tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58391297639499831402024-03-05T14:26:40.096+05:30Tailspin CountryMarvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-44855975236003827352013-07-07T00:57:00.002+05:302013-09-05T21:31:20.415+05:30Dharma<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">One day, worried she asked him to come to Parliament House, looked him straight..<br />"Everybody says you are taking over"<br />Shaken but moving forward, putting his long parsi nose close to hers<br />"what do you think?"<br />"You can't."<br />Eyebrows raised<br />"Do you think I am so incompetent?"<br />"I didn't mean that Sam. You wouldn't,"<br />Sliding back into his chair<br />"You are right I wouldn't. You mind your own business and I'll mind mine. You kiss your own sweetheart and I'll kiss mine. I don't interfere politically as long as nobody interferes with me in the army"<br /><br />(Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India and Sam Manekshaw, Field Marshal of India )<br />*Various sources</span></div>
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Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-57121025256009701142013-07-02T23:40:00.000+05:302013-07-02T23:40:17.062+05:30The OCD Dog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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That is not him. He is lovable CK. He was ill so I had gone along with
his mum to get him treated at Indiranagar. He had fever earlier and
wasn't eating. All better now and eating. <br /> <br /> The OCD dog was a dobberman in the room next<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-RENn2Sc8fvXJqQXJvonXZ8T8G3W7Y0zOwg7QYXjTxg5cnTVPG6xh8_qVFw4oBDEVc3PaljwbdU5SPf_rxRuchyphenhyphenA0XqDj4wZXgxnZNLe5Qtns-hv34E2-jYaX8YYcOFZ6Hj5dZpCWpkk/s1600/DSC_0646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-RENn2Sc8fvXJqQXJvonXZ8T8G3W7Y0zOwg7QYXjTxg5cnTVPG6xh8_qVFw4oBDEVc3PaljwbdU5SPf_rxRuchyphenhyphenA0XqDj4wZXgxnZNLe5Qtns-hv34E2-jYaX8YYcOFZ6Hj5dZpCWpkk/s320/DSC_0646.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="text_exposed_show">
door. His owners, a young couple, had brought him for a medicated bath
and to get a wound on his knee checked. They said he kept licking and
biting it. He previously had a similar injury on his other knee. After a
brief check, vet was more interested in his house environment like who
lived with him. He belonged to girl's mom. She was staying alone. The
dog had a companion but he died at the ripe old age of 16 years last
year. <br /> <br /> The vet diagnosed him to have OCD because lack of
companionship or sexual frustration. The 9 year old dobberman had not
been neutered. The dobberman was frustrated, licking his knee, causing
irritation in tiny cuts leading to more licking and biting. Vet advised
constant change of dressing on the wound. He also advised neutering the
dog or getting him a companion. At this, the young couple started to
argue. The girl said her old mother could not look after two dogs now.
The guy wanted the dobberman loose his virginity. "Oh come on! He came
into this world. He should experience it". The girl said it wasn't
necessary. She felt he should be snipped immediately. The vet said a
dobberman would probably be ready to go again after 10 mins and a few
more times after. Finally, the couple agreed put off the decision till
later.<br /> <br /> That and more stories at the vet's. Didn't see one overworked or unhappy doctor there. <br /> <br />
Our beagle CK wouldn't eat because he couldn't smell his food. It
happens sometimes when a dog gets a fever. The sense of smell comes back
in 1 or 2 days.</span></div>
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Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-80652726989787288582011-01-08T23:06:00.003+05:302011-01-08T23:27:35.560+05:30Someone told Airtel I was singleI have been getting all these ads for finding that special someone and dating etc on my Airtel number. I answered one that was free, was immediately charged and someone called Iamthick asked for my asl! I passed as the charge was Rs. 3/- to reply. <br /><br />I am studying and in mid thirties. Ofcourse, I had to to be single! But to let that get to me? That was bad... I have no one to blame but myself. <br /><br />It could have been worse. I could have been suffering from a male equivalent of vulvodynia caused by depression.<br /><br />I can see a solution to all this. Give up on minoxidil and follow one of my best friends - Start on a course of Finasteride. Solve hair loss and reduce sexual tension.Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-34466221026581275502010-12-14T13:11:00.002+05:302011-10-20T10:09:20.693+05:30Land of Kamasutra or the Land of Cold Showers?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
India is not the land of the Kamasutra. Sure an Indian, or what goes for a horny holy man living in Banares ages ago, wrote the treatise. But that is not enough. Penquin India had not set up shop in New Delhi. How many people lived in Banares or managed to get a autographed copy of the book? That is the question! Current and historical facts when rewritten by me clearly show that Kerala did not have 100% literacy at that time. Kannada or Tamil did not orginate from Sanskrit (even if influenced a bit later).<br />
