tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72715984881283491192024-03-13T06:44:55.004+05:30dilli sillyshut up or say something interestingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.comBlogger299125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-21066017340205231482013-10-09T09:12:00.001+05:302013-10-09T09:12:14.207+05:30Earth calling Jupiter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For success, Dalits need to break free from <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/for-success-dalits-need-to-break-free-from-jupiter-not-earth-rahul/1180144/" target="_blank">Jupiter</a>, not Earth. However in Jupiter even with that velocity the person will be dead. Unless he is in a space craft. Congress is in talks with ISRO.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-20249968620081015692013-10-08T18:11:00.003+05:302013-10-08T18:11:52.967+05:30Where have all the drunkards gone ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
According to <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/why-gurgaon-drink-driving-campaign-has-had-a-sobering-effect/1179747/" target="_blank">Gurgaon police</a>, if earlier, one in five persons were found to be drunk driving now this has come down to one in 60. The constables are seeking a transfer.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-77454353053262489972013-09-07T12:28:00.002+05:302013-09-07T12:28:23.714+05:30Defending God in the times of god men <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Valson Thampu and Swami Agnivesh <a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-05/edit-page/41766413_1_godmen-true-guru-gandhiji" target="_blank">write in TOI</a> - </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;">The antidote to blind faith is true faith. God and God alone can be the centre of true faith.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><i style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </i><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This is an piece written at a time when more god men are appearing to be less than what they seemed. One cannot but question the intention of the article when two members of organized religion come together to attack god men in the name of God.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">They begin with a quote from Gandhiji which I have not come across :</span><br />
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<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If i had a guru, and i am looking for one, i should surrender myself body and soul to him. But in this age of unbelief a true guru is hard to find. A substitute will be worse than useless, often positively harmful. I must therefore warn all against accepting imperfect ones as gurus...Has a man ever learnt swimming by tying a stone to his neck?</em><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Any article which quotes Gandhiji assumes that the reader will agree with what follows. Let us examine the quotation itself since that form the spine of their argument. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Full disclosure at this point. I am an atheist and that has served me well in this life. My attitude towards God is : </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i>Only God knows if He/She exists </i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i>If there is God He/She must be really embarrassed with his last Creation</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">So the first line of the Gandhiji quote does not really work for me. I am not looking for a guru. No surrender of body and soul. God men are not an issue for me. They are frauds and liars and should be arrested the day they declare themselves as above other people, rape devotees or <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/police-find-electronic-evidence-against-asaram/1165585/" target="_blank">do not pay taxes for ten years</a>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">The next line in the quotation is about the age of unbelief. This must have been said 80 years ago. If this 'age of unbelief' is continuing, it may be because people are disillusioned with religion. But in reality this is the age of belief. Large numbers profess or celebrate their beliefs today. Processions have got larger and festivals more garish. </span><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Jaagarans</i><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> and temples compete to pull in more devotees. The writers are unable to explain this surge of public display of belief in the age of unbelief. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Are they saying your belief is a blind belief. And their belief is true faith. What is the difference between blind belief and true faith ? Who is to decide what better - worshipping a tree, idol, god man, nature, yourself or nothing at all?</span></span></span><br />
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<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A substitute will be worse than useless, often positively harmful..</em><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">I agree. And everything I have come across in the name of organized religion has proved to be harmful too.</span></span></span><br />
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<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I must therefore warn all against accepting imperfect ones as gurus..</em><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Agreed. Most of us would admit we are imperfect. Even the Buddha. So no one can be my guru.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Has a man ever learnt swimming by tying a stone to his neck?</em></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Agreed. It is impossible to do that. But this not a case of god men versus God. This is a case of how religion has misled people for centuries and in frustration people have turned to god men. The writers admit that. What they do not admit is that god men are just modern day echoes of what the religious men spoke two centuries ago.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Religion has failed us. The writers are trying to hide behind god men to defend their God.</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-36433171937439507852013-09-04T08:03:00.001+05:302013-09-04T08:03:09.489+05:30The treacherous climb<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Casualty <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Ahmedabad/Modi-govt-saved-its-own-skin-ditched-policemen-IPS-officer-Vanzara/Article1-1116874.aspx" target="_blank">No. 34985236</a> on the climb to Prime Ministership. