INSIPID

Friday, July 27, 2007

WITH THE NEW PRESIDENT INSTALLED AT NEW DELHI, A NEW PHASE HAS BEGUN. NEVER HAS THE COUNTRY WITNESSED A CONTROVERSY KICKING UP PRIOR TO THE ELECTION TO THIS HIGH OFFICE. A HIGH OFFICE SEES A QUESTION MARK HERE. DO WE REALLY NEED TO CONTINUE WITH THE POSTS OF PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT OR GOVERNOR ? CANT THE SYSTEM BE REVAMPED AND SAVE THE EXCHEQUER CRORES OF RUPEES ANNUALLY ? I BET IT CAN BE. A POLL OUGHT TO BE CONDUCTED TO GET THE OPINION OF THE MASSES HERE. MAJORITY WILL I AM CERTAIN, VOTE FOR THE BANISHMENT OF THESE POSTS, WHICH ARE MORE CERMONIAL THAN ANYTHING ELSE.IMAGINE ANY OF THESE FIGURES THAT CAN CAUSE SOME MAJOR & REVOLUTIONARY CHANGES TO THE SOCIETY WE RESIDE IN !. NO THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST FIGURE HEADS !. ONLY AN ELECTED PERSON LIKE A C.M. OR A P.M. CAN, WE ALL KNOW.THOUGH THE POST OF A PRESIDENT OF OUR COUNTRY IS JUST CERMONIAL OR TO BE BLUNT, A RUBBER-STAMP FIGURE HEAD, IT REQUIRES CLASS TO OCCUPY THIS OFFICE. DR. KALAM SURE HAD THIS CLASS. A SIMPLE YET A BRILLIANT MAN LOVED BY THE MASSES. BUT THE PRESENT OCCUPANT SEEMS QUITE INSIPID CAMPARED TO THE FORMER OCCUPANT. SURROUNDED BY CONTROVERSIES THIS LADY SEEMS UNFIT FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE.SERIOUSLY A FORUM HAS TO BE CREATED TO REVAMP THE SYSTEM AND DO AWAY WITH THESE POSTS, WHICH IN TURN CAN SAVE COUNTRY BILLIONS OF RUPEES EVERY YEAR, THE MONEY WHICH CAN BE INFUSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL INDIA.
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Posted By jagdish keshav Comments (1) Society
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K.Venugopal Friday, July 27, 2007 9:21:20 PM
Posts by itself are only specifications of duties. It is the persons occupying them who would bring the posts dignity or mediocrity or even shame. While posts can be specified, how do we measure the character of a person? How do we ensure that only persons of character occupy vital posts? This is a key question.

STINKING SOCKS

Friday, July 27, 2007

Indian office goers must be released from the tyranny of full sleeved shirts with ties and coats and shoes. Indian weather is always sultry and humid. They must wear light cottons half sleeved shirts with comfortable chappals becaause most of them travel for hours in crowded trains and buses. By the time they reach their destination they are sweaty and their socks stink with soaked sweat. Shoes suit cold countries and we blindly imitate that dress code. And ties. What purpose do they serve?
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Posted By vivek aahuja Comments (2) Lifestyle
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kalpana Friday, July 27, 2007 9:50:34 AM
Yeah i totally agree!!!!What about the school uniforms?ties in summer!!!!!!!!,skirts in winter!!!!!!!Someone please do something about it.
K.Venugopal Friday, July 27, 2007 8:42:05 PM
Let us have the freedom to dress as we want, so long as the consequences are only ours to bear. Stinking socks? That's not permissible. I've solved this particular problem many years ago - I walk barefoot.