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no one had heard of the art of Kama. Apart from sadhus, who renounced the world, tried to make sense of politics in palaces of ancient and pre-colonial India, who on failing miserably finally brought up the book of Kamasutra to every ruler from Guptas to Chalukyas to the Mughals who needed it to bring pax Mughal to their harems. Later, Kamasutra invariably grew in popularity amongst the pre PlayBoy colonial western world.<br />
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Come on. The Gauls were clearly way ahead with just their way of saying hello. Sure Kamasutra talks about the ‘nominal’, ‘throbbing’ and ‘touching’ kissing styles but none come sensuously close to Gallic traditional first kiss, which clearly makes the sky fall on your head!<br />
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If India were the land of Kamasutra, we would not be drowning in population out of sheer fustration. Tantrics will tell you about the good old ages, when sex was not frowned upon. Ofcourse, no one caught them being naughty with their disciples using hidden cameras.<br />
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And so it IS no to JUST sex please, we are Indians.</div>Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-29330417906013901842010-09-18T23:55:00.008+05:302010-09-19T00:28:37.796+05:30Drunk Blogging<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcJcxhl7paL2OcMwQEirn2DHZ6B4uLq_2uVTAERE6QHyqohInHKZujlffTcVKJeAwzEfmDWeqQABtR053jJClqNg8-VIWK4_Q9UoqSiheSO8ks5Y6TvT11PuokoL7MVEVWIHZYGd-9TF0/s1600/rman1185l.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcJcxhl7paL2OcMwQEirn2DHZ6B4uLq_2uVTAERE6QHyqohInHKZujlffTcVKJeAwzEfmDWeqQABtR053jJClqNg8-VIWK4_Q9UoqSiheSO8ks5Y6TvT11PuokoL7MVEVWIHZYGd-9TF0/s320/rman1185l.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518329690751519762" /></a><br />I love drunk blogging. I sound so interesting and funny ;)<br /><br />Why drunk blogging? I give you the following...<br /><br />1) I have bad... very bad grammar. You cant imagine what I scored in 10th finals in English.<br /><br />2) I write horribly. So I write in small sentences. Less chances of mistakes. I make a lot of mistakes in along sentences.<br /><br />3) I am very creative, when drunk. I am trying to work on a doggy repelling horn for motor bikes! Have you met anyone who thought of that? No, right? I did and you read it first here. There are a few more but those are money spinners ;)<br /><br />4) I am a lot funnier drunk. so much so that I crack myself up :)<br /><br />5) It is cheap... creativity in a bottle. Old monk is the cheapest but then you need those sugary carbonated additives. Better is vodka with citrus juice - very healthy. Or wine but the flavour and zing is missing along with them bubbles.<br /><br />6) I know you think I should read those English grammar books. It will help me. I just looked at one right now and none of these sentences / points feature in the book!!<br /><br />7) You should be happy that I am typing all this out. My handwriting... some other day... :(<br /><br />8) The only two people to have ever read my blog are good writers. I need an excuse.<br /><br />9) One is my best friend and the other is a girl. I should entertain him and impress her with my vision and creativity... visitivity... (sorry it is lifted from a Barney quote)<br /><br />10) Am I drunk right now? You bet I am....Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-63929270884412589182010-09-12T00:11:00.003+05:302012-03-08T20:05:11.098+05:30Manmohan Singh - My hero lost his shine.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
He was my hero. Not my leader, I have none. But he spoke about freedom, providing opportunities and governance free from scandals. His party colleagues backed him by running their ministeries so clean that you could eat off the floor. It could be because they were busy last 6 years fighting each other. But he failed when he could not reign in corrupt cabinet members sent in by coalition partners. He was not a leader.<br />
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Millions of Indians go to sleep today without 3 square meals while food rots in our godowns. No need for clothes. Most Indian men love to stand outside their doorways without a shirt on. We can forgive about homes to every citizen. Even 1st world countries find this difficult. But food?! You should be feeding your people. You are not worth saving, if you cant.</div>Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-6078340258694692462010-08-31T23:47:00.006+05:302010-09-12T00:10:49.207+05:30Become an intellectual in 10 easy steps10. Love Mother Teresa.... any person with hint of humanity can be an intellectual.<br /><br />9. Have coffee at the India Coffee house of your city.<br /><br />8. Lean left on all things but deny by accusing others of leaning too far right.<br /><br />7. Your day should begin with finding someone to blame.<br /><br />6. Now find an issue to blame them with.<br /><br />5. Accuse your country and people of plotting against those who wish to wage war against it.<br /><br />4. Write a novel that no one can understand except the booker prize judges.<br /><br />3. Be an old fan of Jyothi Basu. Accuse Budhadeb of being the cause of all that is wrong for the past 30 years and become a fan of Mamta... it is definitely downhill from here...<br /><br />2. Use your freedom of expression to accuse your fellow countrymen of being in a sham democracy.<br /><br />1. Get ready to be gassed for expressing yourself to your old Maoist friends.Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-69955546675671250042010-08-23T00:28:00.006+05:302012-03-08T20:05:29.056+05:30The 60 year EcoMani curse.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I watched 5 mins of big debate or fight something on NDTV. It had Mani Shankar Aiyer, MP (RS) talking about how every 60 years or so after birth of industrialisation or some form of large scale economic change, there was a revolution. He gave examples of French revolution, the collapse of Soviet regime and even the changes in downtown London since Oliver Twist asked for more.<br />