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-31240487063737354442013-09-03T09:56:00.001+05:302013-09-03T09:56:43.925+05:30Not Tonight Darlings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Do you want to tell us what happened ? He held his head - Not tonight darlings, I have a <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/asaram-bapu-sent-to-jail-for-14-days/1163553/" target="_blank">headache</a>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-39262972892175367752013-08-30T07:58:00.000+05:302013-08-30T07:58:05.403+05:30We are all in this together<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"If the government is responsible, others are equally responsible" - Anand Sharma's <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/commerce-minister-anand-sharma-blames-judiciary-for-indias-economic-crisis/418214-7.html" target="_blank">plea to all citizens to share the blame</a> for the financial mess.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-27435900591947990782013-08-29T10:51:00.003+05:302013-08-29T10:51:42.057+05:30Wajid Ali Shah's secret descendant <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Since there were no dance bars in his hometown, he had to go <a href="http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/samajwadi-party-mla-from-up-arrested-from-goa-dance-bar_872282.html" target="_blank">all the way to Goa</a> to watch mujras. He will have some recommendations for Akhilesh when he gets out of jail.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-23001544252418113612013-08-28T10:36:00.000+05:302013-08-28T10:36:45.380+05:30Confidence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
She decided to wear the <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/kerala-fashion-brand-introduces-denim-purdah-for-college-students-professionals/1160969/" target="_blank">denim purdah</a> to work today. The man at the shop had said that this would boost her confidence. And show her in a different light.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-88356464484418440132013-08-27T08:39:00.001+05:302013-08-27T08:39:17.960+05:30Paanch Rupaiyya<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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During the food bill debate <a href="http://www.firstpost.com/politics/lok-sabha-live-lok-sabha-passes-food-security-bill-1051941.html" target="_blank">Mr. Patel declares</a> - “(We) should not talk about food in Rs 5 or Rs 12. We are making a joke of ourselves”. He may have his failings. But honest he is.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-57177394663152841282013-08-26T09:46:00.000+05:302013-08-26T09:46:02.341+05:30Evolution <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">The evolution of the Rapist. After raping the photojournalist, the accused asked the survivor to get dressed, pick up her belongings and check that she and her colleague had not left anything behind which could be used as evidence. The December 16th guys seem dumb in comparison.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-11365391358333907572013-08-25T16:00:00.004+05:302013-08-25T16:00:56.621+05:30You can finish this in jail <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
God knows your mind. Prayers are sometimes answered instantly. Togadiaji was taken into <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/UttarPradesh/Togadia-arrested-Singhal-detained-as-VHP-inaugurates-84-kos-Padyatra/Article1-1112511.aspx" target="_blank">preventive custody</a> as he was praying at the banks of River Saryu.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-48141898028974794342013-08-24T09:22:00.001+05:302013-08-24T09:22:42.763+05:30Shaayad Meri Shaadi ka Khayal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Tina says she is only a housewife. Also she confirms <a href="http://www.firstpost.com/business/2g-trial-tina-ambani-tells-court-she-is-a-housewife-1056759.html" target="_blank">If it is minuted, it must have transacted</a>. Kaka must be kicking himself in boozer heaven that he should have <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ3TKni4AE0" target="_blank">minuted their encounters</a>.<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-13156563142759294672013-08-23T20:30:00.000+05:302013-08-23T20:30:05.304+05:30Please wait outside while I see the patient<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: MuseoSlab500Regular, helvetica, arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">She was ill. They told her parents to take her the godman. He told them to wait in another room while he god her rid of the demons. Seems like <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/asaram-bapu-booked-for-sexual-assault/article5044911.ece" target="_blank">he left some</a> inside her. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-272417632727316192013-08-22T09:00:00.000+05:302013-08-22T09:00:01.187+05:30Turn to Horizontal and Open<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">200 files in the coal ministry are missing— all related to the allocation of coal mines from 1993 to 2007. Officials </span><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/meanwhile-ministry-to-officials-start-turning-the-file-boxes-over/1157881/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;" target="_blank">have been instructed</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;"> to turn all file boxes found recently </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">in another office, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">from their vertical position to horizontal so that it would easy to open them. The ministry hopes this might help find the files sought by the courts.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-57950964367490411302013-08-21T08:12:00.002+05:302013-08-21T08:12:28.925+05:30Mission Accomplished<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">People were being exploited by miracle men, he said. We need to eradicate superstition. They <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/rationalist-dabholkar-shot-dead/article5041138.ece" target="_blank">eradicated</a> him.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-16810186477565905132013-08-20T08:03:00.001+05:302013-08-20T08:03:35.280+05:30Ugly people<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Watching Chennai Express a girl screeches to her boy - <a href="http://www.teluguone.com/tmdbuserfiles/chennai%20express(2).jpg" target="_blank">Such ugly people</a> ! And then she takes a large swig of Coke, pushes a handful of popcorn into her mouth and snuggles upto him.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-33532551399772757402013-08-19T07:28:00.001+05:302013-08-19T07:28:12.598+05:30We never check what they write in the forms <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">The NIA has named Sabir Khan a terrorist. He has disappeared. While looking for him, the police traced <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/man-behind-arms-linked-to-militant-gave-delhi-police-barracks-as-address/1157006/0" target="_blank">his address</a> to the Delhi Police's Special Cell, Lodi Colony. