13 straight hours of work... and Im not tired

Its not like that I haven't stayed up working for 12-13 hrs in my 2.8 years of work experience. Every working man/woman has to be on his/her toes for the work.Strict time lines, peer pressure, deadlines. I have gone through this and it sucks.It sucks big time.

But today, I'm not at all bored or tired of my work.Because this work gives me immense pleasure. This job keeps me going on. I have been longing for this since a long time.And i have it now. Now there is confidence that come what may, I'm here to stay and I'm here to win. Because I'm happy.And I'm happy for my decisions. Now the dreams gets Bigger and Bigger with each day!!!

Time to move on

The following was my last mail to my friends in Infosys. 1st July was the day I resigned from Infosys. My first comapny, my first job. Its really difficult to quit your very first job. It was the most difficult decision I have ever made. But there are lot of thought processes gone through my mind before coming to decision. And the words below were the goodbye words for my friends. Simple and Sweet....

From: Gaurav Rajendra Navgire
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 11:07 AM
Cc: grn_11@yahoo.com
Subject: Time to move on :)

Dear Friend,

Good Morning.

Today is my last working day here at Infosys. So before you get busy with your work, I thought of having you read my last day mail at the earliest :).
Believe me; I have saved a lot of last day mails in my inbox since the day I decided to quit, hoping that I will write my own taking few words from these mails. But, I realized there were so many things to write about my own experience, I took a 2.7 yrs rewind. Life in Infosys was eventful. It is here that a normal college graduate became a professional. It is here that I met some of the awesome people from all across India :) and made friendship with. And this friendship is the most prized possession I will have always.
So I’m writing this last day mail and I’m thinking what is that I’m going to miss the most? Is it the awesome Mysore Campus, lively Hyderabad Campus or the ever entertaining Pune campus?
Rather it’s the people in it whom I will miss the most. And if you are reading this mail then you are the person who made my life in Infosys wonderful. Be it inside or outside the Campus. You are the reason I will be having these awesome memories with me, all my life. So even if I’m happy enough to leave this company, I’m not at all happy to lose your company:). Please be in touch, always.
You can reach me at gaurav.navgire@facebook.com, grn_11@yahoo.com.
Wish you all a very happy, healthy and successful life.

Regards,
Gaurav Navgire
Infosys Technologies, Pune, Ph-2
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Dialogues from Dark Knight!!! awesome posts

From: Gaurav Rajendra Navgire
Posted At: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 4:19 PM
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Awesome posts guys!

And I do watch the best scenes from this movie every now and then. Awesome dialogues and Awesome Music.

From: Sachin_Rehan
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Actually DARK KNIGHT is the only Hollywood movie, where IMAX cameras were used for shooting (only 6 scenes though). Before this IMAX cameras were used only for documentary films. It was Nolan’s idea to shot the scenes with IMAX cameras, because Output from IMAX camera has best sound and picture resolution.

Following are the quotes from Nolan on IMAX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_(film)) –

For its release in IMAX theaters, Nolan shot four major sequences in that format, including the Joker's introduction, and said that he wished that it were possible to shoot the entire film in IMAX: "if you could take an IMAX camera to Mount Everest or outer space, you could use it in a feature movie."^[72] For fifteen years Nolan had wanted to shoot in the IMAX format, and he also used it for "quiet scenes which pictorially we thought would be interesting."^[64]

That’s why if anybody would have seen DARK KNIGHT in an IMAX theater, they would have experienced 9 scenes where screen is enlarged and it feels everything is happening in front of you.. TRULY THE BEST EXPERIENCE I ever had in a movie theater..

More on IMAX - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAX

Rest all of the movies, which are shown in IMAX theaters (as IMAX movies) have prints that are just up converted to IMAX format.

Not ever Avatar was shot using IMAX camera.. though the digital 3D camera used was one of the highest resolution 3D camera developed by Sony specially for James Cameron. And this could never match the output effect which IMAX cameras gives

One of the main reasons that DARK KNIGHT RISES is eagerly awaited is because it has been shot again by IMAX cameras. Hats off to NOLAN..

