MY TAKE ON MTV'S " ROADIES"

Inspired by my friend to watch a programme that he was so interested in , I took his word into consent and well waited for "MTV ROADIES" and believe me I was virtually dumbstruck cause I got a glimpse of the so called auditions they carried out and the hundreds of teens and young indians who are enticed by the alluring prospectus the show holds for their future which I have absolutely no idea about. Yet, I am expressing my views on a public portal like this to express the state of degeneration of the entertainment industry and I wish to clarify that my intentions are not to degrade their image (if they have one) and I am not paid to do so also. I will try to substantiate my claims with genuine examples I feel about these shows.
1. The entertainment industry claims that they represent the "Indian" in the complete sense of the word but my take on that is that with shows of the above mentioned genre ,all that is intended is to feed the viewers with lot of crap and junk that the western media have successfully ventured into. Here the attempt is to potray negativity and how we as viewers love to rejoice people being fired on TV(The sort of intense interviews which these people call auditions.).Here I just wish to add that while Bollywood which is the popular tag for the Hindi film industry , considers itself being considered as secondary and an involuntary follower of the biggy Hollywood when the term Bollywood is used and often the film actors point out this debatable point in all possible interviews. However they should also realise that many a stories are just unofficially copied from Hollywood with plagirism being unquestioned. Bet that!!!
2.Illigitimate use of derogatory, unparlimentary and insane language many a times. I mean to air a show that is seen by millions of people in a country as ours with the use of such dirty and cheap language ( ofcourse with the old American way of silencing the censor board with the beeps), I see no logical explanation for such things. In a country as ours where people have long told " Youth is the time when providence should place before itself one aim and that aim is to work hard and be a part of an india that is developed", I see that such shows aim to do the exact opposite by promoting misconduct and misguidance among the youth. No wonder we had atleast a hundred students booked for being in a rave party in Mumbai a couple of weeks back with the majority having consumed drugs(including girls).
3. The show calls for courageous acts and sometimes as stupid as having a guy handcuffed and drowing to free himself within a stipulated time or even extremely cheap as having to consume dead locust or frogs. I dont know which lunatic gets such ideas but one thing is for sure many a people are attracted to such things I find no reason as to why..........
If I where given a choice to be a "Roadie" I would rather be a BEGGAR than to loose the principles I have gained over the years. My urge to these show makers is that sometimes they should forget western media and money mindedness in everything. If there are shows that take these so called people to the ground reality of our country like to help many of the hundreds living in the so called slums or be a part of the true development of the country, many of the cultured people living here would have atleast a few reasons to show the maturity of the Indian media.

My Introspection

Well to be absolutely truthful , life has taken such a toll in all of us that none of us know what has happened. I am not 60 to be bluntly speaking out philosophy but I guess a 19 year old lost in the thoughts of the past during a long summer afternoon in the middle of a lazy vacation is forgiven. Now, I will go into the details. We had a small group(V group: Venugopal prasanth, Vipin , Vineeth Sukumar, hehe now get the pseudonym of the group) in our class 12 ,who quite wrongly, considered ourselves as some great gang of friends for life. Most of our important decisions would be taken together and infact we shared the same desk and had a reputation for ourselves in school. My god, I still remember carrying Modern's ABC of Physics and Chemistry with the front page reading something like this " This belongs to the most dynamic and energetic group with the succesors of Einstein , Ramanujam and Hardy" ( This is Vineeth's idea not mine, hehe). It has been three years since I left school and how much do I know them now. Well, I virtually lost contact, neither do they tend to bother. Except on some bluemoon, none of us even have time to relish those long gone days. We were friends beyond doubt, our friendship sailed through good times and equally bad times and we made sure we would serve a great shoulder for each other. But boundaries in terms of distance and time was good enough to add a full stop. Whom should I blame???..................

To say good bye to dad and mom:

Dad your curd rice is beyond doubt better than any lunch I take...........

Mom, I miss your chappathi and kadala curry...........

Ah, I miss these ...... But hey human beings are hypocritic this is mine.

FREEDOM OF INDEPENDENCE

"CROSSROADS" ........ Well this is the apt title for the farewell ceremony that is held every year and I was present for the one that was held last year. Well what this phase represented was a transition from a student to a working engineer. But more understandably, its the end of the phase when all the nurture that we got from all souces around ends..... When the age old dialogue " Stand on one's own legs" becomes true........ But hey life as I see it terminates at one point with 2 routes >>>>>>>>>> Good or Bad........
But whats Good or whats Bad .... Well again this is a fundamental question and thinking in a very logical point of view you would conclude that these are relative. As Beauty lies in eye of the beholder , Same case here. Things which seem good in my eyes may not be with others......
Since I am equally diplomatic let me add that there is nothing good or bad... However by means of several experimentation our ancestors have given us a moral code of conduct ...... A social framework or legislation to restrict our behaviour as responsible people should do. And any activity which doesnt belong to this domain where correctly and morally judged as being BAD.........
But then with the exposure .... the thirst for knowledge ...... The feeling of youth( I know I am one too and at all points I am talking about myself too)...... Is a 23 year old earning 30k per month in Blore able to handle himself within this code.........
I dont know ..... Is it the youth at blame or is it the society at large to blame... But one thing is for sure my generation was spoilt by my older Generation and the same pattern continues .....

