RamsDom!

Have you heard of intellectuals who will deny no matter what, that a person is not guilty? The best part is the person in question would have agreed that they are guilty, and yet we’d have saint-like souls, who think their word is the final and ultimate truth, clamp for that person.

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Traffic police appointed “Bike and Car Towing specialists” need some magnifying glasses to read signals themselves. They couldn’t damn see that the parking sign showed “Park on both sides”, and they had to prick on two bikes ONLY, of all the 10 bikes! Yes, fortunately[?!] mine was one of them.

All they expect is some “Matter”, athu irrundha pothum[That's more than enough] and then, the official state [pun intended] coffers, will have their “rounds” with your “dhanam”, offering, go to the local sarayam kadai [Arrack shop], and harass souls there, get some more matter to shop for their family and the chain goes on…

Let them survive, BUT, NOT FROM my wallet that already has a lot of breathing space, and worse still, when they or their attendants can’t read sign boards themselves.

I thought I could lodge a complaint, but it’s worthless.

Advice Time: [Based on today's official bribe-giving experience]

If any cop/attendant raises his/her folded hand in that “yabba sami, vendaam pa” [Ayyo, i don't want anything to do with that] pose, you must take it as a sign that they indeed want it. A little more persuasion will save you hundred ruppes of the three hundred rupee fine. Think about it bribe or honesty at a price? Worse honesty for no wrong on your part.

Thalai Vali poydthu-nu sandosham-a irrukanum [You should be happy the head-ache's left you], instead of sitting around and trying to explain to them that you did not park at the wrong place.

Sucks I know.

And that experience marks my official entry into the funny way in which one should give bribes and coax people to accept it.

And I hope this rant was of some use, to some soul who may get itself into a similar position, whenever.

COMMENT: Child sacrifice and Tantric Hinduism — Ishtiaq Ahmed

Jews, Christians and Muslims are agreed that such an incident took place, although Jews and Christians assert that Abraham chose his son Isaac for the sacrifice while Muslims believe that the other son, Ishmael, was offered to God. However, only Muslims continue with the tradition and millions of goats, sheep, lambs, cows and camels are slaughtered every year to celebrate the sunnah (tradition) of Abraham. I would not be surprised if suicide bombers in particular are told this story to prepare them to offer their lives for Allah.

Excuse me, please tell me in what way are those fellow living beings lesser than us? Just because we maybe of a superior race [human] doesn’t mean those animals can be killed.

However, that wasn’t in support of child sacrifice. Anyway, if the Bible were to be a factual book, then sacrifices did exist long before, aplenty at that!

A few months ago, I saw on the Zee TV some flashes of a programme in which the famous actress Hema Malini performed a dance, either in the role of Kali or a devotee to her. She looked truly frightening with her horrible make-up and her tongue all red to indicate blood. I remember feeling very uneasy at the macabre performance.

I prefer that morons who don’t understand or can’t appreciate Indian art to shut up, no one wanted their opinion anyway!

And it’s not the religious texts that preach child sacrifice!!! These are stigmas people build to promote personal benefit, coming up with idiosyncratic relations between Tantric Hinduism, and child sacrifice is ridiculous! I don’t damn care if I sound like a crass biased ass, but matter of fact, your allegation is as idiotic as what the followers of your religion resort to as “Jihad”, holy war!?!?! What kinda oxymoron is that! And you have the audacity to call something “medieval”, when that ‘holy war’ shit is barbaric, or better put, primitive!

I DON’T support child sacrifice, and condemn the act, blah blah, yet, must be remembered the religion as such is NOT at fault, it’s individuals, who are forced to believe that that’s what the religion preaches

Yeah educated morons always tend to think they can come up with very fanciful comparisons and assume the audience will take any shit they try to fart! When the correlated items don’t lend themselves to sense! Perhaps they need to be introduced to tantrism that will take them to a different level, where they won’t gain pleasure from anything, but keep prolonging the act of talking intellectual crap.

But the article coming from Daily Times, a Pakistan daily, isn’t quite a surprise, considering some people would jump at any opportunity to thrash anything ‘Indian’, baselessly.

