Where's Mandela

Hey guys, I was surfing the channels the other day and I came across a story carried by all the news channels. It was centered on the champion of peace and justice and the biggest contender for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, our very own Dubyaman, George W Bush, The President of The United States of America.

He was addressing a press conference, and to add weight to his much ambitious War on Terror, he spoke something about Iraq which seemed to be straight out of some stand up comedy TV show. What Mr. Muttery, muttered was (he said and I quote) "I heard somebody say, 'Where's (Nelson) Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead. Because Saddam killed all the Mandelas."

These words can at best be described as utter garbage and complete drivel, that too if you want to be diplomatic. Imagine the person leading the richest and the most powerful country in the world having the general knowledge of a four year old. Well the truth of the matter is, the former Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr Nelson Mandela is very much alive and going about his daily routine at his home in South Africa. Dubyaman, god only know which coke or narcotic he was hooked onto at that moment, said something that is completely politically insensitive and plain stupid with a capital S and in bold.

This shows the political knowledge that Bush Jr has, rather the lack of it. The question that Americans need to ask themselves is, “is this dumbo good enough to lead the world”. Well this is not the first time he has put his foot into his mouth, well this time I would say he has shoved it right down his throat. He has a habit of saying and doing things that can be best described as plain Stupid.

Here is another example of the dazzler himself speaking to the media. He was then reacting to the media calling Blair (the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. Tony Blair) his poodle. Just to touch upon the point, the media had at that time, nick-named Blair, “Bush’s poodle”, as he would agree to anything and everything that Bush said without a hint of hesitation.

Dubyaman responded with “I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than that."
Ya right he is a much bigger poodle, he is an outright Dog. I bet Blair must have felt like digging a deep hole and burying himself.

I’ve got more gems, here is the man himself describing his relationship with Blair during another press conference. I sincerely advice everyone to read the following words with utmost attention.

"My relationship with this good man is where I've been focused, and that's where my concentration is. And I don't regret any other aspect of it. And so I -- we filled a lot of space together."

Chee, if you understood any of that, please do leave a comment explaining it to me. If you manage to do that, then probably you have a great chance of winning the Nobel for literature, no one else has been able to understand that kind of deep stuff. Dubya would just go on and on, even if he has nothing to say, he probably thinks that he is a great diplomat and can speak at length and use wide array of words, about anything without actually divulging any information, alas, except him everyone else has understood fabulously well that he is not made of such stuff.

America has produced a lot of stupid Presidents, but I must admit, if there was ever a Nobel Prize for the most stupid President, then Dubya would win it hands down, rather pip none other than his dad, George Bush Sr to the post.

The hits can keep on coming all night and I can go on and on about this mutt who is as nutty as a fruit cake, but I guess that would be sheer waste of my typing prowess. I had written a lot about Mr President and America in general six years back and I still cant believe they keep on making mistakes one after the other.

Let me pull the curtains down on this article with another gem, here’s Dubya speaking - "I've got God's shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I'll bet I've shed more tears than you can count, as president."

That doesn’t come as a surprise now, does it. All I would like to add is, dude if you feel that way, imagine the plight of others who have to put up with you at the White House.

Howler

Hey jackal (I find it weird calling you Raka, the former is a much more identifying name for you) so you are talking about your own biradri haan........

Its no surprise you love DOGS, afterall you are one of them. LOL.

Hey personally, I dont like dogs, pets, well I only like fish, because they just roam around in the water and wont bother you.

I feel that the number of street dogs should be controlled. I really feel that their number is growing in an uncontrolled manner. They are indeed a nuisance to the society and are pretty dangerous, if you are walking on the roads late at night. They are really dangerous for people riding bikes, as they chase two wheelers and bite the rider. And for those who don’t believe me, take a ride at night and then give your opinion.

Thanks to these so called animal lovers (Maneka Gandhi and others), who I bet have never taken a walk but prefer to ride in their air-conditioned cars instead, this problem will always be there.