Nolan’s point of view on IMAX, 3D and the way Inception was shot (very interesting) –

I was curious if you could talk about IMAX and 3D? These are both things that are…you really pioneered what IMAX could do with “Dark Knight”and 3D seems to be a revolution and it’s changing everything. Could you talk about your feelings about 3D and also with IMAX, did you shoot any of “Inception” in IMAX or was it all done in post?

Nolan: We shot the film with a mixture of mostly the predominant bulk of the film is anamorphic 35mm, which is the best quality sort of practical format to shoot on by far. We shot key sequences on 65mm, 5 perf not 15 perf, and we shot VistaVision on certain other sequences. So we’ve got a negative – a set of negative – that’s of the highest possible quality except IMAX. We didn’t feel that we were going to be able to shoot in IMAX because of the size of the cameras because this film given that it deals with a potentially surreal area, the nature of dreams and so forth, I wanted it to be as realistic as possible. Not be bound by the scale of those IMAX cameras, even though I love the format dearly. So we went to the next best thing which was 65mm. So we have the highest quality image of any film that’s being made and that allows us to reformat the film for any distribution form that we’d like to put it in. We’re definitely going to do an IMAX release. We’re excited about doing that and using our original negative 65mm photography to maximize the effect of that release. 3D I think is an interesting development in movies or the resurgence of 3D. It’s something we’re looking at and watching. There are certain limitations of shooting in 3D. You have to shoot on video, which I’m not a fan of. I like shooting on film. And so then you’re looking at post-conversion processes which are moving forward in very exciting ways. So really, for me, production of a large scale film is all about recording the best, highest quality image possible so that you can then put it in any theatre in the best way possible. And 65mm film, IMAX film, VistaVision, 35mm, that’s the way you do that

From: HarshalBhimrao Patinge
Posted At: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:47 PM
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The only movie I have seen in IMAX WADALA, Mumbai (it was Dome at that time)

And that was undoubtedly one of the finest movie experience I have ever had.

The scene where batman tries those bullets in his lab on a brick for thumb prints – the sound was amazing it just felt like bullets were fired nearby.

One of my favorite dialogs is

Morals, codes... it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be.

When the chips are down, these "civilized people", they'll eat each other.

See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve.

Too good!

Regards,

Harshal

From: Akshay Surajprakash Varma
Posted At: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:25 PM
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Even zzzzzzzzz background in shahenshah is more awesome than zimmer’s background score for Dark Knight

From: Siddhartha Adhikari
Posted At: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:21 PM
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Nopes, in fact the end dialogs from The Dark Knight is inspired from our very own Shehenshah movie song -

'Andheri raato mein, sunsaan raho par, har zulm mitaane ko, ek masiha nikalta hai, jisse log shehenshah kehte hai'

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From: Niketan Maral
Posted On: 20 June 2011 23:45
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+1 for this climax ending dialogue…..leaves tremendous effect………

(isn’t our own Bollywood movie using this Protector term for SRK movie)

regards

From: Sudhanshu Bhatt
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 5:46 PM
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Actually this dialogue gave the movie “ The Best ending “ , which the movie demanded or even DESERVED maybe .>!!

J

From: Pushkar Vijay Kastoori
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 5:45 PM
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Best dialogue of the movie for me

James Gordon Jr.: [Batman runs off into the darkness as James Jr. joins his father by Harvey Dent's body] Batman? Why's he running Dad?
Lt. James Gordon: [Staring after Batman] Because we have to chase him.
James Gordon Jr.: But he didn't do anything wrong
Lt. James Gordon: Because he's the hero Gotham deserves. But not the one it needs right now. And so we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A dark knight

Regards,

Pushkar Kastoori

From: Pushkar Vijay Kastoori
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 5:39 PM
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A dialogue from sum1 other than Batman n Joker(highlighted part)…nice!!!

Regards,

Pushkar Kastoori

From: Sudhanshu Bhatt
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 5:33 PM
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The Joker: Oh, you. You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You are truly incorruptible, aren't you? Huh? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. And I won't kill you because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.

