Fast and Furious 8, Mirza Juliet

Watched two movies as mentioned in the subject line.
Both the movies were watched at Rockine Mall, Carnival Cinemas using the monthly pass which I had purchased at www.moviecard.com
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Fast and Furious 8
This movie is like an American propaganda movie. As usual Russians are villians in the movie. And Russians suffer the most in the movie that is what is shown.
Also it is shown that the new America is not white and it is black or mixed race prevail. White don't get wiped out. They get side roles. Like Kurt Russell or the guy from the Taylor Swift video "Widest Dreams". Other non-English speaking country whites are villians or they suffer. The English speaking countries people like Jason Statham get side roles just like the whites of America.
If we look at history of Cold War between USSR and the West we can say much of the victory which the West had was due to propaganda movies from Hollywood, fake news from the press and TV and very less was actually based on reality.
Movies like James Bond and Fast and Furious or the Hunt for Red October are actually movies.
Star Wars program, Moon landings, people being better off in the West etc were actually fake.
Reality is the support for Mujahedeen and dictators and actual military action like in Vietnam.
Thus 50% is false propaganda. 25% is false News and 25% much be reality and hence the West won due to that.
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Mirza Juliet
This movie is actually quite good. This is far better than the big budget actors movie which are actually the movies which are marketed well and show a false sense or same old version of reality. This actually a well directed movie and and well edited and acting is good and cinematography and showing of locations is quite well. It may not be big budget but it is well made and that is my opinion.

Assembly Elections 2017 analysis

Assembly Elections 2017 analysis
You must be wondering whether I am like Rip Wan Winkle who emerges from sleep after 20 years.
Similarly my post is coming a bit late when results came in on March 11, 2017 and I am writing this on 4th April 2017.
I will outline my views on the elections through bullet points.

• UP Elections totally went in favour of BJP.
• Uttarakhand elections totally went in favour of BJP.
• Punjab elections totally went in favour of Congress and AAP failed.
• Goa went partly in favour of Congress and AAP failed. Also BJP engineered a money show and grabbed power.
• Manipur went partly in favour of Congress but BJP engineered a money show and grabbed power.
• Initially it felt that the results were genuine.
• BJP had totally planned the "show of surgical strike" in September and then demonetisation in November.
• Also during elections it constantly raised the spectre of so called ISIS in India by using derailment of train as terrorist conspiracy to doing a false(?) encounter of a person during elections. The paid media also showed the news reports to the max.
• It also totally demolished all opposition and introduced the budget disregarding the view that the party in power should not sway the elections.
• The BJP purpose was to seize power in BJP and so as to build Ram temple.
• If now BJP is quiet that does not mean that it has abandoned the plans to create trouble in UP heartland. It is only lying low keeping the 2019 elections in mind.
• After 2019 elections it knows India is its for its taking.
• Nazi inspired India is not long way off. 
• After elections the news came of EVM tampering.
• It is very likely that EVM tampering was also done.
• What happened in Punjab and Goa, BJP had let loose its creation the Aam Aadmi Party.
• It was hoping that the AAP will finish Congress once and for all.
• But some well aware and knowledgeable citizens could see through the plans BJP was hatching and voted for Congress.
• And so Congress could do a show like it did in Punjab and Goa.
• AAP failed miserably. And the very basis of its creation is now in doubt as it cannot ensure a "Congress Mukt Bharat".
• Aam Aadmi Party through its very name can be known as a BJP-RSS creation as they are anti-women and so there is no Aurat in AAP name. The red blooded young male who is anti-establishment and anti-woman will find himself with AAP but little does he realise that it is BJP-RSS creation.
• But Congress could not match the well financed treasure chests of the BJP who did demonetisation specifically to dry the coffers of the opposition.
• BJP can use unlimited supply of 2000 note and 500 note through its stooge of the RBI.
• So Congress could not establish its Govt in Goa and Manipur.
• But in Punjab BJP did not want to alienate the Sikhs.
• The Sikhs live by the dagger and sword and BJP did not go against the will of the people.
• It could understand that people in punjab do not want BJP-SAD again.
• It was hoping that AAP will do the job but AAP failed miserably.
• But UP and Uttarakhand BJP concentrated and even maybe indulged in EVM tampering. And there was no AAP precisely for that.
• Now dark clouds are hovering over the country. BJP will try to lay low till 2019 but if it again wins either due to EVM tampering or money power, then post 2019 real suffering of the country will start.

