Cyclone Yaas and Tauktae and India

• The topic of this blog post is "Cyclone Yaas and Tauktae and India"
• India is a country which is diverse in its nature.
• People wear different clothes, talk in different languages, follow different cultural and religious practices and so on.
• India is a country which has "unity in diversity"
• We may be different but we are the same people.
• Any person who challenges this unity of India is shown his place.
• If not by people either general public or people in authority, then by nature itself.
  
• Weather disturbances and phenomena like cyclone prove the same that India is one.
• Recent cyclones Tauktae and Yaas prove this point.
  
• Now let us study these two cyclones which happened in India in this month of May 2021
• Cyclone Tauktae happened on the West Coast of India.
• It dragged itself along the Western Coastline affecting states along the way.
• States like Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Daman and Diu were affected.
• The Cyclone finally made landfall in Saurashtra in Gujarat and that was not the end of it.
• It proceeded from Gujarat in North East direction towards Rajasthan, MP and Delhi and Western UP and Uttarakhand where it collided with Himalayas and met its end.
• Next Cyclone Yaas is still in motion.
• As per Windy.com, it has crossed Odisha coast making landfall and proceeding in North Western direction in straight path crossing Jharkhand and will cause rains over Varanasi, Allahabad and Gorakhpur in Eastern UP.
• Then it collides with Himalayas in Nepal and goes along the Himalayas moving Eastwards crossing Bihar, North Bengal, north Bangladesh before getting extinguished in Meghalaya.
• Thus the above two cyclones have shown how geographically united India is.
• Anyone who has doubt should just end his misconception.
• India is a one nation.
• Whichever path both the cyclones followed is one nation.
• There is no doubt about it.
• Nature or in other words God proves so.
• If God controls nature we should believe that God has destined the Indian landmass to be together.
• God has created the Cyclones and the path of the Cyclones.
• If we believe not even a leaf will rustle without the will of God we must accept that it is the will of God that India is one.
  
• There can be no two minds about it.
• And from here we should appreciate each other and respect each other.
• That is the lesson we get.
  

Radhe Your Most Wanted Bhai

• Watched this movie "Radhe Your Most Wanted Bhai" on Zee5.
• I took special membership in offer now at Zee5 website and App.
• That is 499 for 1 year membership and includes "Radhe" movie watching for 21 days.
• I will say it is good deal.
• Instead of 1250 I was charged 500 in simple words.
• The movie is too good.
• Movie is set in Mumbai.
  
• People think of Dubai as the ultimate destination but I will say Mumbai has potential.
• What is the potential of Mumbai vs Dubai you may ask.
• I will the areas surrounding Dubai are deserts but areas surrounding Mumbai is the Indian landmass.
• Indian landmass comprises of deserts, mountains, rivers, forests, lakes, hill stations, snow capped peaks and so on.
• Indian peninsula has more potential than the Arabian peninsula.
• Indian peninsula is blessed with plenty of water supply both ground water and rains in the form of Monsoon.
• While in many regions of the world there is water problem and agriculture problem, there is no problem in India if managed properly.
  
• So there is no doubt Salman Khan based the movie in Mumbai.
• I heard that the movie duration was 2 and half hours but producers decided it to reduce it to 1 hour 50 minutes to appeal to OTT platform.
• People do not watch long movies on OTT at one go and so the research says.
• Movie is too good a package.
• There are three persons who are super-villians and Randep Hooda is their leader.
• They usurp the traditional dons and forces them to come together with the cops.
• I will say Disha Patani is in the movie for the "oomph factor" and running around in skimpy clothes for "eye candy".
• First fight scene is bloody like Quentin Tarantino movie like Kill Bill or Ertugrul series fight scene with swords.
• That scene has no relation to the main movie story and only shows how Salman Khan is a protector of "womankind" and women.
• And the person who is attacked by Randeep Hooda and injured results in Randeep Hooda being killed by Salman Khan in video call with that person.
• So Salman Khan is the deliverer of justice for the weak.
• This is a mishmash of Salman movies like Wanted, Dabangg, Race 3, Tiger Zinda Hai and so on.
  
• This movie is a copy of Vijay Master also, the way Salman Khan engages with the students to catch the villians.
• Also the scene where the villian henchmen in bikes are chased by Salman in jeep is hallmark of Master movie where the trucks driven by henchmen is chased by Vijay in truck. Such minor changes have to be made or it will be an out and out copy and will be caught red handed or with pants down as you may prefer to call it.
  