The Classification Of Teachers In Animal Kingdom

While the following passage is intended for me to post the feelings that lay hidden in me and for my grey matter to start the thinking process. No punditry is intended and research on the topic remains in my head yet the following document is protected by law. Now I shall be using an extension of Bionomial Nomenclature called Polynomial Nomenclature with the four words in them describing the genus, species, subspecies, specific subspecies.

1. Homo sapiens academia supremex

The characteristics of this specific sub species is that the young members belong to a category of shirt inserted, gentlemen. While their brain shines with the power of 13 suns put together. More of this kind when subject to a contest under ideal conditions may even go to the extent of killing one another. However under controlled conditions there is a vast difference in the inference such that the whole thing could be restricted to the more superior being trying to mark its territory and minimal damage to the less superior being(inferior beings dont exist in this subspecies). The females of this category are characterised by ugliness( conforming to the popular law that Beauty*Brains=A constant). Many subspecies have also survived for long , characterised by white hairs all over and have lost some genuine qualities like shirts tucked in, though they have retained their knowledge factor.

2. Homa sapiens academia domesticus

The characteristic of this sub species is that the knowledge they have gained through years have made them arrogant. They are quick to respond to problems happening in campus and intend to be in the limelight. While the quest for acceptance among people of academia have made them quite infamous among students. They enjoy the fact very much too. A few members of this sub species due to environmental conditions have evolved to the first category in the passage of time. Though the proces is extremely slow and restricted to iit's a sort of trickling down effect is being spotted in recent days in other universities too.

3. Homo sapiens academia virginianus

This is the largest sub species. Males of this category show extreme dominance when in company with a Female. However their knowledge transcends gender and equally they belong to the sort of category that fails to distinguish the teacher from the students. While some members do accept their ignorance while some take category 2 as their source of inspiration and may get elated to their status in due couse of time. Most belong to the young, fresh minds of the country and can be easily categorised as married or unmarried.

A Small Voyage Through Time

I still remember the very sight of those sugar coated cumin seeds ( jeeraga mithai : MALAYALAM) would bring immense amount of happiness in a person like me when I was abt 8 yrs old. Well assuming that these so called delicacies where made out of permitted colours (or even otherwise) , we would take no time in devouring them much to the agony of the person who brought it( cause he would be left with nothing but the cover). Anyway today I dont think the children of my age then, would even look for one such thing as jeera mithai. But when my brother brought a packet of that I just lost myself in disbelief whether in the world dominated by Mars, Snickers etc.....my indian cousin made from cumin would survive. But the fact it it did .......though there is not a big difference in taste I guess it was a verification of the new age policy of discard the old and pave way for the new. But ultimately if its new or old whatever to come (diabetes....etc.etc.etc) will.....

A Verse Or A Voice

Heard my mema(aunty,mothers younger sister) once recite these lines when we were sitting for prayer. Well as a good nephew would do , I did lend my ear but believe me today i dont know whether my ears lent themselves or I did cause that . What can i say unless you comprehend these beautiful lines from GITANJALI by RABINDRANATH TAGORE

This is a prayer to thee, my lord

Strike, strike at the penury in my heart

Give me the strength to bear my joys and sorrows

Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service

Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might(/*the words of an intellect, worth a tear*/)

Give me the strength to raise my mind high above daily trifles

And give me the strength to surrender my strength to thy will with love.

Well being an Indian and the introduction to the translations by Yeats will definitely give you a feeling to rethink your heritage.

The Dilemma

Well to be frank you could call me a half engineer as long as you know nothing about engineering cause even i dont know what engineering is. Till now I have realised that the infinite amount of information contained in each of the topics so far taught or learnt(often learnt as teaching and listening are quite a dream) that the so called degree that we earn after a 4 year stint at college trying to weld together the technical ability and submissiveness(being in a university I realise the importance of this if I am to complete my course in 4 years) and the industry requirement is quite different

Even if you dont believe me, technology is so advanced that all that the industry expects is a bunch of guys who know ohms law and resistance equations well.....(you can check with many of the placement papers)...........

So what does it indicate that a guy knowing Resistance equations and Ohms law is the best engineer out there......