I don’t think we should send them to the pound, as some people do, I think that would be too cruel. The municipality had come up with a much better solution, to control their multiplication by contraceptive techniques. But even this is not acceptable to our dear dog-lovers (pun intended).

I have no problem if people have dogs as pets, provided they take care of them and are completely responsible. Their pet should not turn out to be a nuisance for their neighbours. Its similar to playing loud music, we should all restrain from it if our neighbours are getting inconvenienced. Similarly, if your dog cant stop barking, then take the dog and go to hell. I am not afraid of dogs as Bhaks is, but I would rather have roads that are not filled with strays (dogs, cats, hoggs, you name them).

Now some animal lovers will have a real problem with what I have said and may consider me to be too insensitive to animals. I got this to say to them. Hey, YOU are the animal lover, not ME. Its your passion not mine. You have no right to impose your likes and desires on me and other citizens. If we don’t like something, then we have a right to follow our wish. This is a free country (also for the human population). You are free to do what you like, provided you don’t step into others toes and bother them.

Its like being GAY. Hey, if you are gay, be so by all means, its your choice. I have no problem with that. But just because YOU are gay, don’t ask ME and everyone else to become gay. Don’t bother others, stick your community and be the way you are. YOU are the one who is that way, not the rest of the country (come to think of it, not that that would be a bad idea now, would it), whats more, its good for straight people like me, it eliminates competition. With the number of female population decreasing, (not bringing the quality factor into picture, otherwise, the population would appear to be miniscule) it in fact would be a good thing if more and more guys turn gay. Coming back to the point, don’t expect others to be the way you are. Right, we may occasionally crack the odd joke on your community. But as long as you stick to your guns, (LOL) and don’t trouble the rest, its really not an issue. I will continue to like girls (yes GIRLS) and you can continue to like you know whom.

Did I hear someone say, it’s a doggy doggy world.

My Goberman

the other day i reached home to find my mom running behind something with a stick in her hand. Then she stopped and asked me where did it go. i was like, "go? wat? wat are u talking abt?" "The dog! did u see that dirty animal?" dats wen i got things rite. yeah. i had seen a pup running into the bushes with a terrified look.

my mom is unnaturally repulsive towards dogs. we had a dog once, which my mom hated all the while.

our building compound used to be a playing ground for the steet dogs in our vicinity. they used to stroll around, dirty the place with shit, and even bark at people! that's wen even i started disliking street dogs.

so wen my mom stood there with dat stick in her hand, i had little sympathy for the pup. but inherently i like puppies. this particular puppy perhaps didnt have a mother or it was deserted. so wen i saw the little creature peering from behind the trees, i couldnt help the funny playful feelings. as a youngster, i had a gr8 time with the dog we had once.

And another personality in our home who's the exact opposite of my mom in her feelings towards animals is my sister. she loves pets. especially dogs. wenever we're in the market and her sight chances upon a petshop, she starts buggin me 2 go ther. she pleads me to just come and see. and i stubbornly refuse on the grounds that we'd a bad experience with our previous pet. (we couldnt take care of it. i feel guilty about it all the while)

so this small canine visitor was a welcome sight. welcome coz street dogs usually dont need much care (as compared to pet dogs). they can fend for themselves. and the wonderful thing is that this relative lack of care and attention doesnt make them any the less friendly. this pup was given a few morsels of chapatis and that was enuf for it to wag its tail ad run behind me.

its been a few days now since its been staying in our compound. it has perhaps got acclimatized and starting relate to the new environment. dogs have a strong sense of ownership. and within only a few days, this tiny harmless creature started barking at other dogs that used frequent our place. the sight of its barking from a distance and running away only to return for another bark was outright funny. the puppy seemed to be hyperpossesive of the new home it had found. and for us, it has aroused a hope of getting rid of the dog nuisance we'd been facing for quite some time now.

and not to mention the joy of seeing a playful dog wagging its tail around u!

streets dogs are a better option for people like me who like pets but dont have the time 2 care for them. i call em Goberman. better than Doberman. hehehe ;)

its nice to have a few friends from other species, no?!!

