Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Mile Sur Mera Tumhara



"If you and I sing the same tune, then the tune becomes ours, making it indistinguishable"

Mile Sur was telecast for the first time during the Independence Day Prime Minister’s speech telecast from the ramparts of the Red Fort.

Even today, this video brings nostalgia to the young and middle aged Indian public, who have grown up listening to it. With the advent of cable TV, and numerous channels, Doordarshan channel gradually lost large part of its viewership, and the video gradually faded into oblivion, no longer to be broadcast. But on occasions like the 26th of January i.e India's Republic Day, the song is played many times. It is even played on the 15th of August
courtesy
wikipedia


Most child domestic workers are young girls who come from poor families and are forced to work for up to 15 hours a day with no breaks and little or no pay.

68% of the children surveyed had faced physical abuse and 46.6% of the children had faced severe abuse that had led to injuries

32.2% had their private parts touched by the abuser, 20% had been forced to have sexual intercourse

50% of children do not get any leave in a year, 37% never see their families

32% of families had no idea where their daughters were working, 27% admitted they knew they were getting beaten and harassed.

78% of workers receive less than Rs 500 per month.


"In all the democratic countries of the world, economic power is concentrated in the hands of a few individuals and groups. In liberal democracies economic power is controlled by a handful of capitalists, while in socialist countries economic power is concentrated in a small group of party leaders. In each case a handful of people ... manipulates the economic welfare of the entire society."



Incredible




Friday, April 4, 2008

Extremely Cruel

ഞാന്‍ സസ്യഭുക്കായതിന്‍റെ ഒരു കാരണം ഇതുപോലൊരു കാഴ്ച ആയിരുന്നു


Tuesday, April 1, 2008

എന്‍റെ സ്വപ്ന സുന്ദരിക്ക്

അസ്തമയ സൂര്യന്‍റെ രശ്മിതന്‍ പൂങ്കയ്യില്‍

‍വിസ്മയ പ്രഭ വിതറും മോഹിനീനിന്‍

വദനമാം മധു കിനിയും പുഷ്പത്തില്‍ നിറയുന്ന

മൃദു ഹസിത ഭാവത്തിനര്‍ത്ഥമെന്ത്


ഹൃദയ മൃദു തന്ത്രികളില്‍ രോമാഞ്ചമായ നിന്‍

ശ്രുതി മധുര മൊഴികള്‍ തന്‍ രൂപം പോലെ

കരചലനമന്നനടയെല്ലാം നിനക്കാരോ

മനസറിഞ്ഞധികമായ് തന്നതാണോ


പ്രത്യക്ഷമല്ലെന്‍റെ പ്രേമര്‍ദ്ര മാനസം

നിഴല്‍ വീണു നിറം പോയ നിലാവ് പോലെ

വെമ്പുകയാണതു പൊട്ടിചിരിക്കുവാന്‍

മൊട്ടിട്ടു നില്‍ക്കുന്ന മുല്ല പോലെ

GOD

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?

Then he is not omnipotent.

Is he able, but not willing?

Then he is malevolent.

Is he both able and willing?

Then whence cometh evil?

Is he neither able nor willing?

Then why call him God?


Epicurus, 341 BC, Samos – 270 BC, Athens