Ethnic Crisis

Today, I watching the movie called “Kannathil Muthamital”. A good movie directed by Mr.Manirathnam. Most of Manirathnam’s movie has a message & he does a lot of research before taking a movie.

In this movie, He was portraying the ethnic crisis that is taking place in Sri Lanka. It’s unfortunate that we are still plagued by such problems. This issue started around mid 80’s & is still continuing. This led to formation of group called as LTTE (Liberation tigers of Tamil Ellam), under the leadership of Prabhakaran. This group is perceived in different way by different groups of people. (I am not able to find a word for them. Freedom fighters?? Terrorists?? Extremists??) . They want the northern part of Sri Lanka to be declared as a separate country (Tamil Ellam).

This group has an organized army & has indulged in guerilla warfare for the last 20 years. The peace process, mediated by Norwegian delegates was fruitful in bringing a ceasefire. It was short lived though. Governments change & so do their stand against these armed rebels. In the last six months, LTTE & the Sri Lankan army are battling in the northern part. This has led to humanitarian crisis in northern part of Sri Lanka. The road to Jaffna is closed & thus the supply chain is cut.

I have heard that people are dying due to starvation & epidemics. Thus, an ethnic crisis, in the name of freedom struggle, has led to plethora of problems.(google it for more info)

Who is responsible for all these mundane problems? LTTE ? Sri Lankan Government?

I have heard different versions of the problems that are prevailing in Sri Lanka. The Tamil people, who are residing in Sri Lanka, feel that the government has not taken steps to ensure supplies to Jaffna. They feel that Tamilians are neglected.

On the other hand, Sinhalese people are putting the blame on LTTE for this large scale violence. They are happy with their government’s stand on this issue

The fact is that a problem exists & a feasible solution has to be found. This humanitarian problem must be addressed with highest priority. A long term viable solution for the ethnic crisis would be granting autonomy to government of Northern Sri Lanka, in which Tamilians can take part in the governance.

What can we do now?????? Just wait and watch.

Ayodhya attack – Part II

If you are confused with the title, this blog is about the attack that took place in Ayodhya manadapam, Chennai.

It all started with the attack on Periyar’s Statue. (Srirangam, December 7, 2006). Members of a so called political party (Hindu Makkal Katchi - I would rather call them religious psychopaths) attacked the statue & were arrested.

The logic behind their attack is as follows
“Mr. Periyar is an atheist. Installing his statue near the temple would hurt religious sentiments”.

According to me, a person’s religious belief will not be eroded due to a statue of mortal. I believe in god & my feelings are not hurt on seeing the statue of Mr. Periyar.

(It all depends on the way you perceive things. You can respect him for his contributions to freedom struggle. If you are least bothered about the statue, it simplifies the whole issue. The sanctum sanctorum is not affected by the statue).

In a pluralistic country like India, where secularism is a salient feature of our constitution, you will have people with different views.

The defacing of Periyar’s statue in Srirangam has led to a chain reaction. Supporters of Periyar have retaliated by vandalizing a number of temples across the state. The Ayodhya manadapam incident is one of them.
(Check out this link for more details:
http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/09/stories/2006120916990300.htm)

It’s sad that innocent civilians are becoming soft targets to antisocial elements.
These events spoil the harmony that was prevailing in the state. These acts by the so called loyalist of Periyar (That’s how media has addressed them. ibnlive.com -> report by Veeraraghav) are nothing short of culpable acts of homicide.

It’s easy for one to blame the other (DK blaming HMK acts or HMK blaming the DK for their acts of retaliation). Unfortunately, it’s we the people, who are in the receiving end of these insane acts. Political parties are responsible for such incidents as they indirectly support these psychopaths.

It’s time we wake up to reality. We must stand united in time of crises & must teach a lesson to these anti-social elements. Religion is an abstract concept & we should see it as repertoire of good sayings. (Maybe with or without god)

At last, it’s “ANBE SIVAM” (“Love is god “)

Save our cricket team


BCCI’s annual revenue projected at Rs 500 crore (Information Courtesy: Times network)NEW DELHI:

The value of the Indian cricket team has been pegged at Rs 1,200-1,500 crore by an Ernst & Young and ET analysis. While, the value of BCCI may be Rs 1,500-1,800 crore, its projected annual revenue may be around Rs 500 crore. By applying the margin of 20% to revenue, maintainable EBIDTA works out to Rs 100 crore. A list of comparable companies was made for estimating the enterprise value/EBIDTA multiple for valuing Team India. While no strictly comparable listed businesses were found, we considered three companies — TV broadcaster Zee Telefilms, TV content provider Balaji Telefilms and motion picture production, distribution and exhibition company Adlabs Films. A major part of BCCI revenue comes from TV broadcasting rights, which is a function of viewership. Public viewership is a key valuation driver for TV broadcasting companies; hence Zee Telefilms was used as a comparable company.

I think our Indian players are good brand ambassadors than cricket players. I have the following suggestion to BCCI

Sachin Tendulkar: I would advise him to stay in his house & look after his kids. He has lost his magic touch & is a burden to our cricket team

Sehwag : He can look after his restaurant in Delhi & narrate the glorious stories of his past to his friends (Ex: 300 in Multan )

Dravid : He can sell anchor toothpaste & be a regular customer to Bank of Baroda , where he can deposit his commercial earnings

Irfan Pathan: Some one must remind him that he is a bowler in our team. I think I can teach swing & good length bowling to him.

Yuvaraj: Hero Honda brand ambassador (Glamour bike)

Kaif: Some one must teach him batting basics


Special advice to Mr. Greg chappel: “You are the right man @ the wrong place.”

Overall solution: INDIAN cricket team must be stopped from playing cricket. They are tarnishing our country’s name. If they want to play for money, let them play under some funky team name like “BCCI blazers”. For heaven sake, please don’t insult our country’s image.

your's truly,
A betrayed Indian Supporter

PS: I firmly believe in what I say. If you are having a different opinion, please be free to write in your comments. I shall reply for that