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Of late there is a fashion for the heros to dance with their lungis lifted which is nauseating.  The dance directors seem to have gone bereft of fresh ideas and hence have lifted the steps from the dancers dancing in front of any dead body and imported it to their films and get paid in lakhs. The directors also have a penchant for this lungi lifting dances.  Our Tamil cinemas are thriving on vulgarity what with the powerful Sun pictures taking over entire distributionship and doing a marketing blitz often showing these dances frequently corrupting young minds.  Hope this trend will change for the better. 

Year after year for 61 years we have been showcasing our military might on 26th Jan.  Whether this exercise is needed at all? What a colossal waste of money?  It was good immediately after we became republic.  Now after six decades we can do away with it.  Only cultural programmes can be held.  Will our administrators think?

Our whole society is a male dominated society.  The wife prostrates before the husband.  Sometimes eats only after the husband completes eating.  The wife always take a back seat.  Even the religious poojas are male oriented.  Whether it is KarvaChuth in the North or Garuda Panchami or varalakshmi vritham in the South it is the wife who prays for the welfare and longivity of the husband.  Why can't there be any puja where the husband prays for the welfare and longivity of his wife?  Now I think there is some change.  Let this continue.  Both the husband and wife are equal there should be no oneupmanship.

Recently I saw a photograph where an office bearer of AIADMK fell flat at the feet of Ms.Jayalalitha to seek her blessings.  The concept of falling at the feet of somebody does not go well with me.  Why should people fall at the feet of somebody?.  After all we are all human beings and all are equal .Why fall at another's feet.?  If at all we should prostrate it should be only before God not anybody else.  If somebody falls at our feet our ego gets bloated. Let us give our ego a go.  Let us change.

I do not understand why Shri A.Raja, former telecom minister did not get the award.  He did great public service by making people aware of the massive scale of corruption in Telecom. People have become aware of the magical figure of Rs.176000 crores.  For creating awareness among the public Shri A. Raja should have been honoured with Padma Shri.

By burning alive the Additional Collector of Nashik District Yashwant Sonawane the oil mafia has once again proved that they are above law.  Earlier in 2005 in Karnataka an officer Shri Manjunath was burth alive.  Shri Sathyendra Dubey was murdered by the land mafia in Bihar.  The Governments both at the State and the Centre are clearly in efficient.  They do nothing except raise the usual noises.

BJP leaders march to J&K to hoist the National flag at Lal chowk has come as a damp squib.  The leaders well know that they would be stopped and just to get political mileage marched to Lal Chowk.  As expected they were stopped and kept under custody.  The leaders have got their mileage required.  By stopping these leaders the Congress has also got political mileage.  They have proved to the Muslims in Kashmir that they would always support them.  Omar Abdullah and Mahbooba Mufti by condemning this march have showed that they are solidly behind the extremists in Kashmir.  On the whole nobody works for the people for Kashmir.  At this rate the Kashmir problem will go on till this world exists.

Snake Myths and Facts Myth: Rat Snakes are poisonous. Fact: Rat snakes are Non-poisonous, rodent-eating Reptiles. Myth: Rat Snakes mate with cobras. Fact: Rat Snakes or any other snakes will not mate with any snake out of its own species. Cobras eat other snakes so a mating between a Cobra and a Rat snake is not possible.       Myth: Snakes drink Milk. Fact: Snakes drink water and do not drink milk, neither can they digest it properly. They are reptiles and have no association with milk, only mammals who have mammary glands can produce milk and thus a liking for milk in non-mammals is unlikely. But in a crises when severely dehydrated, a snake might drink any liquid available.       Myth: Some Snakes grow a beard as they get older. Fact: Snakes are reptiles and do not have any hair on their bodies let alone a beard. It is impossible for them to have beards for their bodies do not have any ability of growing hair.       Myth: Snakes carry a diamond in their forehead.

The mobile number portability has been introduced on 20th of Jan.2011.  I do not know whether there will be any big exodus from one operator to another because many use only pre paid connections.  Most of the youngsters switch from one operator to another by throwing away one sim and put ting another depending upon the offer from the operators. With dual sim jugglery is being done.  This MNP may benefit post paid connection holders. Let us wait and see the response.

The Kerala High Court has asked the Travancore Devaswom Board to tell whether the Makara Jyothi was man made.  The Jyothi which flickers and vanishes above a hillock east of the temple is considered to be sacred.  The Board can never give a satisfactory reply to the Court it will definately give a meandering reply to maintain that the jyothi is a miracle.  In this scientific age miracles seldom happen.  Like the Tiruvannamalai Deepam the Sabarimala temple authorities should also come out and show how the jyothi occurs so that the devotees are not cheated.