Twitter updates...

hey guys! for the cyber ignorants, here's a cool piece of information...

I came across this cool site called Twitter.com

its a really cool (and fast) way to tell the world wat ur duing rite now. and not to mention its so addictive!

i've even installed a firefox extension (twitterbar)which allows me to update my twitter from my browser!

and even more convenient and faster way is another tiny application which lets me update from the RUN command!! (find it here) now dats good news for addicts like me!

also, you can see my recent twitter updates on the sidebar of this very blog! i've pledged to keep updating it as frequently as i can! and once i get my GPRS enabled mobile fone (my earlier fone was stolen) i intend 2 use it for this purpose too! LOL!!

Bingo!! Naklistan now has its Own Domain!!!

hey guys!! i always wanted my own lil space in the vast expanse of the internet. And now i've bought it! Raka now resides at Naklistan.com

we even have free email at http://mail.naklistan.com

so all you Naklistanis, rejoice!!! for the promised land has been finally delivered!!! LOL!!!!

enjoy life people! have fun!!!

--
Raka Naklistani ;)

Atheist - vs- Theist

for quite a few days now, i've been debating and fighting out the theists and creationists in this community on Orkut called "Atheist - vs- Theist"

those who know me since childhood must certainly know my views on theology and religion. being an atheist to the core, i started finding faults with the theistic philosophy and organized religion in general.

the discussion going on in the community is heated. although i knew the creationists and theists have always been illogical and hypocritical, i've received some really intense exposure to stupidity and irrationality.

i call upon my readers to witness the discussion (and maybe participate if you wish). I'd like to know abt your views on the subject.

You can visit the community here...

Inorganic life forms...

for the past few days, i've been reading a lot about the origins of life, evolution and creationism. i came across this piece of info. take a look...

http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1367-2630/9/8/263/njp7_8_263.html


excerpt from the research paper:"...Our analysis shows that if helical dust structures are formed in space, they can have bifurcations as memory marks and duplicate each other, and they would reveal a faster evolution rate by competing for `food' (surrounding plasma fluxes). These structures can have all necessary features to form `inorganic life'. This should be taken into account for formulation of a new SETI-like program based not only on astrophysical observations but also on planned new laboratory experiments, including those on the ISS. In the case of the success of such a program one should be faced with the possibility of resolving the low rate of evolution of organic life by investigating the possibility that the inorganic life `invents' the organic life..."

what this implies is a significant turn of events for mankind's understanding and quest for life's origin and alternative forms of life.

the new discovery is fantastical.

human understanding or atleast the lines on which we're looking out for life is only life like ourselves. one that has organic matters, amino acids as components, which require water for its existence

mankind has however failed to probe the possibility that life may exist in an altogether different form.

atom>molecules>chemicals>cell>organs>organisms

mankind has always considered only the last three as falling under the realms of life.

we mite as well extend the hierarchy as:
atom>molecules>chemicals>cell> organs> organisms> ecosystem> earth> solarsystem> galaxies> futher ahead...

for mankind, earth, solarsystem and galaxies are so huge that we have no/little understanding abt them.

but is it so far-fetched that earth mite be just a building block (just like cell is for us) for another 'living' organism which is so huge that we just are not able to imagine/comprehend it?

there is a possibility that solar system is AWARE too. that earth is AWARE too. afterall working of earth's systems is not very unlike human body.

man has investigated life at a MICRO levels and has found algae, microbes, bacteria, and viruses.

but we've failed to investigate the possibility of life at a MACRO level.

isn't it just a possibility that we, humans too form a building block of some other 'living' 'organism', which has sense and is 'aware'?

i find this a very interesting question. and its hardly irrelevant. i wudnt be surprised if we discover that humans/earth/solar system is just a building block for yet another 'living' 'organism'!!!

hey! i came across this interesting poll in one of the orkut communities that im a member of:

is it fair to claim "it is a creation that has a creator" only beacuse u do not have any idea how it came into existence??
Created by: Hrishi ~~*ChAKdE

poll link:
http://www.orkut.com/CommPollResults.aspx?cmm=686202&pct=1185946779&pid=58418310

communitylink:
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=686202

to read wat others have posted, follow the first link above. here's my comment...

