Friday, September 18, 2009

DANDIYA

News of DANDIYA performance at campus added one more reason to remember this short but dark stay of Delhi.

I was very happy on the day when I received confirmation of internship from AMSS. It was but obvious reaction. However, the moment Shipra asked me to work with taxation team, happiness turned into sadness. I was feeling like that cycle mechanic who was asked to repair an aircraft. Taxation is not my bowl of rice.Anyhow, I managed at work place. But, all management fundas proved to be a failure at a place where I was staying. Sleeping on floor, continuous struggle with ants and following the time schedule of water are some of the few reasons of this failure. Nevertheless, beautiful northeastern co-tenants, proximity from the work place and commitment given to NASA ji were some of the reasons, which compelled me to stay there.

And now this DANDIYA….
DANDIYA is one form of Raas. Raas is a folk art and it changes with the times.
I am still wondering how an art of war, DANDIYA traces its origin from fight between Goddess Durga and Mahisasura, converted itself into a form of love.
History may suggest art of war but we HNLUite practices modernity in its all form.
If I am not wrong our law school has first time organized DANDIYA. Even though I could not participate but managed all the gossips of the event.

I really missed this event but returning with the hope, that life@HNLU will be more colourfull.

Oh sorry, I forgot to mention…….
One of my friend texted that it was his first memorable DANDIYA night.

Great going man, keep it up.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

INDORA

Can a 9 year old boy attempt to do sexual intercourse with 6 year old girl?

Boss, I am not talking about land of “LOLITA”, it’s happened in the land of “OSHO”.
You must have come across this news. At least I was shocked.

Without looking into the legal complexity of this matter that whether it will amount to rape or not(to prove sexual intercourse penetration is necessary), for a moment I started hating that boy.

Now you must have understood where I am referring. INDORA(village of Kangra District(H.P.))was in news but not for any good reason.

One little kid from this village became youngest rapist. This 9 year old boy was booked for the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl after subjecting her to violent assault. This boy does not belong to a privileged family so this argument is also not having any force that it’s because of Westernisation.

These types of incident are rare in Western part. I am not saying Western youngsters are not inclined towards SEX at tender age. But they do have more awareness on this topic. I consider lack of sex education is one of the pertinent reason. Our conservative groups always raise slogan against Sex education. They believe Sex education and pornography is interchangeable word. They never try to understand that they cannot control selling of Pornographic materials. Pornographic materials are nothing but fantasy world of Sex. It spreads all myth about Sex.

Second and most important reason is Family background. Mostly these natures of cases occur in poor family. Sexual intercourse is only recreational activity for poor people and most of the times all family members live in one room. So they don’t have any other option except to do foreplay in front of their wards.
Lack of proper Sex education, easily availability of Pornographic materials, Family background and...........
All these reasons cumulatively lead to these types of incident.

I believe with full conviction that it may be the first reported case of such nature but it happens and this is the truth.

Dear Hon’ble Policymakers don’t take policy decision from Ivory Towers. Come down and see the truth.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

"To say or not to say ???"



It’s been a bloody whole month but still He has not been able to decipher and come out with an explanation of all the weird incidents he went through during all these days.



Understanding the Holfeldian’s theory of Rights, He felt, was much easier!!

Isn’t it quite common place and normal for a guy to like a girl especially when adrenalines pump high at this age?


But why it is so that every time She went around hanging with her male classmates He felt the green-eyed jealous monster in him, tearing him apart? Though subconsciously he realised they were just friends and She was as pure as the driven snow, but He just couldn't get over with this stupid feeling....

Why is it that whenever people around Him looked at Her with an awe, He felt the dagger gradually making deep inroads in his heart?........

Whenever She went out somewhere what made Him act a James Bond to inquire about Her whereabouts - where did She go? With whom? When will She come back?



So why every time He cunningly invented indigenous tricks to win over Her close friends and draw undue advantages of them just to stop her a little longer in the library or match her lunch time with His?


Why has it become a sort of a necessity for him to take a courageous walk past Her class every morning just to make sure whether She has come or not?

And finally why did He rush to the hospital, last week when He heard that She has been admitted due to ill health? Merely because He was a senior? If that was so why didn't He go inside and speak to her? What stopped Him at the door but be the last one to leave the Hospital?


He felt that His mind and heart were not working in tandem. The latter had started prevailing over the former. He found it extremely difficult to define this feeling - Was it a purely materialistic one? The physical aspect of it?

Serine and beautiful, doubtless she was, but then why even her physical absence created a soothing ambiance for him - just the sweet thought of her was enough to create the magic!


