Bullshit and TOI

              TOI - Times of India , now a days is giving tough competition to Faking News. The authenticity of the news on TOI has reached new heights. Albeit , both of them trying hard to kick each other arse since last few years, but no third brand is coming even to close to TOI's masterpieces . Recently, as per reports available online TOI is way ahead by a huge margin . Faking News editor and reporters are having a hard life these days. According to one of correspondent of FN , Rupert Murdoch wanted to expand its empire to India in alliance with TOI , but due to a crisis deal is stuck in its final stages. Mentioned below is some sparta work of TOI in recent timeframe.

              Bangalore, (Karnataka ) lokayukt Mr. Hedge report was leaked . TOI  presented to its urban readers about the caste division and reason for Yedurappa being Honorable CM of Karnataka something like this . TOI - "..with Lingayat population in Karnataka pegged between 17% and 21% followed by Vokkaligas and Muslims, they are a decisive factor in a candidate's victory in at least 100 of the total 224 constituencies . While the JD(S) enjoys good support of Vokkaligas (16%), the congress, which had unconditional support of the Lingayat community since the 1960s, lost after the summary removal of Verendra Patil as CM inearly 90s. Over the past three years , Yedyurappa's major tactic to gain community sympathy to veerashiava mutts and temples through donations....." .  What the fuck?? . Now a days, who cares about  caste politics and when people are moving away from these shits TOI left no ambiguity and published similar articles to make sure it has got unique news as compared to others competitors.

                In April , one of the corner of nation was witnessing a protest (IIIT Allahabad) and TOI was probably only newspaper or media covering the wrong side of story and tried to make it a satire publications. Not only this ,when Norway was mourning the tragic event which took life of 90+ innocent TOI was busy giving it a Varanasi connection .

                What is secret formula of success for TOI,  Any guesses ??.  TOI has got it marketing and strategy team rightly placed. They know pretty well that nowadays maximum demand  is for news related to SEX, Gossips and unwanted Controversies. Reporters are trained religiously for same . Training is considered to be one of the toughest in Country. Few retired army personnel, Experienced reports since independence and some scholar tried their luck but all in vain.

 If you want to be correspondent/reporter in TOI , you must meet following criteria
- Good acads (Duplicate certificates would work too)
- Excellent "Story making" ability .
- Excellent "photoshop" knowledge
- Should have some experience in morphing ( experience working with  websites like desibaba.com is big plus)
- Open to Controversies.

             These are the things which made TOI reach the height it has reached today , beating the likes of vivid and bold  news maker like Faking News. I wish TOI best of luck to continue the good work it has been doing since past few years..Cheers!!

Education can be panacea?

           India is nicely poised to be next Superpower. We as a nation have many milestones to count since independence thanks to democracy , human resource and education . Indeed, after  64 years of independence we have  lot to vaunt upon , would like to mention india's contribution to global economy . On contrary, what we have have not achieved in past is  due to "lack of education". According to recent provisional census of 2011 current literacy rate of India is around 74% which is around 9% more than last census of 2001. Nowadays , education doesn't anymore mean "to impart education to one who has some or none" , but it has became merely a arena for rooting one business . Education business is the one business which is flourishing to paramount heights  . It is probably safest business in our country these days without much of innovation and risk involved and profit beyond imagination. Just one need to have good political background or connection and some black money to convert it to white money .

