Full Text of PM Rahul Gandhi’s Speech on August 15th, 2015
October 13, 2009 at 2:56 pm | In Humour, Icons, India, People, Politics, Popular Culture, Youth | 3 Comments
Today, dear countrymen, I stand in front of you as the Prime Minister of the Republic of India.
As I stand here, I can only think of a few things – how awesome we are. India is a great country built with great principles by great leaders. We the people are even more great. It is important that we realized the importance of the values that have been put in our bodies by great people like Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi.
On such an auspicious day, I would like to recall that the Congress party is committed to seeing a united India. We invite youngsters from all over the country to join the Youth Congress and become more aware about India. They can contribute to this great growing nation with their knowledge and ability.
We know that our neighbours have made our lives very difficult. But I promise you we will not sit back and watch. We will do something about them. But today let me ask to the people of India – does Pakistan matter? It is a small piece of land. Look at United States – a big piece of land. Or China – even bigger piece of land. They should matter more to us.
In my mind, Pakistan doesn’t matter to me for five seconds…not even one second. If you notice, the attitude of the world has changed today. Pakistan is not a one-day job. It is more of a test cricket job. It needs more time to sort itself out.
Today, the Real India is engulfed with poverty while Fake India lives on in the cities enjoying their Pepsis and popcorns in multiplexes. We need to bridge this gap between Real India and Fake India. It is the Congress Party’s commitment to see this gap reduced. We have always believed in ideology of uplift of Real India which consists of poor and downtrodden.
Let’s hope for a great future for this country. I wish you All The Best.
Speech inspired from Rahul Gandhi himself.
A Thought
August 16, 2009 at 6:54 am | In Gandhi, India | 1 CommentRamachandra Guha writes in The Telegraph:
In this narration, I have skipped one item, number three, in part because I think it the most important, and hence best dealt with last. This pertained to a visit to the Mahatma by the ministers of the new government of West Bengal. What Gandhi said to them is summarized in the Collected Works.But there is a slightly longer, and somewhat more vivid, account in Manu Gandhi’s book The Miracle of Calcutta. This informs us that when the Bengal ministers sought his blessings, Gandhi told them, “Today, you have worn on your heads a crown of thorns. The seat of power is a nasty thing. You have to remain ever wakeful on that seat. You have to be more truthful, more non-violent, more humble and more forbearing. You had been put to test during the British regime. But in a way it was no test at all. But now there will be no end to your being tested. Do not fall a prey to the lure of wealth. May God help you! You are there to serve the villages and the poor.” [The Telegraph]
The words of Gandhi – a gentle reminder to people in national service.
Kambakht Ishq – Not for kids, adults or aliens
July 12, 2009 at 10:02 am | In Uncategorized | 7 Comments
Kambakht Ishq.
Just like all previous purposeful mistakes I’ve made in my life, I added one more to the list when I landed in a cinema hall (albeit on a social outing with family) to watch Kambakht Ishq. And this is what happened.
Dog.
B***h.
B*****d.
Not everyday do you get to know what it feels like to be punched by Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson in a one-on-two match. Even worse, I’m way too weak and vulnerable already.
So how is Kambakht Ishq, you may ask. How does it feel like to see a dog have his bowels emptied, the excreta picked up and packaged into a double-cheese burger and given to you as your ‘junk meal’?
Yes. That bad. And add the dog’s ’soft-drink’ to complete the package.
The ringa-ringa-roses begin in a church, where even God was pitiably forced to witness the testament of a failed wedding, Kareena Kapoor’s in-your-face non-acting and stuntman Akshay Kumar’s attempts to save the men of the world from evil women. I pity you, God. I do.
Before the ‘I do’ is completed and poor old Aftab Shivdasani (who apparently still exists to give goofy smiles and fill the ‘chaprasi-disguised-as-supporting-actor’ roles) is completely deprived of any sex life with beau Amrita Arora, you have a failed wedding with cakes being hurled in all directions for no purpose whatsoever when they should have seriously considered donating them to thousands of engineering students who could use it as cannon fodder.
As life goes on (and so does the dog-b***h claptrap), Kareena amazingly drops her ringtone-watch while doing her first surgery EVER into Akshay’s stomach. The visuals pop up in an x-ray and Kareena decides that she must fake love to retrieve the watch while Akshay apparently ends up falling in love, sacrificing all the principles on which his life was based in the movie.
In between, you have Hollywood icons Sylvester Stallone and Denise Richards do cameos. Javed Jaffery and Kirron Kher waste their talents in poorly-scripted roles. Shivdasani and Arora are just plain fillers, while Akshay’s wacky sidekick is a hyper-lame imitation of many other previously successful Bollywood sidekicks.
Add to this, Kapoor’s questionable and self-righteous attitude towards people who watch movies clearly speaks volumes about the escalated power that Bollywood brokers in the country today. A day doesn’t seem to be far off where the ’stars’ hardly bother about pleasing fans, but impose themselves in a rather Orwellian way of doing things.
Make movies. Make better movies. Let the people decide.
And as far as this one goes – avoidable. Completely.
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