Badsha (Tamil) –An Ever Green Movie

It's ever green! Even after seeing seven times, on Eideth time I felt excited when I was watching the Movie "Badsha" on TV yesterday. Badsha got released when I was studying Engineering at Coimbatore. I think it was going on K G Theatre. I might have seen twice in theatre. After that when ever I got a chance to watch the movie in TV, CDs, I have never missed the chance. I hope I'll get more chances in future also. Because the movie is a mega hit. Any remembrances of Rajni Kanth go without Badsha. The beauty of Badsha is when ever I watched the movie; the earlier seeing of the movie has never reduced the thrill and pleasure of watching it. Movie with perfect blend of sentiments and action!

Every scene in the movie has been customized for Rajni Kanth. Also, the scenes for supporting roles were so perfectly made to bring out Rajni Kanth as a son, Rajni Kanth as an elder brother, Rajni Kanth as a friend and Rajni Kanth as a lover boy. I could not imagine that if someone else had done the movie, whether it could have been such an interesting one.

The movie started a new style of Punch dialogue for Hero in Tamil Action movies. But I believe no one has perfected than Rajni Kanth. The punch dialogue of the movie "Nan Oru thadavai sonna, Nooru thadavai sonna mathiri" remains unforgettable and recalls Rajni Kanth when ever the dialogue is heard.

His attraction is his eyes. So powerful! So sharp! It just catches hold of me. His eyes speak more than his dialogues. That's why some of the dialogues in the movie like "Ulle Po", "Innoru thadavai nan unnai intha idathula Parthen, partha Idathula Kuli thondi puthaichiruven", remain ever green in mind.

Thanks to CI TV which telecasted the movie on last Friday!

Wedding Invitation with a Dedication

First Dedication, Then the Invitation

I dedicate my "Life in 20's" to all my Friends!

Life in 20s

More than three decades are over from the day I was blessed in this world. In these three decades, the last decade, 20's of my life was so cheerful. Because it's an era of friendship! Here I am musing over my life in 20s. I dedicate "my life in 20s" to you, to all my friends.

20s the period, I started understanding the meaning of life. It's the period which transformed me from dependent adult to independent family man. It's the period of romantic infatuation and love. It's the funnel of time through which I was directed to my naukri and chhokri.

When I was crawling, my mom made the way for me. When I was walking step by step, my mom held me. When I started running in the street, my mom cautioned me. When I started cycling; my dad ran behind me. When I was crossing kamuthi borders, my dad accompanied me. Hmm… till 20s I was protected in a shell.

20s is the period; I started living life on my own. I proved myself to the world. I comforted my parents a lot. When my parents were worried about my travel beyond kamuthi, I proved that I could live any where in the world. When they were waiting for my call for money, I showed them my salary slip and bank balance. When they were worried about my class room learning, I shared them my life experiences.

20s is the period; I realized the value of the money. First time, I understood what is "possible" and what is not "possible" with my money. Before that everything was possible by a phone call. Whom else! Dad the great! But the self-earned money gave me a lot of freedom. Freedom to spend as I wish! Freedom to change from unbranded clothes to branded clothes! Freedom to choose 100 cc bike instead of a 50 cc moped! Freedom to go for a tour with friends without being questioned! Freedom to go for Saturday night booze! Last but not the least freedom to help my friend in need!

20s are the period; I went through infatuation and love. Teens are sweet. But for me 20s were sweeter than teens. Everywhere prospects appeared. Everyone appeared as prospects! In neighborhood, in bus stop, in college, in office, in temple! Some were long chase, some were short-cuts, some were cut short, some were one-way , some were no entry, some were at unreachable height, and some were barricaded! It's the period of romance with thrill! Unknowingly looking at her! Unknowingly following her! Unknowingly listening to her! Unknowingly day dreaming about her! Crazy life! Life with 1% reality and 99 % imagination! But every time my friends were there, to pull me back into reality. Like the jumping ball coming to a halt, the wavering mind came to a halt at the end at the end of 20's. Got engaged and fell in love. Life with 99 % reality and 1 % imagination! Romantic 20's!

