tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213164739660434954.post7411848256003407031..comments2023-11-03T17:01:45.587+05:30Comments on All that Jazz: (Happy) Independance daySerendipityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05200551456447337295noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213164739660434954.post-5333790605903660612007-08-27T17:42:00.000+05:302007-08-27T17:42:00.000+05:30@ BBW - lol! i was wondering when someone would ca...@ BBW - lol! i was wondering when someone would catch that..<BR/><BR/>@ Ashwin - your not very far from the truth my friend!Serendipityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200551456447337295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213164739660434954.post-20858362145594398132007-08-27T16:16:00.000+05:302007-08-27T16:16:00.000+05:30Perhaps to seperate the people who read her blog f...Perhaps to seperate the people who read her blog from the people who just skim through it<BR/><BR/>:)Ashwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302025842729882744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213164739660434954.post-16797761584511770622007-08-27T14:34:00.000+05:302007-08-27T14:34:00.000+05:30any particular reason why you ve spelt it as indep...any particular reason why you ve spelt it as indepen dance instead of independence ?The Big Bad Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428356852270086656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213164739660434954.post-27488657813224828892007-08-17T10:03:00.000+05:302007-08-17T10:03:00.000+05:30@ Abhishek - I agree, some people who dont vote do...@ Abhishek - I agree, some people who dont vote dont do it out of being lazy or foolish, but because they'd rather "waste" their vote rather than vote for the "least" bad. Polls have shown what little Faith Indians have in our leaders who are embroiled in scam after scam... anyway i could go on i should stop!<BR/><BR/>@ Ashwin - With due respect to your opinion, i find that this smal move actually helps! When it first started, i remeber lots of people around me grumbling about having to stand up and sing et all, while i was the enthu one. now, if you look around, you'll actually find a lot of people actually mouthing/singing the words. the people who dont stand are made to stand by the people who are. i just think in this timespace that we are in, with the youth and country being swayed from national values, this would go a looong way in inculcating some amount of National Spirit! A small way maybe - but still.Serendipityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200551456447337295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213164739660434954.post-68944718219835357842007-08-16T21:16:00.000+05:302007-08-16T21:16:00.000+05:30Lately, they've been trying to make the whole nati...Lately, they've been trying to make the whole national anthem before the movie experience "cool".<BR/><BR/>They started off with the 3D flag (which I find looks really stupid).<BR/><BR/>Then they got all these famous singers to sing the anthem. I find this one particularly apalling. While a few of these singers do have tiny badges representing the Indian flag (shiny ones, not the bright tri colour we're all familiar with), a few do not. It might be argued that it's really the anthem, the words that we're standing up for, but, in essence, we're symbolically standing up for some singers, and not the flag.<BR/><BR/>Or, I could just be reading waaay too much into this instead of enjoying the damn movie!Ashwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302025842729882744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213164739660434954.post-82940366958605729872007-08-16T20:32:00.000+05:302007-08-16T20:32:00.000+05:30i am not calling u atrocious or factless .. i just...i am not calling u atrocious or factless .. i just meant that u shld not call ppl stupid without knowing their viewpoint ,... anyways .. i apologise ..Nitin Bhandarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819189571615135163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213164739660434954.post-7514635595730671802007-08-16T20:09:00.000+05:302007-08-16T20:09:00.000+05:30When you got to choose some1 from a horde of 10 cr...When you got to choose some1 from a horde of 10 criminals , as an educated common man you would choose the least criminal minded one according to your understanding or then you might not just vote! While the former ensures that you are a part of the voting process and the latter marks you as a guy who doesnt vote and believe in the whole process of making your vote count, I think today the choices we have dont really help us make the best choice. People like us can vote and make a difference but if people like us can work for the country and become a part of the election process, its gonna make the difference we wish to achieve. If Mr.APJ Abdul Kalam would contest the general elections, I am sure he will get the maximum votes to get elected. May be we start being the difference we want the leaders to show us!Abhishekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542525416159606190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213164739660434954.post-50256248622563639462007-08-16T16:47:00.000+05:302007-08-16T16:47:00.000+05:30@ JA Indian - Atrociousness?without facts??maybe y...