Batman: You'll be in a padded cell forever.

The Joker: Maybe we can share one. You know, they'll be doubling up, the rate this city's inhabitants are losing their minds.

Batman: This city just showed you that it's full of people ready to believe in good.

The Joker: Until their spirit breaks completely. Until they get a good look at the real Harvey Dent and all the heroic things he's done. You didn't think I'd risk losing the battle for Gotham's soul in a fistfight with you? No. You need an ace in the hole. Mine's Harvey.

Batman: What did you do?

The Joker: I took Gotham's white knight and I brought him down to our level. It wasn't hard. You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push!

From: Ganesh Jayaraman
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 5:22 PM
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If you lose your faith in me, please keep your faith in people – Rachel

Regards,

Ganesh

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From: Sudhanshu Bhatt
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 5:21 PM
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Alfred Pennyworth: A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were working for the local government. They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones. But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit. So we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never found anyone who traded with him. One day I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away.

Bruce Wayne: Then why steal them?

Alfred Pennyworth: Because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

From: Abhijeet Balasaheb Kadam01
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 5:19 PM
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Rachel Hits The Joker in the party

Jokers says

Hmm Little fight in you

I like that

Then Batman says

Then you are gonna love me JJ

Thanks,

Abhijeet.

From: Abhijeet Balasaheb Kadam01
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 5:18 PM
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How about a magic trick

I am gonna make this pensil disappear

Tadaaaaaa hmm its gone J

Thanks,

Abhijeet.

From: Anurag Subhash Chatterjee
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 5:14 PM
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Awesomeness…Not any Dialogue..Just the things written Below !

And the way it was said my Heath Ledger make it even more legendary !

RIP Heath !

From: Pushkar Vijay Kastoori
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:41 PM
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“I believe that whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you stronger”…I guess I heard it this way :P:P:P

Since u put so many of Joker’s dialogue I am doubting myself :P:P:P

Will check it again 2niteJ

Regards,

Pushkar Kastoori

From: Sahil Ramesh Satralkar
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:37 PM
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Few more joker dialoguesJ

“I believe that whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you stranger”

“Their morals, their codes…it’s a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble.”

“Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order and everything else is chaos”.

“And I thought my jokes were bad.”

“Do you know why I use knives. Guns are too quick. You can’t savor all those little emotions. In their last moments people reveal who they really are. So in a way I know your friends better than you ever did. You wanna know which of them were cowards.”

“Do you wanna know how I got these scars.”

“It’s not about money…it’s about sending a message.”

“I am not a monster. I’m just ahead of the curve.”

From: Sahil Ramesh Satralkar
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:19 PM
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“Madness is like gravity. All it needs is a little push.”

From: Saransh Chitnis
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:17 PM
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“Why So serious……..”

From: Anmol Bhaskar
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:16 PM
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From the great joker

“If you are good at something , never do it for free”

Thanks & Regards,

Anmol

From: Pushkar Vijay Kastoori
Posted At: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:15 PM
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Saw dark knight last night(pun intended ) for the nth time :P:P:P

So if u all could share all share some legendary dialogues from that movie it would be fun.

“U either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain”

Regards,

Pushkar Kastoori

Chain Mail: To Hell with the World Cup

From: Sachin Shyam Deshmukh
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 2:45 PM
To: Dnyaneshwar Daspute; Gaurav Rajendra Navgire; Deshpande, Akshay; Chetan Jivanrao Deshpande01; Gopal Sharma; Kedar Arun Kashikar; Pravin Dattatraya Patil03; Shobhit Bansal; Vikrant Vijay Mahajan
Subject: RE: Hell with the World Cup; to hell with the celebrations; to hell with all the free land and money being showered by different governments on the players

Yellow wali line par to mai bhi fida Anna…ekdam dhasu!!

And what I don’t support is , we cant stop praising those who hav brought glory to our country just becoz the other part is not happy enough.