Well to answer the question lets look a few years back when the so called Entrance fever was running high. I had a friend of mine who wrote KEAM( medical,2006) and got near about 3000. Well he was stuck to the idea of getting an MBBS in his CV and decided to repeat the entrance coaching and he came out last year with a rank of 200 which took him to an elite college . Now this year could transform this person suddenly into a guy of great intellect, knowledge or is it???

Well dear brothers and sisters an entance exam scorer doesnt indicate how good of an engineer or doctor you have in you. It indicates that you have the finanial ability to get into some good coaching institute and get good rank...........


Similarly there is a lot of things a college can do, it could virtually transform even a mediocre person into a very talented student in the domain.........

dont forget as is said "it is what you get out of the college that matters not what the college gets out of you"......

A Lesson I Learnt

These 4 lines are perhaps the most commonly found lines from the Bhagvat Gita. Atleast these lines are the ones that an average indian like me would know. They are:

yadha yadha hi dharmasya
glanirva bhavathi bharatha
abyuthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam shrejami aham

Whenever there is decay
of righteousness o! bharatha
and a rise of unrighteousness
then i manifest myself

Now to understand these lines (which even I did lately) one must realise that Shri krishna was absolutely right. Now taking a philosophical account of these lines ( which infact requires one to imbibe the concept of tatvamasi- A word with power of an infinite reservoir, the concept that tells you that we and the universe(god) are one and the same). So, what god meant is when there is a loss of dharma in the world, when adharma triumphs, god will take human form. Hence with the equality of everyone with the Ishvara, it is not that god will take a seperate human form. It is infact the inner consciousness that provokes good (righteousness) that is what is a manifestation of god. So, it is the so called "inner voice" that we refer to colloquially that Lord Krishna was referring to. Now, this is the only way that we can fight the devil within us(the second mind that provokes us to do bad).
So if anyone has seen me do good remember it is the god within me that provoked me to do so and when I do something wrong it is me and i take full responsibility. So signing off with a prayer.

God forgive me for the infinite number of mistakes that I have done, I am doing and I keep repeating. You are the good in me but I fail to realise you many a times cause I am an ordinary human being.

INDIANESS THE DEFINITION FOR PATRIOTISM

Aha!!! found that topic i anticipated for quite sometime. Maybe because i miss being in india thats why i am writing this. What india as a country presents to me (ok apart from bollywood and indian cricketers that you all know about) is the so called "Indianess"(taking inspiration from the movie You, Me and Dupree). Wow!! the word has got that melody to it. Anyway my country inspite of the geographic diversity, the lingual diversity or the ethnic diversity(well by the way i am a Hindu Nedungadi from kerala so that makes me a malayalee, Indian and we are Aryans that makes me a Persian or a European and the whole human race is supposed to have originated from a single man possibly an African so that makes me the final destination of a group of people who are from 3 different continents. Amazing!!!!,) thrives only because we as a group of people living in the world largest democracy are united. Well ,I wonder how many people actually realise that we live in a state where in we have the namboodiris on one hand living with the mohammeds and the chackos side by the side. I mean maybe apart from the time we have prayers or we are lost in some spiritual trance the very idea of religion never crops up. At all times we remain Indian. Maybe this discussion is very well exemplified by the selfless behaviour of the people after the horrible Mumbai blasts that left hundreds dead and many injured. That time we didnt bother about anything, anyone whether Kith or Kin whether Hindu or Muslim ....................

Thats what true patriotism is "Selfless Service For Any True Cause In The Name Of Our Country"..........

Have a beautiful day

THE GREATEST SATISFACTION

Often thought of commenting on this topic. Several times one gets to hear phrases like "Thanks man you saved me!!!!!", or, "WOW!!! man that was awesome you are too good!!!". Not by any chance me (i get to hear things like mandan(idiot), stupid very often........).All of us to a very large extent strive to hear remarks of the above mentioned genre always.........

Satisifaction is a very important ingrediant to happiness which is essentially for what we are striving for. What more satisfaction can someone like me get. Let me narrate:

Periodical gonna come in a weeks time .....people busily munching those printed words and letters which remained an illusion lest for this week when an average ASEan transforms himself from a state of not knowing anything to having conquered the hill and burden of the syllabus even trying to disagree with Bender Schmidt or Parseval while doing so. Me had to go to collage to room no SF8 which in itself is a big story on a sunday. Anyway consider that as a waste of a day ( the second last week end b4 exams). Now the D-week on the run. Sitting in the train many of us realise the value of time( counting possibly the 9192631770 periods of transition between the two hyperfine levels of Cesium 133 atom). The journey every day from Palakkad early in the morning (train at 6:15) to coming back at (6:30) now seems to be a big waste of time. Saying so we now curse ourselves but put in some time for the exams. But the greatest truth is that it is essentially the 2 days before the exam(sat and sun) which normally are holidays that save us from the many problems which might arise otherwise........