Maa Tujhe Salaam

Friday, July 27, 2007

This is for all the diehards who fought it all out in the kargil war for the honour of the country. Shat-Shat Naman to you all. To the Vikram Batras, to the Anuj Nayyars and all those who fought the war. You are the real life heroes who do not get any attention but sacrifice the most. But remember that there are people who know that no sacrifice is greater than that done for the motherland. I salute to mothers who have given birth to such dedicated soldiers. Maa Tujhe Salaam, Bharat Mata ki Jai, Vande Mataram.
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Posted By Surender Negi Comments (1) News
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K.Venugopal Friday, July 27, 2007 3:45:34 PM
I share your sentiments and I join you in saluting our military who are ever protecting us from external enemies. For the rest of us, we have to be aware of the enemies within, not just the inevitable foreign agents bent on wrecking havoc from within, but of our own debilitating corruption, indifference, immorality and suchlike tendencies. In the long run, they would be more destructive of our nationhood.

India’s Newly President for proselytizing

Sunday, July 22, 2007

A directive from the Ministry of Cults and Religions of Cambodia is reported in the media: Christians are prohibited from visiting people houses by knocking on the door and waiting to say: the Lord has arrived. Did India elect its President to welcome forceful conversion? Did Mahatma Gandhi want forcefully conversion? ................
India's Christian clerics reviving dying churches abroad
'We have about 150 pastors from the northeast preaching the gospel and assisting dying churches in countries like the US, China, Thailand, Cambodia and other countries,' Reverend Ngul Khan Pau, general secretary of the Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India, told IANS................
Did Mahatma Gandhi want Forcefully Conversion?
No Such Thing as Conversion
“I believe that there is no such thing as conversion from one faith to another in the accepted sense of the word. It is a highly personal matter for the individual and his God. I may not have any design upon my neighbor as to his faith, which I must honor even as I honor my own. Having reverently studied the scriptures of the world I could no more think of asking a Christian or a Musalman, or a Parsi or a Jew to change his faith than I would think of changing my own.” (Harijan: September 9, 1935).......................
Did 10 Janpath gandhis and Newly President on the path of Mahatma Gandhi?
“Sonia Gandhi opposes Anti Forcefully Conversion Bills passed by Raj and MP Governments: Indian Congress President Mrs. Gandhi said, “The Congress Party has opposed this strongly in the assembly and through demonstrations.”
Why Pope sent ‘Fatwa’ to India? On whose instruction FORMER Rajasthan Governor AND NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT had sent back the Anti-forced conversion bill passed by Raj assembly?
This subject fully discussed at: newsanalysisindia.com/
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K.Venugopal Monday, July 23, 2007 7:13:54 PM
Watch out for a bill giving reservations to 'Dalit' Christians and Muslims in the SC category. The Hindu dalits will lose out because they are not as organised as the Christians and Muslims. Our lady President is eagerly waiting to OK it, as a token of thanks to Sonia for making her President.

Muslim as vice president

Monday, July 23, 2007
Muslim will be the vice president, Hindu will be the President, Sikh is the Prime Minister and Christian Sonia Gandhi heads the ruling combination of UPA. What an excellent combination of four VIP's of the nation. None can now doubt the credential of secularistic pattern of our democracy.
Now we need similar balance in states, districts and blocks too .One chance must be given to each of handicapped person ,beggars,pundits,maulvis,doctors,drunkards,criminals prostitutes, TB patients, cancer patients and so on whose population is at least more than one crore in the country.
In the same way we should allow MLA's in the state assemblies
.Jains, Budha, Rajput, Bhumihar, pundit and similarly all caste group should be given an opportunity in the democracy.
What is the harm in experimenting all caste persons and persons from all categories of people? When Mrs. Pratibha Patil can be given the responsibility of all three segments of army and can be entrusted the duty to protect our constitution, why not other segments of the society should get an opportunity to rule the country.
I am also a candidate to run the country even for a week or two.
This time Shiv Sena supported Mrs. Pratibha Patil because she hailed from Maharastra , next time Mr. Madhu Koda, CM of Jharkhand will ask for Vice President from Jharkhand. Mr. Sibu Soren is ready to take the responsibility.
Even IAS .IPS officers should also come from all castes based on their population.
After all we want to be the most secular in the world.
Particularly if we support Muslim candidate we will be praised by even our enemy country like Pakistan, Bangladesh, USA and many Islamic countries. As such Mrs. Nezmaaptullah is a right choice of NDA and Mr. Hanif for UPA. It should not be surprising for anyone. It was on expected line.
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Posted By danendra jain Comments (1) Politics
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K.Venugopal Monday, July 23, 2007 9:06:39 AM
Dear Danendra, You've put across a vital point in great satire. But at least we, as individuals, should resolve that we would be Indians first and foremost. When more and more take the cue, India would become invincible.

