Anniyan - Patriotism

Once there were few who criticized communisim. Now I see cirticisms against privitazation/capitalism. We have to take one stand. Do not complain that IT/MBA's get more jobs. In every country people get jobs only in the industry that is hot. In the US, I have seem many college graduates doing clerical jobs not related to their degree major. Now there is this rage called quixtar or quickstar (whatever it is called) in US. I know of even some bright PhDs giving up their research and venturing into it. Money and interests never go together. It is the rule of this world, not India.

If you feel IT is the India's trouble, well, then let's get rid of it. Actors and actresses are paid like in hell. Do you worry about it? After all, its due to IT that India got a global attention. In fact, investment in IT is the wisest thing to do as it just needs only man/brain power and not any advanced infrastructure, like those warranted by an automobile or air craft industry.

Ganesh,
Kindly don't misunderstand.....I'm certianly not against IT or feel tat it shud be got rid of or nething........wat I'm saying is tat it shud not be stereotyped as a 'saviour' profession for every person whoz looking for a job.....
May be good if it is given a boost by the govt.......tats fine........but the govt. is concentrating on projecting mainly this sector as an employment oasis, whereas there r so many Arts/Commerce grads. who study the subjects tat they r int'd in & it is quite poss' for them to hav jobs & come up in these fields but there is little/no hope for them afa employment in our ccountry is concerned......which is one reason y today there r so many- esp. in the south- who happen to study engg. after +2.......its not as if each & every one of them desired to study engg......infact sum of my friends who took it up tell me they did so even tho they found it tough mainly bcos they aren't promised a bright future on graduating in ne 'simple' course viz. Arts.......
And altho IT maybe a hot industry even in developed nations, its certainly not given the kind of hype tat its given by ppl. in our country 'cos there, ppl. hav chances to prosper in other professions as well (not talking abt salaries here)......I've lived in a 'developed' foreign country (Sing.) recently & I've noticed tat every person there has the oppurtunity to live a decent, comfortable life whether hez an IT whiz or a biz. executive or a lecturer in political science/history.........
So this shud be the situation even in our country........tats my point.....

It is very tough for the government of a developing country to work for everyone's interest. It is easy for everyone to work for the goverment's interest. There is no harm in working in IT sector, if you don't find an alternate employement . After all, they won't ask to sleep the floors in an IT company. They offer good life style and are open to recruit anyone. And the job is also quite challenging and not run-of-the-mill. Even Albert Einstein couldn't find a job of his own and worked as patent clerk. However, I do have some other concerns about IT sectors. It is a lot dependent on foreign investments. We should build our own indgineous IT companies, rather than being outsourcing points.

I bet Shankar paid income tax for every penny he got from oscar! He is such a patriot, man! :rotfl:

Films like these should be banned on charges of sedition! The drunkard, drug addict filmmakers are criticizing you and me, and licking some foreign strangers. Shankar belongs to those "group" of "Indians" who do no want to see India develop. That is the reason for anti-Indian sentiments in all his movies. In none of his movies he constructively criticized India. In Gentleman he criticized the reservation policy and in Indian he hailed the british rule. In mudhalvan he ridiculed our constitution. He made it a joke. And in Jeans, he sucks the foriegners. Boys was the only movie that is an exception. I hope he just sticks to making sex movies. Atleast a sexual awarness would be created!

Just thot of pasting an excerpt from a speech by our President tat was made at Hyderabad......I daresay similar to wat Shankar (must hav) tried to point out in Anniyan.......? :wink: :D
Altho there were sum points in the speech I personally don't agree w/, I found these lines very worthy of being posted here as I find them really thot-provoking.......

".......Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When the job situation in the US becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war-struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government.
Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money........"

Cudn't hav found it better said, no doubt! But how effective it wud've been in changing the attitude of our ppl. (atleast in Hyd. where the speech was made) is still a qsn. mark...... :(

People do not like "sujatha" for various reasons. I was annoyed by his "cheap dialogues" in Boys. He went into several people's "crap-list" due to that. He has made several sweeping statements which were proved to be wrong. He even justified the unjustifiable "punks" (boys) as if he came up with something great!

Anyway, I think verbally flipping finger on someone (jeez! who is not around here) in the forum is also considered taboo, though u may consider that as a "polite attitude"! 8)

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Originally Posted by stranger

People do not like "sujatha" for various reasons. I was annoyed by his "cheap dialogues" in Boys. He went into several people's "crap-list" due to that. He has made several sweeping statements which were proved to be wrong. He even justified the unjustifiable "punks" (boys) as if he came up with something great!

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Well, I am certainly not one of them. BOYS is certainly not for family viewing; and if at all there is a fault, it is awarding the movie a U certificate.
Other than that, it was a good experiment on coming-of-age movie. If 70+ Vaali can write songs for teenagers, on the other end we have Sujatha, who captured the thoughts and feelings of youngsters effectively.

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Sujatha may hav boldly brought to light the attitudes of today's youth in his dialogues but all in all, I don't see ne message BOYS had given out....... :?
It all ultimately ended up as just another movie w/ the usual flashy songs & 'masala' scenes (sum of which Shankar might've included w/ the intention of projecting reailty as it is but I don't think it'd created ne awareness of ne kind.......just sumthing more to be goggled at by the erotica-craving members of the audiences)......the rest of the movie went like most other rich gal-luvs-poor guy-run away together- themes........so in other words, IMHO, it was a film tat was a sheer waste of reel & didn't seem to serve ne purpose at all.....! :evil:

please dont turn this thread into a caste discussion!