New Style

I have made a new style of my face. Now I have both the moustache and some beard but not full beard. I have attached snapshots of the same.

I trimmed the portion between my lower beard and upper part of the face, in short the cheek portion and it is a new style. It is not shaved but it is trimmed. Also my hair on the head is trimmed today. That is, I have given myself haircut today.

With the new look I hope to make it last. Let us see how long it lasts.

I would like to refer the hair on my head as India and the hair on my face as Pakistan. And I am carrying both now. That is, I am carrying both the burdens of India and Pakistan on me, on my face. The blank area between the two regions is the Line of Control or the International Border or "The Wall". Speaking of the Wall, I had read that India is building a 'big wall' in Kashmir to divide the peoples of Kashmir.

I have read that that wall would be 10 metres high and 3 metres thick and stretch for hundreds of km and would be bigger than the Berlin Wall or the one Israel has built.

Good job India. Doing great in dividing a race of people and perpetuating "your hegemony".

Speaking of walls I also watched two movies over the past day. And one movie was "World War Z". After a long time got willpower, time and energy to watch a mega budget Hollywood movie and I will say that the movie is just awesome. I will say that Hollywood movies are in a different plane altogether. Indian movies are good but my feeling is that we cannot compare let us say apples with oranges. We can compare Hollywood movies with Hollywood movies but Indian movies are in a different level altogether.

Hollywood movies are no doubt better then again Indian movies are also 'different'. In any case we cannot compare two 'unlike items'.

In that movie also they show Israel and how 'the wall' is unable to save them in the end. Certain portions in the movie were too good. Like the WHO facility scene in Cardiff. Or the way Israel completes the Wall after hearing about it from India. The first scene from Philadelphia, etc.

Second movie I watched was Imran Khan starrer Hindi movie "Kidnap". I liked the movie though I believe the movie was a box office failure. It is okay for a one-time watch. Also, Sanjay Dutt is also there in the movie and is real star material I feel.

Gutthi / Sunil Grover

This post is for the character in the show 'Comedy Nights with Kapil' and that character is Gutthi.
I feel what the channel claims is correct, that Gutthi belongs to 'Colors channel'. Actors may come and go but the characters remain the Copyright of the respective channels.
We have seen that happening across numerous TV serials. One of the most famous one being 'Balika Vadhu' who was replaced. The character remained but the actor changed.
Similar is the case with Gutthi. But let us now forget about Gutthi and see Sunil Grover as an actor. I would say that Sunil Grover is terrific as an actor. We have seen time and again in the Kapil show where he would portray numerous characters.
Mainly he used to portray old man characters and he was excellent. Now such an excellent actor being typecast as just Gutthi would be unfair.
We are used to seeing Sunil Grover in numerous roles.
Actually we can see a change in Kapil show after he began on the new set which was rebuilt after a mysterious fire destroyed the old one.
The first change was that, 'the naukar' was changed. Personally I felt that the earlier naukar, Naseem Vicky was too good.
Next change was that Kapil 'reduced the comedy act' which he used to do at the beginning of the show along with Sunil Grover and others and now more time was being spent with the celebrity guest. That I feel is unwarranted. Kapil no doubt can do comedy on his own and along with his team it is even better. Celebrity I feel is like the Cream and cherry on top of the cake. The cake is good. Cream makes it better and then with the cherry on top, it is complete. But the main thing is the cake. And that is the 'hardcore comedy' which Kapil  and his team does.
Third I found that Sunil Grover got a 'permanent job' as Gutthi (along with another actor as Palak). As I said earlier, Sunil Grover is a versatile actor and can portray numerous roles. Gutthi is just one of the character he played. And as we have seen even earlier before the fire accident, Gutthi mainly entered when there was the celebrity guest around. At the beginning of the show when there was no celebrity, Kapil and team carried on with their act without Gutthi. Thus Sunil Grover was 'made to lose a chuck' of what he was acting on the show. That was wrong I think and probably that is the reason Sunil Grover felt 'constricted' and left the show.
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Watched one more movie yesterday and that is "Ramaiyya Vastavaiyya'. The new movie starring Girish and Shruti Hassan and directed by Prabhudheva. I liked the movie. It is worth watching once at least.

