OK. The Indians faced disappointment in the World Cup. Well, i had no expectations, so i dont claim to be one among those disappointed lot. I think we people have made a lot about this cricket fever. Everyday, the news headlines is about Cricket controversies and related stuff, while more socially relevant news items such as the death of a certain army officer is hardly covered. Infact, the cricket battles are so uninteresting that the moment i come across the ongoing disagreements between coaches and players and all that crap, i simply ignore it all. But i was bigtime surprised when Narayana Murthy, the Infosys idol, for whom i have lot of respect, voiced out his opinions on the cricket issue. The article which appeared in Times of India, is a kind of bitter-pill which the Indian team needs to swallow, in order to diagnose itself. Although his thoughts are pointed at the Indian cricket team, the thoughts are powerful enough to be applied anywhere, be it indian society or government machinery or a company or just any entity. Apart from carrying the undertones of inspiration, i felt that his thoughts have a fine blend of honesty, ruthlessness and simplicity. If only, these simple thoughts are put to action by people, India would have really been shining?

Did it ever happen in Indian political arena that all the political parties reached a consensus? Yes, it happened once. When a certain bill was proposed in the parliament, requiring all the MPs to declare their assets and income, all the political parties opposed it. well! that was not surprising. Afterall, they are Bastards.

After years, it happened again today.

The Supreme Court of India put on hold, the 27% quota for OBCs in all government aided higher educational institutions, proposed by our great central government. The court said - "Nowhere else in the world do castes classes or communities queue up for the sake of gaining backward status. Nowhere else in the world is there competition to assert backwardness and then to claim that we are more backward than you". Well! in my opinion, that statement was a slap on the face of Indian Soceity. Though the issue has not been resolved yet, the stay order from Supreme Court, gives a ray of hope to people who are fighting for the cause. But they have bigger enemies. The same bastardical clan of Indian politicians. All the political parties are united to express their disappointment and disapproval of the Court's order.

At times, i really dont understand people in India. they elect a person and forget about him. Why dont we indians have the juices in our balls to drag these politicians out of their offices/parliament and flog them on the streets, when we know that what they are doing is not right? Why do militants and terrorists create havoc in public places only, killing innocent people? Why didnt India witness a great revolution(i dont consider Independence struggle as a great revolution)? Or a civil war, ousting these bastards whose interests were diammetrically opposite to that of the people of this country? Why are we tolerating all these bastards who are not only unscrupulous, but are utterly shameless, conscienceless and openly/brazenly dishonest?

Why?

if not violence, why not a Satyagraha atleast? When will we realize that behind all this 8% GDP growth, thousands of lives are in shambles solely because of these politicians? When will all the people come together, in consensus, to revolt against these Bastards?

Of the many genres of music i listen to, everyday, i relate myself the most to Indian Music. Ofcourse, i might again include few other non-Indian genres too, which have invariably crept into indian music, thanks to great blending ideas of great composers here. But the beauty of Indian music is that, the tunes evoke certain feelings. and composers use their mastery by trapping varied emotions in a single raaga. the notes are same, for the raaga. only the presentation varies...and then, the perception of the listener changes. The mood and the feeling eneveloped in the tune changes completely. When i say 'feeling', how can one identify it with a tune? 'Pain' is one of the many emotions one experiences and how can one transform it into music (without words). For a moment, if we keep aside the genius of a composer, who can evoke such a feeling through a composition, the question i would like to focus on is - "how can someone perceive pain, by listening to a tune?". How is it that a certain slant/piece in "Subha Panthuvaraali" raaga, for example, conveys pain and the same raaga also conveys exuberance! Though the composer does his part, by covering both hues in the same raaga, the listener can distinguish and experience both feelings, even though he is not musically literate. How?