He dreaded at the thought of calling it 'LOVE'. He have had his past and bitter experiences wherein He realised that it is the most misused word on earth-an expression which people normally labels to a feeling which they are confused with. He had already learnt and paid for it. So no mistakes this time. He decided to be very cautious, practical and logical.



But destiny planned otherwise.

Suddenly She left home for few days without any rhyme or reason. While She was leaving He saw Her from a distance. Bags packed, She baded goodbye to Her friends and left in the auto leaving behind gushes of black smokes. Instantly, a deep melancholy note stuck him. He felt as if a part of His soul was leaving Him but He was helpless, He had so much to say....so many questions to ask...He could not do anything. He stood there - motionless and choked. Something within stopped Him; as if someone said, "even if it's your soul, what have you done to keep it close to your heart?" He had no answers.

Next two days were the most dreadful time of his life. Nothing felt good, right from food to friends - everything to everyone seemed bitter. Even while He was in a crowd he felt as if He were a Robinson Crusoe who has been dumped in the middle of a lifeless forest. Every minute, every moment seemed like an age. Beard grew thicker, eyes got red and life seemed meaningless. He had completely lost control over his own self.

Feeling really home sick, He called up his only childhood friend, Dev, to find a bit of solace - somewhere, anywhere…..But to his utter shock, he came to know that Dev was himself heart-broken. He was madly in love with a girl who lived next door for the past 8 years. He was this silent lover who was never able to muster the courage to express His feelings to Her. And who else knew it better than Him. But last week She suddenly left abroad for her higher studies for the next five years and now all His hopes were shuttered. She was gone, may be forever.

Life has its own course. May be this was the lesson He had to learn.

But Dev’s last words opened His eyes-

“Dost, I have realised that most of our problems in life is because we fail to express our feelings to the right person at the right place and moment. So express and reach out to Her. Remember when someone blinks a flutter in your heart, when someone makes you smile, She is the one you love. You love someone whom you want to make feel that She is special, for reasons only you know. And for God’s sake, you cannot be practical in love. You have to be illogical, even a little stupid. You have to be absolutely dumb when you are in love! If you are not goofy, then you are not romantic, you are calculative. Don’t make commerce and arithmetic out of love. It is too precious to be judged by al this. And therefore say what you have to say- Now Don’t Procrastinate …..Coz yesterday was history, tomorrow is mystery but today is gift. Go, grab it! My friend….people don’t bother to stoop down for diamonds when they are in plenty. So win your diamond before it fades out forever from your life!”


That was it! This was the revelation he needed. The picture was perfectly clear now.

HE WAS DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH HER AND NOW THERE IS NO LOOKING BACK.

He jumped down the stairs and went in middle of the lawn. The moon smiled at Him. He retorted back with a bigger smile and cried

“OO! Voluptuously beautiful nymph of Paradise …..I Love You….I am coming to seek you!

Friday, July 17, 2009

JOB LETTER

Friends,I am in a fix after receiving this Job offer.

Suggest me,whether to accept this offer or not.

"jobs@conndia.in"
Add sender to Contacts
To:
adityahnlu@yahoo.co.in

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Believe me your role will be critical in the development of this company. You will be having a lot of challenging task to accomplish.

In every cases of accident you will represent us before Authorities/Courts/ Tribunals as an engineer where you will try to get compensation from the family of deceased Workmen. Your bonus will be increased accordingly (performance based bonus).

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or

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Kambakht Ishq

July 4, 2009.....sitting in office........ visiting all possible social network sites....wondering in virtual world, suddenly got a call from Maulla, are u free? Million dollar question, both of us knew the answer, but replied in negative.

But the moment I discovered his intention, I said if you are so much interested, I will complete my work tomorrow. Movies are my favourite pastime since childhood. I still correctly remember my childhood days when on every weekend Papa used to drop me at Cinema Theatre. So there was not any second thought over Kambakht Ishq.

Although God Indra had tried to create obstacle, he must have been compelled by Menka (Competitor of Karina) to do so. Chalo kar lo dadagiri, You have power You can do whatever You want. But today not any power of world can stop me to meet Karina. Anyhow we managed to get ticket. I was shouting Eureka...Eureka....off course not in Archimedes’ Way. We had only one thing in mind, love story of Stuntman and supermodel. Movie started......fight scene.....chalo ho gaya peisa wasul. But after some time I realised Nadiawala Grandson has cheated us. Not any romantic story, not comedy, not fight and songs are not having any connection with story like any Bhojpuri movie. But in Bhojpuri movie atleast you enjoy melodious songs; here it’s not the case. I planned to depart in interval only, but only for correcting my track record (90 % of the time I left movie in interval or even before that) I allowed myself to be tortured for 3 hours.

