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I am against any sort of terrorism because that is not the right way of achieving any thing. however, at times, tolerance is taken for granted and things go out of control. This becomes worse when such activities are given a legitimacy by the rulers and media. Any affair pertaining to religion is sensitive and that is too sensitive in India. The only irony is in India, it is selective! The results are suppression of one particular religion for no fault of theirs! so, they are bound to behave like barbarians at time and that is blown out of proportion. The recent Mangalore clashes are like that. The real facts are forgotten or hidden by the media to the public. This blog is all about that. http://greathindu.com/2008/09/denigration-of-hindu-gods-reason-for-christian-attack/ The Indian media has presented a distorted version of Hindu-Christian clashes in Mangalore. Here are the facts 1. The Following are the list of abuses from one such book – Satya Darshini – distributed by the mis...

10th Jan1984: Appa screamed at me that is nothing new. But he did it in front of all in the tenants. Even she was there! “If you keep scoring only this much, you can land up only to clean the tables at a Udipi Hotel.” Is securing 75% too less? I am perplexed. What would have she thought of me? 12th Feb’84: It’s Sunday. I went to Nagraj’s place for watching a movie in TV. “Students do group-study and you went like a beggar to watch a movie at somebody’s house? When will you realize? Don’t come to me if you scored less than 85~90%” I felt the gap widening between me and my father! 20th Feb’84: “You scored only 78% in revision exams. I am worried! My BP is rising! Will you ever realize?” Appa was furious. He started sweating. Signs of caution! “Appa I will score more than 85% please relax” He went to bed with worries in head. 24th Mar’84: Exams are over! Although I don’t know Hindi I watched kunwaara baap in TV because she did. I have to learn Hindi. What will Appa say? “you cannot scor...

The inspiration source for this story is my cousin's pudukavitai: adutta veettukkaranudan odinal legiyakaran manaiviHere the story goes... Everyday is hectic. Unless I got up in the wee hours of morning and run all day to return home at night, I cannot make ends meet. I hope my wife realizes this. I do business. It is tough. I am an illiterate orphan still I do business; business of selling medicinal paste for ever-lasting youth. The market is big, but the competition is bigger. My daily routine starts at 5am. Carrying a sack of medicines in variety of jars (thank PET, no longer the cases break), a public announcement system, an attractive banner, I go from place to place. I don’t have a regular spot. I can’t have one. I locate a corner or a spacious road bank and open up my shop. I scream on top of my voice to sell my products. I prefer crowds as they woo prospects! Pulling crowd is easy but they hardly buy! “What’s it?” “Medicinal Paste for ever-lasting youth” “means…?” “You w...

It has become a routine for us to blame the Government for any thing that happens around the society. Perhaps, all of us are unaware that the Government is working tirelessly to combat terrorism in India. Our Home Minister, Mr. Shivraj Patil is busy working out road-maps on combating terrorism that he could not find time to come out of his office and have a look around. Soniaji, committed to secularism and equality to Muslims all over the world had directed the Prime Minister of India to issue statements against terrorism. To be precise, we should not call it as Islamic terrorism just because some people who claim themselves as Muslims are involved in it. It is an act of cowardice and the Government had repeatedly reiterated it whenever bomb blasts shook our cities. This efficient act of Government is supported by the likes of Laluji, CPM and CPI, of late Mulayamji, Paswanji. Just because some fake emails are sent challenging Indian intelligence and Police agencies, the Government is ...

No longer are we Indians. At the least this is the perception one gets as we scroll through news reports. Taking law into one’s hands is no longer a surprise however; it gets legitimacy if the tag named regionalism is added to it. I am not here to write about the misdeeds of Raj or Bal Thackrey. They do not deserve a space in this blogsite. All of us are aware that these are cheap tactics applied by the goondas dressed as politicians. All I want to do is to record my protest on the Government both State & Central who turned a blind eye to all these happenings. Here is a man, who sets a deadline to all the vendors across the state to change the name-boards to Marathi. He also gives an implicit threat that if they did not oblige they will meet dire consequences created by his army-men! I understand that a common man cannot risk himself to question them on who is he to make such statements. But the common man is let down by the Government, who was elected by him, when they preferred ...