Dreams Still Intact

Spain cranked up again at the weekend with its traditional late summer kick-off, taking to the stage after the rest of Europe had already started up, then complaining - in certain quarters (Madrid) that the true form of the players would not be seen until the effects of the recent World Cup had worn off. It must be bad in the other leagues then. Capello's signings have left little room for doubt as to his future vision, beefing up the defensive aspect of midfield with two strong but fairly unimaginative players in Emerson and Diarra, shoring up the back with the excellent Cannavaro, and putting faith in the different striking style of Van Nistlerooy to give back the club its competitive edge. With Beckham still not having signed the famous extension to the contract, Guti with a foot in Atlético Madrid all summer, Baptista halfway to White Hart Lane and Reyes looking more likely to move to the Calderón, the creative side of things was always likely to be the first victim.

It looks like Robinho will need to come of age this season (he started on the bench on Sunday), Raúl will need to do a bit of yoga and find the inner self again, and Ronaldo shed a few pounds and take things a tad more seriously. Unfortunately for Capello, the Brazilian is once again making contradictory noises, now saying that he's 'very happy' in Madrid, only five months after he claimed to be a miserable and misunderstood fellow, serially unloved by the bitchy Bernabéu. Maybe it's those legendary barbecues he doesn't want to have to forego, knowing, as he does, that Italians just don't party in the same way. Martini and a couple of olives sir? Do me a favore!

And speaking of things Italian, it was Cassano, last season's major disappointment, who came to the fore whilst all around were fumbling, turning in an excellent performance and earning a healthy round of applause from the yawning faithful as he made way for Guti in the 56th minute. But creativity is still not foremost in Capello's mind, as the latest gossip is that he's out to sign centre-back Ayala, who is currently in dispute with Valencia.

Express YourSelf!!!

Airtel’s tagline- EXPRESS YOURSELF is extremely well potrayed in all its ads. Their ads have truly matured to be at the level of platinum brilliance. Like all big firms, earlier Airtel ads used to focus on superstar. That was the herd mentality. Catch on a superstar’s popularity to sell yourself- it was spineless.

From Dil Ki Baat ad things have totally changed. While superstars still endorse Airtel, the focus have shifted to vibrating the innermost core of a viewer’s heart. In the Dil ki Baat commercial what worked like majic was the background narrations and apt models playing out a well planned scene. It was the first ad in the series which had no mention of the product itself. Everything was cute there: a little girl playing with a poorer girl, an old couple watching a young couple, a teacher ineracting flawlessly with her deaf student and finally a girl practicing gymnastics. Each clip by itself was satisfying.

That satisfaction has been carried several notches higher in this particular ad. The ad simply plays on the emotions. The motto is once again to ring the emotional bells of we sentimental Indians and it suceeds once again. This time we are shown a series of clips with a different narration for each. We see Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Winston Churchill, Sachin Tendulkar, Lata Mangeshkar, Dalai Lama, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, an old nun and Berlin Wall collapse. Each clip is an actual video of a moment that altered our history. The taglines with each clip are deeply touching. Sample this:
Churchill- Two can win a war
Sachin-One finger can break a billion hearts
King- One dream can change the world
Khan- Some can dissolve boundries
Lama-One whisper can inspire hope
Lata- One voice can move a nation
Berlin Wall collapse- One act of defiance can spark a revolution

At the end of it we hear the signature A R Rehman Airtel tune and many candles coming together to form a giant sign of peace. The final tagline is: That is the power of Human Expressions. It is so true. Expressions, open and subtle can change our lives forever. Airtel sells itself here via the tagline, not the product. Kudos to this gem of an ad!!

'Honour Killing' shames Pakistan, Basically Islam

I came across on article in newspaper jus blatently pasting it here!!!
Sources :ToI
Ayesha Baloch was dragged to a field, her brother-in-law held the 18-year-old down, her husband sat astride her legs and slit her upper lip and nostril with a knife.

They call such assaults on women a matter of 'honour' in some Pakistani communities, but for the majority it is a source of national shame. Married less than two months ago in Pakistan's central district of Dera Ghazi Khan, Baloch was accused of having sexual relations with another man before marriage.

