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

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

'Traffic' ~ The Best Malayalam Movie I Have Ever Seen

Hi,

I am not a movie critic at all! But in my opinion 'Traffic' is the best malayalam movie I have ever seen. 'Manichitratazhu' was my ever time best in malayalam before I watched 'Traffic'. No offense, Manichitratazhu will remain as a classic. If I didn't watch 'Traffic' , I would have lost faith in malayalam movie at all!

In my experience I got bored with most malayalam movies publicized as 'hit', 'super hit', 'super star rocks', 'hollywood style', 'first time in world cinema', 'universal hero' etc. Most of such movies were below zero value in all dimensions!

As a usual malayalee, I too adjust with such works & was in an attitude 'I don't care' & 'This is Malayalam Movie' etc. But 'Traffic' is simply SUPERB in ALL DIMENSIONS.

The movie 'Traffic' is simply superb & a wonderful piece of Art work. Hats off to the cast & crew of 'Traffic'. Congrats, you have done a very good job for malayalam film industry. The movie came without any 'heavenly' hype going to rock for sure.

Pros : The movie handled a lot more emotions in a very healthy way all around 2hrs. (Yes, the movie didn't try to waste our time around 3hrs by giving a foolish concept that they have saved our money! ) Director Rajesh R. Pillai deserved hearty claps for handling those so much emotions in a good way. 2 hrs of emotions indeed. (Never ever think emotions as only 'tele opera' crying emotions please!)

It was a really good effort to make a lot more within 2hrs & making it a master piece. (While most others struggling with above two & half hrs in bgm, cry & slow motion!)

Story/Script Writers Bobby and Sanjay deserved special claps as well. Without a perfect script like this, this wouldn't have happened. Perfect script. We can't find a loop hole there!

Casting of actors is well suited. They are all perfect match for the characters. Everyone perfectly suited for characters. Each & every character in it have equal importance! No Hero! No Villain! No Heroine! Everyone can be considered as Supporting Actors!

Dialogues. Wow. Heart touching lines. Conversation between SaiKumar & Collector and Anoop Menon & Jose Prakash will stay with you for a few days! SaiKumar said it in a very height of sorrow & is touching. (Watch the movie for dialogues! In Theatres!)

Director succeeded in making a movie full of thrill, suspense & emotion. All actors in it acted very well. In my opinion, especially Sai Kumar.

The movie showed all sorts of relations in a very good & healthy way. It shows us the strength of relations & how bad we feel if we ever loose those relations. (In that sense the hollywood movie 'AWAKE' is a must watch. It showed us different emotions & the bond of relations. A movie with a similar genre of heart transplant itself but in a completely different way!)

The movie showed us all how a malayalam movie could be! Before it most of the so called 'hit' makers showed us how a malayalam movie should not to be!

Thanks to Rajesh Pillai, Sanjay , Bobby & the whole crew for making such a wonderful 'Emotional Thriller'.

Cons : The movie will stay with you for a few days even after you left the theatre! A must watch malayalam movie! 'Traffic' won't let die malayalam movie which requested for a 'mercy killing'!

~

Shinu

I Will be back soon !

Hi,

It has been a long time since my last blog post. This post is just to mention about it. It was because of many reasons! No sudden thoughts, No creative ideas, No inspirations etc. etc. I was not in a good mood too! Academic tension as well! he. .he. .he. . :) I was in perplex thoughts all for no reason! Some very positive incidents or thoughts also occured. No more bla. .bla. .bla. . Just Wait. . . I will be back soon. Thanks to those friends who enquired about my absence from blog.


Yours,
Shinu S.

Beware Of Life, Hope for the Best

Life is full of mysteries and wonders. But I always believed in Expectations.

Till some days before, I believed only in those things which I can expect.

But now I know, anything unexpected can happen. Something really unexpected did happen.

Unexpected in the sense that I didn't expect it to happen even in my lazy dreams.

It changed a little bit on my perceptions about life. Life is to expect something and something unexpected can also be expected in our life. Future would tell us, whether the expected as well as unexpected is for good or bad. Let's always hope for the best in expectations and unexpected things.

So beware of life. Unexpected Can happen at anytime and always Hope for the Best.

Yours

Shinu S.

