Podhum da saami...podhum da......

Like they say in Tamil....Thirudanai paarthu thirundhavittal, Thiruttai ozhikka mudiyathu...

Similarly......Manidhanai paarthi maaravittal manidha neyam valaradhu.....

Rhetorical statements one after the other and high profile visits...........Few days later yet another massacre on innocent people (Mumbai yesterday, Malegaon today, Kashmir daily).......more so children.....this is the height. I wonder if even Gandhi would have been silent at all these brutalities on humanity.

While every one is questioning if the terrorists have any ideology at all?Why is no one asking what the Govt. did these two months after the Mumbai nightmare?

Time and again condolences are expressed to the families of the deceased ,exgratia announced, and the PM comes out with a statement that we will not bow down to the divisive interests of the terrorists. Agreed Mr.PM but when are you going to send the message to the appropriate person that we are not going to tolerate this further. We can be peace loving no doubt but how long.....An aggressive peace process is the need of the hour.We need to back our statements with actions; rather our actions must make statements. May be you can call it black mail but what is the point in sitting at the table where one has come with a butter knife and the other a butcher's knife.

The butchering of lives has never stopped and is going on and on and on perpetually......

The peace process is at a very delicate stage now, so it’s the right stage to reinforce our statement as MEA has stated that the peace process depends on the outcome of the Cuban meet. If they are not prepared to listen, then they have to face the consequences, on the lines of Israel, at least some bit on the lines of Israel. Amidst protests from the whole world Israel was brave enough not to bow to the terrorizing ways of the Hizb’s (though the world was right here as Israel extended itself beyond its limits and damaged Lebanon grievously). So when Israel can why cant India?Will India issue a stern warning?
Will.....?Will....?????Will.....???

The will list goes on....
There are so many blanks to fill
But we are footing the bill
Bill of lives,
And widowed wives,
Orphaned children,
Left no where to run,
Out in the sun......
Not to play and be gay
Because they have none to stay,
with them and offer a few words of comfort.
They will never have anyone to come.
Their wait will be eternal.
Their wait will be eternal.

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What role does the President have in India?

Well from entertainment I have moved on to the constitutional side now.
How many of us really know that the President is the constitutional head and it’s in the name of him that the entire Govt. functions. Most of us know and only think that prime minister is the be all and end all of the nation.Until the present president Dr.APJ none of the other presidents were in the news except at time went they went on a tour. Dr.APJ has tried something at least, for example he returned the office of profit bill, addressed many scientific meetings, sought for several clarifications, motivated children of course. He was a fairly active president. But otherwise most of them have been doing nothing at all.

This raises a question - is the president post a real necessity. Yes we need it but not as a puppet.
We need an active presidential post.The constitution should be amended for this.

Firstly the selection procedure.People who have served the nation in various capacities either in civil, military services or for that matter even in Pvt. firms should alone be considered. people from criminal err political back grounds should not be eligible.The regular procedure of vote by MPs can be followed then.Instead of the president addressing the parliament once a session, he/she can be made to attend all the proceedings of the house.

One wonders, if the vice president has been given the role of speaker in RS why not give an active role to the president in LS. Agreed that the speakers job is amongst the toughest as u have to handle manhandling politicians, so why not ask a specialist person adept at handling such men to man them rather than waste an MP for that post. Lets get back to the issue of an active President now. The president can be made to attend the proceedings of the house and at the question hour, a fixed slot for his questioning and clarifications sought can be provided. He must have the powers equivalent to that of speaker and rights equivalent to those of the MPs as they are the ones who choose him/her.He should raise issues of national concern at the parliament. He must have the authority to express his reservations at the floor of the house itself.Like the Prime minister and other ministers he has to come out with statements to the media.He has to be a checking authority for the government and should never be taken for granted as is now the case.

All these things if raised in public will snowball into a huge controversy. But then what’s the point in spending the taxpayers’ money for a president who does nothing but hosts dinners for dignitaries and makes friendly visits to other nations. Something is better than nothing, nothing is better than nonsense. Having a meaningless post of a puppet president is nonsensical to say the least. It’s better to have the post done away with. Else the post has to be made honorary and must have nothing at all to do with the government. As simple as that.

VV-YET ANOTHER MILESTONE FILM IN INDIAN CINEMA FOR SEVERAL REASONS

Another role,another director,another script,another...........thats what it is for the Legend of our times the Paramakudi born Kamalhaasan. Now Dr.Kamalhaasan,he has came out with a subdued yet scintillating performance in VV. You want to ask why Kamal didnt get a director like Gautham earlier.Technical brilliance is what the film is all about. Too much of gore and blood, yes . But, thats the way it has to be shown. If we have to keep making movies for the masses then indian cinema will never move forward.
Notable points in this film are one,kamal's acting, yeah its difficult to beleive he has acted, its only DCP Raghavan all the way from frame one to end. Second we have this director called Gautham who has bought out this product so well, the way he has directed a legend shows his calibre. i wonder if any movie has ever depicted scenes so boldly. boldness is mistaken for skin show. rather such scenes of rape and brutality need even greater boldness because skin shows will sell but there is always a tag attached to this kind of violence and gore and it can backfire as well. there are no lousy dances or stunts in this movies. no flying in the air and kicking heroes and stuff. the item number could have been done away with. neither did it have the right tune to rock nor was the video so jaw dropping . in a way such kind of exposures have become very very boring. in recent times i wonder if we have come across an actress who has come so close to stealing the show , as jo. she is yet another plus , sans glamour and passion she has done a brilliant job and its a pity that this one is going to stop after her next movie. the villan part is overdone a bit . nevertheless the way they are shown as homosexuals in the end will explain why in several scenes they keep crying each others name. Harris needs to tune up ...he has to learn the art of silence probably from the mastero raja or arr . certain scenes are jarring . otherwise the songs are a real class apart. the whole film has an aura of maturity surrounding it probably because of the lead pair kamal and jo. camerawork is another hero of the movie. goodwork ravi! new york couldnt have been shown better i guess.
prakashraj,kamalinee are excellent portrayals, perfectly etched and not a bit overdone.some of the scenes such as kamal meeting kamalinee in a marriage and making a proposal does make u smile. so does the other one in the restaurant between kamal and jo wen she asks y this manirathnam style of begining.a bit of humour here and there too.
as my title says its a milestone movie for the quality of workmanship. wat else do u expect from kamal and gautham. we want this team again, on an offbeat track.
kudos to raviverman,jo,kamal,gautham.
go for it .
likely to be the movie of the year according to me.
vennilave - song of the year.probably kamals filmfare awards will grow from 18 to 19
alwarpettai andava
avadharithu vaa

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