"First they tortured me and beat me. I started screaming. Akbar then caught my hands and pulled me to the ground. Essa sat on my legs and cut my nose and lips," Baloch mumbled through her bandages at hospital in the city of Multan.

"I was bleeding and started screaming after they fled on a motorcycle. People heard me and rescued me and took me to my mother's home." At least she wasn't killed.

More than 1,000 women are slain by their husbands or relatives, and that is just the reported, not actual, number of 'honour killings' in Pakistan each year.

Many killings are planned rather than done in rage, and the motive often has more to do with money or settling scores. The same week, a world away from Baloch's village, social activists, parliamentarians and community leaders gathered in the suburban, leafy capital of Islamabad to launch a campaign — 'We Can End Honour Killing".

Farhana Faruqi Stocker, country director of international aid agency Oxfam, said some 10,000 people called "change-makers" had signed up so far. But Stocker knows two constituencies will be vital to the campaign's success.

"The mindset of legislators has to be changed in order for good legislation to come out," Stocker said. But she is well aware that there are many remote rural areas of Pakistan where maulvis, or clerics, exert more influence than local government and federal law. "In order to bring change, we have to engage with clerics." Pakistan is a country living in many centuries at once.
Its small, Westernized elite embrace the 21st, conservative clerics preach strict interpretations of Islam from the Middle Ages, while many of its poor rural communities are governed by tribal customs going back long before Islam arrived.

Honor killings are known as "karo-kari" killings. A woman is deemed a "black woman", a "kari", once she is accused of having sex outside of marriage and is liable to be killed. "Karo" is the male version.

The custom is rooted in tribalism, although a strict interpretation of Islam's hudood penal code also rules that adulterers should be stoned to death. A former president of Pakistan, Farooq Ahmed Leghari, comes from Dera Ghazi Khan.

He says it will take more than laws to change society there, or places like it. "To fight this menace you need social movements involving people from all segments of society," Leghari said after the launch of the campaign against 'honour killings'.

President Pervez Musharraf champions enlightenment, but critics say he has achieved little due to the influence of tribal chieftains, feudal lords and religious parties in parliament.

A law enacted last year set a minimum 10-year jail sentence for perpetrators of so-called honour killings. But rights lawyer Rashid Rehman said crimes are more often covered up by families, and police prefer not to get involved.

"Those arrested are often freed for lack of evidence or after reconciling with the victims' families, in most cases close relatives," he said.

While police have taken Ayesha Baloch's assailants into custody, along with their father who egged them on, she has low expectations of justice; "They are powerful people with money, and will get out on bail."


my personal comments:: wonder if people following Islam really have hearts, souls and more importantly brains, to see the flaw in the word "Allah"

Should Da Vinci code Movie be Banned!!

I guess it should be banned in this secular climate. It is fashionable and professional to demean the hinduism through standard text books, the hinduism has been given kicks by the secularists in power. If this damn movie releases, they will become vindicative and the leftists would arrest a hindu or write more venom about the hinduism and its history. Of course it is for the secularist to decide what is proper secularism. Astonished!!! Well try decoding it, its not that difficult jus a effing sarcasm!!!

well coming to the point something which I fail to understand is that why are religious sects so insecure.If media does potray soemthing which is unreal, please make sure you use the media to say the right thing, but asking for a Ban of certain movies, only makes it more popular. I thinks its high time that our moral safekeepers grow up. This is what I call as "height of minority appeasement". Are these politicians keep themshelves away there tiny little brains when they take over the job. The movie is written by a christian, directed and produced by a christian. But why on this earth one should ban the shows in India. To the heights of irony, Italy supposedly the heaven for Roman catholics didn't ban this movie but......