            Tier two cities is considered perfect to setup Coaching institutes as aspirants are in abundance and unaware of possible opportunities ( due to lack of education) . Education here means knowledge about the options one has apart from unbeaten and tested path of engineering, medical , IAS and all. These institutions helps rather inspires the orthodox believe of good career option being restricted to above mentioned . If you are a topper in any competitive exams , then be ready some alluring offers can be made to you from one of these institution just to speak few words in their favour. Astonishingly,  coaching institutes are run majorly by teachers working full time in college/school. The UNESCO’s International Institute of Educational Planning study on corruption in education released recently says that 25% teacher absenteeism in India is among the highest in the world, second only after Uganda that has a higher rate. The global average of teacher absenteeism is about 20%. Now shifting our focus to tier -I cities which is witnessing a similar scenario on much bigger platform.  Go on a highway to Chennai, Bangalore or Pune , you would notice plethora of institution with good buildings and loads of advertisement claiming one's awesome past records. All claim to be AICTE approved and registered with many other universities (mind you some foreign as well) , assurance of 100% placement too is claimed by everyone with effortless assurance . Regarding infrastruture and faculty , you can witness  perfect business acumen of marketing  and you would made to believe that that college possess probably the best infrastructure possible. Seems college nowaday no more hire good professors/teachers but focus a lot more to hire sales and marketing person who can bring in more of students and donation for college. 
           Corrution - a sought topic now a days. If we dig in deep we get to know that people involved need more money , but why ? Reason is that they think money is only thing one need to possess in long run but amount should be large enough to make sure whole of generation can be fed freely upon . These pondering too shows the lack of "right education" among those babus, business tycoons, and  politicians  involved. Politicians , second most sought profession after prostitution is a perfect example of lack of education in today's scenario . It is considered to be a easier  method to earn money and fame , which again signifies lack of proper education .  Rather than making our primary education robust and of high quality , we are involved in fight against reservation . If same time and energy can be diverted to make primary education better then we could have witnessed not 9% but may be 30% rise of literacy. Thanks to Education ministers and secretaries who works day and night to make sure agenda for election would remain intact and people can be fooled around that one more time.
            "Divide and Rule" strategy of british worked in India for so long, main reason was that we lacked education  which curtailed our vision and influenced our ego in negative direction . This is what was required by Britishers to rule us. Since past to present we have many incidence to show what we have not acieved is due to "lack of education". 
            Without Education "India - Super Power" would be a castle of sand in air. One need to understand to become superpower we need to get rid of corruption, unemployment, poverty, apathy and other evils ruining our society (child labour, female foeticide, prostitution, dalit exploitation) . Education will help in better understanding of problem , better implementation of policy ,  broading of calibre and moreover will  help one to spin-off differences between right and wrong. In Nutshell , Education can be a panacea to all evils prevailing in society today . Hello ! Any Education minister or Secretaries listening ??

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

Protest Fast !

          Cricket World Cup, IPL were all over media , press and public in past few months. But recently , the buzz around is all about corruption, protest, fast, Anna Hazare etc. Media now a cunning fox knows pretty well when to do what and how, in order to make sure insipid stuff could be turned into a full-fledged farce with some help from political parties and public figures. Modern Gandhi - Anna and demigod Ramdev chose a path of non-violence against corruption prevailing in  society. Media were equally involved in editing of the scenes and adding flavor to protest with help of few prominent politicians and public figure. 

         Empty threats were bellowed on empty stomachs and the government responded with equally empty promises. Digvijay Singh was drafted to write the screenplay. Is he so named because of his ability to take a dig at everyone The Delhi police was cast in the villains role and Kapil Sibal assigned the comedians role.The media filled the character slots with Congress PR men and character assassination slots with BJP spokespersons. This is how the slapstick comedy-cum-mystery thriller-cum-horror show currently running on all channels was set in motion.Wake up Kurt Vonnegut Jr and Stephen King.You guys have serious competition in this part of the world.

Same Timeline, Same Nation ,Same Issues ...Some more hunger protest  . To name a few 

• Swami Nigamananda fasted until death to save Ganges but all in vain
• Irom Sharmila Chanu has been fasting for more than 10 years, against government insurgency in Manipur , but except forceful feeding and wrong allegation s had gained nothing.

On the other Side of fence i would like highlight few other hunger protest 

• People protest against Botanical brinjal
• Against India's new Visa rule

             Is Hunger Protest , the strongest weapon in "INDIAN Democracy" to protest or raise your voice ? What about other means of non-violence protest which was patronized  by Gandhi and Luther? Does starving oneself and persuading others to follow is the only right way to show one's disagreement over a issue. To understand why so much heat and dust ,noise and hype is being caused by a few men going on fast,we need to look at the other forms of protest in vogue . Sit-down strikes and pen-down strikes are quite popular with government employees.They have no emotional value . And people indulging in pen-down strikes more often than not do not know how to hold a pen,let alone make use of it . Candlelight protests are devoid of any drama that evokes media interest.Slogan-shouting and bandhs are considered more of a hindrance than a legitimate form of protest by the general public.Stone-throwing and setting buses and taxis on fire may offer some visual delight,but these are criminal activities which the media cannot aggressively glamorize and claim credit for.