Miss America/ Hunger Games/ Bigg Boss update

I just watched Miss America back to back 2013 and 2014 (current year) shows.
I have to tell that in 2013, there is like a 'magic touch' in the show. In 2014 show they just lost it. I have no problem with the winner Nina Davuluri. Appears okay (actually I still have half hour of show to watch).
My problem is that from America we expect 'something classy'. Like the 2013 show.
Just watch the 2013 show and then compare it with the 2014 show and you will know what I am talking about.
The 2014 show appears 'worse than a show from the Third World'. Or if not worse then 'something similar'. Only most of the people (in audience) were white.
Maybe hosting it in Atlantic City instead of in Las Vegas made the difference.
Anyway, I am confident that America will bounce back. But definitely it cannot become 'what it was'. I feel America is becoming more multi-cultural and the shows reflect the same and the 'new poor' or the ones 'denied access' are the ones who are of white origins.
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Hunger Games new trailer is out and saw that in MTV Movie Awards show (2013). I feel after the original Hunger Games being 'almost devoid' of black (negroid) characters, this time they have taken care to include a lot of 'black faces'.
Maybe the original movie makers never thought that Hunger Games would become so big. And hence, in the sequel, they took care to ensure that the 'stain of racism' is removed in the sequel.
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Bigg Boss November 25 episode I watched and feel it was nice. In that episode due to violation of the rules of the house, Bigg Boss stops access to the kitchen and in that respect food of the contestants.
The point which was too good was that 'food is a basic requirement in life'. In fact it is the most basic requirement. A child who is born wants food. In fact this 'very requirement of food' is what makes Zombie movies popular. Because when the 'dead become zombies' in the movies they lose all power of thinking which makes them human and then they revert to the 'most basic of the needs', i.e. satisfy hunger.
Another scene which was good was when remaining little quantity of Chyawanprash belonging to Sangram was shared among many inmates of the house. They ate each other's 'jhoota'.
And this increased their bonding, I feel.
After googling, I find there is no 'corresponding English word' for 'Jhoota (food)' in English. Thus, it could be 'infected food' (infected by the person who ate it or tasted it first). But the infection might not actually be there. It is there in a 'mental state'. And since the food is 'jhoota', it becomes 'unfit for consumption' by the person who considers it 'jhoota'.
Thus people who can eat each others 'tasted food' trust each other and are closer than those who don't or avoid it altogether.

Two more movies

Watched two more movies over the weekend.
"Goliyon Ki Raasleela-Ramleela" and "Gori Tere pyar mein". Both movies are worth watching according to me. But once. No need to watch second time. For second time you can watch some other movie.

Shaving at night

Meanwhile, I did not shave my moustache over the past month and the result was that my nose became kind of stiff and later a boil formed over my cheek. Earlier I had also experienced stiff nose while I had shaved my moustache and left my beard.
Basically the problem is like I said is that when I shave only either the moustache or the beard, this problem of nose getting stiff and boils formation happens. This could be due to:

1. lack of exercise
2. pollution
3. too much oily food
4. not enough intake of water
5. sedentary lifestyle 
6. improper blood circulation
7. not proper bowel movement
8. not adequate sleep
9. lack of fresh air, etc,

But when I shave the entire face (beard + moustache), this problem of nose stiffness and boils does not arise. So, I started shaving again but this time it was different, I shaved at night or evening. After the day is over, whenever I got free time I shaved. Like before dinner time and before retiring.

What was the result of this? The result was next day in the morning though I had shaved the previous day, I still got the unshaven look. After continuing as such for a few days, I thought of what use is this?

I do not look good with the unshaven look lasting the full day for the next day. Of what use is shaving at night. Okay it may be good for one who shaves twice a day but definitely not cool for the person who shaves once a day.

A person who shaves once a day is better off shaving in the morning when the 'fresh shave look' will last for the whole day.

Thus I discontinued the practise. I also was shaving daily after many months and let me tell you that the experience was not pleasant. As I have told earlier, shaving is like a 'mutilation'. I felt as though I had 'violated myself'. I felt I had 'sinned'. While shaving, I felt I was 'all alone in this world'.
Also, we see a beautiful lady on TV or newspaper or real life and we feel 'jealous'. Obviously, a man can never be as beautiful as a woman when he shaves. There is no competition because a woman will win hands down. But with beard a man can establish 'own identity'. He does not have to 'feel jealous'. The mans look (with beard) would be independent of a woman. And man with beard would be beautiful.

It is no doubt good for the face area because the blood circulation can happen better when it is clean shaven and problem of the 'stiff nose and boils on cheek' would not arise.
Thus at present for the last 5 days I am not shaving anything. In my 5 day observation, I have found if we do not let the blade touch our skin in the face area or in other words do nothing to the face, there is no 'nose stiffness' and 'no new boils on the cheek'. So, I have decided to stop shaving. Let us see how long it lasts.
My shaving kit and cream is lying idle. My beard trimmer is also idle but I can use it when my beard grows long enough. Long enough to be trimmed. But if I don't shave anything, my shaving kit, my Gillette Fusion is lying idle and I may never use it again if I do not shave.

And let me tell you this blade is super. Earlier, I was using blades which never used to go for more than a month. But this particular blade will go for six months. I have been using this since 2011. You can trust me on this. Daily shaving with Gillette Fusion will go for six months (Aram Say - Means "for sure"). And daily shaving means, using foam twice in the same shave.