• Movie is worth watching according to me.
• Salman Khan is the numero uno star according to me.
• Past laurels cannot be yardstick according to me.
• Whose shop is still open. Since Salman Khan has come with latest movie he is the man and the star.
  
• Please avoid piracy and watch through official channels only is my appeal.
• It is the way to go for the future.
• If Salman Khan can do it all producers and actors can do it. They should not wait for halls to reopen. 
• To cut losses they can release on OTT.
• They can issue tickets. So for watching the movie you have to "pay extra" and hence they can make some collection in the process.
  

Do Not Use Mask

• People after seeing fatalities in India for several weeks now I have been analysing and came to the conclusion that masks are responsible for this huge toll.
• During last year 2020 also I had read that a person in Madhya Pradesh had died of breathlessness and at that time also I suspected it must have been due to indiscriminate use of mask.
  
• Here we must realise that people have a natural way of breathing.
• So we have learned from school.
• People breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon Dioxide.
• I think all mammals breathe why just people.
  
• In other words people breathe in O2 and exhale CO2
• Now when masks are used the normal process of breathing is interrupted.
• People breathe in CO2 or Carbon Dioxide continuously and that causes irrepairable damage to their lungs.
• People must realise that lungs if damaged is irreversible.
• It has long term consequences.
  
• It is like heart attack. 
• After heart attack the heart never goes back to the "way it was".
  
• Following lung damage, then now they need a fresh supply of oxygen via cylinders or concentrators.
• Now use of these cylinders and concentrators in humid cramped conditions gives rise to Black Fungus or Mucormycosis
• That is a different story.
• But if they do not take oxygen through cylinders they suffer from breathlessness and ultimately are unable to breathe.
• Now new oxygen concentrators have come in scene and they also aid in oxygen supply to patients.
• There is also a technique of "proning" which augments the oxygen supply into the lungs.
• I am asking you will you do proning with mask on?
• Only a fool will try get more oxygen inside the body with a mask on.
• I mean how gullible are people?
• Would you deliberately do something to worsen your health.
  
• So why use mask at all?
• If anything the mask will worsen your lungs to the point of no return except release from life.
• People who love their lives will not wear masks.
• Even if Coronavirus as a deadly thing is a reality which I doubt, but, by the indiscriminate use of mask it goes on increasing problems in the body to the point of no return.
• Then we watch people on TV in China, Singapore and Japan and other countries that people are wearing masks.
• Somehow I cannot reconcile how people in some countries continue to wear masks and have the Coronavirus in control.
• Then again in Japan and Singapore there is rebound of the Virus as of May 2021 though not in numbers like India.
• So looks like use of masks is not proving effective.
• Even if Coronavirus as a deadly entity is a reality which I doubt, by use of mask we are destroying the body's natural ability to fight the virus among other things by depriving our organs and cells of oxygen which is possible through normal breathing.
• We need no oxygen cylinders or concentrators if we continue to breathe normally and not place a barrier between us and the atmosphere by mask.
• Then you may ask why Govt. is advising us to wear masks?
• I fear the worst.
• Govt is working on an agenda to "control population" in various countries including India.
• That is why while people in United States and UK have stopped wearing masks while it is being enforced in countries like India.
• Some people have realised that it is simpler to control population like this than through legislation and population control law.
• If population control law is brought in people will produce more children as open defiance of Govt. 
• Giving example is like in British Rule period in India if child marriage was prohibited people violated it left center and right and married kids at early age.
  
• This so called epidemic is a problem of our own making.
• We blindly believe what the Govt is suggesting and enforcing without using our minds and common sense.
• If we follow the Govt like this blindly I will say nobody can be blamed but us for the catastrophe happening like in India today.
  

Kashmir The Story

• Watched this series Kashmir The Story series on Amazon Prime Video.
• This series is produced by Times Now Network.
• This is a six part series is having each episode of 22 minutes each.
• It is a very good series to get an understanding of Kashmir issue.
• I will list out few points from the series below. I may have missed a few.
• First Kashmir was a piece of paradise in hostile and inhospitable areas surrounding for hundreds of years.
• People were welcomed from all regions around the world.
• Some people lived there and called it their home while many were travelers using trade and commerce to pass through.
• It changed hands several times.
  
