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4月6日 Geetanjali 2008 experience.They say the music was great and the event was highly entertaining. I wouldn't know, for, I was outside doing my own "bounden duty" distributing the Irom Sharmila pamphlets not very different from the one below. Six hundred or so people with at least three hundred of them adults showed up. There must be something missing in the pamphlet or my approach when I speak, for I only got around thirty signups for the petition. So far so good. But I am still a long way from beating Sanjay Dutt petitions. Sigh!
But this is not the thing troubling me tonight, for, I am hopeful that some day people will see Irom's point. What troubles me is a small incident that happened as I tried to get my thoughts across to a small group of people who disagreed with me. There were some valid concerns in their argument and had I handled it properly I could have explained to them why AFSPA may not be the only solution in that situation. That's when one of the guy saw "manipur freedom" at the bottom of the pamphlet as an information reference and screamed as if he just met a traitor. He refused to even consider the petition for the sake of anyone who "says he wants to separate from India". A patriot in his own eyes, he must have been appalled at my attitude for he threw the pamphlet in the Waste can right in front of my eyes. I felt as if I really failed at communicating the very message that I have been trying to convey for past few weeks. That's when I lost my "cool", I shouldn't have and I feel sorry for it. This happened as the other guy in the group was raising the concern about how does the army control a rioting mob if they have to give fair trial/respect human rights etc.
I rambled some random things starting from how AFSPA is much worse than Rowlatt Act and how I could use the same argument he made and justify Jalianwallah Bagh massacare by British officers. My eyes returning to look at the waste can* again and again as I spoke. I don't even know how it all ended. I probably went into the argument that the fact that we needed army to control the general population of a state for 45+ years says about their (democratic) choice. That's when I lost them perhaps, I changed the issue from the plain simple issue of human rights to politics. Bad idea. My personal opinion instead of a well accepted fact.
I wish I could go back in time and behave differently. I wish I had four more signs for the petition. I have not seen the law books but I have some answer for them. I wish I said :
To the guy asking about the riot:
In case of the riot the army may fire back in self defence. (However much I hate saying that). The firing on a rioting public may still not come free, in the absence of AFSPA their will be an investigation, that will need witnesses. The officer issuing firing order will probably have less reasons to do so if he is aware that there can be consequences.
To the guy who threw my pamphlet: Excuse me, this pamphlet business is pretty expensive stuff. But if you still feel like throwing it in trash can as a protest gesture please use the "Mixed paper" can instead of the "Waste". We have gone Green sir.
If I am to meet a few more people like them, I really wish "Indian Unity" or perhaps TimesofIndia starts covering AFSPA and Irom Sharmila so that I can fix the information references.
* I retrieved the pamphlet from the trash. I still have it with me.
9月5日 Co-pisserHow interesting to find that there are some relationships that the world before us did not consider worthy of a nomenclature. Just the other day my friend from AP tried to convince me of the existence of the term Co-brother that was recently invented by South Indians. I stumbled upon another relation while attending nature's call. It seems like mother nature's lines are jammed and more often than not I see certain guys more than once in the call center on a given day. I decide to call these comarades Co-Pisser* for the day.
At least till someone tells me of another term I'd recommend that we spread the message and some day we might find it an acceptable relationship. Just like me looking forward to meeting my Co-brother!
Disclaimer: No research was under taken before claming that Co-pissing has not been observed/discussed before. 9月3日 JC PennyAfter checking out the boring collection of men's wear in JC Penny I prophecised
"J C Penny Weysi Utari"
You have to be an Indorian(From Indore) to crack that.
2月25日 Beautiful MorningAnother 55 words story.
Beautiful Morning: "Wake up early on Saturday?!" they had laughed. Breathing the morning freshness, he was glad he did. The elegant skies promised a beautiful day ahead. Jogging beauties from every enthnicity smiled and waved at him. Turning off the alarm he smiled and curled under the covers. Beautiful mornings should be revelled in. Even in dreams. 2月22日 Random notes.Bird flu case in maharashtra: The chief minister did his routine act. He did an aerial survery of the affected area. wtf! Aerial survey to see what? Birds?
Trivia:
Bayer aspirin was just hitting the market in the U.S. at the time of the Spanish flu(1918/1919), but because Bayer was a German company, and World War I was happening at that time, many Americans distrusted it and thought that it was a form of germ warfare.
Until recently, the company had said its fries were free of gluten and milk or wheat allergens and safe for people with dietary issues related to the consumption of dairy items. But this month, the fast-food company quietly added “Contains wheat and milk ingredients” to the french fries listing on its Web site.
The company said the move came in response to new rules by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the packaged foods industry, including one requiring that the presence of common allergens such as milk, eggs, wheat, fish or peanuts be reported. As a restaurant operator, Oak Brook, Ill.-based McDonald’s does not have to comply but is doing so voluntarily.
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8月10日 Track recordWill Rogers' Law: Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Pk's Corollary: If you are on the track, you will get run over regardless.
Pk's Law: Stay away from the track. |
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