A Great Tribute to Steve Jobs - The Man Who Thought Different!

A great tribute to Steve Jobs - The Visionary, The Innovator, The Leader, The man who transformed his imaginations into technology & The man who really Thought Different - may his soul Rest In Peace. 

A visionary is a person who can foresee the future. Steve Jobs saw the future of technology decades ago and made necessary steps to be on the top of it when most people didn't even dare to dream of it! 

An innovator - MacOS, iMac, iPod, MacBook Air, iPhone, iTunes, iPad - Do we need something more than that from a single man's lifetime ?

A leader is a person who can identify talents in others and at the same time utilize it in an efficient way. Steve was always surrounded by the brilliant minds of his time and it was his leadership quality that helped Apple to climb the stairway to success. Definitely, Apple is not a one man company - no company can ever be. 

A man who transformed his imaginations into technology, indeed. It was his dreams and imaginations , that is why he dared to speak even in public, "someone stole my idea!". That's the confidence and time will show us he was right. Even now, we can't identify an electronic gadget which is not influenced by his ideas, may it be a phone, an OS, a tablet, an online store or anything. Ideas cost a lot! He gave us a lot!

Steve Jobs was the one who thought really different as the company caption says, THINK DIFFERENT. 

A great tribute to Steve Jobs - The Visionary, The Innovator, The Leader, The man who transformed his imaginations into technology & The man who really Thought Different - may his soul Rest In Peace. 

~Shinu Shajahan

~ Eid Mubarak ~

~ Eid Mubarak ~

May the blessings of Almighty Allah (God) be always with you, your family and your beloved ones.

~ Chaand Mubarak ~

A Very Nice Thought for You

Recently I came across a very nice thought from Paulo Coelho's 'Maktub'.

You can imagine a flock of birds, but the number of birds in the flock is beyond your control. Yet the scene was clear, well-defined, exact. There must be an answer to the question. Who was it that determined how many birds should appear in the imagined scene? Not you!

Ban Endosulfan or It Will Kill Us All Sooner or Later!

Even though I support UDF & UPA , I have uncompromisingly sharp dispute with them on their attitude towards Endosulfan & GM crops. It's as if they are asking for more deaths or perhaps the death of all (!) to ban Endosulfan! The side effects of Endosulfan are pretty clear. Still waiting for what?  Do the human lives shattered through that insecticide have no value at all? Still need more study to ban it from this democratic country? They have taken a more or less similar attitude towards Genetically Modified (GM) crops as well! 

Ban Endosulfan & GM Crops from India. Every human life is precious. 

വെറുതെ വന്ന ഒരു ചിന്ത...

ഇത്രയും നാള്‍ എനിക്ക് മഴയേക്കാള്‍ പ്രിയപെട്ടവളായി ആരും ഇല്ല എന്ന് അഹങ്കരിച്ചു നടക്കുകയായിരുന്നു അവള്‍. എന്നാല്‍ ഇന്നു പെയ്തു തുടങ്ങും മുന്‍പ് ഒരു കുസൃതി എന്നോണം  എന്നോട് ചോദിച്ചു. ഉത്തരം  ഞാന്‍ പറയും മുന്‍പ് മനസിലാക്കിയതിനാലാവണം, ഒന്ന് ചെറുതായി ചാറുക പോലും ചെയ്യാതെ എന്നോട് പിണങ്ങി പോയികഴിഞ്ഞിരുന്നു.

Jan Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare & New Hope

I support Jan Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare and his noble cause.

Actually it is a new hope. A new hope against corruption and being exploited. 

No one in India supports corruption except those who delayed the Bill for the past decades! As a matter of fact no party which ruled the country made an effort to legalize Lokpal Bill. We all know the reason! 

Someone recently said the bill is against democracy! So what about corruption and being exploited?!!

Anna Hazare is the real Hero. A hero who showed great courage and stood firm on what he believes in. (Some people even tried to play politics in this noble cause too! But Anna Hazare utilized the situation to the world that he is the real hero!)

