Creative EP 630 In Ear Phones - A review of my experience

I own a 80 GB 6th generation ipod classic. Most of the time I listen to apple lossless files riped from my vinyl copies. ipod is in its own way a great piece of equipment for listening to music. It gives a very fine signal in a 3.5 mm standard earphone jack. Initially I was happy listening with the ear-buds which came with the ipod. I also listen to music from my laptop using my Technics head phone. By comparison I found that the apple's ear phone was not reproducing the bass as it was done faithfully by my headphones. With a little of market research I found that the ear canal/ in ear phones give deep bass reproduction. Initially I was attracted with brands like Shure, Senheiser, UE, Etymotic etc. Later I found that panasonic and sony (MDR) also have in earphones. I Listened to music from a panasonic earphones and it was great. I found a lot of decent feedbacks about creative EP 630. I bought it in India for Rs 750 at Ritchy street. Man I tell u, it made whole lot of a difference. The sounds were accurate. It was better than my regula ear enveloping headphones. If u properly seal ur ear canal with the silicone flanges provided, the bass becomes really remarkable. I did the comparison of apples phones and EP630 in my ipod with Munbae Vaa Song (Sillunu or kadal - ARR) in apple lossless format. I wud say that the bass reproduction was uncopparable with the apple ear buds. For that matter I dont think any other ear-buds will give that. Simultaneously with the bass all the minute trebles and ringing sounds were precisely reproduced. When you buy an ipod by shelling out a few 100 dollars, you shud definitely go for a good ear-canal phones to experience the music from an ipod. I would recommend EP 630 for listening to quality music. I am sure a Shure, Senn , UE or etymotic can be better if u have the capacity to shell out money.

Features & Specs

Driver Units:
9mm Neodymium magnet transducer

Frequency Response:
6Hz ~ 23kHz

Impedance:
16ohms

Sensivity:
106dB

Net Weight:
9g (without packaging)

The Creative EP-630 earphones is designed with ergonomic soft silicon in-ear earbuds for excellent noise isolation. Powered by quality Neodymium magnet transducer, the EP-630 offers high-quality audio reproduction with extraordinary bass that is ideal for digital music playback.
Pristine audioHear your music in greater clarity from the 9mm Neodymium magnet transducer. It is specially designed to deliver optimum performance whatever the music genre.

Noise isolation

Soft and ergonomic silicone in-ear earbuds provide excellent noise isolation so you hear your music better. Pick the perfect fit from the additional pairs of alternate sized earbuds that is included.

Clear transmission


The gold-plated 1.2m Oxygen-Free Copper cable provide uninterrupted transmission of your music from player to earphones. So you can enjoy the clearest audio possible.

Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati Gita Discourse

This is my understanding from the summary and relevance to managerial effectiveness :)

Our own body, mind and knowledge will not come to help us if we do not manage ourselves effectively. Things like emotional attachment and ego will hinder us from achieving our objectives. Hence a man who cannot manage self cannot mange others. Self management should be the first objective one should achieve before thinking about managerial effectiveness. This state of emotional maturity and self-control can come if we can understand some of the concepts which are stated in the Gita.

There are things which are right to do in a situation. And there are things which we like to do in a particular situation. The things which are right to do in a particular situation are universal and are common to everyone. We do things which we like to do because of our emotional attachment. This shields the dharma and the real objective situation before us.

Objective view is the real view one see without any perspective distortions produced by the influence of ones own likes and experiences in his life. The judgments and decisions one takes with this objective view and mind following the universal rules of dharma are the right decisions. Most often there is a gap between this right and what we feel is right. Although these actions bring short-term happiness, in long term we hurt ourselves.

Many a times we have multiple roles to play in life. Some roles have a high degree of psychological influence on our emotions than others. There is often a confusion during our decision making in some roles when there a “transference in psychology” or superimpositions. Having an objective mind can call these miseries.

