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If i was allowed to marry two women of my choice, the two would be  Katrina kaif and Nargis Fakhri!

Twitter Bhagya Vidhata: Milestones in the evolution of Indian Social media.

Blogasode - 1

*Concider the monologue is by Anupam Kher, read it in his voice*

In its early days, twitter and facebook were just among other desi social websites like desimartini, ibibo, funmaza etc. , basically another website to add the known and flirt with the unknown. Youth met and mingled on these to pass their time, but one very day...

*Curtain opens*

*sounds of a group shouting “Jai Shree Ram! Jai Shree Ram!”*

*lights on*

*A group of women come center stage laughing & enjoying . Suddenly, a group of men come running from the opposite direction and start bashing them.  Then every woman coming  gets a royal treatment of pulling beastly from hair, throwing them swivelling on the ground and kicking boots in stomach mercilessly etc. while they cry and ask repeatedly why are they getting beaten? And trying to escape, whilst a reporters recording it all.*

*lights off, noise fades down slowly, leaving a single, loud scream of a woman crying for mercy, gets louder and vanishes.*

*silence*

*curtains closes*

2009 Mangalore, Sri Ram Sena beats up women in a pub calling them the termites of Indian culture who are spoiling the society and the upcoming generation. 

There was anger in the youth, but discussing it with parents was useless because according to them going to pub and consuming liquor is a bad thing. And, even though they condemn the incident from their heart, they will never advocate for the bashed up kids as it will give an impression to their own children that they are okay with them going to pub, which they don’t want.

Youth discussed it. The discussion travelled from a distressed minds to canteens, to group discussions and finally to facebook. As the news spread, the anger grew exponentially, but it was aimless, till Namita Malhotra channelised it by creating a facebook page called “Consortium of Pub-Going, Loose and Forward Women”. The aim was to tell the cheap politicians that they can’t use the youth to bring laurels to their dirty politics. The youth is united & connected and will strike back to teach you a lesson.  People joined the campaign on facebook in huge numbers. A scattered youth on the internet finally got united for the cause.

*curtain opens*

*a party’s office, a hall, people talking to each other and an elderly man sitting on the table discussing something with some people in suit*

*a party member comes in with a box*

“Sir, courier.”

*On the nod of the elderly man, party member keeps it on the table and leaves as he was busy in the discussion*

“Chai!” he commands.

*In few minutes, a kid of about 10 year old, in old dirty loose shirt and nicker, brings chai. Takes out the glass of chai from an old & bent steel glass holder and keeps it near the courier box which reminded the elderly person to open the courier box*

*He opens the courier while the kid gives chai to other people.*

“WHAT IS THIS?!” He shouts.

*With his index finger & thumb and with a disgusting face expression he carefully picks out a bright pink thong from its string out of the box, to which the chai wala kid starts laughing loudly and people sitting on the table join chaiwala*

*Half the people of the room go red in embarrassment and the other half red in anger, then the suited people and the chaiwala forcefully control their laughter, chuckling.*

“Sir, courier!” Comes a loud sound from the door

*and the suited people burst into laughter again with the chaiwala, this time uncontrollably*

Over 500 pink panties were delivered to the office of “Shri Ram Sena” as a protest against the goondaism they displayed at the pub in the name of moral policing. For the cowardly act of beating women in groups by Shri Ram Sena, this time the symbol was not the "Bangles" as it seemed they are ok with bangles. They needed a much blunt message this time. Hence, the "Pink Chaddi".

The “Pink Chaddi” campaign became very popular and mainstream media gave it a good coverage resulting in preventive custody of about 140 members of Shri Ram Sena(Including the senior leader Pramod Muthalik),  so that they may not create any mayhem in the city at the Valentine’s day.

Youth now had the power to think collectively, exchange ideas and act accordingly, and were good at it. This event was no less Gandhian as it shook the souls of the target, conveyed the message and obviously with non-violence. Indian Social Media unknowingly took a step towards a journey that they themselves never knew will judder the heaviest thrones of the Indian politics so conspicuously.

“Twitter Bhagya Vidhata: Milestones in the evolution of Indian Social media” is a series of blog-episodes or “Blogasodes” of the most relevant and popular events happened in the history of Indian Social Media that shaped it into what a huge power it is today.  Events mentioned are in the vicinity of reality and slightly dramatized keeping the entertainment of the reader in concideration. The motive of the blog is not to hurt anyone’s feelings. Criticism and feedback is requested in the comments section.