Boss Baby, Naam Shabana, Kuch Kuch Locha Hai, Jal

Watched four movies as mentioned in the subject line.
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Boss Baby
This movie was watched on big screen. Carnival Cinemas using free ticket facility booked via www.moviecard.com.
Thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Worth watching.
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Naam Shabana
This movie was watched on big screen. Carnival Cinemas using free ticket facility booked via www.moviecard.com.
This movie is okay for a one time watch.
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Kuch Kuch Locha Hai
This movie was watched on Airtel Digital TV Miniplex HD Channel after recording on pen drive. This movie is okay for a one time watch.
It is actually surprising and shameful how Sunny Leone has "trimmed herself" for Bollywood. We know what she is famous for. Now I just cannot understand why she had suddenly become the "Adarsha Bharatiya Nari". She should be allowed to do and she should strive to do roles which she did earlier. rather than lure innocent money and then screw them post watching of her movies in which there is no "jhalak of earlier muse".
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Jal
This movie was watched on Airtel Digital TV Miniplex HD Channel after recording on pen drive.
This movie is 2013 movie and shows how life is difficult in the Rann of Kutch where there is no water. This is award winning movie and is worthy of film festivals.
It is obvious that this movie could only have been made under UPA regime. This BJP-NDA Govt will sugar coat reality and not show the reality of ground.
The reality is for all mammals and not just humans and if not all living beings, water is a necessity. BJP-NDA will make water Hindu and Muslim and India and Pakistan but reality is even human and animals have the same need of water.
Certain scenes in the movie are impossible like people may migrate to cities and in the movie they don't. Also the level of illiteracy shown is stupendous.
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New Bike Achiever 150

This post is to outline that I have bought a new bike Hero Achiever 150.

My earlier bike was Hero Honda Karizma R 2008 model

You might say why did I go for 150 cc bike when I had a 223 cc bike.
The fact is that I did not want to hold on to a legacy technology.
When I gave the Karizma for servicing in February, I came to know that that Hero is no longer offering the Karizma.
In other words Karizma had been withdrawn. Upon research I came to know that it was suffering poor sales for several years.

• Karizma Sales dropped Sharply : Here it is clearly mentioned that at one time Karizma in December 2014 did not manage to sell even 7 units 
• Hero to phase out Karizma by 2018 : Hero took decision to phase out Karizma.
• Hero Honda Split December 2010 : Long before that Hero and Honda had parted ways in December 2010.
• Legacy Honda technology to be phased out by Hero Motocorp : Even after splitting in 2010 it took almost six years for Hero to get in a stage where it could decide to phase out Honda technology
• Karizma to be revamped? We are in suspense if a newer version of Karizma will come anytime soon

Check the above links.

