Thoughts of a Rambler

New Telangana state: a blow to the tamil gaana song industry

Rajaram S — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:53:05 +0000

To hell with the new state! I am really pissed off with the decision to form the new state. As a proud Tamilian, i am hurt by this decision of the congress government.

Until now, Tamil Nadu held the monopoly over “gaana pattu” and “dappan kuthu” songs. But that is threatened now with the formation of a new state - Telangana - whose revenue model has been conceived on the production of telugu gaana songs. Many, including the famed Burkha Dutt of NDTV, believe that there are political motivations behind the split of Andhra Pradesh. Little do they understand the sentiments of the common man and his needs.

There are multiple implications of this proposed split of Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and Andhra/2 Pradesh

The telugu gaana industry will start making more money than the Andhra fake certificate industry. There are multiple implications of this
- The number of graduates/post-graduates/certificate holders from Andhra will drastically reduce and thus open up opportunities for Marathis, thus pleasing HIM , thus reducing riots in maharashtra, thus leading to a reduction in burnt vehicles, thus leading to a reduction in insurance claims, thus making more profits for the insurance cartel, which is not good!
- The number people with high percentage of marks in their graduation going to the US of A for higher studies will reduce, which will lead to a reduction of staff available for work in Andhra restaurants in California, thus leading to the closure of many such restaurants, thus leading to more people flocking to Punjabi restaurants, thus leading to more people eating Aloo Parathas, thus leading to more south indians startingto resemble the big punjabis (post marriage), which is not good.
DJs in clubs will start belting out more telugu gaana hits than tamil folk songs and bhangra songs. Don’t ever have a doubt about the popularity of gaana songs. Even my daughter, Akshara, prefers gaana and kuthu songs over ghazals. She has even mastered the vijaykanth dance mode of sit/stand/put your hands on the head routine!
YS Jagan Reddy, the son of late chief minister of Andhra pradesh, YS Rajsekhara Reddy, will stand to lose over 1500 crores. The logic is that YS jagan Reddy made 3000 crores allegedly by devious means. Now, if Telangana splits, the new politicians in telangana would obviously ask for a share of the loot as they would lose out on the kitty of 1500 crores that they can make.

Now, how do we patriotic tamilians address this serious issue?

Pass a bill immediately in the Tamil Nadu assembly to get the word “gaana” patented such that only original tamil kuthu songs can be associated with the word “gaana”. At the same time, a memo should be sent to the centre and HIM in maharashtra clarifying that this word “gaana” has nothing to do with the Hindi word “gaana”. This has to be done before a press release is done about the patent lest Tamilians start getting beaten up by bollywood gangs.
Arrange for a secret deal with Hyderabad and outsource the production of Biryanis to Chennai. This would infuriate the telangana politicians as one of their main reasons for asking Hyderabad was for its biryani. If the biryani were outsourced to Chennai, telanga would lose their interest in Hyderabad and thus it would reduce their access to studios capable of producing gaana songs in hyderabad.

if you can think of other ideas to help the tamil cause, do add them in the comments!

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Look before you pose

Rajaram S — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:10:56 +0000

I was at the Chalkewadi wind farms over the weekend to see the huge windmills. We stopped on the way to take some photographs of the beautiful scenery around. There was no soul as far as the eyes could see (or so i thought). So, i stepped out of the car and was enjoying the nature when….

Moral of the story: Look before you pose!

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The village where Shah Rukh Khan’s Swades was shot

Rajaram S — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:01:29 +0000

If the above photo rings a bell, then you would have probably seen Shah Rukh’s Swades. This movie was shot (at least many parts of it) in a remote village in Maharashtra (around 100 kms from Pune) called Wai. The central section in the above photo is where the final “Kushti” scene was shot. This photo has been taken from the spot where the Ramayana play was portrayed in the movie.

Wai is a beautiful village (especially in the monsoon season) and is worth a half-day visit if you are in Pune or Mumbai. You see more photos from my visit on my Pune Blog.

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CNN breaking news today

Rajaram S — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:13:17 +0000

At memorial service in L.A., Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris says he was “the best father you could ever imagine.

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Ball please!

Rajaram S — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:54:04 +0000

It is just 7 am and a cricket match is on at the Margappata grounds. While many fielders are just ambling around still trying to wake up from their sleep, there is one soul shouting, clapping his hands and trying to motivate his team. He is one of the best fielders in his team and has been strategically posted at deep mid-on for stopping the quick singles as well as to take those sky-high catches when the batsmen slog towards long-on.

Suddenly, his ever alert eyes catch the ball rushing towards the boundary to his right. He runs towards the ball with a spring in his step, does a full-scale dive, catches the ball, does a perfect roll-over (He prides himself on having watched hundreds of cricket videos to learn the perfect dive-and-stop) and throws the ball at the non-striker’s end. It is a flat, hard throw and the aim was perfect. The ball hits the top of the leg stump, sending it into a cartwheel. He is delighted! He shouts in exhilaration and runs towards the pitch punching his fists in the air.But…..

