Jaziya/ Experience in My Life

Jaziya is a form of tax which is payable by non-Muslims in a Muslim dominated society to make sure that they are able to continue their activities in a normal manner.
It is not applicable to Muslims because Muslims due to their religion are anyway obligated to contribute a portion of their wealth to poor and needy.
Non-Muslims are able to live on as Non-Muslims and enjoy all benefits accorded to Muslims by paying Jaziya.
Today, in Times of India paper one article/editorial has come out as to how in independent India, Muslims are the "guardians of secularism" in India and the system of Jaziya has turned on its head and now Muslims are paying Jaziya to maintain secularism in India and this Jaziya is their 'vote' or 'power to vote' or 'power to vote as a bloc'.
In my life I was unaware of the system of Jaziya for much of my student life. But now looking back I feel the fees we pay to get our education is like a Jaziya. Few months back I read an entry in Best gore site where Mark Marek had mentioned how there was a story about paying a coin to cross a river after death.

Pay a coin
This coin which is being paid to Charon is actually Jaziya. Though it is only "a coin" or one coin still it needs to be paid as we remain forever in trouble if not paid. But pay the coin and you are able to cross to the other side.
Also, in my life while doing work in my previous company, I used to go by bike or car and then due to work pressure went by bus. When we go by bus what happens we pay the conductor some money and then buy a ticket. This 'ticket' is also like Jaziya.
Later to avoid change problems means that the conductor demands change money and avoid payment daily, I took bus pass. The bus pass involved payment of money at one stroke and then travel for entire month without any payment provided you have the pass in person at the time of travel. This was Jaziya according to me. But my previous manager and the person who took my interview thought that I did not needed to pay Jaziya or they thought that payment by bus pass as Jaziya was not enough. I needed to give my heart and soul as well and hence they transferred me from Electronics City to M4 office located at Garvebhavipalya.
Just payment for Jaziya was not enough for me they thought.
If you look at that M4 office, it is located just below that big flyover. Check my blog entry.
Hosur Road flyover
That flyover is a 'paid flyover', in other words any person using that flyover needs to pay a tax which is like 'Jaziya'. I was supposed to work below that flyover and no need to pay any Jaziya but I had to suffer watching others moving around in cars and buses to-and-fro on that flyover after they paid the 'Jaziya'.
In other words I was put in position where I need not have paid Jaziya but I had to suffer watching others move around after they paid the Jaziya. I was denied the chance to pay the dues due by me which was 'Jaziya'. In other words I was to suffer indefinitely. Thus I left the organization.
Coming to think about it, if the flyover was free to use, I might not have left my organization. People not paying the 'Jaziya' but still using the flyover would have implied that it is Govt. which cares for them and does not 'suck them dry'.
Now looking back we can call the taxes we pay to Govt. as well as the 'Hafta collected shown in movies' is like Jaziya. While anything which Govt. collects is sanctioned by law and is legal others become illegal. Also with Govt. collecting so much, ordinary people often have no funds at disposal to pay any "Jaziya" elsewhere. The Govt. in turn ensures you are able to carry your activities normally.

BJP Manifesto

The BJP has come out with its manifesto and I feel the worst thing is the Ban of Cow Slaughter.
I feel that people should have the freedom to decide what they want to eat.
My Earlier Post
Also, even vegetarians are killing plants to feed themselves. Tell me is that not a sin. We also do not know if plants feel any pain or not. For all we know plants could be feeling pain when they are being cut and boiled.
If that is true than killing plants is even a greater sin than killing animals as plants are unable to protest 'acts of violence' against them.
They take the act of killing silently as they are thrashed around and husked, de-husked, processed, bagged, refrigerated and sold.
Why is no beef product available in McDonalds or in Malls or in Chinese restaurants in India. I feel this is denial of "Right to Food" or Right to Eat what we like. Do Chinese people not eat beef?
World over we can know that McDonalds or Pizza Hut or Chinese restaurants would be serving beef dishes. Why deny the choice to Indian people. Tell me will Indian people never get the chance to eat these items in posh malls. They will have to suffice with Chicken. Okay make Chicken available along with others. Let people decide what they want to eat.
In Bangalore, I find that only place where we can have beef is in Muslim areas and their restaurants. In any other restaurant it is simply not available. Why is it like that. I my earlier post above, I have outlined as to how the Christian community in India is being forced to consume pork which is one of the 'uncleanest of the animals'. This is only to avoid any friction with the majority Hindus.
And BJP if it comes to power will definitely want to force its Hindutva based agenda on the entire country. Like it has outlawed cow slaughter in majority of states where it came to power, it will do or try to do the same thing if it wins at national level. Tell me rather then outlawing it, one should regulate it and permit it to be done in a hygienic manner so that people are able to exercise their right to food or right to eat what they want.