When I was en-route to my hostel, Akanksha (Sister of Jain) informed me that Jain, Tui and Nasa were in trouble. Actually they were watching play of Rain. I tried to manage taxi for them, but failed. Jain missed his train.

After reaching hostel they were describing their adventurous trip.

I refrained my self .................because I had only one thing in mind ............Kambakht Ishq.

Friday, June 12, 2009

SEBI to fund Satyam shareholders' legal battle

Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for the first time, will provide the legal aid to thousands of investors who have been affected or are likely to be affected by the frauds committed by promoters and intermediaries in connection with securities, reports Deccan Chronicle.
With regard to this, the SEBI has accepted the application from Midas Touch Investor's Association (MTIA) to fund its case for compensation for Satyam Shareholders, which it filed with the Supreme Court. MTIA has challenged the dismissal of its appeal on behalf of Satyam shareholders for compensation by the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission.

The new regulations of the Sebi's Investor Protection and Education Fund Regulation 2009, states that the SEBI will provide an aid up to the extent of 75 per cent of the total expenditure on the legal proceedings and this aid will not be considered for more than one legal proceeding in one particular matter.

The cases could include deceitful and unfair trade practices, manipulation of the market, default in redemption of securities or in payment of interest in terms of the offer document; mis-statements, misrepresentation or omission in connection with the issue and sale or purchase of securities and other such market misconduct, which may be considered appropriate by the board. However, it does not include any proceeding where the board is a member, or has initiated any enforcement action.

"We are not calling it class action suit, but we want to help investors where there is a common cause, an advisory committee has been formed and its first meeting will be held on July 2nd by which time the guidelines will be ready," said MS Sahoo, a full time SEBI member.

http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/SEBI_to_fund_Satyam_shareholders_legal_battle-nid-57919.html

Sunday, June 7, 2009

JAB THEY MET

Disclaimer- All characters in this story are fictious and any resemblance with any real life incident is merely coincidental.

One Sunny morning, in the month of July 2005, He was sleeping in his hostel. His friends came and asked him to wake up. They were shouting “Are you mad, don’t you know today is D-day?” He could not understand, and then He was told that today is the day of Counseling. His friends were happy, but He could not find any reason to be happy. It was an ordinary day like any other day of his life. Except his and few others everyone in the bus were humming romantic songs.

It was a festive moment. Love was in the air but not for him. Known for his bulliness, He was contemplating tricks to rag the fresher. After all today he was going to become senior. When He reached campus he saw 50 odd faces.

He caught few faces and started taking intro. Suddenly He encountered a face which caught him unawares. A strange but pleasant shock ran down his spine. It was a weird feeling. He realized, He was getting distracted. What’s happening…….? He closed his eyes to decipher it. Flash! It appeared again, this time with much more clarity. Confused, he immediately opened his eyes and looked at the same direction. But the face was gone! He felt restless. His heart was giving a mixed feeling-a feeling he went through for the first time in his life. He cornered himself from the rest of the crowd so that he can have a better glance at the face that was tearing him apart. After a fanatic search of about 5 minutes, he finally spotted the face near the preamble.

Yes, that was it!

SHE……..her blonde hairs were like cascades which was flirting with her forehead. Her dove eyes were like an ocean - blue and mysterious. While She was smiling away, a sweet dimple created a ripple over her hilly chicks. When She opened her mouth those rosy lips seemed to kiss each other in love….He was mesmerized. He could smell her divine fragrance in the air.

He was so engrossed that he forgot that they were merely 10 feet away and He was continuously staring at her. Suddenly She glanced at him from the corner of her eyes.

Shit! He was caught. He felt embarrassed and shy but couldn’t remove his eyes from her sight. He remembered all his macho deeds and gathered courage so as to start a conversation. He realized that fighting 10 people all alone was a much easier task to accomplish than to talk to her, but then he was a man. He started to take short steps towards her, each step seemed to be a mile and just then when they were barely 2 feet away, it happened!!!!

A lady crossed their path, apparently her Mom; she said something to her and took her away. He stood there waiting.

Never mind….this was just the beginning, he stretched his arms, took a deep breath and enjoyed the fragrance she had just left by. Life was never the same as it was. It changed …….albeit in a wonderful fashion. He thanked God and threw a kiss in the air…