Shia Dreams vs Sunni Dreams

This topic Shia dreams vs Sunni dreams. What is it about?
Basically, this is the outlook which these groups have towards the future.
Now what will a 'Shia dream' be like. A Shia dream will be that someone from family member of the 'clan' will emerge and 'look after the future interests'.
A 'Sunni dream' will be that they will 'swallow the opposing parties' and they will become 'like them' and then leader can emerge from either the 'original Sunnis' or the 'new Sunnis'.
But both the parties are in for disappointment.
Because the 'leader' Sunnis would be waiting for may not be a Sunni. He may well be a Shia. Also, Sunnis will get a rude shock 'in time'. Because, mankind is a 'conflict oriented species'. And Sunnis will find differences among themselves as well. Also, the 'great dream' of Sunnis to convert the 'mass into Sunni' may never materialise. Shias will remain Shias. The leader Sunnis are expecting may never come from Sunnis.
I will say that the British empire which ruled over the Indian subcontinent was like Sunnis because they wanted to convert people into someone like them. But ultimately they got 'rude shock'.
The 'Shias of India' rose up against British and they had to leave the Subcontinent.
Let us not look at religion. Let us look at the essence of what a race is like and in that sense "India is like Shia". Also we can say that the ongoing tussle in Pakistan is between Shia and Sunni elements. We cannot pronounce entire Pakistan as Sunni. There is a 'definite Shia soul' inside Pakistan.
How will the Shia dream never materialise? Shias expect someone from 'their family clan' will emerge as a leader but the fact is such a leader may never come. It may be an endless wait. And since they are morally and ideologically opposed to Sunnis they will never accept a Sunni as their leader.
What will be the result? It will be like "In a kingdom of blind, one-eyed jack is the king".
Both the dreams are likely to fail and mankind would be waiting for a huge disappointment.
Unfortunately, we can term or classify the entire world into these two blocks of Shia and Sunni. And neither block is perfect or can provide a perfect solution.
Whether we admit it or not, we remain either Shia or Sunni no matter what religion we follow.
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Watched one more movie over the last week and the movie is 'Boss'. Movie is okay for a one time watch.

Three more movies

Watched three more movies over the last few days.
"Lootera" and "Krrish 3". The first one was on internet and next one on the big screen. Both movies are okay. While one shows how people can be like good while being evil. Other one also shows the same thing. But Krrish 3 shows like how family is important. It makes the full movie like a family affair.
Like what I had said about Indians being more similar to Shias and Iranians is clearly visible in the movie. Especially people from Mumbai hold much similarity to Iranians.
One more movie for which I am editing the topic headline as well as the post.
"Cycle Kick". Too good movie. I liked it super-very-much.

Western double standards

I think the way the press and people and leaders of West are able to potray the Taliban as villians is simply mind-boggling.
It is they Western nations and NATO who have invaded the Afghan lands and killed and maimed Afghan civilians including women and children. They are the biggest terrorists on the face of the earth.
Casualties in Afghanistan and Pakistan are in tens of thousands.
Not only Afghanistan but Iraq and Libya and Syria also through their paid and funded terrorists and mercenaries. Casualties in Iraq are in millions. And so is the case in Sudan, Algeria and other countries.
And they are able to brand Taliban as terrorists. At they same time they are attacking and killing leaders of Taliban through drone attacks and want to derail the peace efforts made by Pakistani Govt.
The Indian Govt. and Indian people are more than willing to "join the bandwagon".
Indians want to 'reap the maximum benefit' from the West ongoing conflict with the 'so-called terrorists'.
India being the most populous and most powerful country in the neighborhood will stand to benefit most from NATO withdrawal if it ever happens as it is supposed to happen in 2014.
Whatever happens it is fully beneficial to India and Indians are more than willing to 'piggyback on the conflicts made by the West'.
It doesn't matter if BJP or Congress or NDA or UPA wins in Indian elections the Indian policy will not change.
It is like whether Democrats or Republicans be in US, overall the 'hawkish US policy' will not change.
They i.e. the West force a war on hapless citizens of a poor country and once they destroy all opposition they move on. They are like pests. Like locusts. In the movie 'Independece Day' they show aliens as villians and US President as hero.
Just see from a detached perspective. Here US and NATO including Britain are like villains from the movie of "independence Day'. It is but natural to resist them and fight them and it is not terrorism.