Advertisement for Christianity in Bollywood

Y’day I went to see one hindi movie and couldn’t help but notice one certain thing. Actually the whole dejavu thing occurred and that’s why I remember the whole thing. Now you must be asking whats the “thing”. Well lately the movies coming out of Bollywod have one thing very very peculiar.. they are showing a LOT of Christianity and churches back from the days of DDLJ, this symbols, western culture and all have created one niche.. but lately almost evey hindi movie I saw has all the hindu heros goto to church with his heroines to make a wish, lit a candle, pray confess.

well we always had Christianity where a cast member would be christian and that's that.. praying to virgin mary when the hero was shackled in the loin's den or when his mom was on the deathbed, but this is different.. it's like hmmm how should i put it.. an 'advertisement' for Christianity.. lots of church shots.. lots of prayer shots.. and other symbols deliberately inserted everywhere.. I guess these churches must be really that scenic. The other trend is the 'commercial' one.. lots of western (actually American only) phrases, dresses, lingo culture embedded in the movie where it's not even needed.. and it's getting quite overt actually. I don’t know but I guess its to add the psuedo value to the central character..if this particular guys goes to mandir he is country gaon wala, in other case if he goes to chruch he is hep, totally psued. And wearing of christ cross has become a fashion statement. What the Beep, what about OM :(


Guess in the movies most hindus are polytheists, and these people just add a couple more gods/saints to their circle of worship. Mostly they attribute certain churches with certain powers (conceiving, relief from illness), and ritualize their worship with novel offerings and such.

anyone else notice it or i'm just watching Bollywood movies after a long time:P

Bangalore is Blog!!!

By now everyone must be aware of the sad news that revered kannada actor who is no more with us. Sad it is. But the series of incidents which I went through y’day does raised many issues. It all started with my teammate telling that he got a call from his friend asking him to leave early as there could be tension due rajkumar demise…
I immediately checked on of the news site and it confirmed the news telling that actor had died due to cardiac arrest.
So I told my teammate to relax since it was a natural death not a terrorist act. But it doesn’t end here with minutes even I got call from my roommates and friend asking to me to leave early for home. And with every single person who called I was left arguing why the hell there has to anger and violence over someone’s death. And as we all know there were spurts of violence across the city.
Whatever reason they tell us I won’t buy it. For me it was simple politically motivated or rather escalated scenes. I believe that revered rajkumar has huge fan following in this state and any politician who won’t speak for him will be a self proclaimed fool. Now with so my politician trying to make so many statement and trying to do so many things for please the sad public will obviously lead into confusion and hence violence.
Well you know y’day I got down from auto near my home and there were group of people who were forcing shopkeepers to close the shop. They had this yellow/red flag in front of their bikes which seems to make them omnipotent. Anyways what I noticed was there was not a trace of sadness in their faces, they were laughing, chewing gutkhas and seemed to be extremely happy with this act. Stupid SOB’s.

Now out of sheer jobless I am writing this. Why well the cable channels jus went off and when I called cable operator he replied “sir rajkumar death no entertainment, only news channel sir”. With all shops closed, movie halls closed and tv down I have nothing to do today.

And you might be asking what’s the point of writing all this? well ‘coz I am frustrated with all this events illogical and so called moral police of this city who are so jobless that they make anything out of nothing to get themselves in a position where they can harass people

Barca Vs Chelsea CL match(second leg)

Y’day I had to stay awake till 3 to watch one of those special CL matches which turned out to be bit disappointing. I thought Chelsea will go all out against barca but eventually barca will win the match…I was proven wrong in both occasion, match was draw and Chelsea attack didn’t have the edge over barcas defence
The Blues chances were limited, Didier Drogba heading tamely and Joe Cole flicking the ball just over, but they failed to sustain any real pressure. A Frank Lampard penalty in injury time came too late for Chelsea which I still think was not right. Barcelona protege Lionel Messi's first touch brought a sliding tackle from Ricardo Carvalho before Chelsea threatened with a Cole cross which was just too high for Drogba. The Catalan outfit then took a grip of the game and an audacious Ronaldinho flick put Messi through on goal, but his shot was blocked by a lunging Carvalho.
I still don’t understand why dorgba was in starting line up. I creates more offside than goal scoring chances.Barcelona suffered a setback when Messi went off with a hamstring injury after 24 minutes, with Henrik Larsson replacing him. And, while the home side had more of the possession, Chelsea maintained a threat with an Arjen Robben run-and-shot saved by keeper Victor Valdes.
Chelsea tried to exert some attacking urgency into the game with the introduction of Crespo, who should have scored after Samuel Eto'o had forced a smart save from Petr Cech at the other end. Crespo beat Carlos Puyol to Cole's near-post cross but shot agonisingly wide from close range.Chelsea could not be criticised for their attacking efforts but lacked the cutting edge to break Barcelona's resistance.
And then the god of these days football “Ronaldinho” struck a 78th-minute shot after riding a John Terry challenge and, even though Lampard scored a late penalty, it proved nothing more than a consolation goal.
The match failed to hit the heights of past encounters between the two teams and Jose Mourinho's reactions to some of the referee's decisions were highlights.What a boring match except ronaldinho’s back passes..they were simply amazing

BIRD FLU - is coming home

Came Across one email which i really liked..so posting it simply!!!!


