Friday, August 30, 2013
The DOGS OF WAR
Weary of being hunted and hounded
Tied of hunger and sickness,
Crawling among the dead and wounded
Suffocated along the highway of filth and fumes
Tattered and bruised spirits dragged by their misery
Hoping for light from the darkness,
Searching for solace among the ruins
Seeking a hand which can raise the fallen,
Trying to rest midst the chaos,
Trying to raise their heads above the anarchy
Alas, realising
The dogs of war are making merry
Celebrating their raise
Revelling in the victory
The shout of the fallen is unheard in the sounds of their guns
The voice of misery is lost in the deafening sounds of the victory
The shrills of the pain are unheard in the shrills of celebration
The shout to help goes unheeded in the shouts to kill
The DOGS of WAR are doing what they do best
To put an end to all the in- world misery
The "Hidden" Economy
Every country has its own economic agenda, for instance, India is an agricultural country .China is a Communist Country; America is a capitalist country, Pakistan, the less said the better, Middle - East is all of Oil based riches.
We ought to think that the world runs by food, oil and dollar
Or is it?
Well that’s an intriguing question , do we really need to believe the world runs on food , oil and dollar .To an extent yes but deep down under a mystic weave of our powerful yet corrupt politicians and well hidden from the sights of common man , is an economy , which we are unaware but effectively contributing in day to day life , an economy which underpins the world and keeps the world running .An economy which is so blatantly visible but hidden from our hindsight an economy which takes away food from a common man but fills a coffers for the elite few.
The people who run this economy are few of the richest and most powerful, some say even more powerful than the “niche” politicians.
The economy is none other than the “Economy of War “or simply put WAR economy. Every nation willingly or willingly contributes to it.This war economy takes different forms according to the needs of socio-economic conditions of the country like religion,security etc.
In the name of security, in the name of safeguarding its borders, in the name of maintaining purity of its religion, Countries stack up their arms, sometimes they wage direct wars, sometimes proxy-war and many other times blatant intervention in the name of safeguarding the “Citizens of Foreign Country” against their own rulers who are supposedly having “WMD” and “Chemical Arsenals”.
In every corner of the globe there is war, either two countries are waging direct war at each other a coalition force has occupied some country or even worse Civil war within a country. War mongering is a way of life for many countries and in reality this keeps the economy afloat. They make weapons, they sell it legally and illegally .They funds the money to buy those arms and they take back the money while selling the arms.The irony is the same country which mongers war will broker peace between the warring factions.
They fund the “so called” Poor Governments and they arm the “Helpless Rebels” against these poor Governments. In a moment’s notice anarchy rules and the powerful nations occupy the country and ensure their vested business interests are protected. War mongers start a war for protecting their religion but again provide arms to fight against their religion!
Rebel factions resort to illegal means to generate revenue to like cultivating opium, kidnappings, smuggling .Countries heavily tax the common man to keep their revenue tickling and in turn poor common man is sapped of everything he has.
Lives are lost, millions are displaced and the rest hold on to what they have, loose their homeland lose their identity and in turn loose the means to live and they again depend on the rich countries to provide them AID .. It’s a Vicious CYCLE!!!!!
The money spent on the arms, wars and nuclear arsenals rob common man of his basic right's of food, shelter and safe living.But who cares about it as long as the world economy is taken care, after all some amount of the money generated through the war is “Thrown” back to the suffering population in the name of aid,Which effectively keeps everyone muffled.
There are spending cuts everywhere, but wars don’t stop and countries are ready to jump to war at a short notice. Well,it is justified from their view as the “WORLD” depends on war economy, without WAR the countries as we know today wouldn’t exist.Without wars world wouldn’t have heroes to celebrate?
Once again, the fog of wars looms large at us, im sure the DOGS of WAR are barking and are getting ready to hound again.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Dream & Love
Don’t ever let go of a thought
Visualise the thought to be a dream
Hold on to that dream, as we hold on to our dear lives .
Cherish the dream as we cherish our love
Chase the dream with zeal and passion,
Have time for the near and dear ones,
Have time to love and be loved
Have time to care and be cared
A dream realised shouldn’t be a love lost
Reach for the stars in the sky
Fly with love to reach the star
Enrich your dream with love
Enrich your love with dream
A dream without love is a heart without a beat.
Friday, July 19, 2013
Open Up!
I have been trying to enter
I have been trying to enter,
No access , no way around ,
Just had a peek,
I do know , your heart is heavy
With wounds of love ,
With scares of hurt unhealed,
I wish I could be the cure ,
The heal your aching heart needs
To care for your emotions and to care for you .