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-46872774324024678462013-08-18T09:26:00.001+05:302013-08-18T09:26:09.915+05:30News update for acid throwers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Stalker, lover, husband, brother. Listen. In Kashmir, when you throw acid at her make sure there is only partial damage. Partial damage victims get <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/j-k-govt-offers-rs-2-lakh-for-rape-rs-3-lakh-for-rape-in-police-custody/1156709/" target="_blank">one lakh less as compensation</a> compared to total damage.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-23997249566679462632013-08-17T08:50:00.001+05:302013-08-17T08:50:11.759+05:30These are some toys to distract you while we ask uncomfortable questions <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The five year old turned silent, got agitated and began playing with toys </span><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/5yearold-girl-deposes-silent-when-asked-about-gangrape/1156324/" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">when asked about the rape</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">. Maybe the guy had actually taken her to a </span><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/no-concert-on-dec-16-prosecution-shows-proof/1146827/" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">music concert</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-59728103652217376142013-08-17T08:43:00.002+05:302013-08-17T08:43:25.417+05:30Under the Flag<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Two <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/editorial-views-on/Edits/As-different-as-chalk-amp-cheese/Article1-1108363.aspx" target="_blank">speeches</a>. One a bully, full of himself. And the other a weakling, talking about past glory. Whom would you take seriously ?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-31876723070545882832013-08-15T10:18:00.001+05:302013-08-17T11:30:42.053+05:30Seen today in the Gujjar Heroes Football Ground<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On the 67th Independence Day, some men in khaki chaddis continue to salute the <a href="http://www.samaylive.com/regional-news-in-hindi/gujarat/166426/vadodra-gujarat-rss-summit.html" target="_blank">saffron flag</a>. Someone has to wake them up. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871884519042884256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271598488128349119.post-51850219412377555432013-07-28T08:20:00.000+05:302013-07-28T08:30:31.329+05:30On hearing the Batla House Judgement<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I shook my head and smiled when the court said there was <a href="http://www.firstpost.com/india/batla-house-encounter-what-the-court-said-while-convicting-shahzad-ahmad-989543.html" target="_blank">no foolproof evidence</a>. Yet they were convicting the man.</div>
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Just like I had shook my head and smiled when the officer
emphasized that the dead men were indeed terrorists. Never mind that two hours
ago these men had been dragged out of their homes, shot and guns put in their
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Another time I had shook my head and smiled when they
reported that the Pandits had left their houses of their own accord. They had
not been threatened by anyone.</div>
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Earlier I had shook my head and smiled when the Chief
Minister explained that the farmers had committed suicide because they did not
plant the right crops. The river getting diverted to the city had nothing
to do with it.</div>
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Still earlier, I had shook my head and smiled when they said the
riot was a spontaneous reaction to earlier event which was a reaction to an
earlier event which was a reaction to an event we all have forgotten.</div>
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And then there was a time when I shook my head and smiled
when women protested naked. I was told that these things happen when we try to
preserve the unity and integrity of our country.</div>
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How can I forget that time when I shook my head and smiled
when they told us that this mountain had to be carved for the many million
tonnes of coal we needed to become an economic superpower. Who cares what
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5000 rupees. They also found places where you could eat a meal for 12 rupees.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you watch her </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she walks past you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">brushing gently</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you are 13</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you lie to yourself</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i love her</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she loves me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but she does not join you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the game</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">now you are 20</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the stage </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">during a rehearsal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she bumps into you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">looks up apologetically</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you lie to yourself</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she loves me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and she</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">joins the game</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">later when she leaves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you are happy </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in each other's lies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">next time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you play </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with empty water bottles</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that separate</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you and her</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on a journey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in a train</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">your voices drowned </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">makes it easier to lie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i love her</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i love you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she answers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when you part</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">both