Wednesday, 23 April 2014

Censorship in VH1/ 2 Movies

I would like to say that censorship of music videos on Channel like VH1 sucks big time.
It is "evil thing in motion" which does the censorship. I mean what kind of twisted mentality would be watching the music videos and then editing out the "objectionable content" and filling it with other portions from the video or pausing and making portion of the videos as slow motion.
It really makes me sick. We need to see a music video just as the way the director made it. I mean people can access music videos on Youtube or other sites anyway. And it is available in 'unedited format'.
But watching TV is something which is totally different. We just turn on the TV and sit back and relax. But watching on Internet/Youtube implies that we have to struggle to find our way.
But when we turn on a channel like VH1 and we find the videos edited it really pains me. Of what use is this life? The people who edit channel like VH1 are simply destroying our lives and the lives of the people who watch those channels. They are also "reverse spoiling" and entire generation of youth who do not get exposed to the actual music videos available around the world and watch a 'twisted version of reality'.
Sometime ago, VH1 was more and more telecasting the 'serials or reality shows' and less music videos. But recently it has restarted with music videos.
And now with censorship the telecast sucks big time. They censor the images of 'beautiful women in various poses of disrobe' as well as of 'kisses and hugs' in the videos. People are then forced to watch channels which show only Indian music and Hindi music and videos. It is 'lose-lose' option all the way. It may be 'win-win' only for the Hindi movie industry. I mean why can they not leave a foreign music channel alone. Why the censorship? Also they load the channels with ads often showing Hindi film stars and cricketers. Music should be enjoyed the way it was made. I like the MTV India of early 1990's or Channel V International. Even Rage on Australia Network is far better. Why not make VH1 and other international channels in the same fashion.
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Also I would like to tell that new Channel MTV Indies sucks big time. It is a failure from day 1. I reject it completely. I may be branded as 'out of tune of current generation' but I do not like it even 1%. It is totally waste.
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Believe it or not, for my own (and others) viewing pleasure I have created two playlists on Youtube as below:
Australian Top 40
NRJ Top 30
This is because new videos and good videos and uncensored videos are not available anywhere where I just have turn it on and sit back and relax. There is problem in the above also. I need to update it time and again and also watching on Laptop is not the same as watching on big screen TV.
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Meanwhile watched two movies. "Gullu Dada 3" on Youtube and "Three Stooges" on Star Movies HD Channel. Both movies okay but Three Stooges is definitely far more superior and is highly recommended.


