Monday, August 29, 2005

Acting and prostitution..

It comes very naturally to them..oomph!! afterall ,awards are assured..

With due respect to my fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression..the title doesn't mean all actors are prostitutes but wat it wants to convey is the performance metrics that are generally used to guage an actor's performance..esp actors who are not men.

Let mee see it thru by eyes..every body knows bollywood generates the biggest shit but sometimes it comes up with themes which are a very vibrant,"realistic" protrayal of a woman..who was forced into a trade where all objects are treated like women.The movies are made with so much of "reality" at stake.

So naturally the audience when seeing these "true story" movies empathizes and sympathizes with the woman..some perverts get excited seeing her semi-naked all time..but that was not wat the movie meant to be.This women who has done the character with such force and naturality will be generally accepted as the "best actress" for that year.Every heroine who does these characters just give commanding performances year after year..and the bag the awards for sure year after year.

A dimwit like me sits in the movie hall ,with his mouth and eyes wide open and is pretty confused whether she is acting or she is just doing it naturally that comes to her.The stupid me thinks like that bcoz i have never seen these people acting in any previous movies before..and i can't recall any movie where they had any imporatant part in the main plot line of the story..or in a role where people noticed her!!..here by the usage of the word 'notice' i refer to her theatrical abilities..and not wat you think.

A typical heroine reaction after being signed up as a prostitue for the next movie may go like this "Ohh god!! iam sooooo excited to do this role.It is really a bad thing that such trade is still continuing even till today and in this movie iam going to do justice for those women.People don't know the plight of these women and we have come up with issues that we genrally don't talk....i have always been into social work from my school days and this is just an extension of that personality of mine."

wow!! social work..indeed they are social workers..they work for the society indeed..i mean the heroines..and please don't think like that..they are poor people and that is just a way of life for them.

I have just seen the rising(my frnds already call it rani's rising) and leaving amir khan and his friend that white guy..who really have done nicely ..the story though strong ..didn't have the visual impact nor the directional finesse..which was wat is required..a commanding performance by rani ..remembering me kareena,tabu and so many other heroines who have just gave their life to "the role"..

i hope she gets a national award for playing such an important,historical fictional character in mangal pandey's life..

Saturday, August 27, 2005

At Last!!

No enthu to write ..and wen enthu was there to write no comp..and wen comp was there net was down..and wen net was up no enthu to write..finally i could break the cycle.

Our institute(IIT M) watever be the technological break throughs it has been achieving it certainly has a problem in providing the luxurious necessities of day-to-day life..darn!! the net is damn slow man.

i hope to post regularly!!

Thursday, August 04, 2005

YOU DEPEND ON OUR PROTECTION

They are the well-wishers of the educated ignorant public all over the world.They all tire lessly work for our good,our well-being in all ways possible for a human organisation to work.They come up with captions like " Customer(or consumer) is the king" .."Customer is always right".

There are many best-seller books written all over the world teaching these organisations in looking after these worthless creatures..oop sorry!! there is one thing worth in these creatures other then a mundane brain, bones which are covered by rotten flesh,nerves which seldom work..these things have a pocket..inside this is something which if acquired these humanatarian organisations life attains enlightnment or even moksha.

Wat is the ultimate goal of human life ?? ..moksha says a devout hindu..heaven says a muslim..njoing everything that appeals to your body says some philosopher...there is no goal..everythin is random says an atheist

Wat is the ultimate goal of a company ?? ..there can be only one answer .."make money" .

How do you go about to achieve the goal ?? ..create value.

How is value created ?? ..here comes the philosophies ,economics,politics ..various view points.

Philosophy: always make your good people's good..if somebody gets an idea..first see that nobody can access it(patents,copyrights).Then educate or hypnotise people in creating the demand.Always give them the illusion of choice ..more products ..more competition.. therefore better R&D..therefore more quality..less price..ultimately the life of this stupid consumer is improved..we corporates are here to "improve the quality of your life" ..without us your life basically sucks!!

Economics: means managing resources..leaving the mundane things..let me see the highest of all..managing creativity..innovation..intelligence..joy..happiness
They define these terms for the employees and naturally the competent employees will work..of course..there good is companies good.

Profit is wat matters most...so the only yard stick is are we making money or not?? ..the economics of environment,people's lives ..doesn't matter yaar..we have them in abundance..economics applies to only scarce things..

Tax-incentives..though we belong to the top 1% of the population..we will hardly pay tax..bcoz we work for your good.

Rising inequality between the rich and poor..no debates on such topics..just leave it after mentioning it.. like yudhisthra in mahabharatha ..aswatthama ^the elephant^(this was said by him very softly) is dead

The illusion of choice..eg:television..every citizen of india is believed to be flooded with new channels ..the space is too crowded it seems..with more then 62 channels..but how many owners of it are there..only 4 or 5...so choice..yes..in reality no.

Politics:we make the law..everybody else follows it..we used the term everybody here..here readers have to note ..everybody doesn't mean everybody..it means you..since we make the laws we are above the laws..and we can transgress them and politics will take care in the name of de-regulation.

eg:telecom's big merger and acquistion(refers to recent newspapers) ..the law make a cap at 15MHz ..but there acquistion brings them frequency worth 20Mhz..so wat do normal people say .." sorry!! the law says it is illegal .Therefore, we can't merge ..or we will hand over the excess" ..but wat do coroprates do.."first blame the government..tell them how the law is short sighted..then lobby them ..buy them..if need arise..then change the law" ..put up a press conference and say the best statment "win-win situation for everybody".

another illustration..the biggest corporate company in india..in its infocomm company..had acquired license only for landline phones ..but used it to sell cordless phones(saying limited mobility) ..ultimatley mobile phones..so a license worth Rs10,000crores..was just packed off with a fine of 500 crores.
How did they do this? ..india used to have two set of licenses diff for landline and mobile..but after this company was found cheating..2 license system was scraped off and eventually the comapny escaped..with a small fine.It even routes STD calls as local calls..but escapes from this also..for one good reason..it serves u and me.That doesn't mean u and i can transgress the law..remember it is for everybody..and everybody doesn't mean everybody.

another live example in india..the biggest television network of south..the owner's brother is a minister..so indian govnmnt issues tenders for DTH facility but places a ceiling on the max hold of its owner..which clearly the network crosses since it is almost a sole-propreitership..so wat happens..once again the law changes ..bcoz it is good for south-indians.

the latest gurgaon episode..where people are more worried abt the FDI and india's image in foreign investors..speaks volumes abt the change of attitude of the people, governments and the media..the slogan here is .. "sell INDIA ..to save INDIA"

ulitmately we the corporates have one thing to tell..U depend on our protection..we are answerable to ..let's see.. none.

ps:iam only referring to MNC's here..since small comapnies don't exist