This was how they met.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

BING

Bangalore: Days after Microsoft launched the new search engine 'Bing' to compete with the industry leaders Google and Yahoo, Internet safety experts have warned that that there is a glitch in the engine that gives users easy access to pornographic material.
As it went live in the U.S. this weekend, a technology blogger Loic Le Meur on June 1 discovered that one of its "features" needed only a few clicks for anyone, of any age, to view explicit pornographic videos without even leaving the search engine. Meur found that the number of pornography located transformed the search engine into its very own pornographic website. Loic writes in his blog, "You are now on a porn site without leaving Bing."To unseat Google from top, Microsoft had unveiled a slate of convenient features including an "autoplay" tool that may enable users to preview porn videos without logging into the respective websites.After this incidence, online safety advocates argued search engines to do much more to cut off underage access to pornography. As number of children using internet has grown by double in last one year across the world.Content-filtering companies have been reviewing Bing, and have found the same problems. Forrest Collier, CEO, InternetSafety.com said, "Bing.com at this point allows users to watch pornographic videos without ever leaving the site." Parental filtering software, such as SafeEyes, which is produced by Collier's company, can block any explicit or unwanted search results,� he added.Microsoft released a statement saying that it was up to users to turn off the filters, instructions have been provided to toggle the settings. "By default, Bing filters out explicit image and video results. Consumers must take action to turn off the Safe Search filter in their settings in order for explicit image or video content to appear in Bing's results," the statement read. Other major search engines like Yahoo and Google come up with similar video and image results when electronic filters are turned off, but they don't provide automatic playing of videos within the search-results page.
http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Connecting_to_porn_sites_becomes_easier_with_Bing-nid-57582.html

Friday, May 29, 2009

FORBES DNA

Last week Steve Forbes was in India for his Indian venture. Forbes with collaboration of Network 18 group has come out with magazine (Forbes India). I always feel that there is not any world class business magazine available in India, when I have heard name of Forbes, I was very happy. Since I was in my village, it was not possible for me to get it. After performing 5 days long Mahamrityunjaya Mantra, I headed to Mumbai. After enquiring at various places, I finally got it at Manmad (Maharashtra). Front page is really attractive, and I opened it with more eagerness. It is different from other business magazines available in the market on various counts. Business stories have not been straitjacketed in this magazine. There is reflection of in-depth analysis in articles. I really liked the way as articles have been structured. Although I am not a right person to review such a business magazine, but I strongly believe this magazine will be liked by Indian readers. Is ‘Forbes India’ all about business and nothing else? Nope, this magazine does not only intend to provide purely business news, but will tell you about the best in travel, books, adventure sports, food, hobbies, movies and etiquette. I really like ‘Ask the Insider’ column.
But as a law student I believe that one business magazine should contain regulatory update also. I hope this section will also be included in this magazine.
Really this magazine is FORBES DNA.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Prolonged Detention

Obama’s recent speech on national security has invited controversy. Opponents are of having this view that Obama is trying to do those things indirectly, which is not possible to be done indirectly. They are claiming, he is following the path of Bush. Before making any comment over this issue, I thought, I should read that speech. Mr. Obama made remarks on National security on May 21, 2009. In his speech, Mr. Obama talked about 5 types of detainees. In course of his argument he talked about prolonged detention. He said that there may be a number of people, who cannot be prosecuted for past crimes, in some cases because evidence may be tainted, but who nonetheless pose a threat to the security of the United States. For these categories of detainees, he suggested prolonged detention.
Human Rights activists are making hue and cry and terming it as an unconstitutional. But I am holding different view. As Obama has pointed out in his speech that as a student he has read constitution and as a teacher he has taught constitution, he knows better what is constitutional and what is not. His concern for the reform of criminal justice reform is evident from major changes in procedural aspect of Military Commission. As a head of Nation, he cannot compromise with the security of a nation. No one can be very much confident that Al-Qaida will never attack.
State of affairs of Pakistan clearly indicates strong presence of Al-Qaida.
I think every nation should come out with such steps to combat terrorism.
I expect strong measures will be taken by PC.

IPL-II

Although i have not followed every match of IPL-II,but i witnessed most of them. Yesterday,it was over. Certainly IPL has attained a hight status compare to other league. But still i am unable to satisfy myself,whether it is good for cricket. Cricket was considered to be a game of Gentleman,but can any one say with full conviction that IPL has reflcted that spirit. IPL is good for cricketer,they are making a lot of money. Even they are ready to sacrifice their home squad. Cris Gayle, member of WI Cricket team, has gone to a extent to call Test Cricket is useless format of Cricket. He is also IPL player,he had to leave IPL for representing,his Country. He joined his team,just few days before tournament begins. One can easily understand how much prepared he would be. His performace in test series is teling every story.
Now coming to IPL, daily we are finding unexpected results. I agree Cricket is game of uncertainity,but not so uncertain. Perhaps Javed Miyandad, Former Cricketer of Pakistan,was right when he said IPL matches are fixed.
I am not per say aginst this format of cricket. It's really good. Young players are getting chance to show their talent and making good money.
But it should be regulated properly. ICC should include IPL matches in it's calender. Last but most important,Modi should allow IPL corruption team to inspect these matches also.