I have been trying to enter
I have been trying to enter,
No access , no way around ,
Hope , the door opens
Just to let me through
To heal your heart
Just lay my hands on your heart and to say
I will be by your side
To see you smile…
I have been trying to enter
I have been trying to enter,
No access , no way around ,
All You need is a heart to care for , and to break you free
To make you realise your heart still can love and trust.
Open up...
Monday, April 8, 2013
Call To The Great Acharya!

MY Motherland is in tatters,
Long gone a Kshatriya king who cares for his Nation, but now he cares for himself and to cling on to his power,
Long gone a common man who cared for his neighbor but now cares for his own kin,
People have become selfish and arrogant,
What matters is how they eke out a living.
Care, kindness, love have vanished in thin air,
Caste, Creed, Communism has taken its toll,
Religion has become a source of evil, rather than strength,
Rivers, lakes are drying up fast and what remains have become a contention
Grains are allowed to rotten, rather than to feed the poor,
Rich are sharing the spoils, but the poor are left to fend themselves,
Long gone the time a nation expands, my Nation shrinks as the neighbours eat away our border
Brave Jawans are defending with whatever they have, poor Kissans couldn't defend what they have,
Ancient languages, culture and tradition are thing of a past, alien language has gained pace fast ,
Once a Land of walking Gods ad legendary warriors, now a land of tattered people
Wades of country’s wealth swindled all in the name for people’s welfare,
Hoards of Cash stashed in a safe long away from home,
Temple robbed and demolished to hide the past,
Whom do I call to seek advice?
Whom do I turn to, to turn around my country’s situation?
Whom do I ask to lead in times of turmoil?
Whom do I ask to set right the ancient way of life?
Whom do I ask to lead my people to prosperity and power?
Whom do I summon to make a legendary King who can make nation stronger and expand to its ancient lore??
All I can think is of you.,
OH! Great Acharya! Chanakya,
The author of Arthsasathra,
Lead us all to our Glory ….
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Project Manager from Ancient Times- 2

Continued.....
Just consider the magnitude of Mahabharata , the number of kingdoms and the number of people involved at different levels and played various roles That’s at least half of current day Indian population (1,530,900 soldiers on Pandavas side and 2,405,700 soldiers) Kauravas side)as stakeholders and consider the number of communication channels n(n-1) , it’s just mind blowing . He must have also ensured that is communication is without any noise and received and ably understood by the recipients.
The battle formation and strategy adopted for each one of the 18 days is astounding as well as the ground rules established for the meeting and for the war as just efficient and he also ensured adherence to the maximum extent.
Even when you consider how he eliminated the threat of starting the war at a day, which was advantageous to the Kauravas by circumventing the “ammavasai” to his advantage! That’s simply eliminating a threat by majestic planning.
Let’s look at the resource planning , he had a great plan of who should fight with whom , for instance Arjuna takes on the “Noble” Karna and Shikhandi ( Shikhandi was a woman on previous birth , Bishma has vow that he wont hurt woman in any form so Arjuna hid behind Shikhandi to bring down Bishma) was used against the Great Bishma !, Bheema takes care of the “Mighty” Duryodhana (RACI chart comes to mind , he made each of the Pandavas accountable , responsible and consult with each other to eliminate certain threats according to their strength and weakness.( SWOT comes to Mind) .Lord Krishna even used the Lord SUN as a buffer to kill Jayadratha ( Was killed by Arjuna , he had to be killed before sunset , so Lord used his “chakra” to create a illusion of sunset which made Jayadratha to come out to mock Arjuna and he gets killed).
His crucial introduction of Characters , especially Kadothkaja was simply a masterstroke and ensured that “Brahmastra” was used on him , thus saving fearless Arjuna.( Can we say Crashing and maybe he used Kadothkaja as a buffer and ensured his critical path is not affected by not loosing Arjuna).Not to forget his introduction of Abhimanyu to penetrate the “ Chakra Viyuga”.
He Initiated, Planned , Executed , Monitored and Controlled the outcomes exceptionally and the results were all of great quality because of his quality control and assurance.
In short, He effectively and efficiently managed all the process knowledge and the process groups with élan.
I wonder if we had such strategist, manager and a leader before who had given guidance which can be correlated to the current management process, I indeed bow to him .Lord Krishna is just one example , there were other able leaders/strategist like the Great Acharya Chanakya , Lord Rama, Veer Hanuman.Im sure people when they start to think about our “Way of life”, Epics, Vedas and Upanishads will sure realize they didn't tell not only how to lead a righteous life but also how to manage our work in a prjoectized way!
Monday, April 1, 2013
Project Manager from Ancient Times- 1

yada; yada; hi; dharmasya; glanih; bhavati; bharata; abhyutthanam; adharmasya; tada; atmanam; srjami aham.
