“The Joker: I took Gotham’s white knight, and lowered him to our level. It wasn’t hard. Y’see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little…push.”

I know there reviews galore doing the rounds of the Dark Knight… I choose to pick a friend’s review as something closer to what I would have written….

To add to that… I must say two concepts that the movie showcased intrigued me as to some thoughts I have had about society… one was the concept of total anarchy in a society bound by laws and morals. I always enjoy different human emotions being brought out in movies and in this The dark knight succeeded immensely. The humanity that is brought out in extreme conditions of anarchy is something that moved me.

The other was obviously the character of the Joker. The motivation and drive for his madness not being money and power was extremely piquing. And the conviction of the character and his portrayal  was for a lack of a better word- Mind blowing!

I, the Omnipotent

I am the most powerful of all. I am the richest. I have the most bloated head. I can twist anybody’s arm and dictate terms to everyone. I am all encompassing, all pervading, and have the final word in everything. Dare not cross my path, lest my vendetta strikes you down to dust. I am the BCCI.

Quadraple Standards

The government of SA apparently wants to cash in on the world cup mania in a very unique way..

Thrives

Durban’s municipality said Germany had many adult entertainment centres during the World Cup in 2006, which were very popular with visitors.

It said while prostitution was illegal in South Africa, it could not ignore the fact that the sex industry thrives during major events like the World Cup.

To address this, entertainment centres such as strip clubs and escort agencies would be located in special areas where they would be safe and easily accessible.

Municipality Deputy Mayor Logie Naidoo said a final decision had not yet been taken.

“The national government will give us a lead in this matter, whether it relates to the 2010 Soccer World Cup or any other time for that matter,” he said.

There are a few glaring things that need to be noted. One obviously being that the law for legal prostitution would exist only for the time the WC lasts. This prooves that yet another culture thinks they are morally righteous but foriegners aren’t .. so prostitution is only for the “visitors” from other countries.. the other is that the country is trying to fight AIDS which is crippling its population and yet instead of cracking down on it they are trying to cash in on a business which will most definately promote its spread… hmmmm… according to me though prostitution should be leagalised… its done behind doors anyway in any society… legalising it would reduce the number of people who go looking for it cause its not forbidden any more..

On a road…

Have you ever noticed that when one goes exploring down a road you havnt been before - time goes slower as you keep covering new ground but goes much faster when you turn and head back….

I had a realisation life is so much like that… as you forage ahead into the unknown its slow frustrating and yet stimulationg all at once….

I have a t-shirt that says “Sshh I am hiding from the stupid ppl”

My t-shirt btw has been travellling places again and getting more rave reviews and pats on the back– this time it was up in Buffalo, NY …

I found this to be pretty funny

According to the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera, the film was screened at a Naples prison where inmates in jail for activities related to the Gomorra — Naples’ version of the Mafia — recognized one of their own among the film’s cast.

The actor, credited in the film as Giovanno Venosa, who is reported to be a wanted organized crime figure with a passion for acting, ended up as part of the no-name cast that director Matteo Garrone selected for the film. He tried out in an open audition and won a role

He was a crime boss who evaded the police for years? I wonder.. Maybe I should turn to a life of crime. I am sure to be really succesful if a guy like this evaded the authorities for so long.. . It got me thinking though. People tend to become slack after a point of time and start thinking they can do anything without consequences or hurting others. We start taking things for granted and then bamm - life hits you…..

Nuclear deal…

I guess the biggest political joke in the 80s and 90s when I grew up was politicians answering any uncomfortable question posed to them with a ” isme foriegn haath hai” .  To me even though communal politics always existed in the last 10-15 yrs it has reared its ugly head big time. Not surprisingly it has been parallel with the media explosion in the last few years. Something that caught my eye today that got me thinking and of course chuckling

Maya lashes out at UPA, calls N-deal anti-Muslim

Mayawati, who had recently withdrawn support from the UPA government at the Centre, said, ‘‘the deal is being made at the cost of cheaper gas from Iran and the Muslims are vehemently opposed to it.”

I can come up with better conspiracy theories and BS without even blinking my eyes. The sad thing is such a dirty unimaginitive political card will have much more ripples and repurcussions.

Parents should be informed that student went to pee in college

The Scheduled Caste Commission chairman has summoned the IIT Director to explain why it had asked 12 of its Scheduled Caste students to leave the institute mid-course.

The commission took this step after three of the ousted SC students came to it last week.

”We were singled out even when we did better. We were not marked properly. We were also not given proper guidance to make us do better,” says one of the aggrieved student Ravinder Kumar

Nonsense has no bounds i believe it does not stop here it goes on

”The institutes are supposed to inform parents if students are not doing well and also provide them with back up support to ensure that they improve their academic standards. But this was not done. We have asked the director to hear the students’ complaints personally,” says Buta Singh, Chairman, SC Commission.

The thing that aggrieved me when i was in college was that in the second semester the government actually brought about good changes my abolishing the Madras University, bringing in the anna university syllabus and a grade point average. By the fourth semester all that was scrapped since parents could not understant the GPA system and could not “monitor” how well their “kids” did in college as opposed to a 98/100 ”marks”… 

Beware

I cant stop laughing….

City officials are upset by an American warning about the risks of falling into manholes in India’s commercial capital during the monsoon season.

An item posted on the US consulate website said that municipal workers in Mumbai sometimes open manhole covers at times of heavy flooding and then leave them unattended and unmarked.

“It’s possible that you could inadvertently step into an open manhole,” said the warning, issued after the monsoon rains arrived at the weekend.

 

 

Fuel Price Hike: What is everyone thinking?

Communist Parties: Who cares if the oil companies are crying and the Government is subsidizing itself to death. Once again we won the war for the people by reducing the price hike from Rs.10 to Rs.5.

P.Chidambaram: I could have bridged the price gap by levying a new tax to the surcharge collected from fuel sales

Murali Deora: What do you think we are selling? Desalinated water?

Common Man: Once again they fueled speculations of increasing the price by 10 when they were actually going to increase only by 5 so that we will feel ‘less burdened’ at the end.

George Bush: It is not due to war. It is because of the increased spending capacity of the Indian middle class who are driving more for work and leisure.

Jayalalitha: It is because of the poor management under the DMK regime

Indian Media: We have on stage two of the most eminent scientists and economists to discuss what could be the reason for the increase in fuel prices and what this means to the Indian people, blah, blah, blah….

OPEC: (Laughing out too much to even think anything coherent)

Middle Class

What I find distressing of the Middle class I was a apart of three years ago is how much ever I changed the middle class did not change one Iota. They continue to squabble of petty things, mamiar says the same things to the maatu ponni after 20 years and the maatu ponnu gets angry the same way. The same fears of having a successful(= to money to spend) and married ( however bad the bride or groom to whom the son or daughter is being married to) and hence “happy” children drives them. And the need to put those fears constantly onto the children in the name of “I have seen much more of life than you and I am parent so I have right to say so” but in actuality to be at peace with one’s self. The suffocation this breeds is so much so that the urge to completely disappear breeds strong but then I am part and slave of the same system however angry depressed or sarcastic I might be.