Apologies to Africans

I would like to apologise to Africans for my racist comments.
I feel Africans have contributed a lot to the development of the world in general and US, UK and France in particular.
We owe a lot to them.
I request God and Allah and Lord Jagannath to forgive my sins.
My comments were not nice and without Africans our culture of mainly US based culture and Islamic culture would be poorer. The first follower of the Prophet (PBUH) who gave the first call to prayer was an African.
Life originated in Africa and that is where the human race owes its origins to. How could I criticise such a pious continent.
I hope the Almighty forgives my sins.
I do not need to criticise anyone. I am becoming very small by criticising people for what they are.
Only one black guy alone in a room with me for two minutes can teach me a lesson and what I am. In front of the entire Black or negro race, who am I? I am a nobody. I cannot even stand for two minutes.
I will immediately proceed to delete my racist blog post. If you have not read it I am glad for you that you did not get a sample of what a worst kind of human I could become.
Because the racists are really the worst kind of humans.
I am more in favor of Abraham Lincoln kind of guys. One who stands for equality and end of oppression.
I like movies like 'Pulp Fiction' and "The Unforgiven" and "Django Unchained".
Those movies are required for racial equality and it gives a 'kind of pride' watching those movies.
I am fan of Michael Jackson and Usher and Rihanna and Chris Brown to name a few.
You don't have to force black characters down my neck. I am their fan anyway.
And for the people of the West, Black people form a mass against the Indian-Asian nexus. Black people have more commonality with Whites due to their long association together (through unfortunate reasons like slavery and natural reason like geographical proximity) than with Asians and Indians.
If there were no Black people, people from the West mainly US, UK and France would be "swamped by people from sub-continent" i.e. Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis among others and will lose their cultural identities.
Blacks in Western countries help 'provide a bulwark' against this kind of 'Eastern expansion' originating from Middle East and Indian sub-continent.
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Watched one more movie. Actually due to upset stomach woke up day-before-yesterday night in the middle of the night and watched the movie on HBO. "Vertigo-High Lane". Actually had seen in movie earlier in 2009 on the internet. It was like a 'refresher'.
While writing this entry does the word 'ache' comes from 'stomach'-->stom+"ach(e)". We can think about it.
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My new blog is http://anup201314.blogspot.in and henceforth I would be posting in that blog. In-fact, I have already started from this month (November). This post is only to bring the number of posts in this blog to 100. (This post has been moved from the newer blog to this blog.)  The number of posts came down to 99 after I removed the objectionable and hateful post described above for which I am extremely sorry.

Windshield Incident : Additional points

Few learnings from the windshield incident and additional points are discussed here.
On Monday May 25, 2009, I had told an office colleague as to how good the office in Electronics City is and that there is so much parking there.
What happened in earlier Castle Street we used to park cars in front of the Sacred Heart Church and inside the church compound and two wheelers we could park elsewhere near that building of my company which was Samrudhi Bhavan.
Later the Church authorities stopped parking facility to cars as they were to 'tile their land' i.e. cover it with tiles. But they threw open  a basement parking in a building which was work-in-progress behind the church.
But in that basement parking even lesser number of cars could be parked. And that was one of the reason (lack of adequate parking) my company had decided to shift the entire office to its own premises in Electronics City.
Thus I had praised the Electronics City office in the very first day itself and told that I will come by car because if I do not come by car then what will happen to my car. "We have to do puja" I had said it means 'we have to worship the car if we do not use the car'. That probably became a "Nazar" or 'Evil eye'.
We have to guard ourselves against the 'evil eye' always else our lives may get devastated in the process.
In earlier office I used to park in Garuda mall and they used to take 100 rupees for vehicles crossing 6 hours parking. It was better for me as the 'new basement' provided by the Church was dark and small. The Garuda mall basement was spacious by comparison.
In Electronics City, the basement was comparable to the Garuda mall and we did not have to pay anything as being employees we could use it for free. Thus in haste I had spoken thus to my office colleague and look what happened.
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Subsequently in the months of 2009, I took BMTC Volvo bus pass which allows a person to travel in any AC Volvo buses of BMTC, the public transport operator in Bengaluru.
I also took our company bus pass. This company bus pass was chargeable and company deducted funds from our salaries. I found that if we go by BMTC bus we could 'leave for office' at anytime (let us say at 8 AM) but if we wanted to go by company bus we needed to leave house by 7:15 AM because the bus came at 7:30 or 7:35 AM max. Also, my life was such that daily I could never go to office by bike. It was also combination. Sometimes car. Sometimes by bus/auto. Especially when the work pressure was too much it was my nature to proceed by 'public transport'.
Because during work pressure my mind used to get 'unsettled' and it was better for me if someone else 'did the driving'.
Also, earlier in Castle Street office there was no company bus but Electronics City office there were company buses and I was inclined to use that. Also public transport was there but when I left my company (July 2011) there were no BMTC bus which used the 'Elevated Expressway'. To use the 'elevated expressway' one had to use the company bus. These days there are special buses which go all the way to Electronics City by Elevated Expressway alone.
Company bus or BMTC bus is safer in the sense that there cannot be a 'windshield incident' in that case. Also, since 'our liabilty' is limited to the bus pass amount we do not need to suffer risk and 'no madman will damage a BMTC bus' because then he will face 'the full force of the law'. But he can attack our private vehicle and get away with it.

