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There was much hype about the movie. It was explosive and it was anti reservation. Some Govts. banned it. The director went to Court against the ban. I saw the movie at a Theatre in Coimbatore when I went there. Scores of police personnel were deployed in front of the theatre as earlier the Vidhuthalai Chiruthai Katchi activists had torn the screen in the Theatre. The first half of the movie was gripping and the later was a masala one. I think the director's initial social commitment has been overtaken by commercialism. On the whole a movie to watch.

Earlier it was Jyothimoy Dey the interprid journslist was murdered in front of his house and now it is Snehla Masood a RTI activist from Bhopal. With the Govts doing nothing the criminals are emboldened. Nothing seems to get solved. One incident is overtaken by another. The politicians are busy politiking, the police have forgotten to police the people are indifferent. It is sad for democracy.

Soon after Anna Hazare started to the fasting venue, he would taken into custody. Along with him Shathi Bhushan, Aravind Kejarwal and Kiran Bedi. Parliament has been adjourned as usual. What will be the result. The issue of corruption would take a back seat.Blame game would start. The present Govt. is insensitive and unresponsive to any issue. if an issue crops up it the Congress uses its mouthpieces like Jayanthi Natarajan, Singhvi, Manish Tiwari to side track the entire issue and dish out inane details about the opposition. Mumbai blasts are forgotten. Telengane issue is gone. Same way the anti corruption movement will go. The insensitive Govt. stays on

Team India has surrendered. They have been clueless against swing bowling. Their bowling has been very weak. They have surrendered without a fight. Among Sehwag, Sachin,Lakshman,and Dravid, only Dravid has shown his class. Others have failed. Sachin could not convert his good score to a match winning one. Age and fatigue are showing. The old guards can retire and a new Team India can be built.

Today the kerala HC has ordered a compensation of Rs.75 laksh to the victims of the air crash in Mangalore. How will the Air India pay? It has itself asked loan from the Govt.? It is not paying salaries to its employees. Pension cheques issued by it get bounced. The kin of the victims can get satisfied by seeing Rs.75 lakhs only on paper.

The mango festival in Karaikal symbolishes an event in history where Karaikal Ammaiyar the lone woman nayanmar gave away a rare variety of mango to a Saivaite saint. This festival has an interesting legend behind it. Karaikal Ammaiyar whose original name was Punithavathi was given two mangoes of rare variety by her merchant husband. Soon after a Shiva devotee came to her house in the form of mendicant and asked for alms. She gave one mango to him. When her husband came to dine she served him with one mango she had. When her husband asked for the other mango she was taken aback as she had given it to the beggar. Soon she prayed to Lord Shiva and a mango appeared on her hands. Seeing this her husband deserted her considering her to be a supernatural being. She then prayed to Lord Shiva to take away her beauty following which her skin dried up and she became a nayanmar and was known as Karaikal Ammaiyar. Every year on full moon day in the Tamil month of Aani it is symbolic in Karaikal to...

Three blasts went off one at Zaveri Bazaar, one at Kabuthar Kahana near Dadar and one at Opera House on 13th July 2011 at Mumbai. Nearly 20 people died and more than 100 injured. Usual noises were made. The media went frenzy. The PM, Sonia Gandhi, LK Advani visited the injured. The ruling and opposition blamed each other. The people of Mumbai went back to their work as usual. Every one started appreciating the resiliance of Mumbaikars. the police say it is the handy work of Indian Mujaideen. The Govt. is non committal. The blast victims suffer in silence. Every thing is forgotten. A committee will be formed to look into the incident headed by a retired judge. The judge and his staff would be paid a fat salary. After months the Judge would submit a voluminous report running to hundreds of pages to the Govt. which would keep it in the library. There will be talk shows. All the while our nation fed on the poorest ration watch in sheer awe. Nothing changes life goes on. Aged insensitiv...