• I had bought Karizma in March 2009 and so it was a 2008 model. 
• I could have used it no problem.
• But what happened last week its speedometer and odometer started not working. the tachometer was working.
• So I Took it to the showroom and they wanted to change the cable but it was out of stock and so they asked me to bring it next week.
• In the meantime I enquired the exchange price and even paid a Rs500 advance.
• What I thought. that I need to have the guarantee of the company of the bike I am buying and using.
• Much like what i had outlined in my blog post earlier
• Today the speedometer did not work. Tomorrow it could be any other part.
• And since Hero stopped producing the vehicles the parts also would be in short supply in the future.
• Before that happened I needed to switch the model.
• Also it is not a popular model like Splendour or Splendour Plus which has been around for 20 years plus which will ensure a steady supply of parts.
• I had experience of earlier bike Kawasaki Bajaj 4S Champion and how I had to sell it as scrap after 17 years.
• Now 8 years had passed since I bought the Karizma. In theory I could have used it for 7 years more.
•  In theory nothing will happen and the bike would continue to function like it always has.
• But then what i needed to do was not take it to showroom.
• Because if I took it to showroom with the legacy technology and all I would feel bad and inferior.
• I should take it to workshop outside and not authorised showroom.
• If I go to authorised showroom, I should have the latest technology the ones that they currently offer.
• I zeroed in on Achiever 150 because it was the biggest bike currently in the Hero stable.
• I also went to Bajaj, Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki showrooms.
• Bajaj models dd not seem right to me. Mainly V15 model. I was not interested in pulsar and Avenger to begin with. And those top end models easily cost 1 lakh plus.
• Yamaha had so many models that i became confused. Their top models cost 1 lakh plus.
• Honda was best and for a second over there it felt like "homecoming". Also their top end bike cost more than 2 lakhs.
• Suzuki had the Gixxer model and it cost 1 lakh plus.
• In times like this I found Hero Achiever 150 at Rs78000 to be ideal price. Other companies models were pricier excluding teh V15 from Baja which was in same range.
• I wanted to go for Honda Livo 110 cc initially but I saw it again and thought it was lesser height for 6 ft person like me. Honda CB Hornet 160 exceeded 1 lakh.
• Thus Achiever 150 was best option and is now my current bike.

Angry Indian Godesses, Life, Phillauri, Lucky Kabootar, Shikhar

Watched five movies as mentioned in the subject line:
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Angry Indian Goddesses
Watched this movie on Airtel Digital TV Miniplex HD Channel after recording on pen drive. Movie is okay for a one time watch. It is how girls bond together and take revenge after one of them is raped and killed. It is a girl flick all the way.
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Life
Watched this on the big screen. Rockline mall and Carnival Cinemas to be precise where I have an unlimited movie watching pass @www.moviecard.com.
Movie is okay for a one time watch. Similar to Gravity movie. Whereas Gravity dealt with the perils of space, this movie deals with the perils of alien life. The fact is if you allow alien life into earth you risk the existing species that is what it shows.
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Phillauri
Watched this on the big screen. Rockline mall and Carnival Cinemas to be precise where I have an unlimited movie watching pass @www.moviecard.com.
Movie is okay for a one time watch. This movie deals with a couple cut short of their lives and they get reunited as ghosts. And it takes the story of a girl getting married to a tree and turns it upside down and makes the guy marry a tree. A traditional horror story where a man ghost follows a girl after marriage to a tree I think it was shown in an episode of Zee TV Aahat serial, and makes it a romantic comedy.
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Lucky Kabootar
Watched this movie on Airtel Digital TV Miniplex HD Channel after recording on pen drive. Movie is okay for a one time watch.
It is a comedy movie and how a person along with village folk uses his wife's death to get compensation from Govt.
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Shikhar
Watched this movie on Airtel Digital TV Miniplex HD Channel after recording on pen drive. Movie is okay for a one time watch.
This is a very good movie. Simple but effective. I cant believe I was not aware of this 2005 movie. The aim of the movie is to show the importance of environment and trees and how they are important to avoid droughts and water shortage. Widespread urbanisation is more harmful than good and that is what it shows.
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Random Comments March 20, 2017

I have a few points to make and did not know what to give the heading as and so the heading reads.