Gullu Dada, Beard-Mustache

I watched one more movie and that is "Gullu Dada 4". This is a Hyderabadi movie with Hyderabadi language used in the movie and I will say I liked it.
This is alternate Cinema and is very much welcome. Though movies from Bombay will be 1000 times bigger than this, but still the world is poorer without such alternate movie industry. And people I am not talking about Telugu movie. This is Hyderabadi language in the movie which is slightly different than Hindi.
Recently, I saw a documentary on DD Loksabha Channel about the Malegaon film industry. Similarly we can say the same about this 'Gullu Dada movie'. This alternate movie industry work hard and give movies which appeal the mental frames of their 'clientele'. It is not like 'one size fits all'. Definitely some change is required to make stuff acceptable to variety of peoples.
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Beard-Mustache = Husband-Wife
I will say that the relationship between Beard and Moustache is like one between husband and wife.
Now which is the husband and which is the wife?
I will say the beard is the wife and mustache is the husband. Why? Because we find a lot of so called 'men' who want to show off their masculinity sport a mustache and so by default the mustache is a 'man' and the husband. The beard is the wife because the beard occupies a 'good portion of the face' just like a wife begins to occupy a good portion of ones life after marriage.
A mustache sported man often shaves his beard or in other words 'gets rid of it'. A man also when he is 'gainfully employed' leaves his house and goes out of his house for several hours and works to make a living. Thus for a few hours at least he gets rid of his wife though this 'getting rid of' is actually done by him. He does the act of getting rid of himself from the house which he leaves it to his wife or family and he himself goes to work.
Now you will say what about a clean shaven man or one who sports only a beard. One who sports only a beard is a kind of man who respects women as beard is the wife as discussed above. And he does not have a mustache and so he has got rid of the man i.e. the husband. Thus he places greater emphasis on the wife and so is a respect giver to women.
One who is clean shaven is the most dangerous and is the sort of human being who is like a commando. As he does not have both mustache as well as beard and thus he can go any way he like. He has got 'freedom of movement'. He can support both women and men as well as either men or women or neither man and woman. But he is like 'the man' as he can chart an 'independent course' for himself.

Bigg Boss Host

People I have once again began watching the Bigg Boss series. And since I have watched the entire Bigg Boss 7 series, I do not need to watch it again. What I was watching earlier was Bigg Boss 6 which was telecast in 2012. Then I faced the first weekend show of Salman and his 'over-dominating prescence' and then I deleted the shows I had downloaded. Then what I did I began watching Bigg Boss 3 season which was telecast in 2009 and the host was Amitabh Bachchan.
What I found that Amitabh is a far better host than Salman. Salman is kind of "dominating host". Maybe since Salman is half-Muslim and not a pure Hindu and the originators as well as controllers of Bigg Boss are based in Europe they want a sort of person who can dominate the Hindus and Salman is also not a pure non-Hindu. He is half-Hindu. Thus Salman becomes acceptable to both Hindus as well as non-Hindus.
I am also watching Bigg Boss 6 as well and I have found out the best way to avoid the domineering presence of Salman and that is by not watching the weekend shows. What happens every weekend Salman appears in two shows, and I will simply skip it and that is what I have decided. That way I will be able to achieve twin purposes, avoid Salman and watch Bigg Boss at the same time.
I will suggest the Bigg Boss show owners and controllers that please select a proper host for Bigg Boss 8.
Ranbir Kapoor is not a perfect choice. Definitely he would be a change but I feel he would not be able to handle it. Who else? I will suggest as below:

• Arshad Warsi- This guy hosted the first ever Bigg Boss and can be a perfect host.
• Amitabh Bachchan- He can host provided he agrees and the age permits him.
• Abhishek Bachchan- He can be a good host I feel. If not the father than why not the son.
• Javed Jaffrey- I will say he will be a perfect host of Bigg Boss and will do the work at a fraction of cost of others.
• Kapil Sharma- Kapil can host Bigg Boss I feel. I mean he handles "Comedy Nights" and Bigg Boss will be like they say 'left hand work' for him.
• Manish Paul- Manish can also be a very good host. He has proved that time and again.
• Ranvir Singh- Ranvir Singh could be the host had come in reports and he can well be a very good one.
• Ajay Devgan- It will be welcome to find Ajay Devgan as a host. Reports also came out earlier.
• Shah Rukh Khan- If the producers can afford him or if he has the time then he would also be good host.
• Akshay Kumar- Provided the channel can afford him, he would be a good host as well.
• Sanjay Dutt- If he gets out of jail than he can be the host as well.

