Another Oscar Winning Idea

Why we should not feel proud of winning Oscars? Why make so much of a fuss? Haven’t they shown the reality that still exists in India? In fact, thanks to the existence of slums in India that we have won so many Oscars. We should celebrate the fact that there are still slumdogs and their related stories that has helped in making us eligible for Oscars. I am afraid if we had progressed to the extent that there were no slums in India then they could not have got a story that would have had fetched Oscars for us. A great nation was begging for Oscars in the name of slums and felt jubilant and proud after the announcement. Euphoria was to be seen everywhere. Don’t let the slums vanish, they have made us proud. I have another Oscar winning film idea. Is there any taker? If only they make a film showing how Swiss Bank is overflowing with Indian wealth – that would make us proud again.

In the Name of Condemning the Pub attacking Hooligans

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There is absolutely no way that you can hold yourself back from condemning what Sri Ram Sene hooligans did in Mangalore pub. They crossed all limits and I condemn them for the same. However my patience have been put to test when I come across with arguments wherein sick minds have once again started using this incident to pursue their hidden agenda. I am disturbed to see someone glorifying the pub culture in disguise of condemning the pub attackers. This is yet another limit crossing. (promoting condom culture in the name of AIDS awareness program, defending terrorists on the pretext of human rights violation, using the term 'Moral Policing' to justify obscene acts, coining the term 'Women Liberation' to exploit women and using Freedom of Expression to make you accept the unacceptable are some such examples). How can pub culture be encouraged in the name of Sita Devi or Indra Devta (‘Even Sita enjoyed a tipple or two. Why can’t I?’, by Kushalrani Gulab, HT February 1, 2009). The pubs can at best be accepted as necessary aberrations in the society but should never be irresponsibly glorified. Who says that habitual drinking males are accepted as idols in our society? Who says that drinking males are respected for that? To me it is only that it is difficult to stop an economically independent male from drinking but in Ganhiji's country can anybody deny that there is always a need to do that irrespective of the age of the person who is indulging in it. If an economically independent woman finds it difficult to take up drinking then why do you need to encourage them by providing a favorable atmosphere for her? While continuing with our pub attackers bashing we should also accept the need of telling the youth irrespective of their gender and age that they should not resort to drinking. We can at best accept pubs as safety valves of the society as much as we need a prostitution market but under any cover we should never glorify these acts. Let us behave responsibly and reject calls to embrace pub culture and dump the full page of sponsored survey of HT ('Ladies, raise your glasses!', by Indrajit Hazra, February 1, 2009) and also discourage this pub culture movement in the name of opposing the moral policing? Mr. Indrajit Hazra’s call to raise glasses is of little use if, as claimed by him, only 1 in 100 ladies do not like to do that (HT survey February 1, 2009). Take a round of your locality, meet women around you and ask ladies whom you know and the design behind this sponsored survey would eventually become obvious to you. I can do a survey in which 2 out of 10 will be found murderers, 2 out of 10 would be rapists, 4 out of 10 will be found cheaters and the rest 2 will be found to have committed other crimes if I decide to conduct this survey in Tihar jail.