The above lines are age old and the moment one sees it , we can recogonise these are the words of Lord Krishna , who gave the eternal Bhagavad Gita in a way of preaching to the great Arjuna and also listened by Lord Hanuman. The incident takes place in Mahabharata.
When we say Lord Krishna we correlate how he helped the Pandavas to win over Kauravas and how he ensured the good defeated the evil. Mahabharata is just a story we tells about morals, values, ethics and how to stand our moral ground in spite of all turbulence's around us.
Is Mahabharata, only depicting the above said lines? Or does it tell us more?
If it tells us more, what is it conveying?
The Grand story of Mahabharata conveys how Lord Krishna effectively manages a Program and different projects associated with the Program. Explains how he was able visionary and how he anticipated the risk and constraints, adopted and adapted according to the situation.
Lets illustrate on how good Lord Krishna was and how he effectively he used his resources well on all circumstances.
First of all Lord Krishna was a able communicator (A Project manager communicates 90% of your time) and he achieved success by effectively understanding the situation and disseminating the required information at the right time.
He always acknowledged conflicts and in fact he accepted the risk and he mitigated the risks by deploying the right moves at the right. (Project manager’s mantra for managing positive and negative risks ATMA at EASE)For example saving Arjuna from “Brahmastra” by introducing Kadothaja in the battle and when there was an arrow to Arjuna’s head he ensured the chariot went down a level so the arrow took the crown of Arjuna rather than the head.
Lord Krishna treated everyone alike and he himself was ready to saddle up in to the battle in support o f his team. (He leads from the front).
While strategizing he ensured all the stakeholders were considered and especially the stakeholders with a negative view or with a reluctant mindset was addressed first and made sure that all the interests were covered and addressed adequately and efficiently .For instance even Arjuna refused to fight when he saw all his relatives on the other side of the battle field but Lord Krishna explained Arjuna’s duty to him and alleviated his doubts.
He knew his weakness and strengths or rather his teams weakness and strength (SWOT) and he always analysed the situation according to is tea’s strength and weakness. For instance , When Duryodhana went to his mother to get his physical body to have the power from her eyes , Lord Krishna ensured that Duryodhana had a weakness by making him to cover his thighs in a plantain leaf, so that when Bheema and Duryodhana fight , Bheema can win by striking Duryodhana in his thighs .
He always understood that “we i.e. ordinary men and women were always needed to reminded of their duties and what happens when they falter from Dharma” (Theory x and Theory y).
The rest of the correlation will continue in Part -2..
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Dear Kamal Hassan,
To
Dear Kamal Hassan ,
You would have read umpteen reviews for your latest movie Vishwaroopam, Iam not even sure that, you would eye ball this piece,but then I thought let me pen the train of thoughts which were ignited by the script.
It was nice to see a refreshing movie after a long time, well thought, well researched, well written and well adapted to the screen.The amount of time you would have spent researching on this script is really commendable and finer details of every prop and every character has been addressed.
The dialogues were deep and astounding;they created a long lasting impact. Especially the following one’s created crusts inside the audience
1)
Omar: Why is your name Kashmiri?
Kashmiri: Father left us , To save my mother i needed to add Kashmir...
Omar..o I understand...
Kashmiri.. No you wouldn’t have understood
A true Indian would understand the above dialogue well.
2)
Omar : why should we shed tears? ( "Muslims" shed tears)
Kashmiri: “We are Jihadis”( Replacing “Religion” to Jihadis) we are not meant to shed tears but to shed blood. .You have answered your question in your question itself, if there was a fight there would be some deaths too.
The above dialogue clearly explains the difference between the Jihadi mindset and true muslim.
3)
FBI officer 1: what is he doing? ( When visam prays)
FBI officer 2: He is praying for your good?
FBI officer 1: Like God almighty…
FBI officer 2: Yes , exactly but this is the Arabic version ….
The cinematography is exemplary, the BGM score is good but it may have been better and surely you will look in to this aspect in the forthcoming films. Kudos to the make-up and the costume team, they have done a tremendous job and for sure, they must have lived in the characters when they were thinking of the costumes.
Every actor has done justice to their roles. Nasser is again a shining example of seasoned actor and the acting talent in India. He is been a great ambassodor of Tamil cinema and he has bought his character alive literally. Omar Bhai and the rest of the militant characters were well thought and vividly portrayed on screen.
The sets/Locations were superlative and captivating.The script protrayed the reality to the world what exactly happens in a world overtaken by Jihadi Mindset and how young innocent Muslims are brain washed by the Jihadist and im sure the movie conveyed a soothing message that regardless of the Religion we are all Indians and we would strive it to make it better.
