ah the morons are everywhere

I have this habit of reading a whole spectrum of articles .. be it politics or technology or weird news. Something caught my attention and i couldnt help but feel sorry for the morons who fail to cultivate commonsense :D

The article which made me fume in anger is this one
"At issue is a Playstation 2 game called "Hanuman: Boy Warrior", reportedly the first console game developed entirely in India. It allows its players to control Hanuman, a key figure in Hindu mythology, and that's riled up the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, Rajan Zed, who said in a press release: "Controlling and manipulating Lord Hanuman with a joystick/button/keyboard/mouse was denigration. Lord Hanuman was not meant to be reduced to just a 'character' in a video game to solidify company/products base in the growing economy of India."

Damn this guy and countless religious cops who have no other work but to stir up some crap. I dont see anything wrong in this game. Its a game O stupid guy!! He cannot understand the new generation gadgets, this helplessness is causing a lot of frustration. But again who appointed him as a religious police and who gave him right to be the champion of Hindu cause? Well i never saw him stand in the election to become an Hindu leader..nor have i voted for this guy. As long as such morons exist, its rather amusing to live longer :P

ah i am back

The mood to blog is back .... dont know how long it will be around, so before it vanishes/changes i better start blogging about something.

Solution to Housing Mess & Economic Problems

I dont know but this is my 2 cents game plan to get the economy back on track...First thing the government would need to do is open up those battered places for commercial purpose...redraw the city plan and spur up growth by giving tax incentives to open up new companies, so that the land value goes up and people would start settling down in these places. Either the bank can give the spaces on rent and who says that IT companies cannot be run from within houses when great companies started from garages. When things start rolling fine, all these bad debts may be wiped out as things will look rosy. When jobs sprout up, people feel safer and will loosen their purse to buy more things which in turn crank up money flow into other industries which in turn will keep and create jobs. If only someone comes up with better ideas to stem the rot and reverse the falling economy

India attempts to reach Moon but indians are still bickering

Its interesting as to how people think and how the environment around one shapes one's viewpoint and perspective. ISRO, the premier indian space agency has one more feather in its cap when it launched Chandrayan today (10/21/2008). Its bettering the art of space technology by gradually moving from one orbital to the next with ease. Its GSLV, PSLV, the commercial launch of satellites of many other countries and carrying multi-payloads and deploying them successfully into space. I still remember when we used to launch INSAT satellites from Kourou in French Guyana and feel a sense of happiness when things went as planned. Dr Vikram Sarabhai would be a happy man today to see ISRO propel itself into space looking for bettering the art of space technology. He was the father of space technology in India and saw the usefulness of going the space way by launching Aryabhatta and successfully sending India's first satellite in space.

Bettering the space technology is the key to understanding our galaxy and probing the space for alternative fuels, reaching out to lands which could be future human settlements. But this is one side of the story and now if you watch the comments from some other lay people whose contribution is Zilch to the nation, one can see the irony of how people are... and have an idea of how weird people are, how weird are their thinking, how ungrateful one is to one's country

Read their comments below
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Succeed ? What has India succeeded at ? To show the world we are late by nearly 4 decades for the moon race ? For a country that has almost a third of its population below the poverty line, is this expense of billions of rupees justified ? We consistently rank close to the bottom on infant mortality, poverty, illitracy and corruption indices. Can India afford missions to the moon ? Could this money have benefitted a much more deserving population of millions ?

Where have our priorities gone ? The rest of world hasn't even batted an eyelid on this apparent "success". What they do look at are images of the starving millions, people ravaged by floods and disease, a nation under siege by its own people. Shouldn't the government be looking to remedy those images, rather than glorify a moon mission that has no palpable benefits ?
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nothing more than to say that we too ran the race!

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The moon was the aam aadmi's roof till date. Now they are going to check out if it is solid or not..... I agree with the sentiments of people expressing their views here. There is no benefit in this 'me too' philosophy. Ground realities must find real solutions. But how??

The 20 to 50 year olds have to start talking solutions -- on cleanliness, sanitation, drainage systems, clean villages, towns and cities, healthy transportation, civic behaviour, work ethics, employment, food, SECURITY and trust of the citizen in the system we seem to have been sucked into. But again, HOW???

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Financial meltdown?

There is a lot of panic around and i still dont understand as to why one needs to panic. The financial cruch or financial meltdown whatever it is called seems to be virtual and its all in the mind. The herd mentality is killing everything and plunging things into a blackhole. There was a mortgage mess, now a credit crunch situation and finally will lead to recession and finally leading to great depression. There are few things one can do to keep yourself afloat....
1) Just dont assume things and act foolishly
2) Start saving things..small cents add up to a dollar and dollars add up to a million
3) Save on gas...start walking around when you can..use public transport if there is one or car pool
4) Clip coupons and start saving those small cents
5) Buy essential things and spend a tad more than normal to stay healthy.. else your medical bill will creep up.
6) Pay bills on time and keep up your financial health
7) Unemployed? Start something and keep profit margin low so as to make some money and help others cut down their cost.

Perils of being a democratic country

Democracy is a beautiful thing where in people come to a consensus and is a win-win situation for all. But there is a hidden flaw in this system which can make it a mockery. Consider the present situation where in everyone knows that India will collapse in a few years if drastic steps arent taken to set up power stations to pump in electricity for millions of home and industries. I dont like congress but in this case, they are doing the right thing in signing off a nuclear deal that could help the power situation after 10 to 20 years. But with some senseless people, this deal may not go through and there is every possibility that the government could be toppled. Look at the power equation that is looming large, who is devegowda? who is mayawathi, who are those darn communists to decide on the country's future. These small parties with as less than 5 MPs are calling the shots. Even the sensible BJP is trying to pull down the govt just for the heck of it thus forcing the country to go for another elections and another hung parliament...with the inflation hitting 11% + and oil prices hitting the roof, this election will push up prices and create a sort of hell for the common man. Its high time that an extra constitutional authority is created and they have powers to pass the deal or bills thus subverting these bunch of fools who always take an opposite stand.

Religious Inc

Marketing deals with playing with consumers' emotions and compelling them to buy the product. If the product is a hit and the demand is greater than supply then the price gouging starts. Now look at this article

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New Delhi: Protests continue in Jammu and Katra for the second day against the decision to charge an entry fee for quick darshans at the Vaishno Devi shrine. The decision to organise paid darshans was taken by the Vaishno Devi Shrine Board on Sunday. Now a traditional mata ki aarti can be organised inside the sanctum sanctorum at Rs 1000. And those who are unwilling to wait in long queue can enter the shrine by paying an entry fee of Rs 500 or Rs 200. This reduces the darshan time by over 50 to 70 per cent.

The critics point out that this would help the affluent class. Facing flak over its decision to introduce paid darshans, the Vaishno Devi Shrine Board stoutly defended its move saying that the new facility was meant for those people who had little time due to their hectic schedules and wanted to complete the pilgrimage at the earliest, a Shrine Board official said.

"The facility is like a tatkal service for devotees who have tight schedules and are keen to offer prayers at the earliest," M K Dwivedi, Additional Chief Executive Officer, told PTI. The facility, introduced on June one, will be limited to 1000 pilgrims per day though 25,000 to 30,000 devotees arrive daily to offer prayers.
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Lately some people have started viewing religion and God as commercial ventures and are playing with emotions and started raking in the moolah. If people refuse to pay and stop going over there, naturally the demand falls down triggering the lowering and abolishment of any fee. Its high time that people who are religious get to know the fact that God is omni present and can be accessible near you :D