"listen up ...u fuck..the only 2 things i got in this world...my balls and' my word..an' i dont break either of 'em....."
Tony Montana.(Scarface)

Scarface...old movie...retro by my standards...wel...retro by everybody's standards...all those who r in their 20's or up...!

Scarface...bang on target in 1983....not anymore...well...those times...these kinda things happened ...well...rite in front of ppl like u & me...not nymore....now its more hush-hush....organised....kept under hi-class...high-confidential wraps..!!but then.....how cn an al pacino movie ever be irrelevant or outta time???no sir..!!its still bang on target..!!specailly that 1 line.."hey...look at me...u all need bad-guys like me..so u can point fingers...look...there goes the bad guy....and wot does it do???it makes u good???no it doesnt make u good..!!"so...he says that we are all the same...so apt...we wannna point fingures and make ppl believe that the bad guy is different...he's everything that we aren't...and vice-versa..!!he' got a point....nails it down like hell...!thats whr it scores...we nvr get tired of our defence mechanisms...thats how we survive....we hide under the carpet..!!thats wot we do..!!nyways....wot we wanna discuss is...whether scarface can ever succeed...can he ever be perfect....and avoid downfall...!??

well...if u look at a guy...well..ask a guy....if he'd like 2 be scarface....8 outta 10 wud say ...hell yeah!!well....cuz its a very guy thing 2 be in control...i dont wanna be a chauvinist....but its there....maybe its because of al pacino...they wanna be like him....they all wanna internalise his arrogance...the swagger....the "i dont give a fuck" attitude...so there..!!

and the best part is...even when we see him getting screwed....loosing all his frnds...all his partners...his woman...his family....his control...his mind....we somehow...dont feel..that..its a bad position to be in...its because...we think..that we can do better...we wont committ the same mistakes that he did...!!we will somehow manage 2 puul oursellves out..we will somehow fix everything up..!!we will somehow be in control and prove better than him..!!well...yeah..maybe...but what we fail to realise...is...that we are watchin him...we are observers...we have the benefit of retrospect...we can analyse things....take our time & manipulate the situations virtually...and think that we can be in control....i donno...maybe its not that easy...its the same wen we are watchin a cricket match and we keep cursing the batsman for not hittin the ball outta the ground everytime...we are observers...so tend to fall into the famous actor-observer trap...thats very human...!!The fact of the matter remains that the life that scarface leads...the path he chooses...is erroneous...it leads to isolation...ruins....self-annihilation...dehumanistaion...!thats what happened to him...and is highly likely to happen to all of us....no matter how composed....& in-control we are...coz we are mortals...humans....we dont always think from our minds...we are the same all-singing...all-dancing crap of the world...as tyler wud say..!!