Bigg Boss update

What happened yesterday to Sangram was really bad.
He started crying as a result of that. Actually people may not see it, but it is actually the girls who are taking kind of revenge for Sangram behavior when Gauhar left the house voluntarily.
At that time during a discussion, Sangram said that 'where is the person who took the stand?'.
Immediately, Kamya and Pratyusha were waiting to pounce on Sangram.
Ajaj also took immediate pleasure from this. And told "this is what I wanted".
Ajaj was the one who pointed out that Sangram was never nominated for eviction.
This is a fact which cannot be ignored and when the time came for Arman being captain to nominate a person since all the three newcomers were already nominated for eviction, he took Sangram name.
Arman did not want to take a girls name.
When the task came to form a party all girls joined the 'Pink party' and then were instrumental in shifting Arman to the pink party.
Then when Ely becomes captain of yellow team, Arman changes his colours.
It is crazy to think that Ely will be a more capable captain than Sangram. It is nothing but people taking out their grudges on others.
My point is that while in the case of guys like Arman or Ajaj and stuff it is visible but let us not think that girls are not like that.
Behind their innocent faces they harbour a lot of grudges and they take out on fellow mates. They may laugh and sound sweet but the plotting is no doubt there and they like to play one guy against another and that gives them immense pleasure.
I find a lot of change in Andy after he came back from the caravan. Mainly I suspect the change is due to the fact that he lost his friend Gauhar and lost faith in Sangram.
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Meanwhile watched one more movie. "Les Miserables". I liked this movie. Essentially the movie shows a good and evil side during tough times. How times are hard. And tough times proves tough for all. Survival itself is not guaranteed. It requires a combination of luck and 'thinking better'. We must always listen to our 'inner voice' that is the message of the movie.

Windshield Incident 2

As he sped away I followed him in my car. I had abadoned my specs which had fallen and possibly broken But I did manage to grab my car key ring. While he was trying to snatch the key he was not successful and only could manage to break the keyring which contained the image of Krishna i.e. Lord Krishna.
On the next signal which was Bommanahalli, I found a person from our office. I gave him lift and narrated what happened. He told that the person could have gone to Madivala police station which was behind Silk Board. If that person who took my ID card and broke my windshield was serious in going to the police station he would have "not sped away" rather would have 'escorted me to one'.
He said we can go office and then visit Electronics City police station if required. I said okay and drove all the way to office. There I narrated the incident to office colleagues and manager and they said no need to go to police station and just chill it out.
People asked me if I had noted the number down but I had not and since that person had immediately knocked my specs off, my vision was also hampered.
Windshield could be repaired by me and no need to file police report in case you do not need insurance. Only thing my manager told that I should not have given my ID card. But, I never knew that he would have driven off with my ID card. I thought he might have seen it and returned it.
Around afternoon (maybe 2:30 PM), I got a call from someone claiming to be from police station and he was speaking in Kannada that I need to visit the Madivala police station for the same.
I was ready to leave for Madivala police station and even told my manager but he asked to take it easy and not go immediately.
Then he made a few calls mainly to person who was the father of a contract employee who was earlier working in our team. That person was a cop. After several calls and two-three hours my manager told me that there was no complaint that had been filed and somebody had made call just like that or maybe that person had used his friends to 'extract money'.
That means if I would have gone to police station, it would be possible that they might have extracted money by threatening to file police complaint. Anyway, we do not know what would have happened.
We only know what happened. Evening, my manager and two colleagues accompanied me in my car from Electronics City to Koramangala area after office hours. Though I did not have my specs, it was not much of an issue to me. My manager had his doubts as to whether I could see properly.
But we reached safely. Subsequently, I took the vehicle to Service Station and there they told me that I could claim that coconut fell on the glass and claim insurance because if I claim that somebody broke it then police complaint would be required. So I got insurance to the extent of around 5000 but spent around 7000 so almost 75% got covered.
After that I went to my native place to attend to grand mother first year death anniversary and at that time my mother got diagnosed with cancer and 2 and half years later she was gone. Since that incident, two years later, I was transferred to M4 office which comes in Garvebhavipalya which is very close to Bommanahalli and I chose not to continue there which meant that I lost my job.
What I want to say that much more bigger things have happened but somehow that windshield incident is still something which defines me and shows that "People living in glass houses should not throw stones".
But I did not 'throw any stone'. I only was trying to reach office a bit faster by overtaking the Honda Activa scooter by honking which needs to be driven on the left anyway. Why did it block my path?
It was road rage which I saw.
At that time the Elevated Expressway was not yet 'thrown open' and work was still in progress. It was opened in February 2010 while this windshield incident happened on May 2009. In a sense the Elevated Expressway "takes the rage away" as people climb on it and get down after 10 kms. But people below the expressway suffer.

