Hey Pak, We SHOULD NOT and we WILL NOT Attack you!!

   

As a proud Mumbaikar I go through this turmoil more often than others. Mumbai is a city that is attacked the most number of times by terrorists. Every alternate year there is either a terrorist shooting or a bomb blast. We lose lives but we still get up. Some might say it’s cowardly, some say it’s the spirit. I agree. It’s actually both. This is something common between me and my city. We both have the spirit that says, 'You can push me down but you cannot keep me there' and we both are coward at times because we weigh in the options and needs before action.

            Now let’s come on the topic. So every time there is an attack on Mumbai, the youth comes into action. We get agitated, come out on roads, Post our anger on public networking sites and demand an action on Pakistan who is sponsoring all the terrorism and harboring the terrorists. No doubt that is true. With Laden killed in Pakistan near the Pak Military headquarters, no country will oppose this fact and might not stand in our way if we decide to go on a war with Pakistan and try to remove it from the world map which most of us may want. But there are strong reasons why we should not do that.

            No matter how much we deny it always comes up to money for everything. Most of the political and social decisions in the world are made for financial reasons. And this is one of the reasons why we should not go on a war with Pakistan. Not that we do not have the money to do so but cause we have better things to do with that. Pakistan today is a failed economy and a failed democracy. Its existence will depend on a war with India. Hoping that if we initiate the war some countries might lend them monetary support. They need a war and we so do not. War in itself is a horrible thing for innocent lives and it’s after effect is worse than the actual period. Most European economies could not recover from World War 2 yet and it was this war which gave rise to the current super power in the world.

            Perhaps some may argue that since I am not directly affected by terrorist attack I am saying such things. And I agree. If I would have lost a dear one in such a cowardly terrorist attack, trust me I would have wanted blood. But that is because I am human, a single individual and that is the difference between individuals and a government. The finance ministry knows that war is something that will not boost our economy. Rather it will boost economies like Pakistan, China and US.

            No, I do not want us to just keep quiet and accept what is happening. It definitely is the time to do something. But that something is not war. If we would have used only half the money that we made doing 2G scams or Commonwealth scams and put that money into Intelligence or defense, we could have saved the blasts. And perhaps that would be the right way to go. We need to kill them in the bud and for that our Intelligence has to grow. Ask for Change not for War!!

PS: I am not a very peace loving person but I would prefer not doing something that my enemy really wants me to do.

Please pitch in your thoughts!!

Cheers!!

History is just another Mystery

  
I have always wondered on this one wonderful dialogue from one of my favorite movie 'Kungfu Panda' where the old turtle says "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery but today is a gift and so it is called present" . Ok there might be some great guy who would have originally quoted this but I remember it from the movie so please bear with it :-) . The second half of the sentence will be a post on its own but the more I read about history I feel the first part is not really true as I find History also a big mystery in itself.

  I am not a big fan of ancient history but I love the modern history. The history of the last two centuries which included wars and terrorism were my favorite topics to explore. Without exaggerating the figures, I would have read at least 25 books on World War 2 and Hitler and the more I read the more I get convinced that one would never truly know about Hitler or world War 2 and that history is as much a mystery as the future.

  They say History is always written by the person who won the war and that is something common from many centuries. We have always read history written by winners and so we only know their version of the story. Though Historians try to be as neutral as possible but many historians have agreed that what we write is actually our view of what we think happened based on the facts we get.

  One classic example for it is the Second World War or Hitler. Hitler is one of the most influential persons of his century. He is among the few men who created History but so little is known about him though there are more than thousands of books written on him. One of the big reasons was cause he shot himself when the war was about to end. Had he being captured alive, we might have had a better idea of what he thought and did. Elaborating more on the point expressed about the historian's view. Based on all the documents available which are same to all historians still there is so much confusion and speculations to what actually happened. One noted Historian David Irving in his book 'Hitler's war' had claimed that Hitler had no clue about the holocaust and he solely should not be blamed responsible for it. Then there are always books by historians who deny holocaust being ever happened.

 My study on the subject is not so deep that I can state what would have actually happened. Rather since my study is only on books and not on original documents and artifacts, I do not consider myself even worthy to give my opinion on holocaust. But this is an example of how historians have given two entirely opposite views on the same person and events. Also the fact that history is written by winners denies us knowing the complete story. There were many war crimes done by the Allies as well in the Second World War which included crimes by Stalin or crimes by Allied group strategic bombing on the German cities killing millions of innocent lives.But these war crimes were never considered for punishment or accounted for.