Open letter to Pratibha Patil as next President of India

Friday, July 20, 2007

Dear Mrs Patil , Your election as President of India will go down in the history of India as a matter of great shame , as a concious citizen of this country, I bow my head in great shame and I refuse to accept you as the head of state of this country. You have been elected by 1000 criminals in Parliament and several thousand criminals in the different state legislators,they have chosen you to lead them and show them the way as to how to achieve their criminal objectives. After all smaller criminals have chosen a bigger criminal with proven ability to lead them. I am sure you will be in a position to accomplish this objective. The whole nations looks forward to your criminal achievement.many people see you as women empowerment in India , majority opinion in this country vouch for Rakhi Sawant , she fits the bill, at least she is not involved in criminal acts , she is also trying her best to serve the society and women cause . While nominating you as next President, the name of Dawood Ibrahim also surfaced as representative of minority community , he also deserves the nomination, after all like you no charges have been proved aganist him, he is a step better than you, he presented himself for investigation by a thrid country but you are still shy of such investigation, you did everything in your might to subvert the CBI probe . With you as head of this country, criminalisation of Indian politics is complete , we always missed a criminal as head of this country . we had some chamchas like Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad and Giani Zail Singh but never a person of great character like you . You filled the position . My best wishes to you .
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Posted By Manish Chowhdary Comments (1) Politics
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K.Venugopal Friday, July 20, 2007 7:38:08 PM
The truth is, we deserve no better. Do you know that, for instance, the 'great' game of cricket, of which the majority of the nation is crazy, is actually a huge scandal, with a handful of nations playing against each year round the year in each other's venues and the media building it all up as the ultimate exlir? Have you wondered about the character of our cricketers? Ganguly was dropped and he went from door to door of the high and mighty literally begging them to take him back. Dravid, even as he is captain in all his glory, endorses citizen watch and shows it off, as if he has won a great trophy for India - all for the extra bucks he wants to earn while there is opportunity. Tendulkar, great as he is (I am his fan), he was still not great enough not to ask for tax concessions for a rare costly car he imported. This lack of character is today prevalent in all spheres. So long as we Indians fail to see that character is what we require above all, we will continue to have characterless people run our affairs.

Two Suitcases for Kalam 20 For Me

Friday, July 20, 2007
Kalam is a bachelor and a simple man. So his belongings are just 2 suitcases. Probably they are his clothes. But my belongings are more. So many years of family life.4 boxes are full of kitchen items and cutlery. Most of the steel utensils exchanged for old clothes. 2 boxes belong to my kids childhood toys, favourite clothes and other knickknacks which make me nostalgic. 2 boxes full of gifts received on various celebrabrations. 3 boxes for files. 2 boxes for books. 2 boxes for old clothes in good condition. 2 boxes for winter clothing and bedsheets. 1 box for unsued electric items. 1 box for photo albums which is my most prized possession. 1 box empty. That empty box reminds me that my life is not full yet. Marriage and kids give us a lot of full boxes. I envy Kalam. I also pity him because he missed certain things in life.
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Posted By urvashi mohan Comments (2) Musings
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Ramachandra Friday, July 20, 2007 6:26:15 PM
Dear it is nature's balance that working for and against you. you loose something and you gain something. The net result is he is also happy and you should also be happy. Nothing to be envy about. Concentrate on filling the empty box.
K.Venugopal Friday, July 20, 2007 7:20:51 PM
However many boxes of material things we have, they will not bring us lasting peace, which is what all humans ultimately want. The less material possessions we have, the greater the chance of not being 'boxed in'. Therefore beware of those boxes - both full and empty.