Paying Tribute To The Martyrs Of Mumbai Attack

A great tribute to the martyrs of mumbai attack.

A great tribute to the brave souls who sacrificied their lives for our lives.

A great tribute to the innocent people who lost their lives.

Yours,

Shinu S.

Did We Really Forget Our Evergreen Hero ?

Stage Name : Prem Nazir

Original Name : S. Abdul Khader

Born : April 7 1926

Died : January 16 1989 (Aged 62)

First Film : Marumakal (1952)

Last Film : Dhwani (1988)

Records : 1. Guinness Record for the lead role in over 700 films.

2. Guinness Record for playing opposite the same heroine (Sheela) in 107 films.

3. In 1979, 39 of his films got released.

Major Awards : The Government of India has honoured him with the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, the third and fourth highest civilian honours respectively, for his contribution towards Indian cinema.

In this era of sponsored programmes, I think we really forgot our evergreen hero - Prem Nazir.

Nazir was the man who revolutionized the concept of a Romantic Hero.

Nazir was the man who showed us the essential qualities of a good Hero.

Nazir was the man who introduced the fun & jovial nature of a Hero in Malayalam movies.

Nazir was the man who re-shaped malayalam film industry in a better way.

Nazir was the man who made us believe that film is an art form.

Despite all these and a number of other things he has done, we almost forgot him.

Malayalam film industry at some extent forgot the marvelous super star of an era.

No one will say sorry for this, because it's human nature. We tend to forget.

But. . .

We still Miss Prem Nazir. . .

We still Miss a Romantic Hero. . .

We still miss an Evergreen Hero. . .

Yours,

Shinu S.

Sachin - Beauty Of The Art Cricket !

I'm not a die hard fan of Cricket. But Sachin is the man who made me love the game cricket a little bit. Every one can enjoy the beauty of an Art. But Sachin is the man who made me love Cricket.

And Sachin is the beauty and jewel of the art Cricket.

A big congratulations to sachin for crossing 17,000 and also for the marvelous 20 years. Sachin, we - Indians - expect more from you. And you are the one who at most times rose to expectations and beyond. You can achieve more. We - Indians - are proud of you.

Yours,

Shinu S.

Maa Tujhe Salaam, I feel Proud to be an Indian.

Indians,

Yesterday, 15th August 2009 we celebrated the 63rd Indian Independence day (and ofcourse 62nd 'year' of Indian Independence). I feel proud to be an Indian who is living in one of the best sovereign, democratic, republic in the world. I here by wishing you - all the Indians over the world - a happy independence day. (Yes, belated wishes!).

Unity in diversity is our strength. Let us be stand united irrespective of colour, cast, creed, region & religion. Let us be stand united against the external as well as internal forces trying to disturb our unity in diversity. Let us be stand united against the forces trying to 'divide and rule' us on the basis of colour, cast, creed, region & religion.

United we stand, divided we fall , history bears testimony for this! Let us be stand united against all odds. It's our land. No one can take anyone out of their home land on the basis of anything by force.

Once again wishing all the Indians a belated Happy Independence Day.

Maa Tujhe Salaam. . .


Yours,

Shinu S.

A Great Tribute to the One Man Army - Michael Jackson.

World,

This post is to pay a great tribute to the one man army - Michael Jackson - who revolutionized the modern music on earth. Everyone is sure for one thing , there won't be another Michael Jackson on earth here after! And no one can be him as far as music is concerned. Also people on earth know that the thriller gone but the thrill of his music will remain here. We love your music, we don't care about how much controversies you were in. We don't know about you personally, we know you only by your music not by the controversies you made. So Rest In Peace. We know you inspired people positively. We know you tried to change the world. We know you were a good musician.

A few of my favourite songs of late MJ.












Yours,
Shinu S.

Election 2009 - Peoples Verdict In India

World,

First of all Hearty Congratulations to all the winners. . .

Once again majority of the people of India proved that they are not biased. They once again uphold the value of unity and secularism. They proved to the whole world that India is a Secular Nation. We Indians proved beyond doubt that NO ONE can divide us based on religion at all time. If they ever try to inject into us communal venom from their blood, definitely we will make them sit like this!

We will definitely wipe out communalism from India in a short run. We Indians will stand united for it. No matter how they - some national leaders and their parties - try to divide us based on religion! We love unity and integrity.