This was a poll and i found it VERY interesting. i think it deserves a thread of its own.

here's my comment (posted it on the poll too)...

The statement, is it fair to claim "it is a creation that has a creator" only beacuse u do not have any idea how it came into existence?? made by poll 'creator' is based on the following assumptions:
1)Creation = An Entity
2)Creator = Creator of that Entity

The problem would be solved if we reject the above assumptions as true.

A human mind perhaps cannot digest the idea that an entity can come into existence without a creator.
Consider this:

Hydrogen+Oxygen=Water

so who created water?

water JUST came in to 'being' by combination of Hydrogen and Oxygen. 'Creation' can be Circumstantial.

Human mind is very complex. It takes a lot of things for granted. It functions dat way. some kinda fuzzy logic going inside our brains...

Mera Bharat Mahan...

this was actually meant 2b a comment 2 an earlier post ("Spare a thought" by vivek) but it out grew a lil and i decided it'd be a good post by itself. so here it goes...

hmmmm. read ur post vivek (here). i always thot this way all along. u gotta admit (sadly) that as much as indians tout themselves as democratic and assimilating and resilient (and wat not), they (we?) are the least of any of those i think.

1)democracy:
yeah. Indians take pride in portraying themselves as democratic. giving chance to every1, huh? I DONT THINK SO. sitting here in the Urban landscape, which is far more disconnected from rural (and mass india) than u think it is, its good 2 think india is democratic. i'll attack the Urban hypocrisy abt democratic values a lil later. but take it for now that india never was and definitely IS NOT democratic.

We have some of the most seriously flawed social structures in the world. The burning of the so called lower caste dalit family in khairlanji is still fresh in my mind. I recently saw a picture in TOI (bang on d front page) of a man wid his hands tied back and then been draged on d road behind a motorcycle, till he fainted. he was then jailed instead of been taken 2 hospital. and the biggest shock comes wen the perpetrators of the crime are revealed 2 u. they were the policemen in Bihar. the crime committed by d victim was chain snatching. NO CRIME MERITS SUCH INHUMAN TREATMENT.

u'd ask, hows this related 2 democracy... yeah, hows it related!!! its related to the most fundamental principles of democracy. respect and consideration for the rights of fellow beings (humans and i'd include non-humans too) the moment u infringe the rights of a fellow being, u defy democracy. and we do it all d time in our (beloved?) country! WE ARE NOT A CIVIL SOCIETY. now d critics wud take this opportunity 2 compare other societies and pass a judgement that ours is far better than theirs. they'd go on and rant abt the value systems of USA, stiffling of non-muslims in Pakistan, sub-standard living standard in africa and then satisfy urself that we live in a far more civil society. is it? i dont think so. we largely dont respect our fellow humans. dats it

2)assimilation:
this is the one thing that irritates me 2 no end. indians take pride in claiming that hinduism and india in general has always assimilated other cultures and religions and diverging viewpoints. this is one of the MOST hypocritical statement i've ever heard!!!! blacks in USA have been able 2 assimilate in USA to a far better extent than dalits in india. and its been only 300 years of black existence in USA (yeah. african american if u'd prefer. but i'd rather call em black. ok, lemme digress a lil. ppl dont like 2 call em black coz black is considered to hv negative connotations. i'd rather not see been black as something negative. so y not just take pride and say, "yes im black and im proud of it!" rather than avoiding the term black as if its a foul word! if u think calling a black man black is insulting him and hence u call him "african" i'd say u'd still be insulting him. y dont u then avoid calling a white man white? u'd take pride in been called white. rite? we gotta get rid of this negativity associated with black color. its just a color! i'll get bak on track now...)