 All these facts really make me wonder if we would actually know what happened. The more I read the more I get convinced that this is not the true version. However books like 'Men who created History' are definitely a great source as these are not written but just edited by giving chapters on events. The best part of such books is that it presented both sides of the story for the reader.

 So know with an unknown past and an Unknown future, present remains the only known thing. But if we humans just stay in the present then we become selfish and self centered by not accounting for past mistakes or not considering the future problems. Wow, now thats what I call a classic catch-22 situation.

Cheers!!

Top 10 Bollywood Dialogues of all time!!!

 I would have started watching alot of Hollywood movies these days and I am completely taken over by the way they are made. The war movies or sci-fi movies are something we may not be capapble of, but they always say that a man never forgets his first love and my first love was bollywood. So here in this post I would like to give you the top 10 bollywood dialogues of all time in 2 categories.
The first 5 dialogues are from the powerful category. Dialogues which have attitude , arrogance, determination and a sense of power.
1) 'Gabbar K taap se tumhe ek hi aadmi bacha sakta hai, aur wo hai khud Gabbar'
     This dialogue from the evergreen movie Sholay was among the top five in this category. Amzad khan lived like a legend and the dialogue shows his ferocity.
2) 'Don k dushman ki sabse badi galti yeh hai ki wo Don ka dushman hai'
    Again A bad boy dialogue from the movie Don where Amitabh proves why he was known as the angry young man for years.
3) ' Ae Iqbal, Tune kaha tha na ki apne Ghar main toh kutta bhi sher hota hai. Dekh main tujhe yahan ye batane aaya hoon ki Sher jahan bhi jaata hai na, wohi uska ghar hota hai'
   Not many may know this but this was from the movie Kurukshetera where Sanjay Dutt plays the role of an honest ACP fighting the whole world for what he feels is right. Somehow this dialogue has been my ever favorite and as teenagers was most widely used by me and my bro. :-)
4) ' Jo peechle 25 saal main nahi hua wo ab hoga'
   Who can forget this one from the movie Deewar. The confidence from Amitabh in this dialogue makes it among the top 5.
5) 'Peter, tum log mujhe wahan dhoond rahe the aur main tumhara yahan intezaar kar raha tha'
   Again fomr the movie Deewar delivered by the angry young man. The challenge and confidence makes it among the top 5 in thie category.

Next 5 dialogues are the most romantic dialogues I felt Bollywood has given us. Romance and other emotions together in the next classic 5.

1) 'Mohabbat bhi zindagi ki tarah hoti hai, har mod assan nahi hota, har mod pe khushiyan nahi hoti, lekin jab hum zindagi ka saath nahi chodte toh mohabbat ka kyu? '
   One of the best dialogues from the movie Mohabbatein delivered by SRK. This should be used as a testament and should be asked by every person in the world who is in a relationship to read it daily 5 times during the day. Its a slap in the face to people who have made affairs and relationships just a matter of fun or timepass and keep changinf bf or gf like clothes.
2) 'Tumne us se pyaar karne se pehle ye shart toh nahi rkahi thi ki wo bhi tumse pyaar karegi, Mohabbat main sharteing nahi hoti, toh afsos bhi nahi hona chaiye'
  Again from the same movie...Another classic
3)  'itni shiddat se maine tumhe paane ki koshish ki hai ki har zarre ne mujhe tumse milane ki koshish ki hai....kehte hai agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaaho toh poori kaynath tumhein usse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai...aap sabne mujhe meri chahat se mila diya...thanks, thanks very much, kehte hai ki filmon ki tarah hamari zindagi mein bhi end tak sab theek hee ho jaata hai..happys endings...aur agar theek naa ho toh woh the end nahi, picture abhi baaki hai mere dost...'
    Need I say more about this dialogue again by SRK from the movie Om shaanti Om. Use this for any thing in this world and not just love. The dialogue has determination, romance, hope and all that you can think of..one of my personal favorites.
4) ' Suri tani ko hasane k liye raj ban sakta hai, dance kar sakta hai..lekin pyaar toh tani ko suri se hi karna hoga, wo jaisa hai, waisa hi '
  This is my favourite. From the movie Rab ne Bana di jodi where he explaind that though a guy can do all sort of thins to please the girl what he really expects the girl is to love him and accept him the way he is. He may be boring, may not be a race car car driver or adventurous type, may be he is a simple mature person but find the good in him and love him for that. Dont try to change people. Accept them and love them
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I would keep the 5th one vacant and would like you all to post in your personal fav and I would enter the best one :-)
Also please do not mind if the dialogues are not word to word perfect. These are from my memory and I did not refer or watch the movie again to check the coreect word to word dialogue.

Cheers!!