Monday, 21 April 2014

Ethnic Discrimination/ Hindu terror/ 4 movies

Even in big companies there is ethnic domination by certain peoples. What I found in previous company which was Wipro, I found that Bengalis and Tamils dominate the scene.
This is inspite of the fact that the company may claim that they are 'very open' and do not discriminate and so on.
And I faced discrimination due to that fact that I am from Odisha and do not know Bengali or Tamil. Basically, what happened that I did not get promotion and in fact just before I left the company in late July 2011, I was demoted. You can know 'your demotion status' from whom you report to and how many people are there between you and the ultimate boss who is the Chairman or CEO as the case may be.
When I joined the company in June 2006, I joined in Internal Audit department and the boss of that department was a Tamil person. He too discriminated against me. And I was about to leave the organisation due to his antics but was saved due to last minute to transfer to another division in November 2006.
There I was reporting to a Bengali guy and then he did not give me ample scope for growth and I began to report to another Tamil person who did not know Hindi but it was okay inspite of no promotion after three years and then I began to report to another person who was actually a Keralite but was well versed in Tamil.
Thus what happened that I saw that if you are not of "Bengali ethnic background" or do not know Tamil language there is no scope for you in that company.
It is the only Limited company I have worked in and 'discharged my duties in'. I have not worked in any other company and hence cannot comment on others. But I can definitely say that about my ex-company.
If you are Bengali then you find a lot of 'bonding with fellow Bengalis' and often you are in a position to choose who you want to work with. Similar is the case with knowing and speaking Tamil language.
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The Hindu terror is coming. As the destructive Press is reporting that Modi will win the elections and then after that there will be Hindu terror across the land of India. Already one associate of Modi has told supporters of Modi that Modi opposers should be sent to Pakistan. In Nazi Germany also similar kind of thing happened, when they were unable to send the minorities to abroad they must have ethnically cleansed them. If Holocaust actually happened, then similar fate awaits the Muslims in India. When Hindus of India will be unable to send Muslims to Pakistan they will ethnically cleanse the land of them. Our current President Pranab Mukherjee has made his 'Hindu intentions' clear when he hanged Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru immediately after he became President. So far no other non-Muslim of death row has been hanged. Now with Hindu nationalists BJP and RSS gaining power in Center along with hardline Hindu President, I would say not only Muslims, all ethnic minorities and Secularists need to fear for their future. And if these people live in terror it means that people who cause that terror are the true terrorists.
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By the way it was good that I left my previous company in July 2011. Because as I have discussed above, Tamils and Bengalis dominate the scene over there and with a Bengali Hindu becoming President of India in July 2012 my life would have become a living hell. I will say what happens is(/was/will happen) for the good.
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Meanwhile last few days I have watched four movies. What happened on Tata Sky I subscribed to HD channels 'HBO Defined' and 'HBO hits'. These channels show HD English movies mainly and it is without any break. These two channels are not available on Videocon D2h. I personally feel that movies should be watched that way without a single break. Movies watched are as below:
"Total Siyappa" on Videocon D2H
"Warm Bodies", "The Emperor" and "Rise of the Guardians" on HBO HD Channels.


Friday, 18 April 2014

Voting

I must confess that I have never voted in my entire life.
I mean I just saw my Voting I-Card and it is dated 3rd November 2009.
I mean I suppose I could have voted in this 2014 elections in my native place of Odisha.
Earlier to 2009, it could be possible that I did not have a Voting I card but I had my name in Electoral Rolls.
Though I have stayed in Bangalore for about 10 years now and I have stayed in Hyderabad for 2 years and in Mumbai for 4 years, the maximum I have stayed is in Bhubaneswar. I can split 36 years of my life as below:
Mumbai - Stayed for 9 years
Hyderabad - Stayed for less than 2 years
Chennai - Stayed for less than 1 year
Bhubaneswar - Stayed for 16 years
Bangalore - Stayed for 10 years and still staying here.
I turned 18 in 1995 and 1996 onwards I could have voted in elections. At least 2014 I could have.
There was also the system where we SMS our Voter ID number and we get SMS reply back having details of Polling booth and stuff. I sent that SMS and got reply as well.
I guess if I don't vote I am in majority.
In fact I will say that a minuscle percentage would be voting. We can see data that 50-60% or even lesser sometimes would be voting.
Earlier a lot of people were excluded from "exercising their franchise". It was permissible in Colonial times where the voting was done abroad by "controlling Parliament" like in the case of British India where Parliament of Great Britain dictated most of the policies for India. Or it was permissible in Aparthied era South Africa where whites controlled the country.
Even in present day developed countries, females were excluded from 'right to vote'.
It was justified I feel. A few people who matter voted and then the Govt. was decided. And now there is "universal suffrage", And  I will say it leads to "universal suffering".
It could be recommended that only few 'intellectuals' can vote and decide like in the case of Supreme Court where few judges gather and decide the future outcome of cases.
Anyway, I did not vote and compared to earlier I am feeling sad about it. Earlier I was least interested. Now also I am only interested "for the experience". I do not want it as my power to exercise my right or te elect a Govt. of my choice. Only the fact that I 'missed the experience' I am feeling sad.
But many people will not be voting and I join their category.
In addition to the registered and genuine voters who did not vote, we have,the following
-->Citizens of other countries cannot vote and that will include Population of the World minus Population of India. These people are ineligible to vote in Indian elections anyway.
-->People who are not of voting age. At least 40% of India would be that young.
-->People who are 'gone'. Death is an ultimate reality. People who leave the Planet and their lives never to return can never vote. I can at least vote in next elections provided I survive for that. But people who are gone can never do so unless they cross voting age in next birth (rebirth).
-->All species apart from human. These include billions and trillions of life form who are not human and hence cannot take part in elections anyway.