Here in India one man promised us a secular nation and a nation of unity. We love unity and secularism and made him pose like this!

Now it is clear that. . .
Indian Government is the. . .
Government OF THE PEOPLE. . .
Government FOR THE PEOPLE. . .
and definitely. . .
Government BY THE PEOPLE. . .

Jai Ho. . .

Yours

Shinu S.

RAGGING. Are we in favour of it ?

Latest Known Victim : P.S.Akhil Dev, 19 yr old, first year BBM student of PSG Arts and Science
College, Coimbatore.
Date : March 7, 2009.
Event & Venue : Akhil was brutally ragged by 5 of his seniors in his private hostel room.
Now : The victim suffering from serious mental trauma, serious injuries to eyes (9 holes in his retina) and ears.
Usual after effects : Coverage news for media for two or three days

THERE AFTER ? : NOTHING... NOTHING... NOTHING... !

WAIT. . . WE WILL GET ANOTHER VICTIM IN A FEW DAYS ! ! !

These things forced me think that we are in favour of ragging.
Just think for a while...
How many ragging cases before this incident ?
How many flash news about ragging before ?
How many anguished parents before ?
(There were cases that seniors even raped juniors in the name of ragging!)

But NO USE. We can't curb this menace yet. Why ?

Quoting the words of victim's father, Sunil Paremeswaran "Such a thing would never happen to anyone else in future".

One question : Is this is the first time he came to hear about the very bad side of ragging ?

How many times it thundered before ?

Remember, there are millions of parents awaiting to utter these same sentense in vain!

The very funny part is that, words of victim's father itself, "This was not the first time
the boy was beaten." (?!!)

Where were his parents at that time ?

50% of the responsibility of all ragging cases is with the victim itself.

Why do they allow someone to humiliate them ?
Why do they allow someone to harass them ?
Why do they allow someone to insult them ?

What makes your seniors better than you ?
Don't you have a character ? Don't you have a personality ?
Are you a slave of you seniors ?


Let us wait and see...

In the hope that we will get more victims and more brutal stories in future!
Because we are not ready to respond. We are adjusting. Let it be...


Yours
Shinu S.


Note : Now I'm doing my PG and till date I didn't allow myself to fall as a prey to seniors for ragging. But they have approached me !

A request to all Politicians...

Dear Politicians & National Leaders,

Please...

Never try to divide My country - India on the basis of religion.

Please don't divide My India on the basis of caste or creed.

India had witnessed the pathetic effect of communalism before many times.

Please don't ignite it again.

We need a strong India, a strong generation but communalism is not the answer!

We achieved great things when we stand united. We will achieve it again.

But...

Yours

Shinu S.

A R Rahman & Oscar

World,

As usual A R Rahman did it again... But now it's Oscar... And it's two...
Hearty congratulations to A R Rahman...
He rose to our expectations every time... Do critics of A R Rahman have something to say now?

Shinu S.

Does India really need a change ?

Note : Please don't consider this post as a mere description or review of a movie. Because this post at one point mentioned about a recently released bollywood movie. I did so, because I found some very positive elements in that movie which is relevant to my current post. I’m not a movie critic! I’m just writing about an urgent change need to be taken by all Indians for our country’s progress.

Indians,

Do we really need a change ? Do we really lacks something which will help us in the development of our country in every walk of life ?

In my opinion, it is a big YES ! We really lacks unity among people ! Now a days people are divided and trying to divide - not on the basis of territory – but on the basis of their own faith;their religion!! A very pathetic cum shameful condition. Above 50% of problems we are facing is created by it!!

Remember it is in a country which once boasted of it’s ‘Unity in Diversity’.
Remember it is from one of the largest secular countries in the world.
Remember it is now in a country which has achieved great things (socially, scientifically, economically) when people were stand united and worked together.
Remember nothing great can be achieved if we stand divided (on any grounds). If we do it, then we will definitely fall and fail!

No religion in the whole world teaches it ‘s followers to hate the other followers. If it were, then it won’t be a religion and it can’t be. There is no proof from the history that any acharyas/gurus/prophets of any religion said so ! Then why do the followers of it do the other way round ?

We need to work united, live united, stand united. After all we are living in the same country and were created by the same creator ! Then why do we and for what purpose ?