@ JA Indian - Atrociousness?<BR/>without facts??<BR/>maybe you should do some reading Sir, cos this is exactly what these people are promised, regularising their slums, water etc. And how are they unfair comments?!I am totally in awe of their faith that someday things will change for them, and they vote with the same zest election after election. Either ways, its my opinion and if you dont share it, i wont take kindly to being called atrocious and factless.Serendipityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200551456447337295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213164739660434954.post-74338962385898370852007-08-16T16:37:00.000+05:302007-08-16T16:37:00.000+05:30No I did not mean anything personal against you" I...No I did not mean anything personal against you"<BR/> I just commented on the unconfirmed (with facts) atrociousness of this entire paragraph. <BR/><BR/>"Neither do i have faith in the poor gullible uneducated janta who gets swayed by some starry promises of regularising slums built beyond 1996 so that they get to keep their homes, or regular supplies of water, or buying farm land at a price that ia reasonable and just, or other such castles in the sky promised by filthy money laudering vite grabbing politicians. Ill commend the stupidity of their actions though, after all, being stupid to such extremes is also an art."<BR/><BR/>I do not they are stupid .. i dont think they are swayed ... i think they understand the situation much better that any of us do... ..<BR/>had the so called educated lot voted as much as these ppl do and understood the situation from a common man's point of view ..<BR/>noone questions your dedication ... .. i just question the unfair comments on ppl you do not really know about ...Nitin Bhandarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819189571615135163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213164739660434954.post-59406476679621350202007-08-16T10:17:00.000+05:302007-08-16T10:17:00.000+05:30@ TW - :)Amen. although i wish cricket would also ...@ TW - :)Amen. although i wish cricket would also pick up on aggressiveness!<BR/><BR/>@ J A N Indian - if you read carefully, thats exactly what im trying to say. The poor get carried away by silly promises which are left unfulfilled, while the rich are just indifferent. while i do not belong to either the politicians or the poor strata, im coming from a common man's point of view. And the context of the post is not a blame game - since YOU and me both are caught in this circle and not in the position to do anythign about it, be rest assured my friend that occasion demanding, i shall stand up for my rights/my country and not bow down.Serendipityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200551456447337295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213164739660434954.post-6308160640241602332007-08-15T17:50:00.000+05:302007-08-15T17:50:00.000+05:30"Ill commend the stupidity of their actions though..."Ill commend the stupidity of their actions though, after being stupid to such extremes is also an art."<BR/><BR/>whatever is the bigger art is to sit on ur shields and not do anything but blame everything on the politicians and the uneducated junta and ...very obviously not be a part of any of these .... the problem is that u dont choose these idiots ...<BR/> picture this .. in the last parliamentary elections ... the Bombay City voter turnout was a meagre 37% ... while the so called uneducated lot in rural india voted in throngs .... i wonder if all of our educated india like U and Me start voting ... will we still choose idiots ?? ... it is much easier to blame ... <BR/>but one needs to know that a dry day should not be the only sacrifice that you make for this country ... and live the anthem not just sing itNitin Bhandarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819189571615135163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213164739660434954.post-3206923401951817852007-08-15T11:09:00.000+05:302007-08-15T11:09:00.000+05:30it's my turn now i guess - to say couldnt agree mo...it's my turn now i guess - to say couldnt agree more.<BR/>We choose our own idiots.<BR/>but have you noticed something?<BR/>through our zillion mistakes, we have been making very sensible diplomatic moves. and we're positioned just right. talk aout aligning with russia when we started off, and getting closer to america and EU now. it all makes perfect sense to me.<BR/>our idiots have behind them the good-will of a few billion people, i guess.<BR/><BR/>happy independance day. <BR/>Like you rightly said, i wish our people moved ahead of saying their jai hinds, and then spit man onto their neighbor's wall.<BR/><BR/>well on a sidenote, i sing along to the national anthem myself. and the other day, they did not laugh - as a matter of fact,the whole movie hall followed.ToOothlEss WOndeR!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03870478280394124292noreply@blogger.com