Seeing Things

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Forty years have passed since that historic event. Made me think of this song by R.E.M. Had never really paid attention to the rest of the lyrics. All that got registered was this line: "if you believe, they put a man on the moon" I had only heard the song at pubs and discos. The radio perhaps. So today I decided to listen to it properly on Youtube. I found this video which aptly has clips of man first setting foot on the moon. I also read up the lyrics but honestly failed to understand it. I just get this line and think it's a lovely line. However, I read about the song on wikipedia and chanced upon some interesting facts about what the song really means. You too can read about it here. Meanwhile, enjoy the song!

It's alarming, how ABVP, the student wing of the BJP go on carrying out criminal offenses and then get let off, free of charge. I wanted to specifically read about the latest case in which 6 ABVP students were "let off" free of charge, 3 years after they were caught on camera, beating up this old man. i was surprised to come across a whole page of news items in which ABVP activists were "later let off". The nation saw what happened on TV with regard to the murder of this Professor. But like Varun Gandhi's recent hate speech, that video too might have been doctored. However these expert video-doctors were not able to 'doctor' some evidence to be able to have these students punished. Sure they were let off. But that does not change the truth. The truth is well known to the judge who said "the prosecution failed miserably". The truth is not hidden from the general public worldwide. I hope the BJP soon realises that 'divisive politics'...

Is the fall of the LTTE leader a triumph of Sinhalas over Tamils? Or is it the triumph of a nation over terrorism? I know that the world over and in many parts of Sri Lanka, it is viewed as the former. However, I personally like to see it as the latter. As I see it there was one issue: Issue number 1 - subjugation of Tamils in Sri Lanka 26 years ago, Prabhakaran stepped up and offered to sort out the issue but only ended up creating an additional issue making things worse. Issue number 2 - terrorism converting the Serendib into an island of horror to foreigners So now, we had 2 issues. It was like giving cancer to a man complaining of a toothache, believing that the cancer would eventually cure the toothache. Today, the government has after 26 years sorted out the second issue. Now, it's up to the government and people of Sri Lanka, Tamils included, to rebuild on a foundation of equality and holistic patriotism rather than a Sinhala patriotism or a Tamil patriotism. Hopefully, ...

The Miss India pageant this year refreshingly does more that just present oomphy women to movie directors looking for fresh talent. This year, they live up to their history of upholding the 'woman of substance' once again. Hurray! Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009, Pooja Chopra's mother Neera Chopra was forced to leave her home when Pooja was born. Her crime? Giving birth to a girl child for the second time in a row. An infant in one hand, a toddler in the other, Neera arrived penniless in Mumbai. She was determined to provide for her babies, though it was hard to see how. You can read their inspirational story here . Today, Neera's older daughter has completed her BBA and is happily married. Her younger daughter, unwanted by her father and fathers family, has proven to the world that they and everybody else who have killed or abandoned their daughter made a BIG mistake. Every child is special.

The RSS run schools in India publish things such as the following in their textbooks: “Delhi’s Qutb Minar is even today famous in his (Qutbuddin Aibak’s) name. This had not been built by him. He could not have been able to build it. It was actually built by emperor Samudragupta. Its real name was Vishnu Stambha…. This Sultan actually got some parts of it demolished and its name was changed.” Little, innocent minds are thus being sentenced to a life rife with the feeling of resentment and intolerance. (for no fault of theirs!!!) Lets be careful which school we put our kids in. Unless you want your children to grow up into hate mongers. I don't know how any parent would willingly allow such a thing to happen to their kid. Its a different matter if you have no choice. I for one am sure I want my children to grow up to be compassionate, loving and happy and not hateful and restless with a readiness to partake in crime. (as long as it is directed to those from a different religious co...

You would know if you are a facebook user. You can find out anything about yourself on Facebook. From "which philosopher are you?" to "what colour is your aura?" to " what are you born to do?" to " which country is most suited for you? " to "what shoe are you?" You can stop looking for a spello in that one. I wasn't exaggerating before - you can find out ANYTHING about yourself. From time to time, I take a quiz for fun. More like a source of amusement. A stress-reliever. I decided to check out "what kind of writer i was" even though knowing that you write like someone would reflect on a lack of originality. But, since i don't write for a profession(yet), I had nothing to worry about. Or so I thought. Check out question number 1: (it almost made me quit writing altogether) 1.Which style of transmission do you prefer? The poem Short story Manifold creative media The play The ripping yarn The epic The alienating A ...