Presently, I am able to think only as above. I feel these people can host and prove to be better than Salman. But much like the contestants, the host once chosen cannot be changed. Rather than going for 'very expensive' and 'dominating' Salman, the Colors channel can save money by going for another host.
Also we find, under Salman only women are winning the Bigg Boss seasons. This is due to the 'ever-dominating nature of Salman' who not only ensures that he remains the 'hero and no hero is able to emerge in front of him' but also he wants the 'women to win and remain forever indebted to him'.

Polls/ Comments

India goes to the polls today onwards. Well it is a day all were waiting for. What is my take on it? I will say if India's luck is nice there will be a party which will emerge with absolute majority. And the party most likely in that position is BJP. But BJP is also tied up in different states with regional parties. It may not be able to win with "absolute majority" on its own. It would have to rely on numerous smaller parties.
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The key of democracy lies in the fact that there is 'peaceful transition of power'. There is no violence when the 'Governance' changes hands.
Who remains in control is another issue. The party which wins may have the 'illusion of being in control'. But actually the country is being 'ruled by IMF and World Bank' who dictate India's policies. Why India? Each and every country in the world is ruled by a 'secret organization' like "Illuminati".
This 'Illuminati' is all powerful and whoever wins in elections will come into the direct control of this organization. The 'Illuminati' which I am mentioning is so vast and most of the 'global organizations' and 'press' follow it and its dictates. The Illuminati is 'disproportionately represented by Zionists'. You may call the 'Illuminati' by any other name or even not mention about it at all but still it is the ultimate reality.
The annual conferences being held in places like Davos has a direct connection to the Secret Orgainzation. There they decide how 10000-20000 people will boss over or rule over the remaining seven or eight billion people in the entire world.
It is like a chess game. A voter has a small power, his vote, and it will do little to affect in the top (who is elected to power). And ultimately it does not matter who is elected to power as whoever is elected will come into the control of the 'Illuminati". The voter is the lowest of lowest 'ebb of power'.
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TDP+BJP = History Repeating itself.
We have seen it happen in 2002 and earlier. TDP tying up with BJP. I hope Andhra people teach both the parties a lesson. Tell me can oil and water ever mix. We saw what happened earlier. BJP and TDP were forced to part ways. Still they try to come together. I mean how desperate can parties get for power.
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Anti-Hindi Tamil Wave: We saw how Karunanidhi is stroking the 'anti Hindi' and anti-Modi fire by pursuing Tamil ideology. Tell me we cannot expect any otherwise. Tamils are deeply anti Hindi and there is no doubt about it.
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India Lost World T20 Final. I for one am very happy for this. This will teach all the over-hyped and over-crazed Indians to do their work and not be wild and crazy for an alien game like cricket.
I still remember how when India won World Cup 2011 how many millions worth of fireworks were burst. Where are the fireworks now? At least 'Indian terror' of cricket will come to little bit of pause.
I was wondering if Srinivasan's exit from BCCI has anything to do with this. As we know BCCI under Srinivasan was heavily involved in match fixing. And due to action by Supreme Court of India, probably the money transfer to Sri Lanka did not happen and so they played their best and India lost.
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Watched one movie. "Commando-One Man Army". Starring Vidyut Jamwal this movie is simply amazing. Vidyut is just great star. Great Actor and Stuntman. The movie is inspired from movies like "First Blood" and Tony Jaa movies.

Ya Rab, Gravity/ Shaving-Trimming

Watched two more movies.
First movie was "Ya Rab". This movie released in January 2014 just after Ajaz Khan's journey was over in Bigg Boss 7. Guess they wanted to capitalize of Ajaj's "new found glory". Ajaz has likely shot this movie before entering Bigg Boss house. But I must say the movie is very poor and falls flat on the face. The ending is probably 'inspired' from the movie 'Children of Men'. That is what I felt.
But my sincere advice is not to waste time for it.
Next movie was "Gravity". What a movie. It shows as how we as human race have to live and die in our planet we call home. Extraterrestrial travel or even travel by people to Moon or Mars is a myth. It is only like 'present day fairy tales', manufactured for kids or to nurture kids like mentality in gullible adults.
But we can compare it with something like 'Noah'. he was a man and walked/worked in our 'earth' by building a boat to save his family and a lot of species.
What I feel, after watching Gravity, any movie will feel nice. Because the space is such a hostile place and most movies are based on our earth which is our 'home' for all humans and species.
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Next I much say that the "O Teri" movie poster which is below:
O Teri
This has been copied from Mark Wahlberg- Will Ferell movie, "The Other Guys"
The Other Guys
I mean it makes me sick. Why copy someone like this. It is totally shameless to say the least.
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Next I must write about "not shaving and trimming the beard". I have tried most options. And like I have discussed earlier about shaving or not shaving. Also I discussed about "Demodex". Since the Demodex are about 0.5 to 1 mm long, what I found that in case one trims the beard 'really short' one should trim it to 2mm long and not below that. Because there is skin irritation when trimmed to 1mm and below and that might be due to "Demodex". If one keeps a beard albeit a really short one it should be not less than 2mm long. Anything below that, one should shave. As shaving would be clearing the face of these 'demodex'.
Shaving is really "bad ass" according to me. Keeping beard is a docile sign and a sign that you allow these 'demodex' to live in you. In other words you allow the "elements to take over". Also, as small as you trim you can never match the cleaning up process of 'shaving'. Also shaving involves use of a sharp object as well as metal. It is no matter that almost all military around the world are clean shaven. I have also learnt from one military man that during training they are given instructions as to how to shave in the dark and also with no water using just saliva. And it is not a choice for them. It is compulsion and part of the training.

