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[Much as I hate long posts, this promises to be one :-) ... and probably nonsensical too! Beware!]

I usually tend to ignore email newsletters, but I viewed this one and a headline caught my eye – “Rakhi Sawant threatens to go on hunger strike”. My curiosity was aroused, and I ventured to read the article.
Rakhi Sawant feels that the censor board was being unjust in banning her song Kameeni tera bhoot chad gaya re. She has sent a legal notice giving it a week to explain its decision. Otherwise, she will go on hunger strike, says the item girl.
Read the rest of the article here.

Now, I’m no fan of Rakhi Sawant. Yet, to be fair, she does seem to have a point there. The hunger strike threat might be taking things a bit too far, but then, RS has always been in the limelight for high drama!

Yes, I’m confused.

On the one hand, RS has a valid point – with the kind of lewdness displayed in movies and TV serials nowadays, and with the movie Kaminey having being released recently, it’s a tad unfair that her song be banned for having the word “Kameeni” in it!

On the other hand, past errors of judgement on the part of the Censor Board should not be considered a norm, and used as justification for more vulgarity to come. The Censor Board, however, should apply this yardstick to all such instances henceforth and not single out RS. Only then would this ban make sense.

If a true poll was conducted among the billion-plus people out there, then all vulgarity and lewdness would get a thumbs up – due to the unfortunate degeneration of our masses. That brings us to a rather touchy question – why is our society so full of hypocrisy? Why do we encourage immorality, and then pretend to frown upon it? Are our Government agencies hungry for publicity, too?

My personal opinion is that our politicians serve more to lead people astray, than to serve the country. “We don’t want vulgarity to creep into our culture,” they say. Yet, many of them are guilty of polygamy, rape, murder and any other sin one can think of.

Our politicians range from the sleazy (old man, 3 babes!) to ones with criminal pasts (and present?). Only when elections are impending do we get to hear of the great progress our nation has made, and promises of a rosy future.

“O Oysters, come and walk with us!”
The Walrus did beseech.
“A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,
Along the briny beach:
We cannot do with more than four,
To give a hand to each.”

Elections over, what we get to hear is

“A loaf of bread,” the Walrus said,
“Is what we chiefly need:
Pepper and vinegar besides
Are very good indeed–
Now if you’re ready, Oysters dear,
We can begin to feed.”

And then, at the height of the political term,
“It seems a shame,” the Walrus said,
“To play them such a trick,
After we’ve brought them out so far,
And made them trot so quick!”
The Carpenter said nothing but
“The butter’s spread too thick!”

Finally, towards the end of the term,

“I weep for you,” the Walrus said:
“I deeply sympathize.”
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size,
Holding his pocket-handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.

That’s it. A new Government comes along, and it’s the same story…

It’s all about appeasing the masses. About vote-bank politics. About publicity. Not about the Nation.

Stwabbit loves playing games on mobile phones, much to my dislike. However, latety I’ve been wondering how I could leverage that inclination of her’s to my advantage.

I stumbled upon this website, http://mobilestudy.org/, which allows you to create quizzes which can be downloaded to any mobile with Java capabilities (translation: most decent handsets available in the market today!). I created a simple test, just to see what it’s like. You can download it from http://www.mobilestudy.org/content/4741/m/ to your mobile phone, download it to your computer from here, or try it online here.

And, here’s a vocabulary test…

Do let me know how you like it :-)

How come nobody noticed?!

For almost a week now, there’s been a new tab right at the top – and, it proudly reads “Dadly Experiences… The Book“.

Nobody noticed, nobody commented… :-(

Oh, and nobody ordered a copy, either!

Word Problems…

 With exams around the corner, we were having a study session at home.

“You have 29 pencils. I take away 6. How many do you have left?” asks the Missus.
There’s a meaningful silence, and ten little fingers are seen trying to perform calculations. An occassional shake of the head is also involved.
“So, what’s the answer?” prompts the Missus, when she feels Stwabbit has reached a conclusion.
Lots!” Stwabbit exclaims, triumphantly.

Tiger Woods’ “transgressions” seem to have turned his world around. Once famous for his GOLF, he’s now making waves with news of the FLOG-ging his wife (supposedly) gave him!

Learning how to whine…

Stwabbit and Ian are both ‘whiny’ children. They like to whine and throw tantrums about anything and everything.

However, Ian considers himself a master of the art. When asked why didi (Stwabbit) whines, his reply is:
“I think she’s learnt it from me!”

“Love the World!”

A few months ago, my sister came visiting us along with her family – her husband, and my 5-year old nephew Ian.

One evening, when we were going out for dinner, Stwabbit and Ian had the following conversation…

Ian: I love my parents.
Stwabbit: I love my parents and my grandparents.
Ian: I love my parents, grandparents, and everybody!
Stwabbit: I love my parents, grandparents, everybody, and the car!
Ian: I love the whole world!
(After a pause): Except for policemen!

Child of Labour

“Papa, we’re not buying crackers this Diwali!” Stwabbit declared.

“Fine”, I said, and continued with my work.

“Do you know that crackers are made by little children in factories run by bad men?” she continued.

“Really?” I said.

“Yes. They are hardly paid anything, and if they get tired and stop working, the bad men hit them and make them work harder!” Stwabbit exclaimed.

“That’s bad!” I replied.

“Yes! It’s called Child of labour!”

B.C. and A.D.

Stwabbit believes there were two distinct eras – B.C, or Before Color, and A.D., or After Dr. Eastman (You’ve heard of ‘Eastman color’ haven’t you?!!).

The B.C. era was the era before color was invented, where the world was in black, white and shades of grey. Everything, including the sky, trees, people, gold jewelery, et al.

One day, Dr. Eastman discovered color, and that changed the world. He went around painstakingly coloring everything around him, so that the world could be the way we see it today.

Salman Khan Dumped!

 Stwabbit has changed loyalties – Salman Khan is out. Ranbir Kapoor is in!

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