Mumbai terror Attack.... What next?

It has been above 1month now since Mumbai was in the grip of terror for more than 60 hrs. India started with abuse and then warning just like a middle school kid who has been given out by another boy in half pant. When the response was meagre and Pakistan didnt give any heed to it, India started making International pressure via America and Great Britain, but it didnt help either. India says that we have clear evidence stating Pakistan hands in the Terror attack.. Pak denies it bluntly saying no proof has been handed to them and they are mere information and not evidence. Now the question arises what should India Do? What next?

OK... India should attack Pakistan... It is what more than 80 % Indians suggest in numerous Polls online or in weekly magazines. But is this the only way out.... NO...

First of alll...India will have to decide whether India want to wage war against the government of Pakistan, The people of Pakistan or the Terrorists who have found refuge in the Borders of Afghanistan and POK.

Secondly, It needs to be known very well that the war be packed up within 3-4 days because the expense of the war would be too hefty for India to bear in this recession.

Thirdly, What is India going to do after the attack? Would India resolve the kashmir Issue once for all or is it planning to be in 1965 like situation.

No,,, we are not ready for any of it.. We cant prove it that there was any Pak agency behind the terror attack in Mumbai... hence cant wage war against the Govt.Of Pakistan, On people of Pakistan-its out of question on the Terrorist camps in Pakistan.... How can you enter A foreign land like this Unless you are America?

We cant guarantee that we will be able to pack up in 3-4 days as well all know that just driving away the culprits in kargil from our own land took more than 15 days... So we are in trouble here.

Thirdly, The kashmir issue is not going to get resolved through war and thats true as we are fighting our own people in Kashmir. So forget it.

International Politics is all about timing. Check the timing and you win. Palestine attacks and within hrs Israel is deep inside Palestine and no nation even make a statement on that.. This is how it works. One atack in America and the whole Afghanistan was ravaged.... just on the question of Iraq having chemical weapons, Iraq was invaded.. I am not justifying what America did to Iraq, but I am just putting my point. So its all about timing.

India has been under regular terrorist attacks.. Evertime an attack happens there is lot of hoo--hoopllah... The designer home minister with multiple suits in the wardrobe comes up in front of the camera and parrots a regular dialogue. Several possessions take place with big banners wherein people write messagges for the killed or the martyrs, Which nobody reads and at the end of the days these big banners are either burnt or thrown in the Sarkari-Dustbins among the garbage. Candle light possessions to the India gate has been a regular event nowadays,, thanks Aamir Khan and Rang De Basanti.. providing a wonderfull opportunity for the self declared Page 3 celebrities to come to the National TV in designer wear and also to the corporates to loosely show up how much they care..... All this occassions are sponsored by these corporates and when you go to that place you will also find big **SHARM KARO** tag or banners nicely craved between the product advertisement........What the FC**....

So, Now we have changed the topic of discussion. lets come to the point. The question is how to bring the culprits responsible for the Mumbai terror attack to task.

What I sugggest ( though I am not an expert in Political strategy or Internation relations) is to mount the pressure on Pakistan to hand over the people involved in the attack to India , to which Pakistan had declined already and that is obvious , so India should come up with cemented proof and evidences against the people involved,, present it to UN and then an International court should be formed under the supervision of the UN and then the culprits should be tried under it.

This way we will not only be able to prevent war but also move a step forward toward reconciliation

Insurance Buisness,,,, Tough Job..... Its Easy..

I am new into Insurance.. Recently I passed my IRDA Examination. On the day of the Final Interview, My Development Officer (D.O)asked me, How much do you plan to sell , this financial Year? I didnt had any answer. I had heared , selling of any Financial product is one of the toughest job on earth. I said as there is another 4 months left for this financial Year,I would expect a sale of atleast 12 Policies, which is also the target for the LIC agents for the entire year.

My DO frowned as if I have said something wrong. I said 'What'... the manager would not be impressed. At least 50 policy sale is required to qualify for the 1st club.It was my time to take the pressure. With some hesitation I said.. OK.. I'll do it.

And here I stand after nearly two months...Disqualified for the job. I am unable to meet the expected. After more than 200 cold callings , few leads are generated.. Following up the leads is the toughest job.. You feel humiliated at times when no one take the call or disconnects the call or after few followups am informed ,

" Are ,Yaar, Abhi Nahi Ho Paa Raha Hai... Jab Hoga to Aap ko Phone Karunga".... What the hell? Why didnt you tell me that on the very first day?

This is not the spirit, I know. I shouldnt blame the customer. Who am I? I have intereferd in their life for my own benefit and now I am blaming? Why did I call them? For Profit... Offcourse. Then Why This heck.....

This is How it works? " Its a rejection Job..My Friend" said one my seniour Advisor on the very first day.I knew it still I choosed it. It was my own decision. then why Blame... Dont Blame.. It was the right decision at the right time. I strictly believe

So, Now I am ready again. With a new zeal and vigour? I will prove myself. I hate being a loser.

I will start from scartch and determined to achieve the target at all cost.

Wish me Luck..

Feeling Bored.. I dont Know Why?

Feeling very Bored today.. Back to office..Same irrate customers, same transfers.

Sometimes I feel sick of what I am doing.I seriously think of going back to my native village and start a school and work for myself. I had my own small company where I used to manufacture Water tanks and Septic tanks. A good Work for a very Good cause.. Sanitation.