A recently released bollywood movie – Delhi 6 – depicts very strategically and in a very positive way, how these real problems were created. It shows us very tactically how can we solve these problems. It shows us how beautiful the life will be with religious harmony and how worst it could be in the middle of religious hatred ! It urges us to change our focus and kill ‘the kaala bandhar’ in our own minds to make life on earth so beautiful.
The director assures us – Indians – via the hero of the movie that, ’India works ; the people make it works’. Definitely, on the basement of unity and religious harmony ‘INDIA WILL WORK ; WE WILL MAKE IT WORK’.

If we are ready to do it, then we can wipe off all kinds of anti social elements from our mother India. If we do so, we can alleviate the social insecurities, we can alleviate poverty, we can alleviate the violence and so on.

All we need to do is change our negative mind settings and change the mind sets of coming generations and present generation in a very positive way.
Teach them love, teach them religious harmony, teach them life.
Let they live in a beautiful and wonderful world in general and a wonderful India in particular.

Remember Indian history taught us
‘UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL’!!!
American president is not going to change our lives and solve our problems ! They have their own problems. Let us ourselves change our life here.

Shinu S.

Bakrid or Eid-Ul-Zuha

World,

It is one of the grandest Muslim festivals, and is also known as Bakrid. It fails on the 10th day of the Muslim month Zil-Hijja. There is an interesting story about the celebration. Once Hazrat lbrahim was ordered by Allah in a dream to sacrifice his dearest thing. To lbrahim his son was the dearest, So, he decided to sacrifice his son on the altar of Allah. He sought the permission of the members of the family and blindfolded himself so that at the time of sacrifice his love for the son may not deter him from the act. He struck with his sword, but when he removed the fold from his eyes, to his great pleasure and surprise, he found that he had sacrificed a ram instead of his son Since, then a ram, or goat or a camel is sacrificed and distributed among the neighbours and relatives.

The sacrifice of a ram or goat also symbolizes that man's position in the creation is far more high than any beast, and any sacrifice, however great, is a small thing for the sake of religion and Allah. The sacrificial ram or goat is reared with great care and is kept quite healthy and fat And the man who does the sacrifice must be a man of a character and deeply religious.

On Bakrid, the Muslims go to the mosques in the morning to offer prayers to Allah. and then sacrifice the animal at home. The cooked meat is partaken by the friends and relations. The poor, needy and sick are given money, clothes, etc., in charity on this day. Children also get money to spend, and gifts from their elders. People embrace one another out of sheer joy and greet each other.

Yours,

Shinu S.

(Text extracted Online.)

Crush Terror Mercilessly

"Crush Terror Mercilessly"

This is not my words, this is not the words of American President, this is not the words of Pakistan President, this is not the words of Pope. . .

If it were then you would have definitely seen it on Highlights on News papers and Channels!!!

These are the words of Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti on Saturday 31 January, 2004!!! These words didn't get popular because . . . (Its upto you to think why is it so??)

"You must know Islam's firm stance against all these terrible crimes which have been attributed to it. The world must know that Islam is the religion of peace and mercy and goodness; it is the religion of justice and guidance. It is a religion that prohibits all forms of injustice and the shedding of blood without genuine reason," he explained

Jihaad does not mean shedding the blood of Muslims or killing peaceful people or destroying their properties, Jihaad was made lawful not to shed blood or to take revenge but as a kind of worship of God and one of the religious duties for defending the Islamic nation.

But as for what some people do regarding activities of suicide, tying explosives to themselves and then approaching non-muslims and detonating them amongst them, then this is a case of suicide and Allah's refuge is sought. So whoever commits suicide then he will be considered eternally to Hell-Fire, remaining there forever, as occurs in the hadeeth of the Prophet, (PBUH) , saying:

whoever kills himself with an iron weapon, then the iron weapon will remain in his hand, and he will continuously stab himself in his belly with it in the Fire of Hell eternally, forever and ever!!!

Because this person has killed himself and has not benefited Islam. So if he kills himself along with ten, or a hundred, or two hundred other people, then Islam will not benefit by that, since the people will not accept Islam. Rather it will probably just make the enemy more determined, and this action will provoke malice and bitterness in his heart to such an extent that he may seek to wreak havoc upon the Muslims.

Yours

Shinu S.