At the time of conflict between what we like to do and what is right to do it is always good to take the help of a person with a neutral view and judgment. One should be humble enough to seek the truth at the time of trouble. Even in our regular life and at work there are many situations where, knowingly or unknowingly our ego shields us. For example we sometimes do not do some work which we are supposed to do, if we feel that it is inferior and will hurt our ego. Being humble will avoid these problems.

As human beings we all have emotions. Gita doesn’t say that one has to be without emotions. Its about having the right positive emotions. Love when distorted can become anger and jealousy which have a negative impact on ones effectiveness. The ability to mange emotions depends on the degree of emotional maturity and this will determine managerial effectiveness.

We all have desires and objectives to reach. Most often there is a gap between what we want to be and what we are. And this gives us uncomforted. We find that, how much effort we put, we are unable to reach the destination. We can reach the objectives only if we have a direction. Most often our efforts lack a direction and our energies get dissipated. The lack of direction prevents us from taking wrong decisions which impact our efficiency and remains as an obstacle towards the final objective.

In many situations our objectives are material. We do not recognize that such material objectives can give lasting happiness. Still we associate success with things like becoming wealthy, getting a post etc. Happiness is a state of mind. It is associated with your level of emotional maturity.

As human beings we are programmed to become better and better every day. Hence by becoming better, in that process we create a lot of material value too. Most of us fail to understand that you do not have the capacity to consumer all. A consuming state of mind will never get satisfied. This dissatisfaction will impact you happiness. When you are a contributor your mind will be satisfied with whatever you have. People derive happiness by making other people happy. And, only a happy man keeps people around him happy. Hence material success and inner success can co-exist. But happiness cannot be achieved only though material success.

Thoughts of Swami Vivekananda on Human Excellence.

1. Why does Swami Vivekananda consider building up our character as an essential element to Human Excellence?
Every individual is unique and the character is his identity. Building up character is through the process of education. Education is not only the process of acquiring knowledge, but also how efficient you are in putting the knowledge to action for handling men and nature around him. This education combines with strength of self conviction and the depth of thought enables a person reach character excellence. The character energy that comes out of this human development through education, especially the tremendous amount of faith in one-self enables him to overcome any difficulty or obstacle that comes in his way to reach his objective. Only those people with a high degree of character excellence can nourish this world. Hence the character-energy / excellence is an essential element for human excellence.

2. What is the learning from the west on managing self?
According to Peter Drucker each person has inherent strengths and weaknesses. One cannot identify the strengths of self and identification of areas of self strength can be only though feedback analysis. A person’s performance/ efficiency can be improved only in his areas of strengths and trying to improve the weakness will only lead to mediocrity. The above points are quite against the principles of the east. The west agrees with the concept of self-conviction when they state that “only internal success leads to external success”.

3. What does Upanishad talks about efficiency?
According to Upanishad, anything done with vidya, sraddha and upanisad can alone become supremely efficient. To be efficient you need to equip yourself with the knowledge or know-how first. Once you equip yourself with the knowledge, efficiency can only come if you have a strong faith in yourself and the personal conviction to do it. It is a totality of positive attitudes that you develop towards achieving your objective. Upanishad considers that you are completely equipped to achieve the efficiency only you do think deeply and meditate on the subjects required to achieve the concerned objective. When all these three powers are combines you get a superlative degree of efficiency which he terms as human excellence.

4. What is the learning from the east on managing self?
Knowledge is the manifestation of what is already innate in man. The east believes that any of the competency or skill can be learnt and the superlative degree of efficiency can be achieved by equipping oneself with knowledge, having self-conviction to achieve it and by thinking deeply thinking and meditating on the competency concerned.

5. What constitute human excellence?
There lies an infinite man behind the finite and an immortal man behind the mortal man which are not within sensory cognition. Improving ones efficiency to a superlative degree with vidya, sraddha and upanisad exposes the infinite and immortal man within who has the energy to achieve any objective which nourishes and heals the world. This constitutes human excellence.