Blogasode -1:  Pink chaddi campaign

Happy New Year

Happy new year,
Forget the rear,
eat the fear,
and hail the cheer!

Music Maestro: Mikey McCleary

I'm not a fan of remixes but Mikey, if you're reading this, you're the baap of all the Music directors out there who try their hands on remixing or as they say "reviving" the track. You must have heard the remixes of Mikey in some movie or as some ad jingle but here i give you the list of 5 best remixes (not in a ranking order because all of these are so frigging beautiful!)

1) Chalte Chalte yun hi koi - This remix has a very relaxed and calm feel. Singer Mauli Dave has done complete justice to this song. The saxophone just adds to the lovely track making it the late night anthem. The original is form the movie Pakeeza(1972) sung by Lata Mangeshkar and music by Ghulam Mohammad

2) Yeh Sama, Sama Hai Yeh Pyar Ka  - The original is from the movie Jab Jab phool Khile(1965)  Sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Music by: Kalayanji, Anandji. This version is again sung so beautifully by the melodious Mauli Dave that it takes you to the dream world.

3) Kabhi Kabhi mere dil mei - Originally by the movie Kabhi Kabhi (1976) sung by Lata Mangeshkar and music by Khayyam. the continuous snaps along with the jazzy music makes it a peppy yet soothing track. I totally love this one by Mikey!

https://soundcloud.com/mikey-mccleary/kabhi-kabhi-mere-dil-mein

4) Dhak Dhak - Originally from the movie: Beta (1991), Singers: Anuradha Paudwal and Udit Narayan Jha, Music Directors: Anand-Milind. Revamped for the movie Nautanki Saala with the singers Saba Azad, Geet Sagar, Bruno Carvalo, Santosh Sawant is the new and awesome version of the same ol' legendary "Dhak Dhak".

5) Mast Kalandar - It is a punjabi folk song and many singers have sung mast kalandar. Mikey has produced two versions of the song with the euphonious voice of Rekha Bhardwaj. One has a nice folkish clap-and-sing music and the other is a rock version!!

Mikey, you make brilliant music which gives us a nice company in our joyful and cozy moments. I'm a fan of yours! Keep making the awesome music!!

Others, for listening to more of his work please visit Mike's website: http://mikeymccleary.com/

Cheers!

Happy Dussehra

Kill the devil inside,

and let the truth prevail!

Happy Dussehra!

Bollywood: Andaz apna apna

My favourite five dialogues from the movie.

1. Crime master Gogo naam hai mera ... aankhen nikaal kar gotiyaan khelta hoon main
2. Teja main hoon ... mark idhar hai
3. Unkey ek ek sawaal, hamare do do jawaab. Sawaal ek, jawaab do
4. Jab dil toot ta hai toh uska asar seedha dimag par hota hai
5. Aggar police ko khabar ki....toh? kardena koi baat nahin......lagta hain pakka khiladi hain

Abstract: The king who lives the life of a plebe

"Rabba sacheya tu te akheya si
ja o bandeya jag da shah hai tu.
Kadi saar vi layi rab sohneya
Tere shah nal jag ki kitiyan kitiyan.."


Once upon a time, I happened to be the king of my universe. The universe which was there when i saw it first. It was good, warm, soft and used to spin and sparkle according to my will. As i started knowing it, it was not as dreamy as it looked. it was rough, dry and had some pointy ends too. It scratched my skin, made me bleed and left a mark on me forever. It happened to me multiple times till i understood that the universe i own doesn't deserves the cuddles. it is meant to be thrashed, exploited and burnt. Even though it is mine, i will have to keep a distance from it to maintain the balance. Kings are not supposed to mix with the commoners.

I was down, on the ground, bathed in dust and mashed flora. In that little moment of silence, i made a pact with myself to draft some commandments to run this haywire wild universe. Now i follow them and stay grounded because the universe neither can bear me it nor is worth it. I am a king who lives a life of a plebe. I've made peace with myself and my universe. At times i let it play, other times i slap it down to remind how to behave with me. I am an injured king but i will rule, because i'm destined to!