Scraps Stuffs - Random musings from apun ka desh

I read in today's print edition of the Tabloid of India that doctors in Wisconsin have successfully pioneered an alternative treatment for rabies. A girl who was bitten by a rabid bat in a church was brought to the hospital one month after the incident. Since it was already too late to administer the appropriate vaccination, the doctors tried an alternative course of action. Since the statistics indicated that more people died of brain complications than the rabies virus, they gave the girl coma inducing medication and then treated her with anti-viral medication and other medication designed to boost her immune system. Once her body started producing enough virus destroying anti-bodies they slowly stopped the coma inducing medication and allowed her to regain conciousness.

Lovely out of the box thinking!

Dr. Rajkumar has expressed a desire to make any sacrifice necessary for the cause of the Kannada film industry. He is even prepared to go to jail for this. Since he is such a senior person in the Kannada film industry and a respected figure in the state, I see no reason to delay granting him his wish and putting his arse in jail!

This madness of trying to delay the release of non-Kannada films in Karnataka to "protect" the Kannada film industry must stop. Make better films than the trash films routinely churned out now and watch the people make a beeline for the theatres.

Agreed that non-Kannada films are also mostly crap nowadays, but their packaging is far superior and the technical sophistication is also superior. Since people want entertainment, give them what they want. Make better films. Simple.

Praveen Togadia of the VHP, otherwise prone to making idiotic comments, made a very valid point the other day. Would any government, whether central or state, have the balls to arrest the Shahi Imam on any Id day?

Why then the double standards with respect to the Shankaracharya? Why put him behind bars in a jail along with other common criminals? Like all other motherfucking politicians who are kept in guest houses and other comfortable places when arrested, can't the Shankaracharya be afforded common courtesies as befits his standing and following among millions?

Jaillalitha has screwed up big time here, but she's secure in the knowledge that she's in Tamil Nadu and there will be no adverse impact there.

Is the Shankaracharya isolated?

The treatment meted out to the head of the Mutt is in strong contrast to that meted out to politicians when they are arrested. Also to non-Hindu religious leaders if they ever are arrested. This treatment of a revered religious leader by the fat amma of Chennai has caused me to lose whatever respect I had for her.

The lack of protests by the Shankaracharya's devotees is puzzling indeed.

There was a silent sit-in protest by some Tibetans at Cubbon Park. They were protesting against the arrest, no doubt on trumped up charges, and death penalty awarded to Tulku Tenzin Delek, a lama from Tibet. I gladly signed the protest petition, though I know it won't make any difference.

I'm ashamed that my country didn't help out the Tibetans in their hour of need in the 1950s. India cowardly towed the Chinese line on Tibet and was suitably rewarded by the Chinese who invaded us in 1963. This abject surrended isn't surprising considering we are a soft state who cannot even help our own citizens - the Kashmiri Pandits - who are refugees in their own land!

It was really foggy in the morning, with visibility down to about 30 metres. The way bicycles appeared out of the fog was really beautiful. The way trucks driven at breakneck speeds appreared out of the fog was really scary! Especially on narrow roads which had little margin of error.

The sun got strong enough by eight in the morning to burn the fog away, but I had enough time to experience what would probably be a typical North Indian morning in the peak of winter.

The persistent admiral

It's the hitherto unknown people who work quietly that make all the difference.

As a goodwill gesture!!!

That's what they claim.

The truth is that they were forced to by TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India).

The story goes like this...

Airtel customers registered for their Sachin Invitation Plan 150 were forcefully migrated to the new Airtel One plan, probably because the Sachin Invitation Plan no longer exists. Since the plan rental amount for both plans is identical, this is not a problem. However, Airtel slapped a migration charge of 200 bucks. TRAI got on their case quickly and asked them to refund the charge ASAP. So Airtel sent an SMS saying that they would be refunding this amount and would adjust this in the next bill.

Talk about spin :-)