Live TV vs Download

After watching Bigg Boss Season 7 full season, I decided to watch Bigg Boss 6 which was telecast in 2012.
What happened, that upto 2012 I never watched any Indian TV programs regularly, maybe occassionally I used to watch. In 2012, I watched IPL live on TV.
In 2011 I did not watch both the World Cup as well as IPL on TV. But 2012 I watched.
In 2013, I watched IPL through a new medium and that was on youtube. Then I 'discovered' or 'stumbled upon' Comedy Nights with Kapil show. And then I downloaded and began watching that.
Then in Mid-September Bigg Boss 7 began and I began watching it. It was good to watch. But I must confess I could not have watched everyday on TV. Only by downloading from youtube, I could manage to watch it regularly.
Then I downloaded a few more shows, namely as below:

• Mahabharat: This one I downloaded several months of shows but could not watch even a single episode and so I did the next best thing. DELETED the entire folder which had three months of episodes.
• Fear Files: These I have downloaded episodes for several months but have watched only 2-3 episodes. The folder is still there but new download is stopped.
• Bhoot Aya: These also I have downloaded but watched only 6-7 episodes. The folder is still there but new download is stopped.
• Nautanki (Colors): These also I have downloaded but am yet to watch even a single episode. But am not deleting it.
• Bigg Boss 6: This I was downloading from Desi Tashan. I had downloaded for October and November 2012. But then I realised I do not have time to watch it. Hence, no need to "accumulate it". And hence I have deleted all the files I downloaded (more than a month of episodes). I was planning to watch Bigg Boss 5 and 4 and earlier after 6, but now that project is shelved. There is no time to watch the previous seasons. This also shows how limited human beings are in comprehending what is happening around them. It is fortunate if we can capture even 1% of what is happening around us.
• One thing I found in Bigg Boss 6, haven't watched Bigg Boss 5 and earlier, is that Salman Khan dominates the show. I mean we watch the show for the format. But I feel, Salman is beyond "life-size". And that is one of my reasons for not watching Bigg Boss 6. Just could not stand that every weekend Salman Khan comes and dominates the show. I mean Salman man, give us a break. Bigg Boss is one of the best shows out there and you just spoil it man. But I saved a lot of time due to that. As I won't have to watch Bigg Boss 6 and earlier due to that. Maybe I will watch Bigg Boss 8 when it happens inspite of Salman (if he is the host).
• Nach Baliye 6: This I am downloading with the hope that I will be able to watch it. But I have still several months of shows left to watch of other shows including Comedy Nights with Kapil.
• Khatron ke Khiladi: This show I will not download because I feel it is waste. We know that the contestant will remain safe. No harm will come to him/her. And even if it involves that much of danger, it is crazy. I mean why should anyone take that much of danger upon themselves. And what I have seen, Fear Factor (the foreign version) show is better or looks better. The Khatron ke Khiladi looks like a cheap imitation of the original.

This is apart from home where I have taken a second TV connection. While the first one was Videocon D2H, the new one is Tata Sky. I find that HD channels show very less ad and TV should be watched HD. I am watching variety of shows in AXN Channel as well Sports channels (shows like WWE) or Travel Channels and Food + travel shows is especially nice.
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Meanwhile, I watched one more movie and that is Bhagam Bhag. I liked the movie. Such kind of comedy movies are really welcome. I have a feeling that the action actors "sins" get washed away when he does comedy movies. I had read about Kader Khan as to how he abandoned negative action roles after some incident in his personal life. Similarly we can say that it can also be made applicable to action heroes.