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Bigg Boss Vs Wrestling Vs IPL

Friends now I am in a position where I have watched one full season of Bigg Boss and at least 3 seasons of IPL and today when IPL 7 is about to begin I must say that there is something else which is far more interesting than both Bigg Boss and IPL and that is Wrestling.
Yes people I am watching Wrestling these days.
Last week I watched Wrestlemania 30. It was on in Ten Sports Channel and was from 6:30 PM till 11Pm. I will say watching those wrestling matches is far more interesting than cricket or Bigg Boss.
All are like reality TV and though some say Wrestling matches may be fixed or 'orchestrated' I guess it is okay. Better to watch such kind of 'orchestrated sports' than real sports where entire matches "might be fixed" or TV serials and movies which are played by actors anyway.
Wrestling was being telecasted by Satellite Channels since 1990's when Cable and Satellite made a way into peoples homes. It was through WWF which is now WWE. In addition to WWE there is TNA Wrestling and UFC Championship as well as Boxing matches. All can be watched.
I used to watch it occassionally though due to my 'raging hormones' I was more into MTV and other stuff which provided 'fodder for the senses'.
Now when adult stuff was unavailable on TV due to strict laws passed by Govt. and MTV became "Hindi-ised" and much foreign stuff was not available on TV anymore, I turned to internet where I used to watch movies and not TV programs. Actually my life became like that. 8 AM-7 PM was usual office time. It was always more, never less. After returning home, I used to have just enough time to watch an English movie as English movie was of lesser duration. And then go to sleep.
I never could watch wrestling even if I had the desire and inclination. There was never enough time.
Then I got married and then after my job I did SAP Finance Course. During this time also, I did not have any 'luxury time to watch TV'.
Then we had two TV connections which I got cancelled due to SAP Exam and then we had one which usually was occupied by my wife. So I was spending time on Laptop (Broadband Internet). recently just last month, we took another connection and that was Tata Sky in addition to Videocon D2H.
Then I took package in which in addition to base package we had HD channels active in Videocon D2H. What I found that four were Sports HD Channels and it was there that I watched Wrestling and liked it.
Trust me people, this Wrestling is far (100 times) better than Bigg Boss. What happens Bigg Boss is watched on Internet and usually a Medium Quality video. But we can watch Wrestling on Full HD on TV. And that is better. Bigg Boss also is like a "dysfunctional house", it is not a normal house. Also one cannot touch anyone there in anger and only way fights happen is through mouth and that is also 'censored'. That is in contrast to Wrestling where full contact happens.
IPL one can watch but again one can watch highlights on Internet and that will be a good way to save time. I feel Wrestling is good way to spend time and time well spent.