Mozhi - Review

Simple things are more profound. Mozhi is a simple movie and yet profound. The movie is based on a simple fact that language is just a vehicle for communication and need not be always verbal.

Prakash Raj has produced this movie which is directed by Radha Mohan. Each and every part of the movie has a deep thought behind and they are well connected. The side stories and supporting characters strengthen the main characters Archana (Joe), Karthik (Prithiviraj) & Viji (Prakash). I don’t really consider Swarnamalya as a key character. She plays a role to balance Archana and Viji(esp. at the end). Not everyone (including the audience) can understand everything of what Archana tries to communicate.

The story starts with a typical pannayar magal scene in village girl who is closely followed by a rustic guy. Thought it was meant to strike a humor by blatantly exposing the re-recording activity, the director strikes a beautiful introduction to the profession of Karthik (Prithviraj) & Viji (Prakash Raj) who share deep friendship besides their common interest of music.

After a short introduction to the musicians the frame shifts to an apartment where Archana & her mom, the apartment secretary and a mentally upset professor live. Karthik falls in love with Archana at first sight. Later he finds that Archana stays in the same apartment where he stays. He tries to speak with Archana several times, but every time he will be interrupted by the mentally retarded professor. The director had done his level best in blending comedy wherever possible in the movie. The comedy in this movie is essentially situational. It cannot be explained. U got to watch the movie to enjoy it. The concept of bulbs getting lighted and bells ringing when a person gets a crush is used in few occasions which always gives the view a mild burst of laughter ;)

Later, one day when Archana’s mom faints in the apartment, Karthik comes forward to take her to the hospital. This is when he gets into contact with Archana for the first time. In the hospital when he tries speaking with Archana, he finds that Archana is both deaf and dumb. The best part is the confidence with which Archana expresses that she is deaf and dumb. Her auditory impairment is shown as her character rather than a symbol of sympathy. Knowing this fact and looking at the air of confidence Archana left, his love for her grows stronger. That she is deaf and dumb is not only a surprise for Karthik but the viewers too… I’m committing a sin by letting out this surprise.

Besides all these things the small fights and humorous situations with the apartment secretary, Archana’s dog chasing Karthik and a fellow girl in the apartment who gets impressed with Karthik really spread humor and cheer. The director makes sure that u have a mild smile on your face all thru the first part. Though the professor has a sad background of loosing his son in 1984 by a road accident, because his memories are limited to 1984, it creates a mild humor in the begining and also goes to support the nature of Viji and Karthik.

Viji and Karthik then try to meet Swarnamalya who is a close friend of Archana. They get into contact with her and Karthik tries to learn more about Archana and the way to tell his love. He even makes efforts to learn sign language which he wants to use to communicate effectively with Archana. Both Viji and Swarnamalya help a great deal in getting Karthiks wish done. Archana and Swarnamalya work in a school for deaf and dumb children. The way Karthik celebrates his birthday and the children clap (silently) were truly impressive. Swarmalya is also a dance teacher there.

The rest of the story goes on with how Karthik expresses his love to Archana. Archana always liked him, but she always had a good reason to shun Karthik’s love. She shuned his love with pain. In the end Karthik’s love won over her determination. His love, Arachans nonverbal expression were painted in emotions. In spur of a moment Viji Proposes his love to Swanramalya in his own humorous way helps to break the emotion in the story.

The way Archana explains what is music for her to Praksh Raj was the most impressive one. The director has very clearly made what he wants to tell in this movie when she replies “Music is another language like tamil and English to me. I don’t know any of the languages u speak. But I can speak one language none of speak, its mounam (silence)”

Later on in the movie, when Archana comes back to Karthik’s room and asks him what music is, he lays Archana’s hand on the monitor (speakers) and plays a track he composed. Now simultaneously as she feels the vibrations he asks her to follow his hands. After a short while, even after he stops moving his hands Archana invoulonatrily stars following the music. Joe you are great… She expresses that in her eyes and facial reactions. It was phenomenal!