Millions of people who supported your cause via different ways showed that India being awaken. Indians felt a new feeling of being rejuvenated and we will keep the spark ignited. Hats off. Once again, you are the real hero, real patriot, real India.

Shinu

French ban on Islamic Niqab/Veil is against human rights, rights to gender equality & rights to religion

The Article 18 of  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights  says, 

"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his  religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."

French ban on Niqab/Veil is...

Against Human rights...

Against Right to freedom of thought...

Against Right to freedom of religion...

Against Right to freedom of worship...

Against Right to gender equality...

Let's simply analyse some pros (they called!) and cons of this useless ban.

Pros: (Actually no one could find Pros for this!)

Let them say for the sake of 'saying' it is for liberating women from forced wearing of Niqab. 

Ok. Is that the absolute way to do that? What about women who are not forced to do? They didn't yet say anything about women who are wearing Niqab as a part of their religion and modesty and without being forced! What they can do for them? Is there will be a new law to do something for that category?

Just for the matter of argument let me say something more to ban for the same cause!

1. A sister of mine is 'forced' to study geometry. Please ban geometry!

2. A brother of mine is 'forced' to wear tie. Please ban tie!

3. An uncle of mine is 'forced' to marry. Please ban marriage!

If they ever want to stop the forced wearing of Niqab (that won't be the main reason!), there would need some other laws than complete ban!

Cons: (There would be more than anyone could count directly or indirectly!)

It's pretty much clear that it's targeting against a particular religion & it's followers. So the so-called 'saviors' wouldn't sit quietly & definitely will try to exploit the emotions of particular people. Actually 'saviors' may have been waiting for food and 'French' fish deliberately caught the bait!

Shinu

Urumi - Malayalam Movie Review - Good but not Best

'Urumi' is good but not the best! Good because of many things like direction, cinematography, casting, art direction, dialogue, action, songs etc etc. Not best, because it really lacks a strong storyline, a strong script and a strong patriotic feel that we all expected. Actions sequences are taken very well with much technical perfection.

Director-Santhosh Sivan really deserves appreciation. He made a good piece of art indeed. The movie is pretty worth watching. That won't be an exaggeration if someone says director deserves all claps. Actually it's a director's piece of work! Deepak's song 'aaro ne aaro' is superb & bgm could have been made better!

Genelia played a strong character named 'Ayisha' and she is at her best, I think. Really liked it. I dare to rank her number three in my favorite actress list following Nicole Kidman in 'Australia' and Julia Roberts in 'Notting Hill'. Once I loved Sarah Ashley from 'Australia' & Anna Scot from 'Notting Hill'! Now I love Ayisha from Urumi!!! Actually I was not a Genelia fan before!

Shinu

Indian Cricket Team Fulfilled An Indian Dream

This time Indian Cricket Team fulfilled a long Indian dream - Cricket World Cup.

Religion, Politics & Cricket - that's the essence of India! (Entirely my opinion only, no offense!)

More than 121 Billion wishes come to true. Deserves more than smiles and claps. 11 men in blue let the whole nation jump out of joy & placed it in the top of the world! 

Glad that Sachin's dream come to true. Dhoni really deserves a special clap. (Now I am Dhoni fan too!)

Note: I know the post is too late!

Shinu

My Favorite Rumi Poems

1.

If the sky is not in love,
then it will not be so clear.
If the sun is not in love,
then it will not be giving any light.
If the river is not in love, then it will be
in silence, it will not be moving.
If the mountains, the earth are not in love,
then there will be nothing growing.

2.

I am bewildered by the magnificence of your beauty,

and wish to see you with a hundred eyes.

I am in the house of mercy,

and my heart is a place of prayer.

3.

You were born with potential;

You were born with goodness and trust;

You were born with ideals and dreams;

You were born with greatness;

You were born with wings;

You are not meant for crawling, so don't

You have wings;

Learn to use them and fly!

~
Shinu