BIRD FLU RACKETEERS
by Dr. Leo Rebello

In October 2005, I had sent an alert on Bird Flu Epidemic. In that I had written, "There are NO epidemics in normal times. More epidemics are created by vaccines and drugs" and gave detailed Holistic treatment for Flu.

Today (19 Feb) comes the flash news with a banner headline "Bird flu hits Maharashtra". Let us analyse the news, because rarely people can think straight when a SCARE is created, authorities are incapable of taking decisions in emergencies and journalists taking dictation from dumb authorities and dumber scientists have no time to think since they have to meet the deadlines.

1. The report says 36,000 birds died in Nawapur taluka of Maharashtra's Nandurbar district. Now compare that with the blaring headline meant to create worldwide panic. When will newspaper editors ( that guard the reader) be more responsible?

2. It further says that the Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal, where poultry samples were sent, confirmed eight birds were diagnosed with H5N1 virus.

3.. It further links 8 persons with mild fever and adds that 80 human blood samples had been sent for tests. Why blood samples from 80 were collected when 8 persons were suffering with mild and unconnected fever? Whose decision was that and what was the basis?

4.. Then, in the accompanying 12 articles / reports the editors of the newspapers cry hoarse as under :
(a) 8 lakh birds will be slaughtered in one week. Why? Like plague is caused by dead rats, will not birds (here meaning chickens) slaughtered create more problem?

(b) Number of birds to be vaccinated - 2 lakhs. How will the authorities vaccinate so many birds and why? Then someone will say, let us vaccinate birds in the neighbouring Maharashtra, then full Maharashtra and then all over India. For decisions are taken by keeping a firm eye on the kickback.

(c) Number of vaccines airlifted from Centre - 10 lakhs. Why had the Centre stocked so many vaccines and where? Are all these vaccines usable?

(d) Airlines to stop chicken dishes. Why this knee jerk decision? Instead what will they provide ? Cow, goat, pig and sheep? Red meat has more toxins.

(e) Cipla to market anti-flu drug from next week. To whom and why?
(f) India has enough Tamiflu stocks. When was this stock ordered? Was it preserved properly?
(g) The Union Health Ministry sounds nationwide alert and the PM orders the Health Ministry to have seven lakh doses of Tamiflu from pharma major Hetero Drugs to prepare for any impact on humans. When Bird Flu very rarely affect human beings, why seven lakh doses of Tamiflu? Whose decision is that?

Let us analyse each of these above statements and their further implications.
First and foremost Flu rarely affects human beings. So far, according to WHO website, only about 100 human beings have been affected by it since 2003. Out 100 how many died? Therefore, to slaughter 8 lakh birds because 8 birds died is really idiotic.

Likewise, to lift 10 lakh vaccines (for whom - for birds or for human beings?) is uncalled for. The report also says that 2 lakh birds have already been vaccinated. Infact, to consume flesh of these vaccinated birds would be more dangerous. What science is this and whose wisdom is at work? Whose pockets are being lined?

Tamiflu vaccines are available as injectable and nasal spray. Injectable vaccine will cause fever, bodyache, running cold among the recipient homo sapiens. Nasal spray will cause violent sneezing. So, has some one investigated, that the Bird Flu will not spread through sneezing because of these vaccines given indiscriminately? True science implicates that this serious hypothesis should be considered. If not considered, why not?

Has someone counted the direct and indirect costs of this false alarm and scare mongering? What will be the cost of 8 lakh+ slaughtered birds to the poultry farms, banks and insurance companies? How these birds will be disposed off? What would be the cost of the disposal?

What is the cost of airlifting Tamiflu vaccines from pharma major Hetero Drugs? What is the kickback to the person who has taken this decision, namely the Union Health Ministry? Who is going to watch over infected meat (due to vaccines) mutating that virus and entering human beings by eating these chickens?