I particularly liked the scene shot in the 5 rathas at Mahabalipuram. Karthik tries imagine Archana’s voice as she expresses things with gestures. When he tells this to Arhcana she gets damn angry. Though deaf and dumb, she wanted to be appreciated of her skills than somebody sympathize her. Sympathy for her is like pointing out her disability to hear and speak. Archana is a good painter and has put in efforts to learn martial arts like judo and Karate. She tells that, she being deaf and dumb is real and imagining her with a voice spoils originality as she doesn’t even know what it is. I really appreciated this….

Archana had a point to make when she shunned Karthik’s love. This was partly due to the fact that her dad deserted her family when he found her disability. Also she feared that if she marries, her child may be born with disabilities. The way Karthik convinces her was great. When she tells that she doesn’t want to see him any more, Karthik still continues to love her and respects her feelings. He keeps away from her. I liked this. ….

The final scene when Joe asks by sign language if he is able to see her face in the moon was too impressive. The director conveys the feeling of a deaf and dumb child when she says Karthik that her mother has never told her any stories during her childhood.

Lot of wide angle photography was tried in this movie. Some of the unique angles were interesting. One of the song sequences was having the look of Infra Red color film. I don’t know if it was digitally altered.

Mozhi here is not verbal. Expressions were the vehicles for thoughts to move from one person to the other. The screenplay comes with music, with occasional dash of surprise and a tinge of Love.

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ISRO - NASA MOU - My Reflections

The annual turnover of the company Im working is around 580 Cr INR. This I feel must be the average turnover of any company (division) in the manufacturing sector. This is the state and level of our economy. But, the Chandarayan project is alone 386 crores. Well, I don’t expect any satellite launch to be less than this amount. My debate is on the purpose of this launch.

The purpose of space exploration is a topic of debate all thru the world. Whether the money expended for it is worth or not! Well it can be a topic of debate in country like USA. That money can do great things in India. For me it could lay one more channel of rail between Chennai and Coimbatore which could accommodate two more trains reducing the travel time and need not plan my travel months ahead. For ISRO its just a new trail and promotions to a few scientists. (My sincere apologies to all hard work by our scientists).

Technology developed and areas of research should be towards the welfare of the people and the country. I dint say that the works done by ISRO are all waste of money. The educational SAT and the satellites for military applications have taken our nation several leaps.

US by deploying M3 pay load get the benefit free transport and easy results on their table. Also it is a easy way to have a sneak preview of the Indian technology. We wont be able to have any tangible benefit by mapping the terrain and minerals on the moon’s surface.

Any technology developed should have direct impact on the people. Im not denying the need for “fundamental research”. But, we should see that the benefits should be tangible.

When you combine people and technology, you have a very powerful combination. Why don’t we think about that?

Chidambara Ragasiyam

On Saturday 22-Apr-06 I along with my roommates planed a trip to Chidambaram. It was my first visit to Chidambaram. The only thing I missed was my camera, without which I felt like a hand broken. My friend Prakash informed me that photography was not available in the temple premises. But I see a lot of photos being published in the web. Probably, next time I’ll try my luck… ok… lemme describe Chidambaram.

Chidambaram (Chid – Heart, ambaram – universe) is the heart of the universe, has the courtyard where the cosmic dance was once staged. Its is a aksha (space) sthalam. The cosmic dance is commonly refered to as “siva thandavam” and that particular abinaya is called “anandha thandavam”. It is my feeling that anyone who is dedicated siva bakhtha will get feeling of happiness after having the deva darshanam. Several kings who were siva bakthas have built and developed the temple across centuries. The temple is not symmetric unlike other big temples in tamilnadu.