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I (<span style="font-style: italic;">and Mani</span>) immediately realised that India too was close to something like this. Mani thought that this was manifesting itself in villages as Naxal attacks and that middle class should wake up to the fact before the Naxals come calling in the cities.<br />
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But I think Mani was a bit is wrong. Naxalism is how the villages are handling it. Feeling of helplessness, loss of control and the general apathy in the cities may be for different reasons but just as strong as in the villages. We have stopped bothering with participation in elections. Power is out most of the day, many middle class household send out their children to fill containers of water from the local borewell or water tankers, you need to pay a bribe for everything from getting a ration card (state government), running a shop (local police station) to government hospitals... and as far as real estate goes, children are participating in singing contests to win a house not money. Middle class is taxed heavily. Kaun Banega Crorepathi? You cant buy a house in Bangalore! Half the winnings would go in taxes and the rest in stamp duty for the house. You cant write or express what you feel as you may hurt the sentiments of the a particular community. Cant say Tamil Nadu has a point on the water sharing issue in Karnataka as Girish Karnad found out. Cant say Rajnikanth's Robot is the biggest flop since Atlantis. Everyone in city knows money is not enough. It can be taken away with a phone call from Ravi Poojaris and Dawoods. Power, control and freedom are in short supply nowadays. The situation can very easily reach boiling point. A friend of mine said Indians don't complain enough. But we sense the injustice. If we don't or aren't complaining, it is going to eat into our psyche. And it will express itself.<br />
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Revolution may be closer then we think and the enemy would be us.</div>Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-17408010684453364402010-08-08T00:02:00.003+05:302012-09-05T23:12:33.253+05:30Godzilla for real<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I saw the dumb ass version of Mathew Brodderick starer Godzilla last week. Bits and pieces. It was too stupid. This Godzilla hardly breathed fire, didn't really bother to flatten the wonderful New York skyline and was more interested in laying eggs. Why this over grown lizard from ILM, Hollywood would come all the way to NY to lay eggs is more perplexing than the behaviour of smoked Salmon.<br />
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In order to get rid of the after taste, I have started to download the original Godzilla. The one who loved attacking downtown and sometimes uptown Tokyo. These Godzilla flicks never starred people you might know except for Raymond Burr, who made a cameo, when he thought Perry Mason was going to be canceled because TV was being introduced. No this Godzilla was real. And his growl... yes sir, crew were watching Japanese porn, when they came up with that.</div>
Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-24294515326247890612010-03-09T01:12:00.002+05:302010-03-09T01:21:42.607+05:30Politics - What do you watch out for?<span style="font-weight: bold;">Capitalists, </span>which includes Bill Gates, <span style="font-weight: bold;">hate people who can make a lot of money</span>, which includes his good buddy Warren Buffet.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Communists</span>, which includes Maoists, <span style="font-weight: bold;">hate intellectuals </span>which includes Arundhatie Roy.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Religious types</span> which includes Buddhists,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> hate new ideas</span>, which includes anything.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">People living in a democracy</span>, which includes all of us, <span style="font-weight: bold;">hate freedom of expression</span>, which includes anything and everything.<br /><br />I wish life could be simpler but where is the challenge?Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-37995800192299352562010-02-12T23:16:00.002+05:302010-02-12T23:21:47.798+05:30How I met your mother - Barney being eloquent about Bimbos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin24ENZn-s1405ZSwyGGm5SXIw-w27-lfPEYfVz8wt-E2MhyphenhyphenVqD-LtaNYFkYXowp0fBi1GC57zbzO1RzOVWwayejH0NUc5nOd3t9WFL92m3d4MyvnHmMSXQaFeiBEvc6zZDyhO-0VlWSQU/s1600-h/how-i-met-your-mother-cast-how-i-met-your-mother-791268_1280_1024.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin24ENZn-s1405ZSwyGGm5SXIw-w27-lfPEYfVz8wt-E2MhyphenhyphenVqD-LtaNYFkYXowp0fBi1GC57zbzO1RzOVWwayejH0NUc5nOd3t9WFL92m3d4MyvnHmMSXQaFeiBEvc6zZDyhO-0VlWSQU/s320/how-i-met-your-mother-cast-how-i-met-your-mother-791268_1280_1024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437416055628915922" border="0" /></a><br />Lilly gives Barney a choice between Bimbos and Love (Robin)<br /><br />Barney : I choose bimbos<br />Lilly : What?!