                But the protest fast is desi stuff with made in India stamped all over it. It has glamour,emotional appeal and evokes sympathy, media add flavor. On one side is a man who stakes his life and honor ,and on the other side ,the authorities who will leave no stone unturned to keep him alive, humiliate him and finally dishonour him. In conventional fasting,only the enemy within needs to be tackled. But in the protest fast, the fire inside the belly and the fiery opponent outside will both squeeze the juice out of the faster. Baba Ramdev will vouch for it.

Some more links to surf through:

• The Hunger Artist who was inspiration for  Gandhi 
• Hunger Strike which left a mark on international scenario.

[Inspired by TOI and Hindu editorial ]

Politics, Fame, Money !

        Recently , Mamta Banerjee and Jayalaitha won state elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu . But question arises was it their victory or merely they won as people had no other option but to vote for them ."Aam Adami" has no other option but to choose best of the worst  pool. Congress People are mostly corrupt proven in recent times, and remaining are silent as our honorable Mr.Prime Minister . BJP dosen't have good leaders , regional parties concentrate more or less on a particular arena. So , what should be done by Aam Adami ??

• Leave it as it is
• Join Politics

         In case he/she choose first option , he will suffer on a long run . Few Examples i would like to quote is like rise in prices of petrol , inflation .etc. In Reality Prices of daily household things have risen to almost 60% in last 4-5 years . Thanks to good governance at center . Where dose these money go? Eventually it flows to swiss account of Sonia and group or people who believe in firm nepotism like Karunanidhi,  so that their great grand children can enjoy the money and power hard earned for them as legacy .

        In case he/she chooses second option, who will look after their bread and butter. Majority of Indian family has poor legacy/family property to count upon. Only individual who can manage their bread butter without worrying about  source of income can think of joining politics , but that means he/she should earn bread and butter by unfair means. Look at Politician around you take any example , existence of a national level politicians who belongs to common family is rare (likes of Atal Bihari etc). Most of powerful politicians are either big shots (financially) or have a legacy of politics left for them. 

       Talking about youth leaders like , Sachin Pilot, Rahul Gandhi, Sindia , Deora etc. Who do you think is a potential candidature for Prime-Minister of India ? You might think of all option but in reality every one of us knows "Rahul Gandhi "  is the right answer . Reason ?? He surpasses all other when comes to family name and money. Some might disagree on this point . People disagreeing might surf these links for more information related to this:  (Some one rightly pointed out  "Sleeping in poor's hut and working for poor - their is a big difference" . )

• http://www.facebook.com/notes/nitin-gupta/the-curious-case-of-rahul-gandhi/10150165037156384
• http://gandhiheritage.org/

       Whats common in Rahul Gandhi becoming a successful politicians and Abhishek Bachchan becoming a successful actor ? Everything , both have Gandhi and Bachchan behind their name and good amount of bank balance which will make sure both succeed in their life. I won't be amazed to see Abhishek becoming a politician and Rahul becoming an actor , either  way they would be able to earn fame and money. Politics, Fame and Money - If you have any two you can make third one pretty easily. And While making third who suffers the most - "Aam Adami".

"Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." - Ronald Reagan

PS: This is my personal opinion and i don't belong to any political party.

"Sab Chalta Hain"

"This particular article present my personal view and please don't take it up for a debate."

      Recently , We lost a friend at IIIT-Allahabad , my alma mater . We have been shouting since then about college administration , director's monopoly , vandalism and nepotism . Students gone for peaceful demonstration on campus , alumni supporting them from outside .

      Few people , are trying to do whatever best they can do to get justice for poor students protesting for three continuous day . Few - "abe chod na sirf Facebook ya Twitter update karne se kya hoga" , rightly said . Facebook and twitter is only for entertainment and to peep into one's social life . As per my perception is concerned , when you are doing great  people tends to attach themselves to you. If a institute features in news for innovation we say - "this is my great institution" . But when institute features for bad reason we tend to ignore it. A academic institution constitutes of  administration , student, alumnus, and intellect. A institute is made great "only if" all if it constituent goes well in tandem with each other.
      In society where i live "sab chalta hain" -  Ignorance is bliss. We often criticize corrupt people we are surrounded by , corruption , right or wrong , but will never take a step forward to bring what ever change we can . One is  in  habit of adjustment , sitting with coke in hand and criticizing what's  going on is total rubbish. People who try to do whatever they can, are most of time demoralized . I personally feel , people here should be held more responsible than corrupt politician or gangsters.  Yes , we people are more responsible of what happens around us, we have got no one to blame upon.