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Post-script: I know the above post was a piece of shit.

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Arbit observation: It sucks big time when you are possessive, and that too only some [people in this case], are victims of it. And you find the person bears the brunt of your ‘possessed’ activities. Argh! I pity those poor souls. Sorry? Hmm…

www.intersex-tr.org

It’s an issue, i agree.
It’s a symposium, i agree.
It’s a move to create awareness? i sort of agree.
It’s something that will make a difference to the lives of intersexuals or about issues that run parallel with intersexuality? YAWN…! Ambitious air filled heads, thinking they’re doing the world a favour by “discussing”, and have all that high tea shit!

Intersexuals will live on, stigmas attached to any form of sexuality will never die. And the only way is them giving a damn for society and its ’sans humanness’ morons, its cultured idiots, and live their life, or rather demand it.

These symposiums congregations blah blah, are nothing short of crap!

TWT-time wasting tactics, money too!

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Just for laughs: The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Madurai News : Cute collection of sarees and ceramics

cute??!!
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Abscence from blogging [posting and commenting] maybe attributed to the fact that the author wasn’t in station, and ever since she cam back from her pilgrimage, been doing everything but sleep/meditate in peace; in simple words, been held up.

Pre-script: If emotions put you off, then you are better off NOT read this post!!

She was weak. Absolutely. She had a river of thoughts FLOODING her mind. All she wanted was someone to be there, someone who’d talk someone who’d listen. But she found none, and didn’t want anyone, for none would understand. SILENCE. Everyone seemed so distant in her eyes. She knew she couldn’t hold control over anyone on her life, she mustn’t expect people to live with her eccentricities.

It all got to her. She just wanted to break down, and crumble into pieces. She was willing to be strong. She tried her mighty best. She thought it was just a phase, that’d go. But everything she saw, and everything she did, just got to her head. She wished she were ashes now.

Pretentious people, people who “use” you, people who are selfish, people who suck the best from you and give no credit to you, people all so power hungry, people so damn fucking WEIRD!! She HATED the very prospect of wanting to live this wretched life. But again, she didn’t want to end her life. For end would mean she hasn’t lived through torture.

She was scared; those long days of depression would hound her back now. After trying so hard to remove any strain of it, it was back. She held herself. She didn’t know where she could turn. Anything that was said slightly against her, or someone understanding her, she’d feel a fierce sway of negativity spread through her, that’d wish again, that she crumble. She let the feeling consume her. She thought a cry would relieve her. She cried…it was eons since she did. She never wanted to cry for something trivial so. It was when her weak mind gave away, and the strength she had to build it all up, gave up.

The drops poured…and easily she felt the burden reducing off her. she wanted to burst… they weren’t enough. There was something more to it. A void perhaps, in her lustreless life? She didn’t know what she wanted. But clearly, she knew it was her fuckin expectations of things, of people, of life, that’s given way to such thoughts. She’s trying hard not to expect…

But, I say…isn’t she human after all? Is she wrong in expecting? Why does she have to think about others, and make her life revolve around them, when she has all the damn thorny rosy life ahead of hers alone? She needs to be selfish. She’s mad…she’s weird, she’s human. She’s the altar.

But she’s her, that way she will be. She needs to think lesser. After all those humans don’t care for her, why should she?

“Heck! The world doesn’t deserve me, and I don’t deserve them,” she thought. On, moved her life.

A try at reality fiction, narrative was not entirely fictional. Tried to balance out extremes.

Got tagged by a person whose Ego’s landed.

1.Grab the book nearest to you, turn on page 18 and find line 4.

Bandhas are followed by pranayama because certain bandhas have to be performed along with pranayama.

2.Stretch your left arm out as far as you can.

Reach this thing called “sajaa” in tamil. Don’t know what it’s called in English… oh but I can touch the air, yeah.

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?

Two people undressed. [Note: I haven’t mentioned age, or gender!]

4.Without looking, guess what time it is?

Eight forty five

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?

Eight forty three

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

I never knew one could hear a computer! Anyway, I hear my stomach growling from excessive intake of water.

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?