<br />Barney : Hey Lilly, Bimbos make me happy.<br />Lilly : (Sharp intake of breath)<br />Barney : (continues) Bimbos make me feel alive. Bimbos make me want to pretend to be a better man.<br />Lilly : (Shaking her head knowing she has lost)<br />Barney : This whole thing with Robin was just a fling but at the end of the day, my heart belongs to Bimbos<br />Lilly : (fighting back) No no this is just a defense mechanism because you are afraid of getting hurt. You are just confused.<br />Barney : (rising to a crescendo) Oh, I am not confused Lilly. You know who is confused? Bimbos! They are easily confused. It is one of the thousand little things I love about them. I love their vacant trusting stares. Their sluggish and unencumbered minds. Their unresolved daddy issues. I love them Lilly.. And they love me<br />Lilly (Lost it now)<br />Barney : (continues) Bimbos have always been there for me. Through thick and thin. (Thoughtfully) Mostly thin. B men don't do thick crust. Whaddup?! (Raises his hand for a high five).<br /><br />Lilly walks out.Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-71506943664568518682010-01-24T23:46:00.004+05:302010-01-24T23:55:05.163+05:30Its been a long time...I have not visited my own blog in a while. Been busy with work and workout. Workout stopped due to some back injury this week. There is no constant pain or even anything when I turn but I feel a certain uneasiness in the lower back. Enough horror stories of injuries of this sort to make me want to give a break for a week and see how it goes.<br /><br />Learn Tamil (my mother tongue), Kannada, Java, Art of Living are some of the plans up ahead. I wonder, if I will be able to do any of them?Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-51348801650562035092009-06-10T21:33:00.002+05:302009-06-10T21:44:12.589+05:30Prabhakaran and LTTE are history... Lankan Tamils are notI had an argument with my uncle, a stanch supporter of LTTE and its late supremo V. Prabhakaran, about whether or not Lankan Tamils were served by Prabhakaran. <br /><br />The Lankan Tamils were mistreated since Sri Lankan independence from Britain. Their language and culture was not recognized as part of Sri Lankan. They were slowly relegated to second class citizens. Sinhalese leaders did it deliberately and efficiently. The Sinhalese population also rioted against the Tamils over issues such as language. The disenfranchised Tamils started a popular uprising against Sri Lanka. This was supported by India. Their brethren in Tamil Nadu gave them all the support required. The largest of the militant groups fighting in Sri Lanka was the LTTE led by its leader Prabhakaran. By 1980s with Lankan army bogged down by several Tamil militant groups and India receiving constant stream of Lankan Tamil refugees, the Indian government forced Sri Lanka to a peace accord that would allow for devolution of powers and autonomy to Tamil majority areas in the northern and eastern parts of the country. Among the militant groups LTTE was not happy with the accord but agreed to it in theory. By theory, I mean they went ahead with launching attacks against Lankans. There are many storylines of who did what and why. But there is no doubting that Prabhakaran was not in support of the accord and did everything to bury it. He was confident of a military victory. In the end, the Indian peace keeping force ended up fighting the LTTE that India had initially supported with training and material support. History has recorded these events. LTTE retaliated against India by killing Rajiv Gandhi. <br /><br />Today, the situation is same as before. I support the Lankan Tamils rights. But LTTE is a different matter. It is fascist movement led by a dictatorial leader who killed his own comrades, people and put guns in the hands of little children. Every war crime known to man, he has committed. Democracy is not something he believed in. Majority of the Lankan Tamils did not trust him!!! Even if my uncle did. They never did. He killed off every other popular Tamil leader. He believed that militarily he could win. Killing off friends and making enemies. <br /><br />Many idiots like Vaiko believed Tamils support for LTTE was as unquestionable as its support for Lankan Tamils. It is NOT. Indian Tamils are Indians first. Our leader was killed. His children tried to make sense of the bloody history by visiting the people who killed their father and forgiving them. Jayalalitha thought Vaiko had found some holy grail during election time. She too tried to drink from it with allegations that Priyanka Gandhi’s visit spurred the Sri Lankan army to hit harder at LTTE. <br /><br />When the news of Prabhakaran’s death was announced, my sense of sadness was only for the Lankan Tamils. As with all dictators Prabhakaran had killed anyone with a voice of his own and left his people like sheep. They have no leaders to speak for them or to pursue their rights. It is only hopped that the Sri Lankan government understands the war will never end until they address the aspirations of the Lankan Tamils for protection of their rights and autonomy.Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-79741083622797101962009-06-06T19:32:00.001+05:302009-06-06T19:39:27.570+05:30New Parliament ups the ante from a MP shaving her head to threat of suicide.Well the new parliament is up. Kudos on the election of a dalit woman as speaker of the house. Oh, we still have a long way to go on the women’s equality. The self congratulatory and condescending speeches from the males members would be enough to make any self respecting woman in the developed world reach for her bobbit razor. <br /><br />More women’s empowerment to come. Reservation for women in parliament. That’s where champion of downtrodden through in a spanner in the works. Sharad Yadav threatened to kill himself if the bill was passed in the present form without specifying reservation within the reservation for women from scheduled caste and tribes like the speaker of the Parliament. Needless to say open that can of worms... and the bill would never see the day. Next some MPs will raise the banner of reservation in parliament for men of those classes too. That will bring in people asking for reservation for the minority community. Where will all this leave the actual process of election?<br /><br />I don’t believe India’s democracy can dance that far out.<br /><br /><br />PS :- During the last parliament, Sushma Swaraj, dy. leader of opposition threatened to shave her head if foreign born Sonia Gandhi became Prime Minister. Sonia let Manmohan Singh take up the post and Sushma got to keep her hair on.Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-4696425617933664422009-04-30T20:58:00.003+05:302009-04-30T21:19:55.848+05:30You get what you did not vote for...Low voter turnout in Bangalore (my home) and even less in Mumbai (I like that city too). I can see that news channels talking about voter disenchantment with the politicians. Really? I doubt that. Half of the disenchantment did not vote the previous time either. Which probably means they never voted in their life. I don't think "disenchanted and indignant" electorate should be questioning what their MPs did for them in the 5 years they were in office. Especially, when they could not get off their ass once in 5 years to vote!!! People in Kashmir, Naxal infested areas with a lot more to complain have braved violence to perform their civic duty. <br /><br />Bangaloreans should remember this the next time a political party holds rally for the rural voters in the outskirts of the city. After all, rural majority turned out in larger numbers. It would seem that the urban educated electorate cannot to be counted on to do much for their country. <br /><br />Oh by the way, we are still getting an MP. Yeah, he represents only a minority. If you had something to say you should have said it today. Now, he is your leader. He will decide if it is alright for your daughter or sister to be molested on the streets for her life's choices. If you are thinking about doing away with politicians altogether? Thats cool too. But remember - that means you get to be fucked by every bureaucrat. <br /><br />There are no free lunches in the world.Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-59532185107398546452009-04-26T00:06:00.003+05:302009-04-26T00:16:58.040+05:30Netbeans Vs EclipseI am new to both. I started a month or so ago. And no, I have not tried JBoss or other IDEs out there. <br /><br />My two cents says, Netbeans miles away from Eclipse.I may be wrong. Eclipse may be great. You will find many developers swearing on Eclipse. I was introduced to Eclipse in college. Trouble began with trying to configure eclipse with Tomcat, setting classpath etc. Every forum I visited raised more questions than gave answers. Netbeans 6.5 comes with Tomcat, MySQL JDBC driver, glassfish v2 and v3, facilitates numerous frameworks including JSF, Hibernate etc. It took me 3 weeks to configure eclipse. It took me a day to write my first web application on netbeans. <br /><br />In netbeans, you can easily navigate your project, add libraries. Netbeans tutorials help you get started with your project quickly. You can access your database, application servers directly on netbeans. <br /><br />Do I really believe I am wrong about netbeans? I think not!!Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-30501699004024381842009-04-05T00:41:00.007+05:302010-11-13T20:06:03.621+05:30RSS, Taliban, Arundhati Roy...!?So here is SAT Princeton review <br /><br />RSS is to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Hinduism</span> as<br /><br />Taliban is to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Islam</span> as<br /><br />Evangelists are to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Christianity</span> as<br /><br />Military Industrial complex is to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Capitalism</span> as<br /><br />Maoists are to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Communism</span> as <br /><br />Arundhati Roy, Medha Patkar etc are to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Liberalism </span><br /><br />Yes she is all that!! She is known to me as one who supported the accused in the parliamentary attack, justified Mumbai carnage, protested the launch of Nano, among other idiotic / "liberal" activities. She and others like her live to protest in the name of liberalism. But they carry no conscience, no sense of reality and no intelligence. She has a Booker prize to her name. Have you tried to read God of Small things? It is as unreadable as Satanic Verses as Jack Straw (British Foreign Secretary) put it. <br /><br />PS :- <span style="font-style:italic;">Satanic Verses was written by Salman Rushdie, who won Booker prize for Midnight Children. I don't know about Midnight Children. I have not read it. But Satanic Verses was definitely unreadable. <br /><br /><br /></span>Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-45222952076028171552009-03-18T16:39:00.002+05:302009-03-18T16:47:06.198+05:30The Spawn of MenakaDuring his vitriolic speech against Muslims, Varun has shown why his grandmother thought so less of his mother. After trying many different ways to showcase herself has inheriting the Gandhi family name, she picked up on animal rights. She ran far with it. Now the fools who swallowed that story should rethink. This is a woman who could not teach her spawn, Varun, to love his fellow human beings. <br /><br />Both the woman and her spawn are bound by their common hatred. Their ideals are neither Gandhian nor Indian.Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-20430462954320716252009-02-08T23:59:00.013+05:302009-03-19T21:41:33.730+05:30The Bastards of Manu.These last two weeks saw repeated attacks on our freedom by these self-styled custodians of our culture. Who gave these bastards the right to dictate how I should express my culture? I did not. So I call that filth Muthalik of Ram Sene, a bastard and raise questions on his origins, his parents, his mother, his sister, everything that he holds dear.<br /><br />No, I will not apologize for the words I choose for him. He has impinged on my rights. He does not know me or own me. How dare he do that to anyone? Why shouldn't I insult his parents? The first line of any child's education is his parents. It is said that do not teach a child about religion for it will blind him to faith later in life.<br /><br />I wish these people could have stayed in country ruled by an absolute monarch. I did. I helped me appreciate the freedoms enshrined in our constitution. But the constitution is not worth the paper it is written on unless our people are civilized enough to appreciate it. The Muthaliks, Advanis, Modis etc in our country are not. They have been raised in their homes on a steady diet of us against them. Sent to RSS schools across the nation, the us among them invariably becomes a smaller and select group.<br /><br />There are Muslim scholars who will ask you to read the Quran to understand that Islam is peace loving religion. That is so. I have read the Quran and know about Islam's history. However, Islam has had a violent start and growth. There are constant references in the Quran to infidels. This forms the fodder for the most ardent among them to raise against people of other faiths. Its history and such references, are the anger that drives the Osamas. And once you go down that path there is no stopping it - its terror does not even spare fellow Muslims.<br /><br />The Bible and Christianity's origin is just as violent. There was a period of intolerance, injustice and misuse of the name of god. But over the ages, the quiet majority have slowly spoken up. Gone are the ages of inquisition. Christian institutions are respected around the world. Their priests are respected for their service and advice. Islam must do the same if it wants to survive to the next century. And it must do it fast. Mass media did not exist in the middle ages. It does now. People can see and make up their own mind. There are movements in Egypt and Turkey for reform. Humanity does not need religion to teach it kindness, good living and love. Some systems, we are born with, others we learn from our parents, and the rest from what we see around us and from our religious denomination. <br /><br />I feel a great sadness and anger when I see the "religion" and culture from which I draw my faith being used in similar manner to assault people for personal gain. These single and depraved assholes, men who used to fester in the streets, are now in the halls of power. Coming elections will show if we Indians are uncivilized as these bastards of Manu.<br /><br />PS :- Manu is the reference Manusmrithi. An aberration in history of Hindu thought. Its only aim seems to have been to somehow maintain status quo of the writers during a time of change in ancient India.Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-51655178480332563262008-12-15T18:23:00.007+05:302008-12-15T19:00:31.431+05:30How far are you willing to go for your dream?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ41t91AQuk8HcAjoPg8r1qSFI5ol3X6GbokH1zbw1yZZ5JOowS9hB1NaH4gq3tisjkTd6BU6Dru7I1WGAvkagQ0CJLij0Xj53lu9ZLIMLMxB3UPyYHscavrlEwwK__CZwAVZgLYfj8YaF/s1600-h/gattaca.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ41t91AQuk8HcAjoPg8r1qSFI5ol3X6GbokH1zbw1yZZ5JOowS9hB1NaH4gq3tisjkTd6BU6Dru7I1WGAvkagQ0CJLij0Xj53lu9ZLIMLMxB3UPyYHscavrlEwwK__CZwAVZgLYfj8YaF/s200/gattaca.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280004921388640178" /></a><br />This is actually a review of a movie. The second one back to back. I just wanted to pick out one of the best scenes from another great movie "Gattaca". There is a scene in it that I have watched over and over again. The scene contains the theme and the heart of this really good flick.<br /><br />How far would you be willing to go to achieve you dreams? How much of yourself are you willing to loose?