Few reference - http://iiitaprotest.blogspot.com/

A Letter To Mr. Prime Minister

Repected Sir,

        You are pioneer of Growing India. Nations treats you as one of those visionary who changed the faith of nation as Finance Minister . We accept the fact that we have developed pretty well due to reforms done by you in early 90's. Serving as second term as Prime Minister you might feel proud of leading one of the  growing nation of World.
         But now a days i am buzzed by few keywords such as Corruption, Raja , Swiss Bank. Feels like feeding your own child , and then selling of  his body parts for buying glory for someone's family legacy. Why are you afraid of speaking cleary and loudly ? Is any one else who is moderating your voice and designation ? Rich is getting richer at cost of breeding poor . Was this your dream when you opened economy ? People thinks you are man with high values and ethics , but this position of yours is in dilemma. (Watch This) . 

        "India is today run by Sonia Gandhi and shadow cabinet under her. With President whose family is alleged to be involved in illegal and criminal activities (and who some believe was former servant of India Gandhi), India has become a banana republic under Sonia(whose education is limited to primary school)".

           Are you short of power or someone has kidnapped your dear-near one and you are on gun point to work and speak by kidnappers ?? Are you helping someone to build his or her dynasty in India on the lines of Middle East Countries ?? Stop being Puppet and act as a visionary which you used to be ,Its high time now, and we need a answer from you not your GodFather/GodMother.

Regards,
A Indian Citizen.

Cricket World Cup 11 || SACHIN-ism ||

             Cricket World Cup 2007 - West Indies , was insipid may be because India were out pretty early or may be that was the time when 20-20 format started gaining more importance than 50-50 format. Just one day to go , we can perceive vibes in and around us . Billy Bowden's  "tedhi ungli" , Kevin peterson's "ulti palti" , Harbhajan Singh's "ungli tingli"  or Dhoni's "helicopter shots"  had already buzzed  television  .
           
            Ingeminating the fact - "Cricket is religion in India and Sachin is God". 
          
             What Cricket means in India ?? Cricket is truly not only sport , but now a days a perfect business to invest , IPL the best example . So , in 21st century cricket is not "only sports" but a profitable business too . Its not about sports ,sportsmen spirit or mental strength but all about money , fame and more money .  Just recalling few keywords from past decade - match-fixing , cronje , jadeja, azhar, advertisements , ICL , IPL , Modi, Pawar , ICC , Spot -Fixing . What's common among all of this is "MONEY" and then comes "POWER". This is the religion of few people who shape  the game , its persistence and its future . Talking about Sachin , he belongs to different league . Refereed as God not because he is playing for India since last 22 years and hold unbreakable world records but for the reason of him being  a simple human being . I even don't remember since when i am following him but  What makes him ambrosial to GOD 
   - Always soft spoken 
   - Money is important but upto a level , recently rejected add offer from a liquor brand.
   - I can't recall a single incidence where he was involved in spat with his fellow players.
   - No Ego, simplicity ,respects peers.
   - Being an Indian before being a Maratha Manus.
   - At 37 also he plays with same enthusiasms as he did when he was 20.
   - Haven't heard of him being involved in any kind of relationship outside his marriage , unlike    other players. No Links-Up , Probably only celebrity i know so far.
   - No involvement in any cricketing scam , match fixing, IPL burglary ever.

        "This is Sachin" for me and for almost many of Cricketing enthusiastic Fanboy around. He dreamt of winning world cup for India since he started playing for India . This probably being his Last chance to play in World Cup has added  more excitement to the event. Moreover , he is a icon person when comes to 50-50 format of international games . Since rise of 20-20 format 50-50 has lost it charm and essence as people now like short format of game on cost of taking leave a whole day and watching cricket (with popcorn and Pepsico ). So , this mega mela will be crucial in predicting future and importance of 50-50 format. Sachin being an icon player for 50-50 format will try his best to advocate it presence and importance( and same applies for test matches). Here i would like to quote one of Shidhu's quote - 


"This cricket is like a burger, you can have it once a week but for a whole meal, you need to return to Test cricket. More than once a week, and it will give you a tummy ache"    


          World Cup - 2011 , hosted by India , Sri-Lanka and Bangladesh is expected to be full of fervor and exuberance. Irrespective of  results ,  enthusiasm among indian fans will make sure this event turn out be a huge success and will be ensured that some people do some good business as well ;). Hoping this event in India will be missing keywords like scam, match fixing etc, wish only Cricket . Finger Crossed . Go India !!!