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Monday, February 17, 2003

"Worshipping the Heroes"
After a long debate why India lost and what the team should do to get in form, where they lacked in making India success.

In my opinion, NOBODY LOVES TO LOOSE
The people think more with heart than the brain (In Hindi, Dil se Dimag se nahi). I don't know why the same crowd will go with the best possibilities if India wins a single match out of next 4 matches. All the critics will change the tone and start finding the hopes and creating the same for Indian crowd. Indians are performing worst of their time in cricket. Remember Indians are sentimental people. It is they are trying their best, but still there are few teams who can perform better than them.

If reassess the situation correctly, when India wins, the skipper gets least appreciation, even though he gets, he will have to distribute for all his boys, but when he looses, only the skipper has been blamed. Why? Saurav Ganguli is not able to perform so as all members of the team, but now he can not speak out his mind and say hell... he didnt perform so as he says he performed when India wins.

We are cricket lovers
Surely we are, it is in blood, since the childhood, cricket has been imbibed in us. The time when the kid cannot hold the bat, he starts to like Sachin Tendulkar. Indian family women who never played cricket in their life, knows what happened in last world cup better than a college cricket team player. The motor cycle is sell increases if it is advertised by a Cricketer. So accept it, people all over the world gather in front of TV to see India playing cricket, they would kill the player if the team looses at that time. However, fact is, they will see all the matches coming forth. They will hope a victory for all the matches. If we win India Pakistan match, they will consider that is more than getting World Cup. They do not perform the prayers for the disasters, but they will be holistic ceremonies for good luck to the team. Whatever they perform, the sentimental crowd loves to watch Indian team play. Sachin Tendulkar, the heroism, inspires millions of Indians, for the spirit of Cricket. Cricket is life for Indians.

No wonder
Still I feel, we need heroes to play, we don�t consider crucial 20 runs if they made India win, we need 200 runs success story to tell. I could not see a single line of appreciation for Harbhajan Singh, for the better hits in last match, because at last we lost. We never spoke about the worst performance of bowlers. Why? Because all media is for selling the stuff and they understand, Indian emotions are played around if you hit on batsmen because it is something you call as "Dukhati Rug". Harbhajan Singh, Sehwag, Mongia have never faced McGrath, Shoib, Vasim, they are new guys. More point is what happened to experienced players.

It is very obvious, that all those who are blaming the captain may be the players also will definitely watch all the matches just with the hope they will see better in line. Amen!
Satta - The Power
Satta means the political power, the name for the another political hit movie in Hindi. Somebody had thought on story and direction more than "Masaala". The idea of politics has been described in many different ways here in this film. The sense is elaborated once as "The opportunity and ability to transform the society". The idiolism has been removed and tried to reach the reality here. Politics is the way you look at it. It can transform in any direction, we have to see which one. Nobody is perfect, saying is for accomplishing the success for society, it can happen the politician will have to commit something which is undoable but can't help it.

We still do not forget about the heros in the politics, the politics in India is still driven by the great leaders. We cherish the greatness in memories, but never checked back their realities. Still the votes are soaked based on the race, sex, caste and also the great leaders where as they have to be based on the individualism of the every contestant. I agree the party has to be considered for having a stable governement. If we cannot decide amongst good or bad that is shame on us, on our learned intellect. A stable goverment needs good leaders, who can make better goverment. It has to start today but that will lead to stable goverment in future. The ability to get to the power makes it worst when it comes to lust of money and power. A human has a tendency to change and it has been very common to surrender to it. We have to choose right one from them by making a balance between both.

Friday, February 14, 2003

Driver Reliability Issues
via MSDN
Guidelines to help you avoid common driver problems involving the following:
Buffered I/O
Addresses in user spaceDirect I/O
Input data and device states
Dispatch routines
Multiprocessor environments
Handling IRPs
I found this when searching for something. But definitely for good programming practises.
Hey Ram! "Mahatma is equally mine so is yours!!!!"
The equivocation for reminding Mahatma Gandhi. The greatness of this man lies in his simplicity. Legend who made Indian Freedom in reality. The name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi evokes images of the spinning wheel, Khadi, the phase of non-violent, non-cooperation in the Indian national movement, the Dandi March and the teeming millions of the Indian subcontinent. Truth, sacrifice and trust are used to fight for freedom and let thousands of people to get their doctorate in last 50 years on Gadhian Philosophy.
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

-- M.K. Gandhi
This great soul is on sale for usage of his name, ideas and images by Tushar Gandhi, grandson of M. K. Gandhi, these rights are marketed by CMG Worldwide. Mahatma Gandhi foundation in India is responsible for maintaining the ideas,the philosophy, the essence of this man but they are now seems to like surrendered to this era of celebrity endorsements and brand ambassadors.

Two factors contributed to the sense of outrage.
Firstly, that the name of a leader of India�s poor and needy should be exploited for enriching a private firm.
Secondly, a more serious one � to use the image of perhaps the most encompassing symbol of the Indian struggle, one would have to take permission from a company based in a �foreign� country.
Bapu is not a commodity, apparatus or a formula, it cannot be marketed or copyrighted. But still dont be surprised if you see "Mahatma Gandhi is trade mark and property of Mahatma Gandhi Foundation". Remember that the audio tapes are copyrighted by Prasar Bharathi.

It is quite confusing for me because Mahatma Gandhi has been declared as a national asset under the National Emblems Act.

What might the Mahatma think of all this controversy: �My writings,� he once wrote, �should be cremated with my body. What I have done will endure, not what I have said and written.� If only the living could leave him in peace.
I am screaming and shouting for my right on Mahatma, he is equally mine so as yours, he cannot be held by one.

Tuesday, February 04, 2003

THE DOLLAR BRIDES
via JK...
The NRI boy comes to India on a quick trip to inspect the prospects lined up by his mother. He wants her to have the traditions of his mother, and the polish and poise of his Western female colleagues at work. All three varieties of �dollar brides� have the opportunity that almost none gets in India, to build careers in competition with men and practically no discrimination against them. Some also look for escape to a more comfortable and hassle-free life.
Marriage system works in India is totally different than any other place in the world. Earlier it used to be research based system where the parents search for right match based on the family background and also so called science of Kundali (in english Horoscope based), actually I don't believe in this but still people call it is. The visit to brides place to see the brides house as well as to "exam" bride. The patriarchial society leading to the serious misconducts in the heavenly assembly of marriage is not uncommon in India. Still we see the harassment cases from all parts of India for dawry.

After a long time a new struggle started in India for going out of India. Parents now want a groom who is an NRI if possible with the green card. It becomes very difficult for me to understand the inclination. I guess still we need some time for common girls in India to understand that they have to be independent. Getting married with a settled (I mean finacially) is not final resort. I would say allow we guys also to enjoy the pleasure being the husband of a NRI wife. I am sure there are a few like that, still the majority lies with guys only.

In the era when they are fighting for the right of equality in India, they have to realise that if they expect a guy to offer them his seat in a bus, they are fooling around the right of equality,

It seems like these brides and grooms too, forget about their own career to get along with their prospective spouse. They are ready to sacrifice their whole education and also the dreams. They become the independent..... or I will say a dependent visa holder. This is does NOT mean they are money minded, but this is the changing trend in Indian society.

Sunday, February 02, 2003

India Mourns.....

Kalpana Chawla along with crew on Columbia. India cries for Kalpana, the first lady austronaut from India, who made all us pride. The sorrow is not limited to India and United States only, Columbia was the hope for Israel also coz first Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon was also on board.