Windshield incident 1

In May 25, 2009 we shifted to new office in Electronics City.
Our earlier office was at Castle Street.
May 25th, 2009 was a Monday. The previous week we were given briefing as to how to go about in new office and stuff. Only thing we had not visited our office. We only had packed our stuff and sent it.
Since it was our first day on Monday in new office I did not get proper stuff to eat on that day i.e. my regular eating habit was disrupted.
Also since the new office was located at a certain distance, my sleep pattern was disturbed.
Earlier I could get up at 7:25 AM and reach office by 8:35 AM.
Now with new office being at a distance, I was forced to get up at 7 AM or earlier to reach by 8:40 AM.
And with private vehicle it takes lesser time than by public transport and here in Bengaluru public transport only means BMTC buses for now.
But on Tuesday i.e. the very next day, while I was bending down at my house to pick up something after bath and getting ready to leave for office, I had a sharp pain and my body got bent. It was severe pain in my lower back.
Even in Castle Street office I never used to go daily by car or bike to office. My pattern was in a five day working week, either two days or three days I used to go by car. And my car was Ford Ikon model.
Though bike is faster than car, there is no doubt that car is safer. Also, public transport is also safer. I will tell how public transport is safer from the incident which happened on the very same week i.e. May 2009 last week.
Monday I went by bike. Tuesday I had back pain and went by car. Wednesday I went by bike. On Thursday May 28th, 2009 while I was going by car at Silk Board junction when the signal became from red to green I gave horn and tried to overtake a Honda Activa or a person riding Honda Activa. But he did not let me pass. Rather he got enraged and I was forced to stop my car just where the Silk Board flyover comes down.
Then I lowered my glass to tell him that why would he not let me pass and stuff. I was alone driving my car. But he was in no mood to let me even talk. He was a local person i.e. a local Kannada person. He then slapped me and my specs fell off and got broken. Another person also supported him and slapped me. Then he tried to take away the keys (of the car). Then before I could react, he opened his Honda Activa seat and brought a wrench and then began hitting the windshield till it got cracked.
Then a small crowd had gathered. Due to my back pain which happened on Tuesday my flexibility was reduced. But someone in the crowd told me to get down from the car because glass had fallen on me and I got down and then the person who broke my windshield asked my name and company where I worked so that we could go to police station.
I had agreed to go to police station because I had no fault of mine. I only tried to overtake the bike and it is natural that a vehicle which wants to go forward should be allowed to pass. It was only he who got enraged and not only hit me a broke my specs but also broke my windshield.
I gave him my ID thinking that he would return it. But he took it and drove off. Someone in the crowd, some North Indian guy came to my rescue. Since that crowd had gathered which included people waiting for buses, probably that person drove off. As soon as he drove off I began following him but he sped away and disappeared. I will continue in the next post.

Kashmir Conflict

The Kashmir conflict ongoing in the state of Jammu & Kashmir is also worth noting in the context of the Shia Sunni divide.
Like I have analysed earlier, most of India is 'Shia mentality' and Jammu & Kashmir is also of 'Shia mentality'. But there are vast sections of India which are 'dilly-dallying' portions and they provide the bulk of 'mercenaries' or more popularly 'armed forces' to defend Kashmir from 'foreign influence'.
It is in strategic interests of India to keep the attention of West focused on Pakistan and Afghanistan and Af-Pak border. It makes strategic sense for India to focus its efforts to make the west focus its efforts on the Western border of Pakistan.
Apart from Shia Sunni conflict which India Pakistan conflict actually is. Let us not think religion for now. India is 'mostly Shia' and Pakistan is 'mostly Sunni'.
Now Jammu & Kashmir is Shia no doubt about that. People from Kashmir are in three minds actually, to be with India, to be with Pakistan or stay independent. Of the three issues, staying independednt is not an option according to me, it would not be acceptable to either India or Pakistan.
So it has to be either with 'Shia' India or 'Sunni' Pakistan.
Everybody knows about the conflict between Shias and Sunnis but we have to acknowledge that the conflict between 'Shia and Shia' and 'Sunni and Sunni'.
Between 'like minded parties' there is conflict as well and it is no less bloodier as we can see the conflict in Kashmir going on for more than two decades.
Ultimately only one will prevail and that is what the conflict is all about.
The conflict is about who will 'inherit the earth' or that portion of the earth.
Pakistan is Sunni and may face a lot of resistance from Shia Kashmiris. Let us not think religion for now. What they are 'deep inside', that is what will describe them whether they are Shia or Sunni.
Also, since India has several potions of the land where there is a Shia-Sunni mix, India will have no problem in findling 'promising foot soldiers' even if Sunni to defend Kashmir from Pakistan.
It would then become a case of 'foot soldier from Sunni Pakistan' against 'foot soldier from Sunni India'. Thus it would be Sunni vs Sunni in the land belonging to Shia Kashmiris.
Trust me people, what I have written here will not be like solve the problem. But one step in solving a problem is understanding the problem. We cannot just say things are like this and that. There are a lot of factors we need to look into.
Ultimately, the world does not want the 'Sunnis to triumph'. We can see that in Egypt and Palestine and elsewhere. Similarly is the case in Kashmir. India's interests are best served if the world is following what it is following elsewhere and not 'change the rules' in Indian subcontinent for Kashmir.