•  Firstly I would like to continue about obsolete technologies and few more cases. the next case deals with my bike Karizma which has been withdrawn by hero Motors. Karizma phase out. Karizma has been very dear to me and I do not know why it is being withdrawn? The reasons could be (1) people do not like Hero anymore after it broke up with Honda. (2) there are not many tall and strong people to drive the Karizma anymore. (3) people think it is obsolete (4) the bike is so good that Hero company cannot profit from it? I mean Hero will do good if bike becomes spoilt easily and so people will go for new bike often? In any case my current bike became obsolete but I am not selling it. Considering that I bough it in 2009, it has until 2014 for expiry of its registration. But I know if I sell it now I will get some value but if I sell it in 2023 then I may get only scrap value. Much like what happened with my Kawasaki Bajaj 4S Champion which I sold for scrap value in Mumbai after holding on to it for 17 years.
•  Second is my desktop computer which is a Wipro model. And I know that Wipro stopped making desktops and laptops in 2013 second half. And the division just shut down. Now I have Intel i3 Chip and Gigabyte motherboard after the original motherboard crashed. I will update if more points come to mind subsequently.

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• Yogi Adityanath becoming CM of UP is also to be discussed. I must say that he is not a Brahmin but a Kshyatriya and that is dangerous. Because Kshatriya are warrior class in India and not Brahmin and Yogi Adityanath is doing works like Brahmin and that may be dangerous to the society. We have to see the Caste we have no choice. Even if we don't want we have to see peoples cast before thinking about the future.
• Now Modi RSS and BJP would have no choice but to make Yogi Adityanath as CM because they have to pamper to their core base of Hindu extremists. Else the same Hindu extremists will create a revolt which BJP and Modi may find it hard to contain. Thus what i feel BJP fears its own people or the people who have elected it and so they have to satiate them or satisfy them by making one of the hardcore leaders as CM.

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• Third segment today I will want to discuss about WWE and how last week RAW Mick Foley was assaulted and treated badly. I watched old episode WWE State of the Universe discussion before Survivor series and how Stephanie McMohan and Mick Foley had praised each othet.
• And it was clear at that Stage that Shane Mc Mohan and Daniel Bryan had criticised the RAW show were the stars were not getting the opportunities and Stephanie and Triple H were running the show as their own personal fiefdom.
• Somehow Daniel Bryan and Shane knew that this was coming. While Mick and Seth Rollins faced the hard core music in RAW at the same time we saw in Smackdown even if staged attack on Shane McMohan by AJStyles he was rewarded with a match at Wrestlemania.
• Then we go back as to how Shane McMohan wanted the control of RAW and things would have been different if Shane was running the show in RAW.
• Triple H set the tone. Definitely he classified "has been" to Seth Rollins and Mick Foley. No wonder Cruiserweight and NXt is of special interest to triple H. As there he scours for new talent and old stars just become obsolete just like the technologies I discussed earlier.

Machine, Beauty and The Beast

Watched two movies as mentioned in the subject line.
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Machine
This was seen on the big screen of Carnival Cinemas in Rockine Mall using www.moviecard.com
This movie is great. Totally shot in Georgia. Directors are Abbas Mustan and came to know from KRK review on Youtube that the hero is Abbas's son. This movie has got shades of Baazigar movie. I liked it.
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Beauty and The Beast
This was seen on the big screen of Carnival Cinemas in Rockine Mall using www.moviecard.com
This movie I believe is a "timeless" movie.
Who is the 'beast' in the movie? We can say that the beast in the movie is 'the other', the one which we fear. Why do we fear 'the other'? We fear the other because we do not know about it or them.
The other can be anyone. In the present day and age we can say the other is "Islam" and beauty is us or the ones who are following western culture.
We do not need to fear the Beast. The Beast is not there to get to us.
The Beast is just like us and in many case is better than us.
So we need to love the Beast. That is the conclusion we can draw from the movie.
Also the Beast is relative. From a Western view the Beast can be Islam or Asian or Hindu.
From White view they can be Blacks or Mexicans or Indian.
From Islamic view it can be Jew or Hindu or Buddhist.
From Hindu view it can be Buddhist or Sikh or Muslim.
"The other" is relative to person or culture or location. And The Beast needs to be love. If we love we are Beauty. If we do not love then we become the Beast. And then somebody has to love us to make us beautiful or normal again.