The main temple covers a big area of around 30 acres and the whole township of Chidambaram has developed around this temple. The temple is surrounded huge walls on four sides with a gopuram on each side. These gopurams feature different abinayas of natiyam. The gopurams are lit with oil lamps in the night. The temple comprises of three prakarams and 5 sabha’s are distributed across them. They are Chitsabha, Kanakasabha, Nrityasabha, Devasabha and Rajasabha. Chitsabha is the sanctum sanctorum. Rajasabha is the famous mandappa having 1000 pillars. There is big theppakulam (tank) in the outermost prakram towards the north.

The whole temple beyond the outer prakaram is highly ornate. The courtyard is highly ornate. One should note that even the floor in the courtyard is laid with single granite slabs across the path. The courtyard leads to the sanctum by 5 silver steps which represent “Na Ma Si Va Ya” the universal I. There is a screen behind Natarajar which is supposed to hide the lingam. This is supposed to be called as the Chidmabara Ragasiyam. There are golden I leaves where I live in the night. I and I (gold) I are said to be adorned with golden plates on the roof.

Natarajar

Natarjar has a face with four shoulders, three eyes, to the left destructive fire (in the hand), moon and leaves on the head, hand stretching downwards, the raised foot pointing down, to the right swastika earring, Damarukam (drum), ganga (in the head), and protection posture, salutations to that God of ceaseless dance whose matted hair is flowing, standing on the unconscious body (hyapasmara deham.

The shrine of Govindharaja Perumal lies to the right of Natarajar. It is said that Vishnu has seen the cosmic dance of shiva when he came in the disguise of Pathanjali.

The sanctum of Sivakama Sundari lies to the left of Natarajar Sannidhi. It is said that Natarajar defeated Devi by dancing here. By this tradition the Natiyanjali (dance festival) is conducted here. The images of Ratnasabhapati (Nataraja of Ruby), the Spatika Lingam of Chandramauleeswara are in the Chitsabha. I felt a stream of energy flowing thru my veins at ponnambalam (golden hall). Lord shiva is said to dance thandavam in different situations like bliss, creation, destruction, protection etc. These actions represent the basic cosmic activities which happen from micro to macro level throughout this universe.

I was amazed at the paintings Subramania temple next to the Ambal temple. There is a painting with an elephant somewhere in the mid roof. The roof is curved. From either side (right/ left) the elephant appears to look at you.

One I understood was that our ancestors have left a wealth of information in these temples and scriptures. The sanctorum was closed during the pooja and we were waiting outside the courtyard for the shrine to be open. I was wondering “how do I know when they open the shrine?” But when the temple bell rung I along with others without any second thought ran towards the courtyard for darshan. Then I understood why a temple bell is rung during a pooja. Many others came a filled the courtyard. The day I went went to the temple was a on a Mahaabishekam day. It happens 6 times annually. Loads of milk, tender coconut water and honey were showered on the deity. On this day they move the deity slightly outside. I had good darshan and came out fulfilled.

Namshivaya vazlga
Nathan than thal vazlga

Role of Intuition & Emotion in Photography

Focus, attention, observation and continuous learning has a significant relevance to photography. Zen is a multi-angled spiritual tradition that offers a simpler yet more profound way of life and a unique way of seeing, which I feel is in line with photography. I’m certainly not the first to recognize this fact. I simply want to add my voice to those masters who have seen a great promise for artist (photographers) that is held in this great eastern wisdom tradition.

Photography is my passion and that which keeps the pulse of my heart. I feel a flow of energy through my veins, happiness in my heart and enlightened spirit when I do photography. I am most alive, most aware of myself when I am looking for images and capturing them. It is a time when I am most empty and most open to this world around me. It is also a time of great pleasure and inner satisfaction.

What is Zen?

“Zen discipline consists in attaining enlightenment (or satori, in Japanese)...Satori finds a meaning hitherto hidden in our daily concrete particular experiences...The meaning thus revealed is in being itself, in becoming itself, in living itself...in the ‘isness’ of a thing.” (Suzuki, 1959, p.16). In short, Zen tells about emptying yourself of everything and getting the enlightened.

