing this as a rape victim, considering the fact that, that guy is in jail now for some other serious crimes.

Okay..you might have got bored of this letter. I just wanted to share with you this much.When we talk about rape, punishments, castrations etc, why don’t we start doing something from our part?

We will take a pledge that we will no longer be shy in using words like sex, condom, masturbation or anything with our children. Let them know what all these things are at the right age. Let us not hide anything from him and create curiosity in him about woman.

We will take a pledge that - If we are having a girl we will make her learn Martial arts along with her academics/music classes, with the same priority. She should know to defend herself. If he is a boy, we will educate him that a woman’s life is not an answer for his teenage curiosity and that she is not just an instrument to satisfy his sexual needs.

Let us convert our anger into constructive action.

I dream of a world, where a girl knows to take care of herself and where boys respect girls.

My prayers to all the girls out there.

R.I.P Nirbhaya.

Love

Asha.

NEW YEAR - CONFESSION and RESOLUTION

Let me confess now that, in the last 28 years of my life, I have 'insulted' many people in one or the other way, just because it was a GIRL at the receiving end. And I am pretty sure that, this confession does not, in any manner , ensure that I wont repeat my mistake in future. It is largely attributed to the fact that, my attitude towards any Girl, or any human being for that matter of fact, has been evolved over long 28 years, fed and nourished by what I have seen and heard around me, the society I have been raised by.

Before they taught me the lessons of respecting God and my Religion, they should have taught me the basics of respecting a GIRL.

When I posted this on face book, the first comment by one of my female friend was this : But did they teach u to disrespect a girl? And wat happened to the 'common sense' that we claim we have... ;-)

Girl, My reply is - Yes, they(My society) have, in every single step of my life! 

It would be a bit contradicting if I say that- In fact , No religion preaches to disrespect girls. But I don't need a SINGLE HOLY BOOK to tell me  that. It should be my society feeding me such virtues. And, the society should be driven by many books ( both Holy and Unholy ), rational to judge good and the bad based on facts, and NOT by the mis-interpretation of any SINGLE book which has been evolved,diluted and tailored over centuries to distribute propaganda for its own growth. 

Year 2013 started with a resolution. Even though we ( my wife Asha and our friends - Sudhir, Prabhath and Arunkumar) were a bit high on booze, I meant it when I said - I will give respect to my fellow beings, GIRLS - More!

R.I.P Nirbhaya!