The talent you posses are superlative and I really hope your future projects are not stalled by petty mindsets and illogical reasoning by people who just want to stir a controversy just for the sake of it. There were no anti –religious views at all and even after encountering the impacts of Afsal Guru , Ajmal Kasab , Hafeez syed , we still look at our neighbouring Muslims as our friends and part of our families.Hopefully the people who created the stir and the controversy would understand thisand not negate your efforts on bringing another great work on celluloid.
Our answer to movies like Hurt Locker, Behind Enemy lines and saving Private Ryan. Surely, the next part would do even more justice to your talent and hopefully it will be billed as one of all time greatest movies.
The request is to you to research our well famed Tamil History and if possible bring out a Magnus opus from the Chola/Pandya/Pallava Period, we would be obliged and the world would know how advanced and fabled we were through you.
Regards,
Rj
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Bow down!
“Another one bites the dust” , that’s how to describe the whole episode of Vishwaroopam a Tamil film which was supposed to be a magnus opus for one of India’s finest actor . Alas , The country has become intolerant to tolerance and tolerant to intolerance, the freedom of art/speech has been severly compromised and its very amusing that all the politicians also took part in the drama rather ensuring that the art is fee flowing , the politicos have ensured that art has got stifled and now every artist will run pillar to post to pacify or to make each and every community happy before delivering it to public.
The Central board for film certification (CBFC) has been made a mockery and even a Honourable Judge has been snubbed by the State .The state must have acted magnanimous and should have ensured that a fine artist should have been protected and regardless of the people involved it must clearly sent out a signal we are free and a tolerant society and society has a whole will not bend to the whimsical of people who say they represent a certain section of society. When the Foreign Invaders stifled our freedom we made hue and cry and we ensured we got freedom but unfortunately now a certain section of societies ensures the rest are held at a ransom just because they have got offended. Taking offense happens only when we feel that we are part of a group or section which has done some dastardly acts! Appalled by the way the film fraternity stood by the artist , they should have done more , stood by him and should have egged him to release the film without any compromises and should have ensured that protesting section should have been made to understand we are all one and this just an form of expression and this wont impact the existing relationships in anyway.
Are we really living in a free Country if you really think so, just read this following dialogue from the movie “The American President”
“America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship. You Gotta want it bad, ‘cause it’s gonna put up a fight. It’s gonna say “You want free speech? Let’s see you acknowledge a man whose words makes your blood boil, you want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country can’t just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, and celebrate that in your classroom. Then you can stand up and sing about the land of the free”
The moment the above lines come true, when the country or the society is not held at ransom for some trivail issues by a group which claims to represents larger interest, when the freedom of art is not stifled in the namesake for community..then we may claim to live in free society
The Central board for film certification (CBFC) has been made a mockery and even a Honourable Judge has been snubbed by the State .The state must have acted magnanimous and should have ensured that a fine artist should have been protected and regardless of the people involved it must clearly sent out a signal we are free and a tolerant society and society has a whole will not bend to the whimsical of people who say they represent a certain section of society. When the Foreign Invaders stifled our freedom we made hue and cry and we ensured we got freedom but unfortunately now a certain section of societies ensures the rest are held at a ransom just because they have got offended. Taking offense happens only when we feel that we are part of a group or section which has done some dastardly acts! Appalled by the way the film fraternity stood by the artist , they should have done more , stood by him and should have egged him to release the film without any compromises and should have ensured that protesting section should have been made to understand we are all one and this just an form of expression and this wont impact the existing relationships in anyway.
Are we really living in a free Country if you really think so, just read this following dialogue from the movie “The American President”
“America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship. You Gotta want it bad, ‘cause it’s gonna put up a fight. It’s gonna say “You want free speech? Let’s see you acknowledge a man whose words makes your blood boil, you want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country can’t just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, and celebrate that in your classroom. Then you can stand up and sing about the land of the free”
The moment the above lines come true, when the country or the society is not held at ransom for some trivail issues by a group which claims to represents larger interest, when the freedom of art is not stifled in the namesake for community..then we may claim to live in free society
Friday, January 4, 2013
Tell me !
When I look in to your eyes , I see myself in you
When I look in to your eyes, I forget who am I
When I look in to your eyes, I realize my purpose in life
When I look in to your eyes, I have my hope rejuvenated
When I look into your eyes, I know who I want to be with
When I look in to your eyes, feels that our love is immortal
Tell me?
Tell me?
Do you feel the same??
My, My I don’t know what you do to me ?
My My, I can’t explain what iam feeling now !
Tell me?
Tell me?
Do you feel the same??
I feel im in love when your eyes catch a glimpse of me !
Im already yours, when you look at me,
Wish my eyes could tell you that , you are the one for me !
Tell me?
Tell me?
Do you feel the same??
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