But, no one else from his team is running towards him. He reaches the non-striker end, picks up the ball. Everyone else is looking towards the third-man and the batsmen are nonchalantly taking the second run! He then hears the dreaded words…

“BALL PLEASE”

Welcome to the world of cricket, in India! A world, where it is not enough if your fielding skills are good enough to stop the ball and throw them back, but good enough to stop the “correct” ball, the one your group is playing with!

Usually before a match, teams huddle together and discuss strategy. But, in matches in India, the teams huddle together and pray, because they need all the luck that they can have. Luck, that will ensure that the balls hit by their batsmen reach the boundary avoiding the dozens of other people standing in the ground and luck, that will ensure that ever-so-willing fielders from other games would stop the balls hit by their opponents!

It is not only for luck that they have to pray for. They also have to pray for their safety as they not only have to fear the fast bowlers in the opponent team but also the hard hitters in the match going on few feet away from them.Cricket, and not Hinduism, Islam or Christianity encourages so many prayers. No wonder cricket is considered the number one religion in India!

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Aporkalypse now!

Rajaram S — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:54:06 +0000

Americans don’t need a reason to get scared. Being paranoid is one of the qualities that Americans are proud of and they would go to any lengths to ensure that every generation inherits this “feature”.

The Swine Flu is yet another invention of the americans to ensure that the average joe is aware that americans are supposed to wake up every morning fearing that the world would collapse around them and that they have to take extreme steps to prevent that from happening.

So, what can happen because of this swine flu scare?

There will be a movie released this winter named “Aporkalypse now” where the main scene would be hundreds of pigs escaping from a sty and running into New York.
Americans would start shooting pigs instead of brown bears.
Piggy banks would be replaced by Chicky banks with the tagline “Flu-free”. But, next year, after the onset of bird flu, these would be recalled by the manufacturers.
America would launch a military campaign against Iran on the grounds that muslims don’t eat pork and this has led to the explosion of the pig population in the gulf which poses a “direct” threat to the spread of swine flu in USA.
The porn industry would make use of this opportunity and would release a movie named “Piggy Piggy bang bang”

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Thoughts of an ex-NRI

Rajaram S — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:59:24 +0000

Having been out of India for almost 8 years, i have yearned for all the junk stuff that one could gorge on in the various food stalls in India. So, after returning to India, that is precisely what i have been doing. It has been alomst a month since i have been in Pune now and it has become a ritual for me to stop over at the local chaat shop every time i step out of the house. So, you can guess what is on my mind most of the time!

Today morning, when i opened the rediff.com website, the first headline read:

Chat: Best investment plans for 2009!

The moment i saw this, i started wondering: “What, is rediff advising people to invest in Chaat items!”. I am at work, but my thoughts are elsewhere!

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NDTV travel site blocked by google

Rajaram S — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:31:26 +0000

I noticed this only today. Is this happening for quite some time now ?

What is the current listing status for travels.ndtv.com?

Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.

Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 4 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 3 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-03-03, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-03-03.Malicious software includes 4 scripting exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 9 new processes on the target machine.

Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including 893500.cn/.

1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including deabak.com/.

This site was hosted on 2 network(s) including AS20940 (AKAMAI), AS209 (QWEST).

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a soft drink from cow-urine - little hard to swallow!

Rajaram S — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:45:00 +0000

First women were beaten up and chased out of the bars in the name of Hindu culture. Next, couples (even a brother-sister pair) were beaten up for being together on Valentine’s day, as we , the hindus, are supposed to celebrate only ram leela and not Valentine’s day. Now, Cow Protection Department of the RSS wants us to stop drinking “phoren” soft-drinks and drink something made from cow-urine!

The day is not far away when you walk into a Hindu-bar and the menu will look like this:

Drinks:

Go-mata Sherbet
Goratna soup
Gaai-Bains-Peshab-MurgaPoonch (MurgaPoonch - Cocktail)
Dhoodh-Peshab MurgaPoonch
Shudh Peshab
98% unleaded Peshab
95% unleaded Peshab

Main Course:

Frozen Peshab sticks
Gobar Pie
Gobar Pizza (with Peshab topping)
Goratna kurma
Paneer Gobar Masala

God help these guys. Actually, God help us from these guys!

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when i say cancel, i mean it!

Rajaram S — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:12:00 +0000

I had installed McAfee security center and wanted to rid my computer of all the junk it had accumulated over the years. First, the installation slowed down my PC to a near halt as my laptop is a pretty old one with just 512 MB RAM. Then, it took ages to start up security center.
I chose the option for “Quick Clean”. Then, i got the below window saying “Cleaning in progress…”

I waited. I waited a bit more. I waited a lot more. I got frustrated and did the obvious, pressed the cancel button. I decided that it just wasn’t worth the time to rid my computer of all the evil! Then, the below window showed up, “Cancellation is in progress. Please wait…”

I waited. I waited a bit more. I waited a lot more! I really got frustrated. Now, i wanted a “Cancel the cancel” button! What did the programmers think while making this installer? Isn’t “cancel” supposed to mean “I have had enough of this. Just get the hell out of the installer”?

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