Yes we don’t celebrate when someone is not well at home but the situation our country is going through is not a common illness. Consider a family with two children , one suffering from paralysis attack nd the other one fit nd fine who is good at whatever he does. If the parents stop praising the other one , then where from will motivation come for him.

Of course we can’t neglect farmers but at the same time we should not neglect our heroes too.

What I hated most was the topic of the article. After all we should not forget ours is a socialist country and not a Communist one.

From: Dnyaneshwar Daspute [mailto:dnyaneshward@cybage.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 1:10 PM
To: Gaurav Rajendra Navgire; Sachin Shyam Deshmukh; Deshpande, Akshay; Chetan Jivanrao Deshpande01; Gopal Sharma; Kedar Arun Kashikar; Pravin Dattatraya Patil03; Shobhit Bansal; Vikrant Vijay Mahajan
Subject: RE: Hell with the World Cup; to hell with the celebrations; to hell with all the free land and money being showered by different governments on the players

Yellow wala sentence bahot mast laga bhai… J

Aur haan don’t forget that though farmers or whoever are suffering due to government’s mismanagement, almost all of them cheered for world cup victory… so as they cricket is India’s religion… it has ultimate power to make people forget everything else…. J

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From: Gaurav Rajendra Navgire [mailto:Gaurav_Navgire@infosys.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 12:41 PM
To: Sachin Shyam Deshmukh; Dnyaneshwar Daspute; Deshpande, Akshay; Chetan Jivanrao Deshpande01; Gopal Sharma; Kedar Arun Kashikar; Pravin Dattatraya Patil03; Shobhit Bansal; Vikrant Vijay Mahajan
Subject: RE: Hell with the World Cup; to hell with the celebrations; to hell with all the free land and money being showered by different governments on the players

Well said Janya!

Sachya why don’t you support? The Mercedes loan thing can be a bit exaggeration to make the context more promising.

The author expressed his intense anger/dissatisfaction concerning farmer’s condition with respect to the urban society and the government. It’s his personal view, which makes sense.

If I have to add up to the article and to what Janya said then I will say that, our society is divided into subsets and each subset is blind to the other. The subsets are: the government, the service class people, the media and the agriculture class people. Its because of the government and media that we, the service class people , come to know about the agriculture class people and vice versa. So it’s the job of the media and the government to make sure that if India is winning a world cup then the farmer and the worker stand together and cheer. What happening since past years is that these three subsets, excluding agriculture class, are not doing the job they ought to do and hence the inequality and farmer suicides.

The solution for this is simple, do justice to your duties. If a person is there at a position where he makes the strategic decisions then he must do his duty to the extent of his excellence. And our duty is to elect that person. And the duty of the media is to give us the report to the best of their work. And then only the duty of the farmer will be simple enough to deliver the food we eat and cloth we wear.

But the only thing that disturbs this solution is mans thirst for Money and Power.

From: Sachin Shyam Deshmukh
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 11:56 AM
To: Dnyaneshwar Daspute; Deshpande, Akshay; Chetan Jivanrao Deshpande01; Gaurav Rajendra Navgire; Gopal Sharma; Kedar Arun Kashikar; Pravin Dattatraya Patil03; Shobhit Bansal; Vikrant Vijay Mahajan
Subject: RE: Hell with the World Cup; to hell with the celebrations; to hell with all the free land and money being showered by different governments on the players

Thank you for taking out time and sharing your view, I would love if others too contribute their bit .

P.S. : Is it true that u can get a loan for buying Mercedes at 6 % ?? I doubt it.

From: Dnyaneshwar Daspute [mailto:dnyaneshward@cybage.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:59 AM
To: Sachin Shyam Deshmukh; Deshpande, Akshay; Chetan Jivanrao Deshpande01; Gaurav Rajendra Navgire; Gopal Sharma; Kedar Arun Kashikar; Pravin Dattatraya Patil03; Shobhit Bansal; Vikrant Vijay Mahajan
Subject: RE: Hell with the World Cup; to hell with the celebrations; to hell with all the free land and money being showered by different governments on the players

Ideally the guy is right. We don’t feel like enjoying ourselves or celebrating success if someone from our family is ill. So ideally I feel the author is right in saying that “how can we celebrate when farmers are committing suicides”.