CRICKET'S DEAD IN ZIMBABWE


watchin the icc champions trophy match between zimbabwe and WI on sunday was such a humiliating experience.!!i know im not from zimbabwe...but then cricket has no boundaries...we are all part of one world...that of cricket..!!but sunday's match....almost drives u to tears...donno why..!!
the same team which had greats like andy flower,grant flower and heath streak....looked ravaged and raped...!!andy left the team in the begining of this unfortunate series of events...starting from the stupid reverse-racist regime of robert mugabe...its a good thing 2 fight against racism...but how justified is it 2 murder art,culture,sports for the sake of ur whimsical political ideologies??
Good ol' andy....nvr the one 2 take injustice and arbitrariness of any form....Andy left..after some black-banded protests...on the field...and with him left all of Zimbabwe cricket's faithful soldiers...an era ended...Andy-the 1-man army who was in the league of such greats as Tendulkar,Lara & Waugh...was gone...cricket in zimbabwe wud never be the same again...!
Then it was Grant...struggling against his form..every 1ce in a while ...he wud make people feel..tht he was leading cricket's resurgence in zimbabwe...but poor form...got the better of him...and reluctantly he left..retiring to a life of anonymity.......!
Then came the death blow...literally...Heath Streak..hope and optimism personified...the large-hearted tuogh-guy of zimbabwe cricket...fast bowler,pinch hitter...someone you could always bank upon as a captain.....Heath desperately wanted to change things...he had hope...he didnt believe in escape..so he took-up captaincy...hoping to steer zimbabwe cricket clear of its current state of chaos,confusion and turmoil.....And he tried....everytime zimbabwe fought back...it was he lead tht fightback...nvr say no!!tht was heath..alone he wud fight....all alone...always leading from the front...hoping tht i day the others wud follow...poor heath...should have known better...it had 2 end...the struggle...the gallantry...the fightback...the sporting arrogance...it had to end...and end it did...
2wards th end...i mean the matches b4 which he retired..Heath looked so tired...so helpless...against a stupid selection policy aiming for an all-black team..!!he looked so sorry......after his gallant attempts to salvage some pride....wen he finally wud give up and walk back 2 th pavilion...every such occasion ...he looked as if he was crying blood...tired...very tired...not of physical exertion....but of helplessness....of hopelessness...as if he was saying sorry 2 cricket....deep humiliation and shame and the agony of team-failiure...burning vividly across his face..!!
it was like watching cricket dying...!!& then...he said no....he realised..he was fighting a lost cause...!!and cricket in zimbabwe took its last deep breath...the last ray of hope...the last flicker....had been put off...extinguished forever...politics won...art failed...defeated...battered...dead!!!
thats how cricket died in zimbabwe..!!
all...so different from Sri-Lanka...which is going through the severest civil crisis....ethnic-strifes,deaths,disorder.....life in Sri-lanka is dying a very painful death...everyday...but Sri-Lankan cricket is glowing...basking in the glory of veteran heavyweights like murali,vaas, jayasuriya and attapattu...and lead by ruthless warriors like sangakkara and jayawardene.....accommodating younsters in its fold.....cricket in sri-lanka is shining..!!
perhaps...the team...with its never-say-die spirit....reflects the mood and spirit of the people...the citizens...who have learned to live life in dire-straits....appear as if they wont give-up....and the cricket team seems to be deriving its fuel from this brave,steely spirit...of the people...!!i think its the sea....the sea with its unpredictabilities and its penchant 4 destruction....carves out stong....steel-hearted people....they have a zest for life and to preserve it....by all means....its not just about survival...its about survival amidst chaos....survival in the middle of hoplessness...eternal gloom...natural disasters wreaking havoc...its about survival & existence with a meaning....!!
this zeal to preserve life...against the forces of death...is what is reflected in the team's brave performances and the dramatic upsets that it pulls-off..!!!
so this...is how civil life affects all forms of popular culure...be it sports,entertainment,art...or anything else..!!
Two entirely different cases...2 poles of an ever-growing continuum....Zimbabwe....and Sri-Lanka..!

hey folkz...wusssup!

long time huh??
was busy wid assignments....had 2 do a write-up on political sociology and then a book review!
enjoyd the stuff....really good...but now...there's some serious stuff 2 be done!
ive joined in as volunteer 4 the right to information campaign...!
just wanna spread the word around...this act is so fukin useful...and most ppl dont even know abt it!

i mean..just file an application with any govt dept. seeking an answer to any query...and they will have to get back to u...!

the best part is that it really works...unlike most other things in india...!
i mean...the kinda success stories they have put up on righttoinformation.org....are really gr8...credible...and inspire you to use the act urself...cuz it has the power to change things around....or at least the way info is processed(or not processed)in our country...and hthe way things are done...the act really has in it to change things.

but the govt....i mean the bastards sitting there @ the top...intend to bring so many amendments to the act...that it will be rendered dysfunctional....then it will be reduced to a cosmetic...luxury...good to mention in documentaries and govt .election campaigns...to make them picture-perfect.cuz they are scared....to answer ppl...cuz ppl have started questioning things already...!and this obviously gives 'em creeps!

so...we have to stand up against this....we have to fight for this cause...the cause of democracy...clean and unaltered....in all its virgin glory...!ive joined in the fight...lets all do it...lets all join in...and make this a historic campaign....lets just show them..that we just wont take it anymore...we just wont let 'em take this away from us...anything...but not this....cuz this is survival...for the nation...for the democracy...for us...the people of india!

so..guys...gimme a 5 on this 1

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hey...i wrote this stuff long back...but have blooged it just today...i dunno hows it but i find it good...
i wrote it wen harry potter and the half blood prince was released

HARRY POTTER & THE FULL-BLOODED IRONY


The world's a strange,rather silly place-& full of ironies !No i dont intend to flaunt my philosophical understanding of the world-not for any other reason but simply because i dont have any !Instead i want to talk straight,about things that matter!So,heres the story !

