Zero Sum Game

I have slowly come to realise that life is a zero sum game. We can know this concept from the two phenomena which we can observe and I will mention about it below.

• First one is that when we come into this world we bring nothing. We come empty handed. In other words we come with a big zero. In the course of time, we come to have memories. Our bodies and minds get riddled with memories. What we do, what we experience, what is done to us, where we go etc, all become part of our memories. Then we lose some. We leave a city, we move out. Someone very dear to us leaves us, we leave a job, people may hurt us, spoil our life and the like. We may make a lot of money, buy a lot of cars and personal items, download a lot of stuff and so on. But then we leave the body. Every soul has to leave the body someday. Then what happens we leave with a zero. We cannot take anything at that time. Our bodies gets reduced to ashes and ashes are scattered and that is the end. Thus we come with a zero and leave with a zero. 
• Now religion comes at that time and people say we don't leave with a 'zero'. What we do follows us. Like if we have done good, it 'follows us'. And if we have 'done bad' we have to face the outcome. Thus our 'karma' or 'what we have done in our lives' will be the basis of the 'afterlife' or what comes 'after life'. I will not delve into it and live it to the religious seers.
• My argument is that 'life is a zero sum game' and the second instance is that just like in a gamble game where the winner wins the game and takes away the 'prize'. But the winner does not take the prize which is 'his creation'. It is okay he may have won the prize due to skill or luck (skill is his but luck is factor beyond his control) it does not matter, but what matters is the 'prize' which he takes is nothing but the 'stake contributed by the environment and all the players including him (the winner)'. Thus one mans gain is other peoples loss. Same man can be replaced by organization. Thus one organization's gain is another organization loss. Thus, what one organization or person think 'he has earned' is actually 'the earning sacrificed by a either a lot of or some or few parties'. Same thing can also apply to 'countries'. Like if India wins then it will be at the expense of some other country. Similarly it can also apply to movies and culture and music for that matter. If Hindi film music is getting popular it would be at the expense of Western music or Indipop whatever. The vessel remains the same. In the case of our planet the 'vessel' remains the environment, but, in the case of movies or TV shows the 'vessel' remains 'channels' or cinema screens available and when these get 'occupied' by some then the opposite parties 'lose out' over the 'spoils'. The spoils are taken by the 'so called winner' who is nothing but a 'claimant' of the existing resources.

 We live in a planet which is called earth and in the same planet dinosaurs once roamed 65 million years ago. The dinosaurs lived and died in this planet. Our earth is round. We go round and round around the sun which is also round. The sun also goes in a round shaped path in the milky way galaxy. We don not know if there is life in other planets and we do not know if there is a God or there are Gods. But we know where we live and will die and that our environment in its entirety remains same. There may be a few changes and some species may get extinguished but life as we know it will continue at least for the 'near future'. And the important fact of life is the 'zero sum game' theory.

Dhoom 3

I have watched Dhoom 3 for second time and I will say that the movie is really nice. In the first viewing I could only see Aamir Khan but in the second part we see some things which we missed earlier.

• Like Abhishek Bachan also has a good sizeable role in the movie. And in the intitial scene he is shown fighting a bunch of South Indian rowdies. His role as a homeless man who approaches Aamir Khan is also nice.
• Uday Chopra is full comedy role and the comedy appears better when watched second time. Especially the scene where he runs after Abhishek Bachan like he wants to kill him for stealing a hot dog.
• Pain and intensity of Aamir Khan gets magnified in the second watch and so it appears how a person running away from the law gets increasingly 'squeezed'.
• The last branch of the Western Bank of Chicago, Aamir never wanted to rob. He wanted to blow it up and that is what we miss out in the first watch. We feel Aamir intention is to rob the bank only. But no, the truth is he keeps only some money for himself and the rest he just throws it away and the last one the intention was never to rob.

But some portions are just out of mind. If Aamir Khan had a brain like what is shown in the movie he could have reached somewhere and not just become an outlaw.
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Other movies watched in the meantime are as below:
Bullet Raja: This movie is worth to be avoided. No wonder it was doomed. Atleast upto a certain point it was tolerable. But once they kidnap the Marwari businessman played by Gulshan Grover, it ain't worth it anymore.
Kya Kehna: This is a family movie and worth watching according to me.
Hum Saath Saath Hain: This movie is also a family movie and is also worth watching at least once.
Also, my observation for the 'Dedh Ishqiya' movie is getting expanded. I liked the last scene where the actor who gets kidnapped by Vijay Raaz subsequently gets back at him by coming in a train and pointing at him that he was a 'Nakli Nawab'. It was a good scene no doubt about it. After all a 'faker' (one who fakes) will remain a faker.

Posco

In the beginning I would like to clarify that I am totally in favour of development and industrialisation. I am not in favour of "narrow mindedness" and 'backwardness'.
I would like to say that all the people protesting against Posco plant in Orissa(Odisha) have vested interests. They are protesting against vague reasons like 'human rights'. What about backwardness of the state and the region. Is it not a violation of human rights?
Reasons like why a second port is required? It is required so that the Posco plant can go on without any hiccups.
Loss of livelihood? When plant is formed, millions will get employment in secondary and ancillary services and industries which will form as a result of that.
Loss of land? What is use is land which is keeping people backward like they used to live 2000 years ago. We have to move with the times.
Environment? What use is environment if it does not sustain the most important species of the planet which is the human beings. Also, there would be checks and balances to see that environment is not affected. Why does not it become like a learning curve. Why not learn from it. How to make it a project which is also environment friendly.
I will say the "Indian industrial families and businesses" are the ones who are funding these protests. The ones like Tatas and Jindals and the like. They do not want "foreigners in their midst". The very same people who forced "Uninor" and Etisalat out. And they want to keep Walmart and other multi-brand retail out.
The same people want to keep foreigners out of power sector.
It is truly sad that local people of Odisha cannot see this plot and do not want a very beautiful project like Posco to take off.
The people of Odisha will suffer by continuing to remain backward and 'narrow minded' and I am also suffering mentally. Because if there is lack of development or resistance to development it afffects me mentally.
The very people protesting a project like Posco are not much different than the naxalites who blow up school buildings and mobile towers and public property. Thats my view.
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Meanwhile watched two more movies.
"Shudh Desi Romance" and "Dedh Ishqiya". Both movies wanted to show 'something more' but could not show due to 'narrow mindedness' of Indians.
Shudh Desi Romance wanted to show "threesome" but obviously could not show it due to society and censor restrictions.
Dedh Ishqiya wanted to show kissing and lovemaking scenes between Huma and Madhuri but could not show it due to again censor and society restrictions. Obviously, they are lesbians in the movie but due to 'possible protests' like it happened in the case of 'Fire' movie by Shiv Sena and like minded parties they did not show it openly.

Few movies

Watched two movies over the last month.

• White House Down: What many people say its true. This movie is like the 'original Die Hard' movie. I would like to add that there are also elements of 'Air Force Once' movie in it.
• Dhoom 3: This movie is completely dominated by Aamir Khan. While in the first half we watch one brother. The second half is dominated by the second brother which is again the same Aamir Khan.

Watched two movies yesterday.

• Ajnabee : This movie was in my 'to be watched' list for a long time.
• Main Hoon Naa: This movie also was in my to be watched list for a long time and finally saw it.