<br /><br />Movie is set in a future of designer babies. Every child is an offspring of what is best in each of his parents. Genetically transmitted diseases such as heart problems, diabetes etc are non-existent. Further, the state is able to use the genetic information to decide who would be better sportsman, a scientist or an astronaut. Into this mix is our hero Vincent, who is not genetically designed and is born with a weak heart. His dream is to go to space. But this is impossible. The state would not allow him to enter into the space program with his weak heart. His brother, correct in every genetic sense makes it to be a policeman. Vincent runs away from home to fulfill his dream. He gets help from another would be astronaut, who is confined to his wheel chair as a result of an accident. Together, they pull an impersonation so that Vincent can enter the space program. Story continues, the deadline for the launch approaches. There is a murder at the space center. The brother comes to investigate and catches the murderer. But there is one person, he has not been able to interview throughout his investigation, who has avoided him - Vincent. <br /><br />The brothers meet. The policeman understands the fraud that Vincent is pulling. The two argue. Vincent tells him that he is no less of a man because of his genetic makeup. Vincent reminds his brother of the day when he had to rescue him during a swimming contest. The dare was to see who can swim out the farthest before turning back. Vincent had always lost, except for that last time. He won and also had to rescue his brother. It was after this incident that Vincent left home.<br /><br />The two decide on a rematch. Once more they swim way out to the sea. Vincent is not stopping and keeps going further. His brother is exhausted and unable to swim more. <br /><br />"Vincent, Vincent, where is the shore? We are too far out"<br /><br />"You want to quit?"<br /><br />"We are too far out!!"<br /><br />"You want to quit?"<br /><br />"No!!"<br /><br />.....<br /><br />"Vincent. How are you doing this? How have you done any of this?!"<br /><br />"You want to know how I am doing it? This is how I did it. I never saved anything for the swim back!!"Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-71766752454415755032008-12-15T17:24:00.005+05:302008-12-15T17:51:56.877+05:30Apocalypto<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ki4Rt67LbN0kuKl9bt_vcX1anr1EEncWhGmeETJXxGJc_QXeN4boABct9oPXgl_9KofDhtMcw1UA9Z_pDCY3PtU1lVUYTaM3s6zKHBHt68DRBD92L8pmu3jE_VxZNYymNwIpBoYbMaK4/s1600-h/Dalia+Hern%C3%A1ndez4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ki4Rt67LbN0kuKl9bt_vcX1anr1EEncWhGmeETJXxGJc_QXeN4boABct9oPXgl_9KofDhtMcw1UA9Z_pDCY3PtU1lVUYTaM3s6zKHBHt68DRBD92L8pmu3jE_VxZNYymNwIpBoYbMaK4/s320/Dalia+Hern%C3%A1ndez4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279988784126359074" /></a><br />Another Mel Gibson directed movie. And again, he courted controversy with some groups over his portrayal of ancient Mayans. It is pretty good movie. I wont say great. Great movies are those you watch again and again. I wont be watching this anytime soon. Well except for the scenes with Dalia Hernández (pictured above). There is much violence in this movie. If you can stomach it, you got yourself a decent movie about a different time, set in a primitive and alien culture. In a broad sense it is a story about love, courage and resilience. But there is much happening in the background, you tend to miss out on the storyline till movie ends. <br /><br />I was told that there is a lot of action in this movie. I did not find much in terms of action. I found more of violence. I know it sounds strange. For example I found "Last of the Mohicans" to be more action packed and contain less violence. I guess what I am saying is there is less in terms of synchronized fighting with an accompanying background score, which would had us in the groove. With movies like Transporter series or Wesley Snipes' or Jackie Chan's, you come out of the theatre feeling you can throw a punch. You don't feel the same with all the beheading and pulling out of hearts from live men.Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-73709637610899960342008-12-12T14:47:00.006+05:302009-01-03T17:32:56.679+05:30BJP's answer to the terror attacksThey have lot of ideas these guys. They must have. They are the poster child for all domestic and international terror groups. They demolished the Babri Masjid. They maimed and killed in Gujarat. This is what every terror recruiting agent uses to motivate and send out its men. <br /><br />Before the Mumbai attacks, they went on and on about protecting motorcycle riding and bat wielding "Sadhvi". That lost them the election in 3 states and voter allegiance. In his speech in Parliament, Advani said - "it is our loss not the congress's win". He got that right. <br /><br />You cannot play save the Hindu terrorist card during elections. That is hitting too close to home for any Hindu. Babri Masjid - Ram Janmbhumi combine, Hindu marginalisation, yeah, it got them the votes in the outset. Public view is - Yes to Ram Temple, yes to our traditions. Oh the demolition? That was not us. That was bad politicians or hoodlums. Not us. "Ali Bhai, don't look at me like that. I have been your neighbour for years. It was not me." Asking the public to support "Sadhvi" led terrorists? No!! That is definitely not us. For a party that has built itself on the basis on Hindu revivalist ideology, they seem to lack understanding of the basic philosophy which has kept Hinduism alive despite its million plus gods!! This philosophy is written into our history, our upbringing and our blood. It is the acceptance that life is about finding our way to god. And that includes all paths.<br /><br />Nothing can break and destroy this country more than home grown terror like that which is led by BJP's ideology or regionalism like Raj Thackerays or that idiot Bhukari out at Jama Masjid etc. Let the government fight Pakistan to prevent attacks from across the border. We need to tell our terrorists "enough is enough" and make sure they get the picture in words or bricks.Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-82664543668606565102008-11-15T00:03:00.009+05:302009-02-09T01:07:37.220+05:30Better to have been loved...This posted has been moved.Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-69087446595470032652008-11-11T23:14:00.003+05:302008-11-11T23:44:11.251+05:30Bangalore's "CITY" tag<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIK6tizlgvEcMyFScluYtf9QWKNKI2I7qkEyHXx0xNIawh1QRb32r-qs2hDqPsat1YOasx-BpD7nXTP2FnA4tokYmXQMxVZqb-w8opIdaZHE1LtNu3pFlyCOoqGwBtxbYsUYBYgR_pOeC/s1600-h/BangaloreView+005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIK6tizlgvEcMyFScluYtf9QWKNKI2I7qkEyHXx0xNIawh1QRb32r-qs2hDqPsat1YOasx-BpD7nXTP2FnA4tokYmXQMxVZqb-w8opIdaZHE1LtNu3pFlyCOoqGwBtxbYsUYBYgR_pOeC/s320/BangaloreView+005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267464839179165074" /></a><br />Is Bangalore a city? This is an open question to all of us. Do you feel like you are in a city? <br /><br />Things that put the "scoff" in Bangalore city,<br /><br />1. No rapid transport system. It takes 45 mins to journey from Andheri to Churchgate, a distance of 20+ kms. It takes a bloody hour to reach Majestic from outer ring road, a distance of between 8-12 kms. <br /><br />2. Pray that our Chief Minister is able to source and buy power for us. We have daily power outages for 2 hours plus. <br /><br />3. We have water shortages in a place where it rains every other month and then some. <br /><br />4. We don't have a night life. Bars and restaurants close by 11.30. If you still want to hang out late night beware of "nakabandi". <br /><br />5. Dancing is not allowed. There are no discotheques. <br /><br />6. You cant find a cheap hotel in the city around Rs. 500/-. Yes, there are a couple but thats' only in Shivaji Nagar. <br /><br />7. If you are waiting for a bus after 9.30. Prepare for a frustrating 2 hour wait and journey back home. Finding buses at that "late an hour" is difficult. <br /><br />8. If you are relying on returning by auto after 9.30, get ready to be fucked by CITU card carrying autowallas. <br /><br />9. Bangalore is a pricey. Most other cities are pricey only when in comes to accommodation. Bangalore is pricey in terms of food, shelter and travel. I have traveled by auto, suburban train and auto again to reach home in Mumbai for less than Rs.30 at 1 am. <br /><br />10. One of the reasons for the higher price is cost of fuel. We pay more for our fuel then any other city in India. <br /><br />Is Bangalore is city? Based on population size, may be. But it is a dumb idea to put so many people in place which is not geared to meet their needs.Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839129763949983140.post-46943933112785693962008-11-10T13:40:00.004+05:302008-11-10T13:57:44.295+05:30The Egg vs Chicken story... Which came first?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rgU0JQ9egzrKGAa0Pv1ZUekz9GEQZSnT5cPx5OKiZYz9heFR0_j5MYbPRyRTSLwe7pfA9arooAfzOIG7Gm4arh__UUcdGuGgIboNYq03I_eO_kzaFZBkWFUU_sZfl1jntlZyxgo70Diw/s1600-h/chicken-egg2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rgU0JQ9egzrKGAa0Pv1ZUekz9GEQZSnT5cPx5OKiZYz9heFR0_j5MYbPRyRTSLwe7pfA9arooAfzOIG7Gm4arh__UUcdGuGgIboNYq03I_eO_kzaFZBkWFUU_sZfl1jntlZyxgo70Diw/s400/chicken-egg2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266941024788426034" /></a><br />It is a pet theory of mine. I worked it out way back in pre-university days. <br /><br />Using the theory of evolution and natural selection which CBSE was teaching us – I tried to figure out which came first the Chicken or the Egg. Since none of us were alive to watch the first egg being hatched or the first chicken laying an egg – we go out on a limb with a few assumptions. Man came from Apes, Tigers from Saber-tooths, elephants from the wholly mammoth etc. Lets say the chicken came from hot-lips chicks (yes, disturbing imagery). These were very similar to modern day chickens but these chickens did not have beaks. As a result we cannot call them chickens. <br /><br />Now it was difficult for these beakless animals to look for food in the tiny holes on the ground. As a result, their numbers were low. Generation after generation, some of these beakless animals’ mouths got calloused. This is a result of aberration in its genes which is still a recessive trait. An individual gets one gene from each of the parents to form a pair. Off the pair usually one is dominant over the other to various degrees. For the color of our skin – 3 pairs of genes decide our skin tone. However, all the skin tone genes carry same weight. Coming back to our calloused friends. They fair better than rest of their lot. As their number increase, the gene pool for this calloused trait increases leading to this recessive trait forming both genes in the pair. This leads to the growth of the early beak in the new hatchling. <br /><br />The Chicken and the Egg Story – seen above, the arrival of the modern chicken by whatever timeline and sequence begins at the conception. The bringing together of requisite genetic material. The chicken as we know it followed. <br /><br />Thus, the Egg came first.<br /><br />Footnote : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/5019682.stm <br />I tried to contact these guys in Nottigham University after reading the article in 2006 but never got a reply.Marvin Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090187894142874noreply@blogger.com1