However it would be not wise to feel endlessly sad about whatever mess is all around. We can celebrate good thing and work towards betterment of bad as well. I think responsible citizens do it. I also think that the awareness about this responsibility is increasing otherwise Lokpal bill wouldn’t be in process and Raja and Kalmadi wouldn’t be in jail. Media has a significant contribution in this.

I am seeing so many channels continuously bringing corruption topics upfront. If some channels are still concentrating more on glamor it’s just because some of us still don’t give a damn to social issues and enjoy watching fashion shows than repeated farmers stories and maybe rightly so. People seek entertainment when they are come home stressed and not an opportunity to do social work.

Personally I feel no bad in awarding cricketers as they have made us proud and happy. It just doesn’t seem good in current circumstances because politicians suck in overall development otherwise few crores is no big deal for India.

Solutions is to just become aware of all good and bad and get ourselves involved in the betterment process. People complain that they don’t have enough power to do anything. Thank god every Indian don’t think so! J

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From: Sachin Shyam Deshmukh [mailto:Sachin_Deshmukh@infosys.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 9:52 AM
To: Deshpande, Akshay; Chetan Jivanrao Deshpande01; Dnyaneshwar Daspute; Gaurav Rajendra Navgire; Gopal Sharma; Kedar Arun Kashikar; Pravin Dattatraya Patil03; Shobhit Bansal; Vikrant Vijay Mahajan
Subject: Hell with the World Cup; to hell with the celebrations; to hell with all the free land and money being showered by different governments on the players

What do u guys have to say abt it…..????

I don’t support this article, what’s ur take ??

THE HINDU 24^th April Sunday – Open-Page Article

Yes, you read it right; to hell with the World Cup; to hell with the celebrations; to hell with all the free land and money being showered by different governments on the players. How can I jump, scream, have gallons of beer and cheer for the nation when a few kilometres away the farmers and feeders of my country are taking their own lives in hordes?

Do you know that, on average, 47 farmers have been committing suicide every single day in the past 16 years in our shining India — the next economic power, progressive with nine per cent growth?

Last month, on March 5, Friday evening, when Bangalore's watering holes were getting filled up, when all the DJs were blaring out deafening music, when we were busy discussing India's chances at the World Cup, sitting in CCDs and Baristas — just 100 km away from Bangalore, Swamy Gowda and Vasanthamma, a young farmer couple, hanged themselves, leaving their three very young children to fend for themselves or, most likely, die of malnutrition.

Why did they do it? Were they fighting? No. Were they drunkards? No. Did they have incurable diseases? No! Then WHY? Because they were unable to repay a loan of Rs 80,000 (a working IT couple's one month salary? 2-3 months EMI?) for years, which had gradually increased to Rs. 1.2 lakh. Because they knew that now they would never be able to pay it back. Because they were hurt. Hurt by our government which announced a huge reduction in import duty for silk in this year's budget (from 30 per cent to 5 per cent).They were struggling silk farmers and instead of help from the government, they get this! Decrease in import duty means the markets will now be flooded with cheap Chinese silk (as everything else!) and our own farmers will be left in the lurch.

On average, 17,000 farmers have been committing suicide every year, for the past 15 years on the trot. Can you believe it? Most of us wouldn't know this fact. Why? Because, our great Indian media, the world's biggest media, are not interested in reporting this! Why? Because they are more interested in covering fashion week extravaganzas. They are more interested in ‘why team India was not practising when Pakistanis were sweating it out in stadium on the eve of the match?' They are more interested in Poonam Pandey.

The media are supposed to be the third eye of democracy and also called the fourth estate, but now they have become real estate. Pure business.

So any attention from the media is out of the question. Who is left then? The government? But we all know how it works. The other day, I was passing by Vidhan Soudha in Bangalore and happened to read the slogan written at the entrance, “Government work is god's work”. Now I know why our government has left all its work to god!

