Nodi & Heli... !!

Ah ! Guess what ?! I watched a Kannada movie today K/as Mungaaru Male (First rain) !! I was invited to this movie screened here at Naz Cinemas this afternoon by my friend. I had no options but to accompany him this afternoon to this movie:-( . Inside the hall,so many channagedeera's were heard. Anyways,I had my share of interesting events inside the hall. I was seated next to a 10yr old ABCD boy who,like me doesnot know /or has limited knowledge of Kannada :-).My friend was interpreting this movie for me in English,just like the little boy's mom who was also translating dialogues to him .

This little boy seemed to know little about India. In the first scene,the Hero falls into a Manhole/ sewer and this boy just didnot have an idea of what that was !! He asked his mom about that..whats that mom..and his mom couldnot answer him..

And he was just laughing at all the songs and fights where the Hero dances or trashes a gang single handedly..

I feel Indian movies to desikids here seems like an amusing experience for them! Guess,these kids are just split between two worlds..world of their own experiences and the exposure being provided to them by their parents !
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Whatsoever, I liked this song very much even though i can't decode the meaning !

Enjoy maaadi !!

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DO WE KNOW ENOUGH OF OUR PAST HISTORY ?

Few months ago,I was listening to a radio talk show by Mr.P.Sainath on India's farm crisis. He spoke at length about the famines in India during the erstwhile British Raj and how poorly they governed the famine crisis especially in Mysore and Madras regions. He quoted a book by Mike Davis which intrigued my interest in learning more about our past. A number of references in that book discussed widely about the famines and their effects on Indian farmers. About 24-29 million people had perished due to famines while the British people enjoyed feasts during that era. It was one of the worst periods in India before Independence.

Now after reading the book, i wonder how different is our present government from the erstwhile rule in handling the sucides of farmers on a large scale due to droughts and famines . Its been more than 60 years after independence and basic infrastructure is still lacking in almost all areas required for basic living .Has this has become the way of life that our rulers now even bother to uplift the downtrodden societies ?

THANK GOD !!

I KNEW THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO DELETE MY BLOG.

JUST LIKE OUR CRICKET PLAYERS WHO DIDN'T CARE FOR TEAM INDIA, I DIDN'T CARE FOR THEM EITHER !!

GOD BLESS INDIA !!