Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Breaking News!! Nun burnt to death alive in Orissa!

Yes.. It's so horrible as it breaks.. it's really worth a watch in media houses when such news breaks - more and more information starts pouring in, exclusive footages come in, mobile alerts keep beeping in. It is all about the competition is to show the first pictures, give detailed information. After some time, it got confirmed that it was not a nun but a teacher who was burnt to death and now the correction drive starts. The reason behind the brutal activity is RELIGION CONVERTION. Soon after the news broke, I started searching for an apt picture for the story, video footages etc. At last I got it -- exclusive, pictures -- so horrible.

As such types of attacks and activities towards nuns had already been happened in the past, the first news was the deceased was a nun too. For a second, my memory flew back, like the flashbacks in movies -- 2 -3 years back, when I was coming back to Delhi from Kerela, I met a Sister (nun), who was in the same compartment of the train. She was supposed to get down at Bhopal and was working as a missionary somewhere interior in Bhopal. The first day we were formal to each other. On the second day, as it was really boring to spend 48 hours in the train, I started talking to others who were sitting next to me and slowly I began conversing with her about where she was going and what was she doing there etc.

She belongs to a poor family in Kottayam and joined in seminary because of her interest in working for the poor. She visits her parents every year. Then she told me about the place where she is living now and her missionary works. It is 30 km in the interiors of Bhopal, as I mentioned before. There were very few buses to her place and that too went only as far as 25 kms to that place and then 5 kms she has to travel in a bullock cart. There were no proper roads, light, water etc.

The people there work in the field and earn some money, say 20 rupees per day, for their daily living. There were no hospitals, schools etc -- in short, a different world unknown to everybody. In between our conversation, I asked about the packet that she was keeping near her, which contained medicines. Seeing that I thought she was working as a doctor or nurse. She told me, whenever she came to meet her parents in Kerala, she purchases some medicines with the money she got from her relatives and parents.

She further told me that she was staying in a hut there and that’s the only place where the people can go in case of any kind of sickness. Most of the people there (99%) were illiterate. So her hut was the school for them. They bring food for her everyday in order to show their gratitude. There was nobody to take care of such people -- to provide them good education, food or light. In short, she was a great help for them. All these things were unknown to me till then. Nobody can imagine such a village as we live in a hi-tech world. But all those were hidden facts. Who can help such people without expecting anything from them? Some cheap politicians or others can take it as a weapon to convert them to Christians. They do so as they don't want such people to be educated because if that happens then they may loose the chance to exploit them. They attack such machineries in the name of Conversions.

Think what will they (nuns) get if they convert one or two persons to Christianity? Money?? Christianity is there all over the world since long and nobody needs to convert anybody to Christianity to increase the number.

India is a Hindu country and nobody can compete with them in terms of number. Nobody has such dreams, so why such machinieries who does well for the poor are being killed brutally?? No answer….it's only a blog. It can't change anybody's mind. Jai Hind.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

My take on the two evergreen heros

Before I begin my piece of text, let me tell you one thing, this blog is not the outcome of a big research or something. It's purely my own finding. I have to be careful while writing about the two reel kings of Malayalam film industry. I am talking about Mammootty and Mohan Lal. Both are lively there in the Malayalam film industry for the last 26 years. So many stars came and disappeared since the first Malayalam movie released, but no one could have created such an influence as they did. Now let me put a question before you, why these two actors are still there in the industry? A lot of new bunch of actors come out every year. Some could contribute good movies to Malayalam cinema, some have got recognition, some of them are really talented too, still they could not conquer the kingdom that had been owned by Mammootty and Lal. According to me, their assets are dedication and hard work. Mammootty himself had told in many interviews that he's not a born actor but he can compete with talented actors by his hard work and tireless efforts.

Both mammootty and Lal are very hardworking. They're ready to do whatever hardships for the perfection of a characters (remember mammootty taken off his hair for Yaathra, put on weight for Mathilukal, Mohan lal taken off his moustache for Panjaagni and learnt kathakali for Vaanaprastam). All that has brought recognition to Malayalam cinema globally. I am not telling that only they had done such things. Dileep and Suresh gopi are also had done so many such characters. (Remember Dileep's Mulla and Chandupottu, Suresh gopi's Kaliyattom).


Most of the young generation stars are not willing to loose their image. For some of them, film is a white color job or glamorous world where money is everything. Nobody can win the battle until and unless they came out of their image and work with 100% dedication. Mammootty's last years Blockbuster, Kathaparayumbol has a real story behind it. The same movie had re-made in Tamil as Kuselan for that Rajanikant taken money more than what he had got from his previous blockbuster, shivaji. For kathaparayumbol, mammootty had not taken anything from the producer. Because his previous movie was a flop (Bhargava charitham) which had brought major lose to the producer. The new generation stars are not care about the producers lose. MohanLal had lost lots of money for producing good film in Malayalam (Vaanaprastham) knowingly that it would not be a commercial success.


The rising stars in malayalam should remember one thing, it's a team work and lots of people will have to suffer if your movie will be a commercial flop and you have commitment to your producers. You should have a dedication to the project you're working on. Otherwise Mammootty and Lal would be a NOT OUT.