Modi and Bihar

The way Modi is targeting Bihar is worth noting.
We know that general elections are coming in India in 2014 and whoever wins in the election will get to 'rule over India' for the next five years.
Now everybody knows that Modi supporters are quite active in the social networking world. We also know that their are many press reporters who are tacit supporters of Modi and BJP and write articles 'favoring them'.
Modi and BJP they know that one state which holds the key and that is the state of Bihar. They are out there in full force to defeat Nitish Kumar and ensure that Congress does not benefit from Nitish's loss and the benefit goes to BJP and Modi.
If you look at my analysis earlier, Bihar is one of the 'dilly-dallying' state and everyone knows since India's independence that whichever way the two states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh go, the Indian Govt. goes that way. In other words, these states 'dictate' who will form the Govt at center though not directly but indirectly through the 'ballot'.
In recent times, South Indian states are able to form an 'anti-axis' to Bihar and UP. And it has been observed that whichever way the South Indian states go that dictate the Govt. getting formed at the Center.
And Modi is a notch different for South Indian folks. Firstly Modi belongs to Gujarat which is a Gujarati speaking state and not Hindi speaking. In India there is an ongoing conflict.
Though Hindi is the most widely spoken and widely recognized/understood language in India, no one wants to declare it or accept it as a national language. And it is mainly those non-Hindi states including states of South India.
For them Modi is a 'non-Hindi belt' leader and that immediately becomes acceptable to non-Hindi states.
So Modi will face little resistance to become PM from South Indian states and East Indian states both which are non-Hindi states. In the case of East India, Naveen Pattnaik and Mamta Banerjee may ultimately support Modi on the same count of his being a non-Hindi belt leader.
Here in 2014, Maharshtra may hold the key. Everybody knows that there is a hidden conflict between Maharashtrians and Gujaratis. Which way Maharashtra goes may be decider to decide whether Modi becomes PM.
That is why Modi is targeting Bihar and if Modi wins the heart and minds of Biharis in the heartland of Biharis, there would be little anyone can do to stop him from grabbing the PM seat in Delhi.
Many Biharis are there in Mumbai and Delhi and they may ultimately support Modi if Modi wins Bihar. UP is no doubt there. UP is no doubt an active place for politics due to the Ram Janambhoomi case.
Also, Telangana would be formed which was the BJP dream since beginning as BJP may stand to gain tremendously from Telangana as it had only a minuscule presence in united Andhra Pradesh.
Thus BJP and Modi knows that Bihar being a 'very populous state' and where 'it has to go alone' holds the key to Modi becoming PM.

Analysis of Indian States: Shia or Sunni.

Here I will try to analyst Indian states according to my perspective whether they are Shia or Sunni.
And remember I am not talking about Muslim and religion.
As I have said earlier India is mostly Shia.
In broad definition, Shia is someone who places emphasis on family and tradition and culture and does not want much change.
Sunnis want change and place less emphasis on family ties and more on work and tasks.
Generally in India we can find a mixture of Shia and Sunni culture in the States. We can classify the states as below:
Category I: Fully Shia : Greater than 90% Shia mentality. 
Category II: Mostly Shia : Greater than 50% Shia mentality. Shia still in majority. Sunnis in minority.
Category III: Mostly Sunni : Greater than 50% Sunni mentality. Shia in minority.
Category IV: Dilly-dallying states : These states do not identify themselves as Shia and Sunni and though they can be Sunni in their outlook but by simply 'existing in India' they become under the Shias.
States in Category I
Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, West Bengal, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Tripura.
States in category II
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Assam.
States in category III
Karnataka
States in Category IV
Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, rest of North East (excluding Assam and Tripura), Goa, Pondicherry, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, rest of the remaining county.
Thus according to me only Karnataka is like Sunni to me and my analysis.
And BJP is trying to bring in Sunni system under Modi. Meanwhile, in 2013 elections, BJP lost Karnataka but at that time BJP was under Advani and not Modi.
Thus my analysis is if BJP had come under Modi earlier, than BJP would not have lost Karnataka which according to me is the 'only predominantly Sunni state' in India.
And my observation is that conflict between Shia and Shia or between Sunni and Sunni is more deadlier than between Shia and Sunni.
We can see in history also. Iranian revolution was a conflict between Islamic Shias in Iran and Capitalist Shias led and backed by US.
Soviet invasion in Afghanistan was a conflict between Islamic Sunnis (Mujaheedins) and Athiest Sunnis (Communists).
Maoists are Sunnis and they are against Indian state which is Shia. Nepal is Shia but the Maoists in Nepal are Sunnis. We can analyse the entire world and its conflicts as Shia or Sunni.
We can say that the entire African countries/continent including North Africa are like Sunnis except maybe the country South Africa.