Coming to office and working in this environment still bring a sense of grotesquely strangeness. I dont know why? But thats true. It has been above 2 years nows, but still the same. Unusual shifts, nightlife and beautifull girls in skin tight clothes , no longer bring excitement.. I dont Know Why?

I am a a person with a postive attitude. I always beleive that everything will be all right. Everything is all right, but still I dont know why I am afraid. I am afraid to be me. I am afraid of myself.

I dont Know why? I am feeling bored....

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Best of 2008 in Bollywood Cinema

By Amitava Nag • Dec 28th, 2008 •

Dasvidaniya (2008)Year 2008 had been an insipid year as far as cinema is concerned. There were no international movies which took everyone and anyone in their stride and the film festivals were lukewarm. Back home in India, things were not much different. Bollywood also remained more or less un-inspirational. Apart from Jodhaa Akbar and Dostana to a little bit, big budget films didn’t do that well either.
Interestingly, Golmaal Returns became quite a hit in the later part of the year notwithstanding the poor script and indifferent acting. SRK’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Aamir Khan’s Ghajini deserve mention but it is difficult to rate them since both got released only in December, and that too the latter during Christmas. On the critical path, Nandita Das’ Firaaq is worthy for her sincere attempts to analyze the evils of Indian political sphere, not to mention Rituparno Ghosh’s much hyped The Last Lear , a film which tried to project Amitabh Bachchan as a powerful theatre actor of past, but the film fell miserably short of expectations. So it’s a difficult task at hand - to cut out my 5 best Bollywood films of the year. The chances are that some reasonably good films which I saw early on may miss my radar now.
Looking back, I tried to classify the films in five broad genres and find my best pick in each category:

Comedy: Comedy seems to rule the roost to not only medium budget Bollywood films recently but also amongst relatively bigger budget ones. However, unlike Bheja Fry last year there is no single comic film that I have seen which is taut and smart till the end. Dil Kabaddi probably is one which in-spite of its uncanny resemblance with Woody Allen’s Husbands and Wives, sails through quite successfully as a film where marital and sexual tensions are seen by the director from a comic angle. This is supported by an excellent crew of actors.
Romance and youth: Romance probably has been the bread-butter theme of commercial Bollywood films since ages and no wonder this is the broad theme on which majority of Bollywood films are made even today. However, the noticeable paradigm shift has been the emphasis on youth and friendship. Rock On and Dostana are in a sense buddy films of the Hollywood golden era and in showcasing the fact that man-woman love is not the only relished relationship, these films try to be unconventional. However, the one which mingled both of them with reasonable success by bringing a sweet and lovable lead couple is Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. We can complain about its placid story telling form as well as the run-of-the-mill end. But, surely it evoked quite a bit of youthful energy on the screen which makes you wish you were young.
Contemporary reality: There has been this sudden urge amongst Bollywood film makers lately to make films on terrorist activities, bomb blasts, secret missions and so on. These are slightly different form their predecessor patriotic films like Border for example. This year as well we have quite a handful of such movies. Mumbai Meri Jaan on the series of seven bomb blasts on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai in 2006 and A Wednesday on the stylish narration of a Police Commissioner about a particular Wednesday deserve mention. To me Aamir stands out above the two in its rendering of gasped fear of an individual where belonging to a specific religion makes him a prey to all adverse interests. The film’s gripping finale adds to the taut storyline and questions the audience’s position in the socio-political Indian milieu.
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Gangster: If you have seen Sarkar, then you will be tempted to see Sarkar Raj and believe me you won’t be disappointed. But like many trilogy predecessors, the second film also suffers from the problem of being repetitive - the former one stands out as a more solid one. However, there is a different take on this whole mythical posturing of the concept of the Don in Mithya. A brilliant Ranvir Shorey notwithstanding, this film attempts to break a number of clichéd concepts and once viewed in conjunction with Shahrukh Khan’s Don or Amitabh Bachchan’s Sarkar Raj, you can make out the difference - the screen is big, whether you will put the characters bigger than the screen is the question.
Philosophical: The best Bollywood film of 2008 to me is Dasvidaniya. This is a story that deals with the life of a common man who has only 3 months left in his life and he suddenly realized he never ‘lived’ for the past thirty-seven years. So begins a journey through thick and thin and it takes the audience with it for the ride. Heart-wrenching and deeply philosophical at times this film probably lacks somewhat in the director’s vision about the ultimate end, and also probably because Vinay Pathak in the lead at times became very stereotyped and predictable in his histrionics. In this age of growing unrest a film like this surely makes us slow up a bit and ponder about our own ambitions and wish-lists. Bravo!
As I conclude there are two things which need special mention. Almost every Bollywood film that I saw in 2008 is an ‘influence’ (read copy) of some foreign film (be it Hollywood or European or even Korean). Most of the young film-school influenced film-makers using their access to world cinema are trying to put up something ‘desi’. No harm in it as long as the adaptations are good and we don’t get bored or we start seeing the originals far too often (sic)!

Most of the films that I watch in theatres these days happen to be in the Fame Multiplex in South Kolkata which is at walking distance from my home. I cannot comment on the other halls, but here, before every film all the viewers have to rise to their feet as the national anthem starts on the screen, courtesy BharatBala Productions. Probably for most of us, it is an emotional moment. As the year comes to an end and we ruminate on the repeated attacks on this great country we are proud to be born in, I look back - ‘Mera Bharat Mahan’.