I stepped out to see if the world was fine [atleast for asking such inane questions], about three eons back. Surprisingly the world was fine…I didn’t want to check after coz I know it’s all fucked up now!

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?

My computer screen dugh! [Of what use is this survey? Someone pliss tell me!]

9. What are you wearing?

Something objectionable. A swamiji’s attire; coloured orange kurta, over blue pants. Call me a modern saint?

10. Did you dream last night?

Scientifically proven that everyone dreams EVERY damn time they sleep and reach the 3^rd level of altered states of consciousness. So considering that yes, I did dream. About my beloved **********************************.

11. When did you last laugh?

When my brains sent a signal to the endorphins in my body, and I thought I was on a high. Am not insane enough to time every time my endorphins act.

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?

Paint. Along with an age-old card [yes, on the wall] that says “with warmest thoughts of you” perhaps signifying the warm thoughts of its beautiful self 5 years ago…compared to its present battered state.

13. Seen anything weird lately?

Yes.

14. What do u think of this quiz?

Vetti [useless!]

15. What is the Last film u saw?

Hmm…refer to third answer. Clue there.

16. If you became a multimillionaire overnight, what would you buy?

Rupees.

17. Tell me something about you that I dunno.

I’m ———

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?

Blind them. Hmm, but the world is already blind, so perhaps make it speechless.

19. Do you like to dance?

On the roof in the rain, no; but why not, must try it. But dance to the tunes of life, yes.

20. George Bush

I can’t “misunderestimate” him, sorry!!!!! I pity u if u are still wondering what misunderestimate is. Please google and check how a goose said that in a nation wide address. Pretty cool huh.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?

Maya, I’ve ALWAYS been obsessed with the name. And since it also coincides with my views of the world being an illusion, and everything it contains, a little more reason. Mayamma, mayamridula, for variations. That may just be her pet name… she can easily have an official name.

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?

Kutti Chella Pisasu. [It’s a form of addressing babies in Tamil.]

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?

Eh? Where?

24.What do you want GOD to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?

You gotta go back, heaven’s full.

25. People who may do this memo in their journal.

I

Have

A

Good

Heart

So

Won’t

Tag

Anyone

In

Particular

And

Leave

It

Open

[Tag all of the above. Hmm, though would REALLY like to see what Nanyaar? ,Vatsan , Mathi, Sudhakar, Precious, Dilakshana, come up with.]

Metroblogging has added “Bangalore” to its worldwide network of cities, and ours is the forty fifth metro to be added to the list.

Do visit: Metroblogging Bangalore, REGULARLY for more information and discussions on what ever has happened, is happening, and will happen in Namma Bengaluru, visit the group blog. The city of boiled beans, Bendekaaluru, LIVE from its loyal, and “LOVE my city” citizens!

There are three other Indian cities that are part of metroblogging, viz, Mumbai, and Chennai. Mumbaiites and Chennaiites, there you go now, to read about your city

You can sign up/ register for your city HERE, and very soon you may have one as well if your city is not registered yet.

Being a co-author for the Bangalore metroblog, I’ve posted three so far, one being more of reporting. One is about the colourful Avenue Road in Bangalore and another about a certain someone, whom I see, everyday, and like him for the work he does

I hope that gave enough room for curiosity, and you visit the metroblog RIGHT AWAY.

[I sure need some credit for my best possible publicity for the metroblog. It’s very difficult you know for someone who doesn’t like the word “publicity” or anything resembling it, but has to do so, all for my city. Anything for it ]

IBNLive : Future of students on stake in Punjab

Nine years ago a Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High court. It demanded schools be barred from operating in residential areas as they cannot maintain the basics in terms of buildings and playgrounds. It was last year that the High Court gave its verdict. Schools were given a year to implement the decision as the academic year had already started. But that deadline expired on the 1st of April.
The Punjab government now faces an uphill task of accommodating more than eight lakh-affected students in schools that fulfill the government guidelines.

Hmm…. All i can say is best of luck to the Punjab govt. Weird system!!!

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Pudukottai village panchayats bag award

All the four are “fully sanitised” and “open defecation-free” today, a feat that earned them the prestigious `Nirmal Gram Puraskar’ award given by the Union Ministry of Rural Development. Each panchayat has been presented with a purse of Rs. 2 lakh along with an award.