i was saying that its been 300 yrs of black existence in USA while so called dalits hv been here for 3000 yrs. and the level of assimilation is worse than blacks in USA!!! and we talk abt assimilation. i find it very annoying wen some housing societies dont allow muslims or non-vegetarians to rent houses in their societies. this inspite of any level of education. EDUCATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HYPOCRISY. (Urban Hypocrisy?) But they'd happily serve foreigners binging on meat and alcohol. and we talk abt assimilation. INDIANS ARE LEAST ASSIMILATING. and dats a blanket statement im making with no Ifs and Buts or conditionalities. so vivek how do u expect people with such a fuckall attitude to assimilate south india and rajnikanth? he's more foreign to such people than brad pitt.

3)resilience:
hinduism is resilient. indians r resilient. HA HA HA. yeah. i'd call it stubborn. resilient to change. indians DO NOT CHANGE. i was talking to a girl once in marathi. the gal pointed out 2 me that a particular "mistake" in my pronounciation/grammar and commented that nowadays our language is getting "bhrasht". then she explained 2 me the correct pronounciation in Marathi and how it was actually derived from another sanskrit root word. this is wat was my argument to her...
languange(s) are like living beings. they EVOLVE. we speak a particular language. and as we interact with a block of people speaking a different language, we absorb some words and lend some words from/to the foreign language. hence marathi spoken in vidarbha region (from where i hail from) is very different from that spoken in Marathwada or Konkan or khandesh. vidarbhan marathi has picked up nuances from Hindi (been close to madhya pradesh) and even from from telugu (been closer to andhra pradesh). so a vidarbhan marathi is seen to be sprinkled with words like potti (gal), haow (for ho, meaning yes) while marathi from solapur will hv a lot of kannada influence (and vice-versa). if this is wat you'd call languages getting "bhrasht" and you'd look down upon a rural guy speaking a "Bhrasht" language, then i'd personally hold u in low regard. languages like sanskrit which refused to evolve eventually died a sad death. A classic example of a highly evolved language is English (another good reason to learn english). English spoken even 100 years bak in england (if not unintelligible) was so much different! while it'd be difficult to understand Shakespearean era english without difficulty. so is the case with Marathi and all languages. They all evolve. but the point is can you call such evolution "getting bhrasht"? i dont think so!! its this REAL pride in our evolving heritage which is lacking. and wat we actually see in its place is only an egoistic arrogance. and we call it resilience!!!

you must be getting an idea that im one of those persons who doesnt see the brite sides and cringes about the dark sides of life. lemme say this that its only the darker side that needs 2 get enlightened. im a proud indian and i've faith in my country inspite of its deficiencies. but the issues need to be highlited.

Im a fan of south indian (yeah vivek. i know u dont like ppl using that term. but i know d difference bet telugu and tamil. so dont worry. i actually am referring to d entire south indian film industry) movies and music. a telugu friend of mine introduced me 2 a song called "Mansanta Nuvve" and i just loved it. I learned the ENTIRE SONG by rote (though i didnt understand a single word) with all d correct pronounciations. i then listened to many more telugu songs and learnt many more by heart. i later started listening 2 some tamil songs too and i luved em all. i've seen Arya (a telugu movie) 19 times till date (though i dont understand telugu, i can make out a few words and i cud get the broad story of d movie)

4)Racism:
yeah. i can go on and on aby the flaws. but i need 2 mention this one. INDIANS ARE MORE RACIST THAN WAT THE EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS HAVE BEEN ALLEGED/KNOWN TO BE. DATS ANOTHER BLANKET STATEMENT IM MAKING. u got counter views, lemme know. i'll fight it out. I PROMISE.

as 4 the question in you mind vivek, about why non-south indians dont even count Rajnikanth as a superstar, u mite find ur answer in the above points. a north indian frend of mine wen told dat i watched Arya 14-15 times gave me d most annoying response: she hated "andu-gundu" movies. u get the point, rite vivek? Indians hv never fuckin FELT Indian.

(ps: guys, temme how did u like this new layout? is it good? or it needs 2b changed?)