Birds of various plumage have been with us for centuries. So, who is creating this scare? Has somebody investigated that by killing millions of birds indiscriminately we are not going to create a deadly locust attack and food shortage? What kind of leaders are sitting at the helm of affairs to take knee jerk decisions and skewing nation's and world's economy to benefit a few.

Like SARS, Ebola, Marburg, HIV/AIDS, Avian flu is a racket unleashed by the Drug Mafia to control the growing economies of the world. They strike to steal.

This is what I had written on 25th October, 2005, when someone from UK had asked me what to do in case
of Avian Flu Epidemic.
"Like SARS was a false alarm, this gang of mercenary medicine mafia is now creating this false alarm on Avian Flu. Don't panic, birds have been with us for centuries. Do NOT vaccinate them. Do NOT kill them in panic for like the dead rat creates plague, millions of dead of birds will create pandemic. Simply relax and do NOT fall a prey to this misleading propaganda. Above all, do NOT (repeat not) take Avian Flu shot, especially nasal spray. Because, then you will go on sneezing and spread the Avian Flu implanted in the shots by furious sneezing.

FOR FLU MY HOLISTIC TREATMENT IS:
(a) Drink lots of citric fruit juices and clear soups.
(b) No solid food for 3 days. Kanji may be taken, if absolutely necessary.
(c) Warm Neem water bath will give refreshing feeling, especially when there are chills.
(d) Lots of bed rest with windows open / no direct fan.
(e) Morning sun bathing (before 8.00 AM / not more than ten minutes, if possible).
(f) There are many homoeopathic medicines. I am giving only the main ones below :
Head remedy Arsenic Alb 30 -- 4 hourly.
Intercurrent remedy - Influenzinum 30 or 200 / 4 pills, 4 hourly - not more than 3 doses
For rapid prostration - Kali Phos 30 4 pills, 4 hourly. Stop once the patient feels better.
Pyrogenium 200 / 4 pills, 3 hourly if severe back and thigh pains, extreme chilliness, rapid pulse.
(g)The biochemic medicines are: Ferrum phos, Kali mur and Natrum sulph in 6 or 12 x potency 2 pills of each, 3 hourly.
(h) Ginger, cinnamon teas with honey and a dash of sour lime are good. Even mint tea will soothe.
(i) Fresh buttermilk, not refrigerated. Do NOT add sugar or salt. Similarly, one may take fresh coconut water.
Homoeopathic and biochemic medicines are easily available and treatment outlined above is very simple, safe and much cheaper as compared to the astronomical costs of flu vaccines and flu drugs. Will the Health Ministry listen or this is a deliberate game plan during budget session to get more funds allocated for Health

South Park

South Park follows the adventures of four little boys, Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny. Unlike most TV children, these kids were actually a lot like real children.

This is a gem of the show, and a significant element of its ongoing appeal. Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny weren't cute, precocious, smart, well-behaved or even likable much of the time. They were foul-mouthed, cruel-to-their-peers, badly behaved delinquents who nevertheless had good hearts underneath it all (except Cartman).

Stan is Everyman, the most normal of the kids, terrorized by his sister Shelley and misunderstood by his parents.
Hi, my name is Stan Marsh. First I had better introduce you to my family. My parents are Randy and Sharon Marsh, and I have a big sister called Shelly who is a real pain in the pipe and a Grandpa who calls me Billy and wants me to kill him off. Then there is my Uncle Jimbo - I'm not sure if he is really related but that's what I call him - who runs the gunstore. He hangs out with an old buddy from 'Nam called Ned Gerblosky who plays the cancer kazoo. My best friends are Kyle Broflovsky and Kenny McCormick and we all hang out with that lardbutt Cartman. We go to South Park Elementary School where we are taught by Mr Garrison and Mr Hat (though sometimes it's Mr Twig). Other kids in the class include Pip, Craig, Tweek, Clyde, Butters, Bebe and Wendy Testaburger. Wendy and I sometimes share a quiet moment together out by Stark's Pond. I always feel a bit queasy when we are together though...