Studying for atleast 6 hours these days are a ritual that we normally do(atleast 6 hrs .... but for some of my friends even the whole day)

Anyway after that we now pray for some paper wherein atleast something that we have studied would come.............

Often not heard but we still do regularly pray( God is in itself someone whom me see then).

Exams come........

head scratching.......pen twisting........pencil sharpening.......calculator tormenting all.......

After these so called exams ...................

hah!!!! sigh of relief(from what i have no idea)..........

as long as marks dont come we retain the tempo.........

TERRORISM

This piece of news rather an emergency broke out and caught my attention not just because of its nature but most importantly the type of people involved. Recently an IT professional Yahya Iyash kammakutty was arrested being suspected of having links with a terror outfit. Now this news involves a malayalee which is one of the reason for my response. The most amazing part of this is that the boy involved is a highly educated and employed person. Having passed out of REC Calicut(now NIT C) means that he is definitely a guy of substance and forms the creme dela creme of the state. This further raises the issue that how highly educated and employed youths (including medical professionals, as was the case of the australian indian doctor) fall prey to such anti-social elements. I firmly believe that the education system must supplement itself to not just raise the technical skills of the person involved but to raise the moral conduct, behaviour and responsibility to the society in general. Saying so i dont wish to add disrepute to my Muslim brothers (because terrorists definitely dont have any religion and they emphasise on hatred and terror which is totally in opposition with the ethics of ALL RELIGIONS). This sort of fundamentalist fellings can arise in all religions and many such terror groups are entertained by a number of such anti-social elements in all religions and sects. Saying so it is my humble request to all people who read this that ALL religions were made so as to promote love, harmony and peace among people. let us all promote these fellings and not be made a puppet in the hands of these people.

As amma teaches us

"LOKAH SAMASTHA SUKINO BHAVANTU"(let peace prevail everywhere).

FATHER-THE YACHT OF LOVE

The visual personification of god

Love in its most genuine and natural mode

A stream of boundless compassion

This divinity is the essence of my father

Anger does whelm from his heart

It hits one’s chest like a dart

The reason though difficult to comprehend

Finally ends in an apprehension

Well this may be a routine

Yet as age does the trick

To be labeled as being sick

Now I wonder who the father is?????

But the warmth of that hug

Still imprints my mind

God bless me again

To be born to thy

CHILDHOOD

To be irresponsible is the responsibility of a child

When Einstein talked about Relativity

I am talking about Reality

Childhood is the essence of life

My youth of what I remember

Though is restricted to December

To think of Christmas

Is an Easter of memories of yester years

Today I look at the mirror

To be fooled at what I have become

Well it still hurts me when I think

What has happened?

Well I don’t know

I am none but a mimic

In this world of no reality

And to be illiterate about this

Is the worst CRIME!!!!!!!

Religion and Science

Now to write a few words on this unusual yet extremely sensitive topic began a few years back when i began to question a number of things happening around us. Now having heard the various pros and cones of the topic in full volumes my conclusion is that religion and science are the two facets of the human mind and looking at the other through a orthodox approach of one would always lead to the complete supression of other. Being a student of science my most logical opinion would be that the creation of gods and religions is the need for human mind to destress by looking for someone more powerful and extremely perfect(perfection is only a manifestation of godly power). Now this search lead to the invention of the vast number of myths that people began to spread and finally religons but as long as nothing bad is being propogated and nothing bad is being followed, nothing wrong in following any faith. But being a Hindu and walking through one of the greatest journey of human life i.e. to walk through the spiritually charged sabarimala hills and reaching the abode of the swami ayyappa would spread in ones mind the greatest feeling of happiness and bliss. Something that is quite inexplicable but definitely a feeling that transcends any pleasures that we feel on earth. But saying so why is religious communalism and terrorism progressing ?????? My reason to it is that it is more of a question of superiority complex. When one religion tries to show or claim that it is the greatest unquestionable wonder(but none are, all religions are myths to a large extent....... more of make believe..........history as recorded is a one mans perspective and cant be claimed to be extremely correct nor completely false)......................
So instead of worrying about the sanctity of religion let us follow the good teachings of our religion and my feeling is if ultimately the god to whom we worship was different , one would definitely be forgiven because god as per all religion is a force that unites love, forgiveness and supremacy in one. And this force will definetely understand (who else will) because religion being more like a hereditary phenomenon is more or less forced on one when one is born and if one tries to convert ones religion we end up hurting ones mother and father who ultimately are the reason for ones life on earth.
As the saying goes
"Mata, Pita , Guru and Deivam".
lets follow ones own religion and learn to respect other religions and let us all imbibe a beautiful thought
"To err is human but to forgive is divine"