J.K.Rowlings 7th literary venture-HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE-was released in the 1st minute of the english sunday in Britain & soon after,in the rest of the world-as part of a global synchronised launch.The event took place amid much fanfare.People,specially children,were euphoric while celebrating the release of their fav. book!The paparazzi too gave it all due (&undue)coverage.All major national & international newspapers & tabloids had colourful pics of potter fans-along with their prized possession-splashed all over them !But even as "pottermania" gripped the "entire world" in its magical charm,humanity & its champions(read the G-8,G-4 & all other Gs thative missed out on while writing this article !!)were being stared right into the face by what appears to be one of the most ironical ironies of recent times!While on one hand,millions of children celebrated the release of their fav. book,on the other hand,millions of others wondered whether or not they would get their daily bread or whether or not they would be able to see-off another day of their miserable lives.In fact, in most of the cases,they cant even wonder.Malnutrition & maternal apathy tend to render their senses numb!And yet we celebrate.We close our eyes on them & read out the adventures of Harry Potter to our children,lying in soft beds,enjoying the snug comfort of our homes.We let our escapist tendencies take over our conscience & resort to strange defence mechanisms such as celebrating the release of the new harry potter book in such outrageous proportions that it makes us blind towards the existence of another world-a world thats very much a part of our own world,our ownplanet!A world where children dont know who's harry potter,they dont know what a book is or what it looks like,they dont know what a home is,heck,they dont even know their names !Its a world that exists parallel to our own world & yet is so distant !Large parts of Africa &Asia & some parts of South America & Europe are home to millions of such children,who are devoid of even the most basic living requirements! They "live" in unimaginably unlivable conditions !

Irony screams out loud-at ever corner of life!11 yr. olds selling newspapers(detailed with pictures of euphoric potter fans) at traffic signals,polishing shoes right below giant harry potter promotional posters!Looking at all this,one is forced to draw a comparison;one is forced to ask a question to oneself-how can we nurture childhood to perfection in one part of the world and remain oblivious to it in the other part,where its dying a slow painful death?The fact that the celebration of the harry potter book release is in a way a celebration of childhood,makes the irony more ruthless & hitting,after all what are we celebrating?childhood or its death ? Global sales of the 1st 6 harry potter books have topped 300 million & the 3 harry potter movies have grossed $ 2.5 billion,making the author extremely rich,in fact one of the richest in Britain.But has it in any way ,helped the causeof childhood ,selling which,Ms Rowling has made a fortune.Not really!

The gravity of the situation can be aptly illustrated by the facts-20children face death every minute on our planet,before even reaching the age of 5!Thats 30,000 children a day & a mind-numbing 10.6 millionevery yr! In the sub-saharan african region alone,which accounts for43% of the worlds child deaths,9 children die every minute-thats 4.8million children every year.This implies that by the time a really fast-paced child reader finishes reading harry potter & the half-bloodprince-which could be anything between 2-3 days-about 60,000-90,000 children will have died !What are these?Mere stats gathered to satisfy the hunger of a number-crazy world?No,actually they are a strongreflection of the world's apathy towards sensitive issues that matter much more than irrational wars & celebrations,which we never fail to justify !The billions of dollars spent on the iraq war by the U.S.govt. could have been put to a better use,for a nobler cause-considering the fact that (acc. to 2003 survey)36 million americans i.e 11% of the U.S. population experienced accute hunger or were at a risk of a food crisis.Whats important is that out of these11 million are children.That means 1 in every 5 children in the U.S. suffered from hunger or experienced food insecurity!That more-or-less clears the picture !Child related problems are not exclusive to theunder-developed or developing nations only,a fact that most of thedeveloped nations take plesaure in overlooking!This apathy of the resourcefull few towards the resourceless many -makes the problem worse & more rooted!

J.K.Rowling'sliterary baby may have matured from a celebration of childhood to a celebration of adolescence;but the unimaginably horrific conditions of miilions of children worldwide has only deteriorated !In fact, it has hit its nadir in the recent yrs!The warning has been given-the writing is there on the wall for all world-leaders to see.Its high time,these champions of humanity took serious note of the situation & acted accordingly;or the day isnt far when there wont be enough children left ,to make these children's books the successes that they are!There wont be enough children left to celebrate!

MAHIM PRATAP SINGH

hey ppl
so...here i am...
starting radio 44

radio 44...is a forum...a platform for anybody who wishes to voice his\her voice
its a stage where u can spk on any and every issue...regardless of the subject..

i thought of starting this forum because many a time...while surfing...i felt lost in the ever increasing....mess of online forums...there were all kinds of online forums...but all of them were very cold and formal,you know just too politically correct.none of them seemed like a faithful friend with whom you can share any and everything.my endeavour,my mission,my vision..or whatever u wish to call it is to create a forum which feels and breathes..with you..with us.

i call upon all of you from the online community to help radio44 grow into such a mature...informal.....yet fun forum...for all.only u can help me with this.

so...u can share ur views with other...like(& unlike) minded ppl....over subjects ranging from child-care... cooking...gardening...music...movies...sports...love..sex...to national-international issues....things that matter(and also those that dont).

so....folks...lets give it up for radio44-a new medium of expression....

radio44..its live and kicking!