Padma Shri !

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and bowler Harbhajan Singh's absence from the Padma awards ceremony has sparked a controversy. A fan of theirs filed a Criminal case against Mahendra Singh Dhoni and bowler Harbhajan Singh for staying away from Padma Shri awards. Reason for not attending was their commitment to their commercial advertisement. Dhoni and Harbhajan were to be honoured by the award by President of India. Are there any awards for Cricket from Oscar? So that we can club these two awards and also it helps them to find some time to be there and attend the ceremony on time.

About two years back; one of our noted Malayalam writer and social activist Sukumar Azhikode refused to accept the Padma Shri saying it is against his principle and constitution (his words - constitution says everyone has equal rights) but he was happy for the India Sahitya Academy Award and other awards which he received earlier. Does he mean the other awards are as per constitution? We should include Oscar into our constitution, so that he can accept Oscar award next time. And also whenever we give awards; we will give it to all people in respective category.

Learn to respect highest recognition awards given by highest office in the country. What is the point in having name and prominence; if you do not know how to respect people and awards isn’t it?

Language - Identity!

I saw one of my forwarded email or write-ups saying “an Englishmen speak only English; a Frenchmen speak only French; but we Indian have no language to say “this is our language by birth”

My friend; the truth is this country is a home for all of us "no matter what we do; what we speak; what we worship".

Our nation; per 1991 census recognizes 22 languages under that 1,576 classified "mother tongues" which lists 415 living “Languages of India" (with different linguistic accent). Still we are Indians not known outside as Bihari’s or Gujarati’s or whatsoever! Our culture binds us together under a great nation "India". Amazing, right? It is not an easy job!


I have traveled 54 destinations in US and traveled in UK & Europe too in my last 6 years of career; one day I asked one of my friends (happened to be a customer) at coffee shop in Detroit; "your nation’s language is Spanish; do you speak Spanish?" - He said "no I don't but I speak Italian because my family comes from Italy; they migrated long time back about 40 years back"

Our message is love & tolerance; no matter in what form we pass on and what language we speak -and- last not least we do not have to say "we migrated from other country; we are here in this country since 5000 - 8000 years".

I enjoy reading these types of emails and write ups; a moment to explode myself with laughter!

Millionaire from Slum

Slumdog Millionaire !

A.R.Rehman’s song and music in this is not even matching against his other music’s average quality.

Resul Pookutty’s acceptance speech echoes my ears "History is been handed-over to me…….my country and my civilization…” Were these words required or was it necessary?

Slumdog Millionaire won Oscar award for the best film.
There were better movies than Slumdog Millionaire; isn’t’ it?

Why we beg too much for international recognition? First of all it is not an Indian film; it is one hundred percent British film which is made up of Indian cast, British technical crews (up to 85%) and Indian technical crews (up to 15%). If a Hindi film is produced and shot with American Casts will it be considered as an American film?

As an Indian I am happy that these two individuals from India were able to get Oscar awards; absolutely on the basis that it is just like any other prestigious awards.