Utopia

As I watched news in the past few days I have often found myself in this debate whether there is any difference between humanity and insanity.

In Bhagalpur, in August this year, a cop was seen dragging a man, tied to his bike through the city’s lanes and yet the human rights committee gave the cop a clean chit. Not only he has been cleared of any act of violation of human rights but has also been reinstated to his duty. Now on the one hand is the nation watching the brutality, on the other is the human rights committee’s report. Make no mistake; the politicians were not behind in carrying out their duty of politicising the whole episode.

Godhra riots took place in 2002… Godhra fast track court has convicted eight people with life imprisonment. Rulings are given, judgements announced but what about the lives those were lost? Families are incomplete, livelihood and employment are at it’s lowest and the memories still haunt. The loss cannot be repaid nor can any sentence bring solace to one and yet we are involved in caste politics. Seems like we haven’t learnt the lesson…

How can we – the citizens of humanity, be so callous while beating a pregnant women and her son? Kerala has the highest percentage of literacy rate in the country and still we did not adhere to the moral act of showing some respect but continued to showcase our cowardice on mere suspicion of her being a thief?

Now a –days there are more cases of mass justice being reported. But are these really justice being done? Can justice be more important than one’s life?

It did not take long for the fake sting operation to unveil the school teacher Uma Khurana was involved in human trafficking. But by the time truth surfaced, her clothes had been torn, she was humiliated and probably many of us watching the news even cursed her.

Even if for a moment we give the mob the benefit of being grieved and furious at the teacher’s conduct, then why can’t we hold similar rallies when Pravin Mahajan is at his best to defame the late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan? Or why not march to the Left’s leaders’ houses and tell them that the people of this country want the nuclear deal to be signed. Where is the common man in all these ‘matters’? Why are they not speaking out for issues that really concern the growth of this country?

Why no one from the media or the cameraperson who was shooting stood up for the pregnant lady? Will anyone provide peace in the lifetime of viciousness? And most importantly can we fight this insanity?

I don’t the have answers to any of the questions… but there is a world that I have envisioned for myself and for our people. Let the history narrate to the world that we’ve lived in the world that ‘WE’ perceived.

Qutub - Thru My Lenses

I have been fascinated by this 11th Century Wonder, which stands out clearly among the popular historical momuments. To quench my desire i decided to SHOOT and results were quite satisfying.....one of them is here !!! More to follow..........

Sneak Peak - New Hero Honda Hunk

The battle is on... Hero Honda already has three bikes in the 150cc plus segment - Achiever, CBZ Xtreme and the Karizma. Now Hero Honda is all set to launch a new fourth bike, the Hunk, to take on the Bajaj Pulsar - the current brand leader in this category.

Now the question is, why another 150cc bike, this was least expected by all the bike lovers.

The Hunk is a muscular bike featuring an oversized fuel tank. Its looks can easily compete with Hero Honda Achiever and even the CBZ Xtreme. The engine of the Hunk is similar in performance to the CBZ Xtreme.

The bike generates 14.2 bhp of power at 8,500 rpm and a maximum torque of 12.8 Nm at 6,500 rpm. The bike has two variants a kick start and a self start. The price ranges from 55,000 to 57,000 (ex-showroom, Delhi).

Reservations..going to kill us one day!

The Tamil Nadu assembly on Monday sanctioned an ordinance reserving 3.5% of the seats in state and private educational institutions and government jobs for backward class Christians and Muslims.
Tamil Nadu at 69% has the highest reservation in the country. The state is under the apex court's scanner for exceeding the 50% limit.

So now what is it going to be like.. the majority is going to become minority. With so much competition for Indian colleges and Universities and insane reservations to second it, what option are students left with? Join private univs, go abroad and drain your parent's pockets or slog your life out for that 95 % in boards or 99.99 percentile in CAT!
Why isnt anybody stopping these crazy politicians? The constitution clearly states that reservation cannot exceed 50% (which is also insane) but still the situation gets worse and worse. Soon there is going to reservation in private jobs also... what are we going to do then? Merit and aptitude is going to suffer at the hand of so called "equality".

What if u get to know that the doctor who is performing a heart surgery on you is actually an SC/ST candidate who barely managed to pass through Med School!!! Or the engineer who planned your multistoried apartment was as bad as you in Math!!

Does anybody have an answer?

Technology

Where is TECHNOLOGY taking us or where are WE taking technology?

"The Lilly House is one interesting concept as it will be able to bloom in the same manner as a flower within 90 seconds. That’s pretty innovative, and I’d assume it will be able to close up within the same time frame as well. Best to equip this house with some sort of weather predicting device so that it can close before your expensive furniture gets wet."

"With the push of a button, the house opens in 90 seconds like a flower and transforms from a compact container into a fully furnished and functional space with a kitchen, dining room, bathroom, bedroom, living room and library. All materials used in the Biennale house were recyclable or recycled."

Technology took a huge leap when Ipod was launched in October 2001, everyone wanted to get their hands on this gadget. Well I still don't have one because i feel that it's of no use to me. Just bought a new phone which has radio so do i really need an ipod? Yeah, the difference being that i can select my own songs on an ipod and play them. But being in the radio industry i feel that i could learn a lot of things about radio just by listening to it. So every time i put on radio i end up learning something.

So anyways Ipod was a revolution. Or i should say that Ipod started a revolution. Who could think that one can carry upto 10,000 songs in the pocket? Look at the number of gadgets that have come into the market. I mean we are getting more and more dependent on technology. For every single thing that we do, there is a gadget for it in the market. Just look at this picture that i have attached. It's a portable house. It unfolds itself in 90 seconds and you have all the things ready. But how much can we rely on these gadgets? These gadgets wouldn't have existed if there were no human mind behind it. So for me the best gadget is the one that everyone has up there.

Soc is FUN!