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa announced plots for all the players. But land? In Bangalore? You must be kidding, Mr. C.M.. So he retracts and now wants to give money. But where will it come from? Taxes, yours and mine. Don't the poor farmers need the land or money more than those players who are already earning in crores?

A government-owned bank will give you loan at six per cent interest rate if you are buying a Mercedes but if a poor farmer wants to buy a tractor, do you know how much it is charging him? Fifteen per cent! Look at the depths of inequality. Water is Rs. 15 a litre and a SIM card is for free! For how long can we bite the hand that is feeding us? The recent onion price fiasco was just a trailer. Picture abhi baaki hai doston!

In 2008, Lakme India fashion show venue was in a Mumbai five-star hotel and was covered by 500 journalists and the theme was ‘Cotton'. A few hours drive from there, cotton farmers were committing suicide, 4 or 5, everyday! How many TV journalists covered this? Zero!

Sixty-seventy per cent of India's population is living on less than Rs. 20 a day. A bottle of Diet coke for us? The electricity used in a day-night match could help a farmer irrigate his fields for more than a few weeks! Do you know that loadshedding is also class dependent? Two hours in metros, 4 in towns and 8 in villages. Now, who needs electricity more? A farmer to look after his crop day and night, irrigate, pump water and use machines or a few bored, young professionals with disposable incomes, to log on to Facebook and watch IPL?

How can we splurge thousands on our birthday parties and zoom past in our AC vehicles and sit in cushy chairs in our AC offices and plan a weekend trip to Coorg when on the way, in those small villages, just a few minutes' walk from the roads, someone might be consuming pesticide or hanging himself from a tree for just Rs.10, 000? How can we?

There was much panic when there was swine flu. Every single death in the country was reported second by second, minute by minute. Why? Because it directly affected our salaried, ambitious, tech-savvy, middle-class. So there were masks, special relief centres, enquiry centres set up by government to please this section. On the other hand, 47 people are dying, every single day for the past 15 years. Anybody cared to do anything?

It has been observed that within months of a farmer taking his life, his wife follows, either by poisoning the kids first or leaving them on their own. In Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, a distressed woman farmer went to the government seed shop, bought a bottle of pesticide, on credit, went home and drank it. She was under debt for most of her life and now — even her death was on credit!

Centuries ago, there was a Roman emperor, called Nero. He was a strong ruler and also very fond of parties, art, poetry, drinking and a life full of pleasures. Once he decided to organise a grand party and invited all poets, writers, dancers, painters, artists, intellectuals and thinkers of society. Everybody was having a great time eating, drinking, laughing, and socialising. The party was at its peak when it started getting dark. Nero wanted the party to go on. So he ordered and got all the arrested criminals, who were in his jails, around the garden and put them on fire! Burnt them alive, so that there was enough light for the guests to keep on enjoying! The guests had a gala time though they knew the cost of their enjoyment. Now, what kind of conscience those guests had?

Nero's guests

What is happening in our country is not different from Nero's party. We, the middle-class-young-well-earning-mall-hopping-IPL-watching and celebrating-junta are Nero's guests enjoying at the cost of our farmers. Every budget favours the already rich. More exemptions are being given to them at the cost of grabbing the land of our farmers in the name of SEZs, decrease in import duties in the name of neo-liberal policies, increase in the loan interest rates if the product is not worth lakhs and crores. Yes, that's what we are, Nero's guests!

I'm not against celebrations. I'm not against cricket. I'm not against World Cup. I would be the first person to scream, celebrate and feel proud of any of India's achievements but, only if all fellow countrymen, farmers, villagers also stand with me and cheer; only if they do not take their own lives ruthlessly, only if there is no difference between interest rates for a Mercedes and a tractor. That would be the day I also zoom past on a bike, post-Indian win, with an Indian Flag in hand and screaming Bharat Mata Ki Jai. But no, not today. Not at the cost of my feeders. Until then, this is what I say. To hell with your malls. To hell with your IPL. To hell with your World Cup. And to hell with your celebrations.

BUT WHATS THE SOLUTION!!!