“Rhythms of nature” are felt in no matter what, become symbols of the whole (universe). The creative force in man recognizes and records these rhythms with the medium most appealing to him. It can be a painting, a poem, music or a photograph. It also gives him a chance to discover the feeling, the cause, and the life within the outer form. Such recordings (art form) have a characteristic of life (not just life but, a LIFE). It makes you buoyant. Recordings of unfelt facts acquired by rule, results in sterile inventory. Hence as photographer the technology should serve only as an aid and not the end in itself. The final art form should be from within. If the composition doesn’t include yourself, it is incomplete.

“The photograph touches me if I withdraw it from its usual blah-blah: ‘Technique,’ ‘Reality,’ ‘Reportage,’ ‘Art,’ etc.: to say nothing, to shut my eyes, to allow the detail to rise of its own accord into affective consciousness.” (Barthes).

Whether it is a silver halide or a digital image, the photograph can record and provoke enlightenment or satori. The photographer, the poet, an artist, a singer are tapping into the same source. When a photographer can “hear the light”, when his or her photograph “sings”, the spirit of Zen is present and you make you soul speak out.

The state of mind of the photographer while creating is a blank. I might add that this condition exists only at special times, namely when looking for pictures. For those who would equate ‘blank’ with a kind of static emptiness, I must explain that this is a special kind of blank. It is a very active state of mind really, a very receptive state of mind, ready at an instant to grasp an image, yet with no image pre-formed in it at any time. We should note that the lack of a pre-formed pattern or preconceived idea of how anything ought to look is essential to this blank condition. Such a state of mind is not unlike a sheet of film itself-seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second’s exposure conceives a life in it.

This blank state of mind can be considered as an enlightened/ infinite state of mind too. This can be possible explained by the Sanskrit verse


“Om purnamadha purnamidam Purnat Purnamudachyate
Purnasya purnamadaya Purunmeva vashish yate”

Om That is whole. This is whole from the whole the whole becomes manifest. From the whole when the whole is negated, what remains is again the whole. So the emptiness of the mind is just to give room for more ideas and innovation. It is like a ocean. If u add water to the ocean it doest change, if you remove water, it doesn’t change either. That is the state of the intuitive mind of the photographer before releasing the shutter button.


“Possibly the creative work of the photographer consists in part of putting himself into this state of mind. The feeling is akin to the mystic and to ecstasy; why deny it? One feels, one sees on the ground glass into a world beyond surfaces. The square of the glass becomes like the words of a prayer or a poem, like fingers or rockets into two infinities-one into the subconscious and the other into the visual-tactile universe.” ( Lyons).

“I usually have an immediate recognition of the potential image, and I have found that too much concern about matters such as conventional composition may take the edge off the first inclusive reaction. Recognition and visualization are often blended in a single moment of awareness.” (Ansel Adams.)

The Role of Intuition and Feeling in Photography

At this point, having established in my mind a basic connection between Zen and the art of photography, I began to look for more shared concepts. I wanted to understand why I released the shutter at one particular moment rather than another, and I wondered whether this could also be explained by Zen.

I have always believed in the power of intuition or feeling in photography. I always Feel that one should release the camera’s shutter when it felt right, to let us be guided by our feelings. And I have found strong agreement with many other photographers on this point.

Photographer Ansel Adams was of the same mind:
“I always encourage students to photograph everything they see and respond to emotionally. Intellectual and critical pre-evaluation of work is not helpful to creativity; regimenting perception into functional requirements is likewise restrictive. I have made thousands of photographs of the natural scene, but only those visualizations that were most intensely felt at the moment of exposure have survived the inevitable winnowing of time.”