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

What We Eat

I know a lot of people eat Non-Veg.
Now non-veg consists of meat, fish and eggs.
Meat consists of pork, beef, mutton and chicken, mainly, additionally there may be duck, rabbit, pigeon.
Fish consists of crab, prawns and fish both freshwater and saltwater.
Eggs is purely a poultry item and comes from chicken.
Now my question is what do we eat?
More specifically do we eat a male or female of the species?
Why I thought about this?
Well I read this article on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_slaughter_in_India
And then what I thought about it.
As I have told earlier that I eat beef sometimes here in Bangalore but only in hotels. I do not bring it to the home or cook it myself. I leave the job of cooking to the experts who are the hotels and trust them that they are doing a great job. At least they make it taste good.
In the above article what I found that male cattle, i.e. bullocks and male buffaloes and females beyond procreation age can be slaughtered easily. But it is not that easy to slaughter cows who are of prime age.
From the article I read that in abroad, cows as young as 3 to 4 year old are being slaughtered but in India in most states where cattle slaughter is permissible, they have to be 12 to 15 years old.
And most of the beef could be buffalo or oxen meat and not cow meat.
Which made me think. Is the meat I am eating coming from a male or female.
We can say that almost all chicken meat would be female meat. Because male of a chicken is known as rooster and rooster cannot lay eggs.
Thus I will say as below:
Almost all chicken people eat would be female.
Most pigs or rather pork would be female.
At least 50% of lamb and goat will be female. We do not know exactly.
At least 50% of fish would be female.
But we can say that in India less than 50% of the beef would be female. The beef which comes from cattle (both buffalo and cow) would be overwhelmingly male.
I know from experience that in those beef hotels 99% of the public which comes to eat there is male. I have very rarely seen women or girls going into these hotels and eating beef. Thus we can say that males are eating males of the species. And females are avoiding eating the male cattle.
But see who are eating chicken. Chicken is the "seasoned choice of non-veg food" in India and maybe around the world. Chicken is available in all non-veg hotels and malls across the length and breadth of the city. Because chicken is available in plenty and will not face any religious objection from any religion.
So what we can say that all people including females and males devour the meat of the female of the species of the bird which is the chicken. And they love it. They have in McDonalds and KFC and with kids and grand parents.
Now we do not know where or from which animal the meat has come. What is the source and what was the age of the animal. Chicken usually comes from farms where they are mass-produced and so we can say with 90-99% certainty about its origin. Rest of the meat the certainty goes on decreasing.
Maybe lesser for pig as pig suppliers are known to the shop owners and mutton which is usually slaughtered in the shop where it is sold. But for beef the origin will remain a mystery. Was it male or female? Was it a cow or buffalo? Maybe experts can tell it from the taste. But I can't. Where it comes from will be a mystery?
The trick is to not think about it and enjoy the food, the taste and smell. I sincerely think that since the meat I am eating is in Muslims hotel those would be "Halal meat" (slaughtered or obtained in 'decent manner') and not from diseased or dead animals which would be 'Haram' i.e. not permissible due to religious restrictions.
But I will say finally if you want to avoid meat, you should avoid all meat and not just beef or pork. Pork additionally has the label of being 'unclean' as the hog will 'eat anything'.
But still we do not know what diet much of chicken is having. Or if differs from farm to farm.

Monday, 14 April 2014

3 movies

Yesterday, i.e. in 1 day I have watched 3 movies.
"Toonpur Ka Superhero"
"Singh Saab The Great"
and "Chillar Party".
All three movies were enjoyable and good way to pass the time.

Priyanka vs Rahul: Press

The biased and the very divisive and destructive Press has found a new way to attack the Congress Party. It is pitting brother against sister i.e. Rahul vs Priyanka.
It does not matter to the Press how it is done. It wants Modi to become PM and it does not matter how it is achieved. The Press has already gone to great lengths to project Modi as the "best PM" India can ever dream of.
In fact for the Press, Modi as PM will be the best leader in the history of the World. The Press has gone to great lengths to project this. Now to Pitt brother against sister is a very small thing for them.
They don't care for either brother or sister. They want only the Congress Party to suffer and BJP to gain as a result.
The BJP also knows that Congress is the main threat to them. Rest of the Parties can be "tamed" if they emerge as a single largest party. Hence, they have adopted this strategy of 'divide and rule'.
In fact politics of hatred is visible even before BJP has assumed power. What will happen if it actually comes to power.
There will be "total elimination" of all Muslim elements including people like Omar Abdullah. BJP will not only target the 'poor Muslims' but will also 'strive to eliminate' the MP's and leaders who are Muslims or Muslim oriented.
Let us not forget Ehsan Jafri ex-MP who was murdered in cold blood in Ahmedabad in 2002 riots. Sort of similar future awaits the "rich and powerful" Muslims when BJP comes to power.
I would say that we had read that earlier British Rulers of India were pioneers of 'divide and rule'. Now we know that this strategy can be followed by all including "hardcore nationalist parties". They also follow 'divide and rule' policy. For them it is the shortest path to survival and revival and "thrival (act of thriving)".
We need to guard against this.
We need to realise that Modi is actually a "wolf in sheeps clothing". All those feeling 'lovey dovey' about Modi will realise the folly after they comes to power. There is going to be significant damage to the country both morally and physically.