• When Mughal empire collapsed the region of Kashmir came under Sikh empire.
• Sikh empire delegated the region to Hindu Dogras.
• When Sikh empire disintegrated, the Dogra King was kept as Vassal King under the protection of the British. That was 1846.
• That situation continued for a hundred years.
• When India and Pakistan got independence, Pakistan wanted Kashmir as the main river of Pakistan Indus flowed through it. It wanted safety of its water supply.
• But region of Jammu had plenty of Sikhs and Hindus and India was not sure of their safety.
• So India invaded and kept Pakistan at bay.
• British wanted Kashmir to be with Pakistan but when it was not happening due to Indian actions they opted to keep Gilgit Baltistan to remain with Pakistan as it was an important outpost in Cold War with USSR. That was their Plan B.
• If not full Kashmir at least Gilgit Baltistan should be with Pakistan.
• India gained strategic advantage in several areas in Kashmir in 1971 War with Pakistan.
• Kashmir insurgency began in 1989 after widespread election malpractice in 1987 Elections.
• Subsequently India used brute force to crush the insurgency which is continuing till this day.
• Thousands of people have been killed in custody or encounters
  
• And thousands remain missing.
• Earlier borders remained porous and soldiers from India could go 10 to 15 kms inside Pakistan Occupied Kashmir without realising it.
• Similarly Pakistan could also come inside Indian territory.
• General people could also come and go.
• But not anymore.
• The story ends in 2018 when PDP-BJP Govt fell and the state was placed under Presidents Rule.
• The series also shows that China has been a party in Kashmir since the very beginning when Tibet was occupied by China after Second World War and victory of Communists in China mainland.
• People just don't realise that China has stakes in the region since the beginning.
• India is justifying that instrument of accession signed by the erstwhile Kashmir king in 1948 in favour of India as the basis for its claim on Kashmir.
• In 1994, cutting across all party lines in Indian Parliament, a resolution was passed that reaffirmed India's claim on all territories under the erstwhile Kashmir king including Gilgit-Baltistan.
• The 1994 resolution shows that when it comes to Kashmir all political parties are united and people of India will never forgive the Party which hands over areas under Pakistan control to Pakistan and/or areas under China control to China and settles the issue of Kashmir once and for all.
• Thus it is very difficult to solve the issue of Kashmir which is known as "Paradise on Earth".
  

Godzilla vs Kong

• Forgot to update in earlier post that have also watched this movie "Godzilla vs Kong"
• This was watched in last week of March at Laxmi Theatre, Tavarakere
• I will say that this movie is like Beastie Boys Intergalactic video
• And organic monster fights an artificial monster.
• In the Beastie Boys video the organic monster is the villian.
• In the movie Godzilla vs Kong, the human created Godzilla becomes the villain.
• I will say they have posted too much faith in human capabilities.
• Humans cannot create something like what is shown in the movie and almost indestructible Godzilla.
• I will give an example.
• Humans create cars and bikes.
• How easily they get into accident and become disabled requiring several days of repair.
• Even the riders are not safe inside them.
• So an artificial Godzilla is just not possible.
• If Godzilla is a dream, someone can create an artificial Godzilla is even more "dreamy".
• In this movie towards the end Godzilla and King Kong have to join forces to defeat this "artificial rogue 'gone wild' Godzilla".
• But I did not understand why they have to leave Hong Kong in ruins as in the movie.
• Godzilla is a Japanese creation.
• Japan is an island nation and heavily bombed and nuked twice in Second World War and thus forced into submission.
• So now Western nations are feeling guilty and they do not want to show Japanese cities like Tokyo getting destroyed and so they targeted Hong Kong.
• King Kong name must have also been inspired from "Hong Kong". "Kong" is common factor over there.
• King Kong lived in a mythical Island somewhere in Indonesia archipelago as per original sources.
• Hong Kong is also a place close to sea surrounded by mountains and added to mystery. 
• Not anymore since at least three decades where areas surrounding Hong Kong inside China have developed tremendously.
  

Israeli Al-Aqsa Attack

• I strongly condemn Israeli Al-Aqsa Attack on night of May 7, 2021 in strongest possible terms.
• I make it clear I do not support Israeli action of occupying the East Jerusalem area.
• It is nothing but ethnic cleansing just like Americans did with original Indian people of America.
• Israel is nothing but imported people from mainly Europe who supplanted into Palestine territories because their so-called "right of return".
• British Indian soldiers were used to liberate the areas in First World War from Ottoman rule.
• During second World War India did not cooperate with Britain as much as during First Word war as India was promised Independence but never got.
• And Indian Muslim soldiers realised that they were being used by British as "Muslims against Muslims".
• Soon after Second World War, Israel was free as British were not able to prevent Arab-Jew riots and terrorist actions by Jews or Arabs.
• British were forced to withdraw.
• Israel then with the tacit support of Western countries gained tactical victories in the battlefield and continued to consolidate its power both on ground and territorially and militarily.
• The Western countries kept the Muslims and Arabs busy fighting one another. 
• If it was not happening easily they intervened militarily and invaded the countries on the pretext of regime change or so called "democracy".
• Numerous wars have had millions of people have died in Wars in Middle East and North Africa.
• Including Colonial occupation in Post Second World War era.
• Independence was not easy to get from European powers anyway
  
• The result of this, once prosperous countries have been left in ruin.
  