Thanks to a sustained campaign by the district administration and initiatives of presidents of the respective panchayats, all individual households, schools and anganwadis in these villages have proper toilet facility now.

And all of us urban beings thought our world was the most advanced. Did we even realise that in fact it faces the most civic problems!

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Study suggests mobile phone-brain tumour link

The results of a study, conducted at the Swedish National Institute for Working Life, raise renewed fears that a prolonged use of mobile phones may increase the risk of brain tumours. Researchers examined the patterns of cell phone use by over 2,000 cancer patients and an equal number of healthy persons. Of the 905 patients who suffered from a malignant brain tumour, one in 10 was a heavy mobile phone user. For the purposes of the study, `heavy use’ meant more than 2,000 hours of use — about 10 years of an average use of over one hour a day. Mobile phone users have 3.7 times the risk of developing brain cancer as non-users. What is more, there is twice the chance of the tumour occurring on the side of the head where the phone is held.

Argh! Sometimes these research findings keep you worried all the time! Now am sure any user who talks beyond that one hour, and is slightly on the paranoid side, will surely have thoughts about a tumour developing right away…and soon spreading throughout their brain…if only they realise, it’s a mental blockage of rationality:p.

Don’t believe these insane research findings that are based purely on the corretlational method..something clicks somewhere, and then u haev a result! Some inane comparisons, and voila, we have a theory!

Now, i doesn’t matter to me much, coz i hardly use that cell of mine to converse.

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I HATED/Disliked [a euphmism for hate] CNN-IBN’s focus on bangalore series:)..Will blog about it soon.

just thought i'd hibernate…before i start posting..that's the most lame way of saying i've taken this URL without a purpose as of now…but yeah, plan to post sometime in the near or distant future,

provided i survive teh eccentricites of my mind…!

ok, just squatting here, have other blogs too[where i do write, unlike this one]…

http://ramsdom.blogspot.com

http://o3.indiatimes.com/applesandwomen

can go here probably. 

When them, I know, act strangers.
A coldness, I sense, in being.
A distance in their tone,
Of forgetting or despising?

Maybe I read their minds a lot,
And there was nothing but some strife in their voice
Yet, that’s a reassurance, to console the self, that I make,
That is not free of any mistake.

Suddenly, everyone seem so far,
Like they never knew me at all, and me, them.
Perhaps I learnt to see distance in life
And tell the self never to take things to heart.

Why must I care when I have my world to live?
They mean nothing…. Cause I am nothing to them.
I need no heart to survive,
No relations, no people.

Just a weak mind.

I was wrong too,
In seeing a world just in mine,
Always thinking anyone I know be,
A hypocrite I am.

People live to die,
Acquaintances too,
And same with my life
Full stop? Or are they to come through my life?

Strange are people,
The me too,
Stranger in my world,
I let die.

How strange indeed it is to be “human”.

An attempt after long. And breaking my self imposed rule of not posting any of my poems [because they are that badJ], posted this. Gut feeling I guess!

Hope some thing came through!!

Netaji did not die in aircrash: web site

Woo!!! Had always had this gut feeling that Subhash’s death wasn’t just because of some plane crash, and whoa! Here’s what I read, a Conspiracy Theory of sorts!

An Excerpt:

Mammoth cover-up?

The web site claims ‘it has been established’ that top secret government files including ‘the master file in the PMO over his [Netaji's] death. The “contemporary official documentary records” on the basis of which Prime Minister Morarji Desai had rejected the findings of the Shah Nawaz and G D Khosla panels vanished without a trace.’

“All commissions on Netaji’s death were formed when the government was forced to,” points out Dhar. And the web site blames media and public apathy for helping the government cover-up.

“De-classify all documents related to Netaji,” demands Dhar.

Missionnetaji has on display what it says is a ‘a secret note’ stating that ‘the ashes and other remains of Bose were received by External Affairs Minister [Nehru himself] in 1954.’

And, Gandhi AINT a saint! One man who was/is given a “savior-like image”. People are blind…atleast the crowd is:)

an interview to support:)