expert liars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hardened by stories </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we told each other </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">love 3.5</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at a restaurant you meet </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with no past</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">forced to share a table</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she invites you to her room </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you arrive armed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with a bottle of wine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and a condom</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">both lie </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">seasoned </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and when you leave </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rudely in the morning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">both realise</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that was the only way </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to keep our memories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">girl 4</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sends you a card</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on your birthday</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">unexpected</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you keep keep on your bookshelf </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">till one day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it disappears in a mad</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cleaning session</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she lies </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you lie </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to yourself</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when she leaves the city</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you meet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in a friend's bedroom</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lying there</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bodies touching</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you lie to each other</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for several days</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when you return</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you carry </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">memories of those lies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">till the memories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are no longer lies </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when she leaves </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you tell yourself</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">next time you will be better </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the lie </span></div>
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After you push through the crowds of salivating men and curious women and finally sit down, you are thrown into a world unlike anything you have seen before. You are struck by the genius behind this film.<br />
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<i>Jism 2</i> should actually be named <i>Jism 3</i>. Here we have 3 characters who are living out stories in 3 different films. Each time they come on the screen they seem to acting in another movie. Their acting styles are so different that this looks more like a training film for actors. There is the ONE EXPRESSION character, the BOSOM HEAVING IN ALL SCENES character and I AM PLAYING A CELLO TO MASK MY OTHER DEFICIENCIES character. Of course one film can only teach you that much about acting.<br />
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So who are these people ? One is an intelligence officer who finds true love and is destroyed by it. Another is a lovelorn musician with the generously endowed (musical) instrument who is a closet patriot and is betrayed by his lover. The third is confused woman looking for love. Finds it. In two men. She kills one of them and is shot by the other. <br />
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When one hears of the term suspension of disbelief <i>Jism 2</i> will be put up as exhibit A for this year. Of course this being August I am sure that we might see another film which might better this one. This story goes like this. Woman meets Man. They make love. Man tells her he is an Intelligence Officer. Wow ! Talk about opening up on first night. He has a mission for her. She asks for 10 crores. They fly to Sri Lanka. Don't ask me why.<br />
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Enter musician with large instrument. Woman realizes that he is former lover who had run away. And how. After making love he had slid his hand from under her head, taken his bag and disappeared. Leaving her alone. With her micro minis. And over sized pumps. <br />
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So she starts the honey trap number. And shows up in the same micro minis. And pumps. He starts spouting urdu shayari. Which she does not understand. But they turn each other on. Not to be left behind the Intelligence Officer joins the merry go round. After many nude torsos and bare backs everyone is dead. <br />
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Some time in the future <i>Jism 2</i> would become a cult classic. There
will be studies on the film and someone would do a Phd. One can always
live in that hope. <br />
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Watching the reaction of the crowd in Patna, I felt that the filmmakers had actually delivered what the audience wanted. They wanted to see THAT WOMAN WHO DOES PORN MOVIES. And they get to see ample. After all this was single screen hall in Patna and people had shelled out upwards of 150 bucks to watch the movie in a dingy theatre. The women were also there to check out the male bodies on screen. There was a lot of that too. They were smiling when they left since they had lived part of their fantasies in the dark.<br />
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And how did I feel when I left the hall ? One character in the film says - <i>Jo aadmi sochta hai woh kal kush hoga, woh kabhi kush nahi hoga</i>. And I thought - Wow ! What a line! Brilliant dialogue. Wait a minute. I am watching this film and I am not happy right now. But will I happy tomorrow? No. Can I ever be happy? Now that I have seen this film?<br />
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I am still dazed and looking for the answer.<br />
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