Facebook banner ads

I will say as I have said earlier that the way Facebook "lurks around" in the form of banner ads is really bad and if Facebook is reading this I will request you to stop targeting me with banner ads.
I do not want banner ads. Those banner ads are better being flushed down the toilet.
Facebook kindly leave me alone.
You are pure evil and I do not want to do anything with an evil medium.
Do not target me with banner ads. I will never join you again. My life may get snuffed out of me but I will not join you.
Go. Get out of my face. You may "rule the earth" and billion people may bend down on their knees for you but I won't and do not want to do anything with you.
You may think you are the 'greatest gift to human race' but you are not. You may think you are 'the greatest invention' for this earth but you are not.
And even if I do not want still you come in my face while I am reading my mail on yahoo.
Why? Just mark my words I have nothing to do with you.
Earlier I was with Facebook and it was my mistake. Kindly remember I do not want to repeat my mistakes.
For me Facebook is like 'feces' book if you know what feces mean. Hence, do not trouble me.
I am oscillating between begging you, requesting you and warning you. But I can't do all at the same time. I can be either a beggar or a 'tough nut to crack' but not both at the same time.
Whatever you say, I do not want you near me or me near you.
Like they say, "Chal chal apna raasta naapo." That means "go mind your own business" and do not trouble me.

Ego maniac

I will say the way Modi is building a huge Sardar Vallabhai Patel statue smacks of egoism and his selfish pride for himself and 'his state of Gujarat'.
This is nothing but a sheer waste of public money. Even Sardar V.Patel would not have liked it thats what I feel.
Just like people have made idols of Saibaba and worshiping them with elaborate 'Hindu rituals', so is the case of Sardar Patel. Sai Baba origins are not known whether he was Muslim or Hindu but the way he is being worshiped is like Hindu. During his life Sai baba led a very simple ascetic life. But now, he is 'bathed with gold' so as to speak with gold throne and gold crown and so on. Would Sai Baba have liked it. I don't think so.
Similarly Modi is building a huge statue so by using Sardar Patel name he wants to override the contributions of the Nehru-Gandhi. There is no doubt that at a national level which family has contributed the most the growth of 'India as a nation'. It is no doubt the Nehru-Gandhi family. Modi wants to build a huge Sardar Patel statue and thus negate the contribution of the 'actual living entities'.
Eveyone made a lot of sacrifices in Nehru-Gandhi family. Smt Indira Gandhi was assassinated and so was Rajiv Gandhi. They paid the ultimate price. They did so for the 'unity and integrity' of India.
Now Modi what he is doing smacks of regionalism and showing that "Gujaratis are the most superior".
Okay, Sardar Patel was a national leader and not just Gujarati leader, else, Gujarat would have been independent country.
Modi is copying the big statue of a Tamil poet in Kanyakumari built by Tamil Nadu in the past. Tell me is 'copying Tamils' the best option for Modi? Can he not think for the entire country?
Let us not forget because of Tamil politicians only, Rajiv Gandhi thought of intervening in Sri Lanka by sending 'Indian Peace Keeping Force'. If their leaders would have gone to Delhi and 'cried' in front of the 'Supreme leader', tell me what were the options available for the 'supreme leader'. Now the same Tamils want Modi as CM. I have a honest belief that many Tamils deep inside their hearts are supporting Modi.
Now recently, there was a big Cyclone in Odisha. Can Modi not give the funds being spent for the big statue for cyclone relief or re-building of people's lives?
If he really wants to build a big statue why not build one for Lord Vishnu or Lord Shiva because that is what Modi represents (i.e. the VHP and RSS) and if one believes them as God, no person is bigger than them.
Modi does not want to build a statue for himself else he will fall in the direct target of social activists and others. Thus he is making a statue for a 'son of Gujarat' who is 'long gone' and no one target Modi personally for this. Modi wants to be remembered 100 or 500 years from now as a great person. Nothing wrong with that. But tell me is this 'greatness'?
I will say that the way the Sikhs are hell bent on building a memorial for Indira Gandhi's assassins are justified if we see Modis actions.