20s is the period; I got a lot of friends. When I started living away from the home, friends started living with me. Colleagues, classmates, seniors, juniors, roommates, neighbors, Oorrmates… friends came in many forms; Not only I ate with the friends; Not only I drank with the friends; Not only I played with the friends, but also I lived every moments with friends. Friends became my companion, Friends became my mentor, Friends became my criticizers, Friends became my support and Friends became my entertainment. To say in a simple word, Friends became my life. It's an era of friendship in my life.

20s is the same period, I bid farewell to a lot of friends. The Last day in CIT, The Last day in MPL, The Last day in HPL, The Last day in BIM and The Last day in GEA like that there were several occasions. Every farewell was painful separation. Emotions ran high; but definitely there was hope of meeting everyone in a better position in future. Every time new friends added to my life. But I lost the pleasure of doing things together with old friends. Old friends are never forgettable. Always they reside in my heart.

I dedicate" my life in 20s" to all my friends! Cheerful 20s!!!

If god appears before me, I'll ask him a chance either to re-live the 20s once again or at least to meet all my friends on my wedding . Here is my wedding invitation, for you, for my friend. I hope to meet you on my wedding.

Please click the link ( http://www.geocities.com/mram1976/Invitation.htm)

NBA- A case of failure to play around the system!

Good & bad, Vice& Virtue never happen in absoluteness. Whether dams are good or bad, Whether Government machinery is vice or virtue- We can't decide them in absolute. It depends. When one perceives it as Good the other perceives it as bad. NBA's battle for stopping the construction of the dam for more than fourteen years is a best example for it.

The recent Supreme Court judgment to continue the construction of the dam, should have hit the NBAs strongly. I started following the issue after reading the Greater common good by Ms. Arundhathi Roy. One of the finest research papers on Dams.

Where they failed? It’s the failure to play around the system. Just look at it. It’s the one issue the congress,the BJP and the major political rivals are united. Atleast NBA should have adopted divide and play policy. Atleast they should have won the support of one party . Also, On the name of voicing their opinion for greater common good, they have antagonized not only the Government machineries but also the personalities like Narendra Modi.

Their fight against the construction of dam is portrayed as obstruction for the solution for the thirst of millions of people. Their fight against destruction has been portrayed as the fight against the development. Their fight against the power has been portrayed as fight against the Government. Their support for the poorest of the poor has been portrayed as the fight against the largest middle class of the states; their support for the greater common good has been portrayed as the failure to envision the larger picture of the issue. The rational reason for these distortions may be the difference in perception of good and bad. But personal egos fuelled the division and distortion further.

In legal world rarely, "mind to mind" communication happens. It's simply paper to paper communication. The legal world doesn’t believe what it sees, it doesn’t believe what it hears, and it doesn't believe what it listens. It believes only in official records. In official records rehabilitation has been done. In official records, the dam is projected as the solution for the thirst. In official records, the social activists are portrayed as obstructionist. Ultimately the construction has been allowed to continue. Even though NBAs got the fighting sprit, even though they got the media space, Even though they attracted film stars into their campaign, they failed to play around the system.

Globalization, Dams, Nuclear weapon, measuring the prosperity with GDP growth has become the necessary evil. It's like catching the tail of the tiger. If we give up any of the above they will destroy us. That's why more and more nations are joining WTO, more and more nations want to become n-power. When anyone makes the point against any of the above, they have to provide the viable alternative which convinces the entire system or have the power to enforce on the system. NBA has failed in both ways. They don’t have any power or authority to stop the construction of the dam and also they have not convinced the system with viable alternative.

Check this link for the SC judgment
http://www.narmada.org/sardar-sarovar/sc.ruling/nba.comments.html#judgments