Trial post for Adi

Trial post for Adi

Kunjunni Maash

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Since their inception, Common floor-Apna Complex combo has witnessed and staged quite a good number of nasty wars.
It has been mostly between individuals and individual driven. In a few situations when it became utterly difficult to accomplish the governance of this complex, the community has come forward, united to defeat the defaulting individuals involved so that they were unable to push their agenda.
But this latest of its kind is different, in the sense, it is the first time a small group of individuals as a part of implementing their agenda has resorted to the sophisticated techniques like

1. Infiltrate the decision making body and positions of power. In this case, management committee.
2. Resort to a planned coordinated propaganda campaign in the media(read as email forum) by twisting historical facts and publish it in a manner which is favorable to their agenda.
3. From the positions of power, indulge is subversive acts so that all the opposing elements to their single point agenda is removed from the equation.
4. Run covert campaigns and willful publish of data corrupted to suit their needs.

Leave the individuals or set of individuals who held the forum for ransom to push their agenda, in most cases the agenda being just the pacification of their ego, this new group of sophisticated manipulators are the people whom we should actually be worried about.

Why?

Because what is happening here is a true reflection in a microscopic manner of, what is happening in our country in general. Small groups with agenda and ideology has been making rapid progress in using new age media successfully in propagating their ideology in the garb of progress and development. The infiltration of these groups in all the walks of life is almost complete.

(To be continued........)

Analysing the influences

One of the funniest and catchy dialogues in the movie "Gangs of Wasseypur" was from the character Ramadhir Singh.

Ramadhir Singh: Hum abhi tak jinda hain kyunki hum sanimaa nahi dekhte.
Sab saale sabke dimaag me apni apni picture chal rahi hai, sab saale hero banna chah rahein apni picture me.
Ee saala Hindustan mein jab tak sanimaa hai, log chutiya bante rahenge.

(English Translation)
Ramadhir Singh: I have outlived all my enemies till now because I don't watch films.
Everybody's mind is corrupted because of films, everyone wants to be a hero.
For as long as there is cinema in our country, people will be fooled.

Kalki Koechlin

I remember reading an article by Kalki Koechlin in Tehelka a few years back. It mentioned how, when all of 6 years old, she ran away(actually, decided to run away) from her house after a tiff with her parents. After abandoning the running away plan and while coming back, she was picturing everything in her mind like mother running towards her tearfully, father putting down the phone in which he was calling police and hurrying to wrap her in a blanket, all in slow motion.

 However, the reality was different. As soon as she stepped in the house what she was got an earful of scolding for playing out in the rain and a slap for breaking her lunchbox. Kalki's article talks about, as adults how we tend to take ourselves very seriously and get caught up in the moment. We conjure up filmy condolences, music score and all, to satisfy our emotional outbursts. We tend to imagine ourselves as hero or heroines of the movies.
Now that sounds very similar to Ramadhir Singh's view point!

Kalki Koechlin with Anurag Kashyap

So, who is Ramadhir Singh?
Ramadhir Singh is a character in the movie created by Anurag Kashyap.
Anurag Kashyap is a famous Bollywood movie director.
Anurag Kashyap is married to Kalki Koechlin.
Now, we know where Anurag Kashyap got the lines for Ramadhir Singh.

Ha ha ha...very amateurish discovery of a well known fact.

But I guess, when a historian finds out the influences in Shakespeare's life which made him create the classics, it makes stuff for Phd thesis, isn't it?

Victoria's Tears

2013 Australian Open produced some incredible performances in both mens and women section. It produced some truly emotional moments, the HD transmissions accentuating every bit of those human drama.

In the women's final there was 23 year old Victoria Azarenka battling 31 year old Li Na who rediscovered her winning ways midway through the tournament and became the overwhelming crowd favorite. Coming into finals under a cloud of allegations on poor sportsmanship, taking an extended injury time at a crucial moment of her semifinal against the teenaged Sloane Stefens, Azarenka had to battle not just her spirited opponent in best of form but also a partisan crowd booing her at the first opportunity. A tumble in the second set resulting in a concussion and suspected injury won more fans for Li Na casting Victoria deeper into the villain mold.

Then like a true champion, Victoria put her head down, dug deep, shut out the taunts from the crowd and eventually prevailed over her opponent to stake claim on the trophy for second consecutive year. However, winning the final point opened the floodgates of the pent up emotions, Victoria breaking down like a child, wailing, tears streaming. That was one of those moments were we could see a human being laid bare stripped of ego letting go off the suppressed sorrow. The tears were not the tears of joy in winning the contest, but that of victim wrongly accused hearing the verdict absolving her of the crime. The tears were that of anguish and pain of being called a cheat. The tears were that of relief, of coming out clean and a feeling of being accepted back into the fold.

“This is a trophy that she suffered to win, so maybe that explained the tears,’’ said Sam Sumyk, who has coached Azarenka to consecutive Australian Open titles.

Buckle up

In Bangalore implementation of Seat belt rule has hit farcical low. Posse of policemen pounce on unsuspecting four wheeler drivers at busy roads and intersections in the city as a part of implementation, whereas, in the various highways connecting Bangalore to other cities, enforcement of the rule is next to nothing.

The question is, is the rule being implemented to ensure the safety of passengers or for the police men to make money?

Ripples; or rather the lack of it

This is how I wanted to exit, like an Olympic grade diver slicing into the water without not so much of a ripple. A smart guy would've concentrated on the quality of the dive, whereas an idiot like me concentrated on not making ripples.

When we lose big time, we can console ourselves claiming its a learning experience blah, blah... When we lose because you trusted the wrong person, what is the learning? Never to trust anyone?

Laser Assisted Automatic Braking

Laser assisted braking sensors on the front windscreen

I am amazed how little information is available in internet on the new jargon 'Laser assisted automatic braking' introduced by Volvo in their new car models like S60, S80 and XC60. It makes me wonder whether this just a marketing jargon.

However, coming from a brand like 'Volvo' it doesn't sound logical they would use some jargon without the technological backup. In fact, googling on the term found just one satisfactory description which says "Lasers mounted in key points on the car read how far you are away from an object. If you get to close they apply the brakes automatically to stop the car. Its basically to stop you backing into fences or other cars when your reversing."

The picture above shows the laser assisted braking sensors on the front windscreen of a Volvo model which lends credence to the description of laser assisted braking in the above paragraph.