children of a lesser god...

                                 Picture used without permission from TOI - Bangalore Times

 Is it ok, to put children from lower economic families on display for a ten buck beauty pageant? Is this really promoting a social cause? I found it disturbing...

War is a drug: The Hurt Locker

Just finished watching: The Hurt Locker. It certainly is another great addition to the war movies, but once again helps us in redefining the idea of a War.

The opening statement in itself is best:

The Rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug

Most dialogues is engaging and perfect from beginning to end. Here is one:

Spc. Owen Eldridge: Aren't you glad the Army has all these tanks parked here? Just in case the Russians come and we have to have a big tank battle?
Sergeant JT Sanborn: I'd rather be on the side with the tanks, just in case, than not have them.
Spc. Owen Eldridge: Yeah, but they don't do anything. I mean, anyone comes alongside a Humvee, we're dead. Anybody even looks at you funny, we're dead. Pretty much the bottom line is, if you're in Iraq, you're dead. How's a fucking tank supposed to stop that?
Sergeant JT Sanborn: Would you shut the fuck up, Owen?
Spc. Owen Eldridge: Sorry. Just tryin' to scare the new guy.

Shashi Twee-roor, The Tweetie Pie of the Year

Shashi Twee-roor as henceforth i will be addressing this great man, who took on the imagination of every forward looking Indian. Though i still have more respect for Shashi Tharoor, the bureaucrat than the Mundu wearing vote-seeking politician, Twee-roor, who is all tweets but no work!!

But still I don't  understand what's wrong in tweeting.Why is everyone harping on what he says on Twitter? The boy is just having some fun, let him!

Maybe he should tweet or DM rite from the Parliament itself, the minutes of the every proceeding. Won't that be great. Why just Parliament, everyday he should just tweet tweet and tweet?

At least, thanks to his tweeting habits, we know that he is on a leisure trip, or maybe he found time to catch on some great Artyf-farty movie or glimpse a cricket match.

Maybe its Twitter you had in mind when you said "reaching out to the common man" Twee-roor.!! Btw Security is important and a little restriction certainly would help us ensure a safer country. But too bad for your firang friends!! Sir!!

Happy tweeting Tweetie-pie