• Same is continuing till now
• Palestinians are not too much hopeful of their future under Jo Biden. Check this link.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMBGpdxnyGQ
  
• Let us not forget the earlier President Donald Trump who made things more clear and easy for Israel.
• Like recognizing Jerusalem as capital and handing over Golan Heights to Israel.
• Israel does any human rights violation and ceasefire violations and uses disproportionate force it is overlooked and overruled.
  
• And the designated Jo Biden successor Kamala Harris is even more crazy about Israel.
• I shudder to think what will happen to Arabs and Palestinians when Kamala Harris takes over.
• Her husband is Jew and obviously her husband will be the de facto President at that time.
• Unfortunately, the Palestinians and Arabs are in for a hard time.
• I must say I do not support the Israeli actions.
• If Israel says that Arab and Muslim lands are big enough to accommodate enough Palestinians, I will say Europe and United States are big enough to accommodate all Jews and Israelis.
• I condemn the ethnic cleansing and forced evictions in strongest possible terms of Palestinians by imported people from Europe and United States.
• Just because Jews are so called "chosen people" and because 5000 years ago they lived there they cannot evict people who have been living there for past centuries.
• It is wrong and against logic.
  

Ertugrul Season 2 Episode 63

• People after lockdown is reimposed in the place I live in and halls and cinemas being closed, I started watching web series once more.
• I continued Ertugrul Season 2 from Episode 38 where I had left off.
• I have reached till episode 63.
• So decided now this needs an update by way of a blog post.
  
• What I found that Season 2 deals mainly with Mongols.
• While Season 1 dealt with the Crusades and Christian mercenaries.
• What happens is that the Turks get sandwiched between two powerful forces in Asia Minor region.
• Mongols are coming from the East and Christians namely the Byzantine Empire is in the West ruling over Constantinople.
  
• In the series, it is finally in Episode 57 that the Christians and Byzantine Empire foot soldiers are shown after 56 episodes.
• There is not much difference between the uniforms of Crusaders foot soldiers shown in Season 1 and the Byzantine soldiers shown in Season 2.
• Ertugrul has seen and surveyed the scene in and around areas bordering the remnant of Byzantine Empire and decides to return later which would be shown in later episode.
• In other words Ertugrul has come face to face with what he would be facing in future when he moves Westward.
  
• Now let us fast forward to Episode 63.
• From Episode 57 to 63 the show has progressed a lot.
• Mainly it shows Noyan, the Mongol as to how dangerous a villain he is or can become.
• Episode 63 shows that two important characters die.
• First is Deli Demir and next is Tangut.
• The Mongols were introduced in the very first episode by Tangut.
• Deli Demir is also very old character from Season 1.
• His death and return of his body to the tribe is probably the saddest death scene in Ertugrul both Seasons so far.
• The relationship between Deli Demir and the kids will also be missed the way he used to tell stories.
• There is one particular scene in the series between Episode 57 and 63 where Sadettin Koppek meets with Gumustkin Bey and tells him while carving wood rather asks him, which is stronger your sword or the implement which he is using to carve the wood.
• Sadettin Kopek goes on to explain that sword is that much strong as long as the body it has killed becomes dust. But the sharp implement used to carve the wood makes a thing which may last centuries.
• Come to think about it we can see in retrospective effect.
• Why did early Sultans of India build the Qutub Minar?
  
• Why did Mughals build the Taj Mahal or numerous other buildings?
• Why did the British build the VT Terminus which resembles a cathedral in sense or Gateway of India monument or Victoria memorial?
• Or why is now BJP under Modi building a new Parliament building?
• They have learnt the lesson that Sadettin Koppek gives to Gumstuken.
• If you kill a person using force the moment the body turns to dust your legacy is finished.
• In case of monuments it will last a lifetime or as we have seen centuries.
• It will leave a lasting legacy for a long time certainly beyond ones lifetime.