Kudos to Ekta Kapoor….

Dear e.f.,

Hope all of you are doing great. Last few weeks missed lot of action ( i.e. reading and commenting on your blogs, posting blogs ) on blogging world. Its been long gap that i am continuously here in india for more than one month and i am enjoying every bit of it. In last few years i was missing india greatly eventhough i was visiting frequently for few days.

This time, i got lot of time to enjoy and to observe what makes this country different from entire world despite having thousands of problems. Well, apperantly this is the first observation what makes our country unique!!..We have lot of problems here in india..every step we take, we are presented ( yes, its truly a present!!) with lot of problems..and this gives us enough resistance power and know-how to deal with it..eventhough we may hate to do so..it automatically increases our efficiency and in the process makes us better human being and a better leader..and the beauty is this all happens without our knowledge. Its like we are groomed in an university even without our knowledge. This even is applicable to our education system. I am sure, most of you are aware that India is the country which is producing maximum no. of people with technical education and excellence. Reminds me the words of my african friend louis who once told me, why indians are better in education–According to him in india grooming in education starts from the KG class itself and they give lot of home work and exercises for grooming. Very true!!..The proof is the FIRST SEMESTER EXAM of my son Vishnu..who is only four years..( He does not know the meaning of exam but the funny thing is my wife smita is all worried and bears all the tension like she is facing a very big exam!!)..I saw many parents opposing this( even we thought like that at one point..)..but at the same time we must see the bigger picture also and must understand how it is preparing our children as a global citizen in the times to come.

When we are talking about problems in our country i just want to add one more observation which was from the top scientists around the world..The subject was..What made the normal life really normal and regular in mumbai after the shocking terror attack of 26/11..This is a big subject as far as scientists are looking at it..Originally all these kind of attacks are targetted to isolate the normal life and thus weaken the economy largely…But the effect is not even 1% except what is the direct loss of these attacks in india. The next moment itself, we are normal and lead a normal lfe which is a big shock for the people who are giving the shocks as they are completely failing in thier motive. To catch this culprits, to be ready for the next attck or to stop the attacks is altogether different subjects and are taken care simanteously but being normal after this horrified attacks is no less than miracle!!..Scientists call this as ” Shock Absorbing Model” and they consider India as a classical example in this model. In fact 11 june 2006 6.30 pm, when the 7 bombs exploded in local trains in mumbai ..the very same day 12 pm all the routes were running normal. The news corrospondent from BBC who was travelling local train the next day assuming nobody will be there..was surprised to see a normal train service with the equal no. of people.

Recently a lady called Kalyani in vidarbha region in maharashtra was in news as she is contesting in election against congress. She became famous when Rahul Gandhi recently visited her at her home. The reason for visit..Her husband had suicided due to the loan he has taken from Banks and he was one of the 6100 farmers who did suicide due to this. This is a big issue and eventhough government had done a lot, the issue is still burning. Rahul Gandhis visit to one of this lady has politicised and just became a publicity stunt. Whatever may be the reason, even after the visit nothing concrete had been done. In todays news i just saw that, this lady is missing now!!..Political parties are not even sparing a victim from their so called publicity stunt.

With this news one another shocking news was there. Mortgaging girls on stamp paper!!..This too was in the same region of vidarbha and the same victimised farmers..who have nothing left to pay back their loans!!..And they are putting their wives,sisters,daughters name on the mortgage agreement..that..if they are unable to pay within said limit..their daughters can be taken as mortgage. This is very shoicking news..Whether someone reacted or not..there was one conctere voice..which raised the issue. She is none other than Ekta Kapoor. She has not only raised the voice but also worked out the details and started a charity drive for this farmers. She is starting a road show starting right from vidarbha..And this is what required at this moment from the talents and people like us..There is no politics or scope of it in this drive. She clearly told that being a woman..she can understand how shocking a news it is to mortgage a girl!!..This is nothing less than prostitution. My all best wishes are with her and i will do everything in my capacity to support her in this drive.

Jaate..jaate..just saw WANTED ( prabhu devaa directed)..full of violence..the only reason i saw it, i had seen its real versions in english and then the Tamil remake by the same director..POKKIRI..wanted is not even near to pokkiri in action sequences..all the action sequences are covered by special effects may be because of salmans non flexibility. He is a very good body builder, but when it comes to real action sequences the earlier tamil and english versions are far superior.

Pls continue commenting, Love you all,Manoj

PS.–We do have technical excellence comparing to other countries but there are some fields where countries like US lead in superior knowledge than us primarily because the high budget in research and development and the willingness to develope it. I just wrote it in the context of Maximum no. of Technical menpower is produced here in india.