One good thing about the cabinet reshuffle is that Praful Patel has been shifted from Civil Aviation.  In fact throughout his tenure he has been favouring the private airliners.  He was solely responsible for the drift in the income of Air India. The employees of Air India do not get their salaries regularly. He saw to it that the prime time is given to the private airliners.  In fact Air India was doing well in the Chennai-Colombo sector.  He got it cancelled and it has been given to spciejet, where the Marans have a huge stake.  I do not know whether the new incumbent Vayalar Ravi would stem the rot or he will also be a spectator to the drift.  Only time can tell.

5th membership verification for BSNL is to be held on 1st Feb.2011.  Nearly 15 unions are fighting the elections.  Some under the alliance of United forum some under BSNL Workers Alliance and some independently. Present recognised union BSNLEU is making all efforts to retain its hold despite its systematic failures.  NFTE which lost its hold six years back is trying to regain its hold. FNTO wants to prove its strength.  Both BSNLEU and NFTE are claiming victory. What I feel is the strong force of non executive technical employees who account for nearly 1,85,000 will hold the key.  If a large chunk votes for NFTE it will romp home.  I feel that NFTE has a slight edge as the recognised union has failed in all fronts and will soon toe the line of the administration if it is re elected. But BSNLEU with its committed voters can also be the winner.  A recognized union which has failed in all fronts should be shown the door. Let us see what 4th Feb.holds forth.

Cho in his speech delivered on the 41st anniversary of Thuglak has jousted the DMK and its chief.  He has lambasted the Govt. and portrayed its failings in his own humourous way.  He has openly advocated his support for Ms.Jayalalitha and forcefully pleaded for a change of Government in the next elections to be held in May 2011..He has also advocated AIADMK alliance with DMDK led by actor Vijayakanth.  But what one fails to understand is how Vijayakanth who in a meeting held recently came fully drunk and could not even make his speech allign with AIADMK? Further the DMK is adept in the art of cash for votes method and would successfully deploy it in the elections.  Further they can even tamper the EVMs.  Only a miracle can bring AIADMK back to power. Cho's wish is my wish.  But who knows people's wish.

The Congress has now trained its guns on the CAG.  Actually the CAG and his team of auditors should be complimented for bringing to light a mega scam which would have been buried.  The team of auditors under the CAG had diligently worked out the loses and showed to the nation the true colours of the present dispensation.  The auditors have functioned as the watch dogs of democracy and the Congress is attempting to treat them as underdogs.

More than 100 people had been killed when the jeep in which pilgrims were travelling met with an accident due to mechanical fault.  This in turn led to stampede which claimed the lives of lot of people.  What one fails to understand is why so many thousands of people visit the temple.at a particular time.  God is with us.  Why search for him elsewhere.  Any place of worship where thousands of people visit becomes a centre of commercial activity.  Once commerce creeps in all other vices follow suit and the sanctity of the religious place goes for a toss.  People should learn not to rush to places of religious worship at the cost of their lives.

During Tiruvalluvar Day on 16th of Jan 2011, Tamil Nadu State Govt. awards were distributed.  The two awardees worthy of mention are Smt. D. Yasoda and Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan.  Smt. D.Yasoda was awarded Dr. Ambedkar award and Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan, Kamarajar award.  One cannot understand what contribution they have made to society to be conferred these awards.  The only contribution is that both of them are congress members and The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu wants to cement his relationship with the congress during election time that too at Govt. expense.  Long live democracy.

In South India during Pongal festival Jallikattu or bull fight is held.  Men folk try to tame the bull.  Each bull carries a price.  A person who tames the bull gets the prize money.  The bulls are trained in such a way that they become ferocious their horns are sharpened.  Many youth get injured during this event.  Some even succumb to injuries.  This happens year after year.  This year it was reported that chilly powder was sprinkled into the eyes of the bull to increase its ferocity.  And lot of youth were injured in the event.  Despite Supreme Court's intervention.  This practice is going on.  We do not know when this will stop.  It is believed that taming the bull is the sign of manliness.  What foolishness.  There are so many ways to show manliness.  Poor animal. Bizarre practice.

MUMBAI: Market regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday barred two Anil Ambani group companies, Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) and Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL), from investing in the secondary markets till December 2012 for alleged unfair market dealings. Ambani and four senior executives face a similar ban that ends this December. In addition, a penalty of Rs 50 crore was imposed on the companies, the executives and Ambani. The executives include Satish Seth, S C Gupta, J P Chalasani and Lalit Jalan, Sebi said in an order posted on its website. The regulator said the companies and the executives paid the penalty "without admitting or denying the charges". An R-Infra spokesperson said the Sebi order did not bar the companies from raising money from the market through equity or equity-linked instruments, but these companies could not invest in stocks of other companies. Also because RNRL has since been merged with R-Power, th