Kyle is a conscience-stricken Jewish boy with a lot of issues, stemming from his domineering mother.
Hi, My name is Kyle Broflovsky. My family is Jewish, which means that I get to have lots of special holidays on top of Christmas and Easter, and go to Jew Scouts where we make soap sculptures and macaroni pictures and eat carrot cake. My mom is called Sheila and my dad is called Jerry - he is a lawyer. I also have a little brother called Ike who looks like a football and is obviously Canadian. My best friends are Stan Marsh and Kenny McCormick and we go to school together with that buttwipe Cartman. The school is run by Principal Victoria and other members of staff include Mr Garrison (our class teacher who people say is gay) and Mr Mackey the school counsellor. The kids in my class are mostly OK apart from old lardbucket Cartman and this girl called Bebe who keeps giving me funny looksMy favourite TV show is Terrance and Phillip. My special friend, though, is Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo. with that buttwipe Cartman. The school is run by Principal Victoria and other members of staff include Mr Garrison (our class teacher who people say is gay) and Mr Mackey the school counsellor. The kids in my class are mostly OK apart from old lardbucket Cartman and this girl called Bebe who keeps giving me funny looks. My favourite TV show is Terrance and Phillip. My special friend, though, is Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo.

Eric Theodore Cartman, probably the most entertaining cartoon character ever made has a very detailed personality. Not only is he the master of disguises but also carefree and nonchalant at most times. He loves making fun of his friends especially Kyle, his Jewish friend. Least said Cartman appears to be racist and incensitive to other cultures and races. Carman is egocentric and thinks the world revolves around him; he quotes,"Screw you guys I'm going home!" whenever his are in trouble.
fat kid syndrome" but always puts it off saying he's big-boned. Cartman quotes, "I am a little American boy and I live in a little mountain town called South Park. My best friends are Clyde Frog and Rumpletunskin and Polly Pissypants and they sometimes all come around to my house for a Tea Party and tell me how smart and cool I am and how it must be so much nicer to be me than to be a pov like Kenny or a hippie like Stan or a fecalphiliac like Kyle. My favourite TV shows are Terrance and Phillip and Fat Abbot and the Cheesy Poofs commercial and cop shows and that dude who hunts down wild animals and jams his thumb in their bu@#h%@# and I like war movies and films about the wild wild west (but not that Gay Cowboys Eating Pudding hippie crap)."


Then there's Kenny. Kenny's parents are poor, and he himself eternally wears an orange jumpsuit that muffles every word coming out of his mouth. Oh yeah, and he dies. In every episode, Kenny dies, and the next week, he's back good as new (with a few notable exceptions). It's a ritual. Kenny meets horrific death week after week, prompting Stan to say, "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" and Kyle to follow up with, "You bastards!" Despite how this reads in an article, it's actually insanely funny. Every time.

going iit way!!!

What's this ES funda? Mind you, ES is NOT a coward.
He just isn't acclimatized to this new environment, and especially, the lingo.
He bulbs whenever shady junta put god level fundeas about poonding a slysha fufa RGer, buster.He feels like deeshing when such haiffunda level things are put to him. He prefers cupping a quiz to deciphering such cuppax level lingo type things. Peace? Hazaar Peace.It's not very ob-like da, but better believe it, vokay. You can't expect ES to stoop to such derogatory levels. He DOES NOT like pondy-type-things as he comes from a long like od decent and honorable ancestors'.Period. The truth? Well it is yet "apocryphal",and what little is speculatively known is rather unprintable.

rachit's quote!!

Time to mention one incident of last night. My friend Rachit came down to my place last night to visit us and after some time started telling us about his meeting with one girl in delhi. Basically he was totally excited about the meeting and kept telling us that girl was really beautiful and has changed so much and all…So the saint we are, we asked him like what all he did. He replied "nothing much jus two hour of meeting and general chit chatting." So we asked another saintly question that did you get to kiss her? He said no?? We said ok and did you get to hug he said no??? And yet again we said ok finally we asked did you get to shake hands with her. He said “nahin mera uske saath mera koyi affair thodi hi chal raha hai”
And we all were rolling on the floor with laughter as one guy commented “yaar haath milane ke liye affair chalana padta hai ye malum nahin tha hum sabko”

Holding too tightly!!

still writing!!