Stranger,
I am seeing my idea already work in action, thanks to you.
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Stranger,
I am seeing my idea already work in action, thanks to you.
Take it easy, ganesh! After all, we all will be proud when India becomes a super power no matter which side we stand now! 8)
Let me diffuse some presumptions. I am not a big admirer of Shankar and he would not rate in my TOP 10 Indian filmmakers list. In fact I find some of his movies extremely cheesy. If you take Jeans, just in the first 20 minutes it is ridiculous with how he shows America to our makal.Quote:
Originally Posted by stranger
Having said that, I think in Anniyan he atleast made more valid points than other movies. The more important part was that those points are unique in such a way that they can be adhered. I do not expect all of us to be saints one day but we can "marginally" improve in any way.
If you think it is wrong to show regard to common civil laws that he shows in Anniyan are so easily taken for granted then I am not sure how I can express further.
Finally, just wanted to say that the discussions here have been fantastic. The spike in the posts recently is interesting. I was just back from a business trip and was surprised. Though the coming weeks are gonna be brutal for me I will manifest myself as much as I can ;)
Ok since sum members in this thread insisted tat we try & speak sumthin +ve abt India instead of always poiting out -ve points, thot I'll state atleast one +ve fact for a change! :wink:
Taking the eg. of 2 cities in AP where I've been living- Hyderabad & now Vizag, u'll find tat in the local State Transport buses, there is a considerable amount of consideration given to lady passengers.....the 1st 6 rows of seats (3 on either side) in the buses r reserved for ladies & moreover even the entry/exit for them is separate from men (they enter/exit the bus at the front doorway, men from the one at the rear end)......ne men who try to enter/exit the bus via the ladies' doorway r usually stopped by the conductor.....also men aren't allowed to stand in the aisle between the rows of seats reserved for ladies.......(of course this means sum of them footboard/make the bus more crowded at the rear!)
A good system, IMHO worth implementing in buses in all Indian cities.......jus one good thing I find abt AP State trans. Buses, as they r hardly worth appreciating in most other aspects (the drivers, for eg. must still learn to always stop precisely at the bus stops, not 5-10 feet ahead! :evil: )
Atleast ladies needn't normally face a harrowing time from bad/lecherous men, as they'd normally be likely to face in crowded buses where they might seldom be in a position to retaliate! :x I'm not sure how many other cities this sytem exists........I'm told tat even in Madras buses there r separate seats for ladies but having seen them, it didn't appear tat way to me.....? :?
Also a friend of mine from Calcutta told me tat even there (being a relatively conservative city w/ a trad. look), girls/women jus can't travel alone in a bus!
http://in.rediff.com/money/2005/jul/16ninan.htm
India rocks.....Indian economy rulz.... :D
Maddy,Quote:
Originally Posted by MADDY
Are you talking about the India in Planet Earth? Or is it in Xanadu?
Try telling this to the majority of the population who are not privileged enough to know the things you are talking about, let alone experience them. And BTW, please understand that "economy" is not only for you and me but for the people ploughing the fields, wage labourers, small scale industrialists, road-workers, construction workers, tribal people, and all such people whose voice we cannot hear in the media or in discussion forums like this on the Internet
andavan, see according to you economy is good for me atleast...it was not so in the past......even middle-class ppl. used to suffer.....so now economy is good for us and it'll take some time to reach all those underpriviliged ppl. also....wait sir......u cant say everything is wrong here......
I remember movies like "varumaiyin niram sigappu...". Such movies are almost non existent now. What does this mean? Now a days you have only rainbow remo singing in a ramp walk....
i cant understand 1 more thing y u guys scream abt those 40% behind the poverty line , y not think abt 60% who r above the poverty line......i'm not saying that those 40% shuld be forgotten but y r u crying so much for them and forgetting the acheivements of the other 60%......strange yaar, the ways u guys find to criticise India.....
Becos Sir,you have to be sensitive to their aspirations.Just think a guy from among the 40% sees this discussion,what will run in his mind?That his countrymen are robots who are doing very well for themselves&are not bothered about what happens to him.Quote:
Originally Posted by MADDY
Again&Again,you guys are missing the point.It's not about criticising,it's about telling ourselves-"don't become complacent,there is still a lot more to be done"
Inequality breeds jealousy which in turn leads to crime.Pls note I am NOT comparing with any other nation as every country has a section of ppl who are not doing well for themselves financially.The key is to reduce the percentages&over a loooooooong period of time,everyone's standard of living can be raised atleast to decent,acceptable levels.