No. She didn't do anything intentionally. For Fame? It's infamy. For money? She can do a couple of more B grade flicks and make much more. For the race? She doesn't have that panoramic viewpoint. For the country? Hah! That's the biggest joke. Ms. Shetty was being a lousy sobbing pathetic participant of an unequivocally useless TV show. The viewer count of the show jumped by 70% after the stunning performances. Ms. Shetty will get a fixed sum. May be, a bit of short-lived public sympathy. The show makers and sponsors have already raked in the moolah! Frankly, Ms. Goody can best be described as this: A pig-nosed ape-lipped hippo, with a fat brain. I mean, Ms. Shetty was looking better to her! Strange, isn't it? And regarding the dialectic between the two, I had following observation. Remember the character of the iron smith - the Arjan - in Lagaan? He was kicked on face by the gora saab when he had banged the hammer on horse leg instead of horseshoe, for he was raged by the derogatory offered by gora saab about India(ns). The gora saab played same trick, successfully again, when he was hitting them badly in the cricket duel. Arjan - loosing temper - pulled the shot, miscalculating, and threw the wicket.
There was no media then. That's the only difference in the two scenarios. Fiction and Reality was never so close!
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No SEZs, till there is a proper compensation package designed (?) for the PAPs. Applause! Lets talk facts. The Land Acquisition Act of India, was enacted in 1895. 112 years back! Farmers in many states - of the traditionally agriculturist economy of India- are doing suicide. (Mansoon in 2007 is expected to be weak.) Gujrat and Maharastra, the most industrialised states, offer highest revenue; taxes and duties. UP and Bihar, the states are blessed with most fertile land stretch and virtually perpetual supply of water. Revenue collection? Statistically, Corporate Tax chunk has increased by 100% to circa 31% of the total Tax kitty (BE 2007), from circa 17% in 2000. The Personal Income Tax chunk has dropped by almost 2 percentage points from 17 to 15, during the same period. The Indian consumers - we - are getting better products: better value for money. Majority of it are manufactured in-house. It's cheap to produce here, rather than import! Government divested completely from Maruti. Government must govern, not manufacture cars. We drive better models than the archetype (or box-type?) 800cc. Again, manufactured in-house. OK. Enough.
A greenfield power plant for 2000MW generation capacity typically demands 3000 acres of land. Currently, for all SEZs taken together, we need to acquire 50,000 acres of land. Say, equivalent to circa 34,000MW of fresh capacity addition. 45,000MW of the total of over 75,000MW capacity addition by the year 2012 is exclusively thermal. Is it achievable? Now? Forgo the Tatas' and Ambanis' SEZ plans.
If Gurubhai overrules such rules, is he an outlaw?
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Moral Policing is an in-thing nowadays. We see it everywhere. The I&B ministry, the Bhagwa Brigade, the Meerut police, the anti-St.Valentinos, et al. Censorship on obscenity and perversion of social values, they fight for. I wonder, why there is no censorship on the News channels. Master had once said, 'I wonder where the news reporting is headed now. The day is not far when watching news with your family would be a taxing affair.' There were days when editors were people of mind. It appears now as if they are, well, word of mouth. What to show and what not appears to be just a matter of chance not choice. Some funny brains ruminate about some utterly irrelevant thing (to the common) like, the mind of the serial killer, the spiritual strength of the idiot kid who couldn't see the trench or the racist and apartheid mentality of the Britons, epitomised by some lowly rotter of the city.
Now, there was a fantastic achievement in the history of Indian Power industry, that went visibly unnoticed. One of the upcoming greenfield project of the biggest CPSU made it's 765kV switchyard operational on January 20, 2007. Importance? Well, by 2012, we have to make all switchyards of that scale. Two, if we transmit at such higher voltages, i2R losses are less; meaning: less wastage, cheaper power, lesser bills, more profit. Three, this pertain to all. Every citizen of India. Shitta Shilpi won't power the TV or reduce your bills.
There was no media then. That's the only difference in the two scenarios. Fiction and Reality was never so close!
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No SEZs, till there is a proper compensation package designed (?) for the PAPs. Applause! Lets talk facts. The Land Acquisition Act of India, was enacted in 1895. 112 years back! Farmers in many states - of the traditionally agriculturist economy of India- are doing suicide. (Mansoon in 2007 is expected to be weak.) Gujrat and Maharastra, the most industrialised states, offer highest revenue; taxes and duties. UP and Bihar, the states are blessed with most fertile land stretch and virtually perpetual supply of water. Revenue collection? Statistically, Corporate Tax chunk has increased by 100% to circa 31% of the total Tax kitty (BE 2007), from circa 17% in 2000. The Personal Income Tax chunk has dropped by almost 2 percentage points from 17 to 15, during the same period. The Indian consumers - we - are getting better products: better value for money. Majority of it are manufactured in-house. It's cheap to produce here, rather than import! Government divested completely from Maruti. Government must govern, not manufacture cars. We drive better models than the archetype (or box-type?) 800cc. Again, manufactured in-house. OK. Enough.
A greenfield power plant for 2000MW generation capacity typically demands 3000 acres of land. Currently, for all SEZs taken together, we need to acquire 50,000 acres of land. Say, equivalent to circa 34,000MW of fresh capacity addition. 45,000MW of the total of over 75,000MW capacity addition by the year 2012 is exclusively thermal. Is it achievable? Now? Forgo the Tatas' and Ambanis' SEZ plans.
If Gurubhai overrules such rules, is he an outlaw?
_____________
Moral Policing is an in-thing nowadays. We see it everywhere. The I&B ministry, the Bhagwa Brigade, the Meerut police, the anti-St.Valentinos, et al. Censorship on obscenity and perversion of social values, they fight for. I wonder, why there is no censorship on the News channels. Master had once said, 'I wonder where the news reporting is headed now. The day is not far when watching news with your family would be a taxing affair.' There were days when editors were people of mind. It appears now as if they are, well, word of mouth. What to show and what not appears to be just a matter of chance not choice. Some funny brains ruminate about some utterly irrelevant thing (to the common) like, the mind of the serial killer, the spiritual strength of the idiot kid who couldn't see the trench or the racist and apartheid mentality of the Britons, epitomised by some lowly rotter of the city.
Now, there was a fantastic achievement in the history of Indian Power industry, that went visibly unnoticed. One of the upcoming greenfield project of the biggest CPSU made it's 765kV switchyard operational on January 20, 2007. Importance? Well, by 2012, we have to make all switchyards of that scale. Two, if we transmit at such higher voltages, i2R losses are less; meaning: less wastage, cheaper power, lesser bills, more profit. Three, this pertain to all. Every citizen of India. Shitta Shilpi won't power the TV or reduce your bills.
1 comment:
Are thee glorifying the Doordarshan era of monotonous News readers? Nevertheless, News channels rivalary atleast ensures that one of them succesfully get the right story...
I agree however that the Gurubhai tactics of cicumventing Govt taxes ain't outlawing, infact innovative!...Cheers
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