Even, I have got this feeling of satori once when I was with my camera under the portico of my college. One of the dry croton leaf on the asphalt floor below really pulled in my eyes along with the camera. It voiced endless feeling of determination towards the goal in me. I clicked it! The voice of the leaf still haunts me…

In other words, when looking for photographs, empty your mind, throw yourself open to the advent of feeling, and let yourself be guided by those feelings. Release the shutter when the image feels right, when the image “sings”, when you can “hear the light.” “Hearing the light” is a phenomenon which occurs on an intuitive level when I can feel that the photographic image is right, that the moment has come to record it. For example, when I am working at “Ambitions”, I will continuously adjust and readjust my composition and other settings through the ground glass of the camera. Invariably, a moment will arrive when everything feels right. And then, when I make that final click, the developed image will “sing”. I will “hear the light” and will proceed my photography journey once again.

(concepts taken from some other publication)

Cops – To Protect or to destroy?

Chennai, (Oct 19). Yesterday I happened to go to T.Nagar for getting a few copied of my photos. It was Diwali time, and the crowded market appeared like gaiety land. Everyone were happy purchasing new clothes for Diwali. There were a few people who returned home sadly. I was one among them

As was piercing through the evening traffic on Mount Poonamallee Road (near Butt Road McRennet 09:15 pm), a man with a handle-bar mush pierced my bike with a cane. I was driving my vehicle in second shift in half-clutch depressed state. I was driving at a dead slow speed not more than 15 km/h. I was well in the left side of the road. As, I stared at him, he inflicted one more blow on my head with his "lathi". I just bent my head at the right time. The "lathi" just touched and rested on my backpack. The second blow was as powerful as the first one. Thank God, I escaped.

Then I drove a little ahead and looked back. There some men were stand near a jeep. Now I recognized that it was police. One of the men over there yelled : "Oodi… poda… Thirubi pakatha". I asked for a charge sheet. That cop again raised his lathi. People around there urged me to move away. Considering my safety I drove to my home. All of the cops were not in uniform. I felt nothing was legal.

I still don’t understand why that guy inflicted a blow on me. This was very hard to take as I don’t know the reason. At that slow speed, he would have very well asked me to stop. May be he could have fined me, if I had not obeyed the traffic rules. He neither spoke a word, nor listened to me. What a barbarism!

Had he been a guy other than a police, I would have definitely taken revenge on him. As he was a cop, it was beyond my capacity and control. Either I should know a big-shot or I should be a big-shot to get justice. This was the most common comment that I hear, when I tell it to any of my friends. The only other option that’s left for me is to publish this as a blog. May be, if there is a reporter to listen to me (without asking for evidence) I can do so. The fact remains that I cannot really get the justice. For a long time I ‘ve been a patriot of India. Now its been questioned? Why I should be patriotic anymore? I know this is not a logically correct decision, as I took it based on a single incident. But its more of emotion than of rationalism.

One of my friends (Rakesh) told that, often these incidents could be accounted for the darker side of "Human Mind". Some people see happiness through the sorrow of others (so called sadist). Other factor is that, people who are treated inferiors much often try to impress their power upon others. Or the constable was under the influence of alcohol. This is what I feel was the whole motive behind the cop’s irrational, unethical & inhuman attack.

Cant these things be prevented at all. I feel it can be prevented if there are well laid laws, on when a cop can attack a person. There should be avenues wherein a commoner like me can file suit against such atrocities committed by the cops. But, even in a place like UK where these laws are in play such incidents occur (Menezes Case). So the only way is that people should understand humanitarian values, try to treat everyone in parity, give everyone respect. Had his senior officials treated the cop with respect, I feel he might not have acted brutally.

Its easy to destroy something, u should understand the pains of creating it. And, in a society no one has the rights to destroy other person’s property.

Just wanted to ooze out my feeling… Gud Day!!!

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"I was the reality that from Myself rebelled,

I the remorse

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Sin and Contrition - Retribution

owed and cancelled ,

Pilgrim, Pilgrimage, and Road

was but Myself towards Myself and your arrival mirrored

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return, into your sun subside"!

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