A visit to the zoo

I recently visited the vandaloor zoo. For a govt. org.(as we all know how they run in India :S) its pretty well maintained to be true. Well.."pretty" well maintained is the catch here. But thats not the reason to rant about for me as i do feel with the limited resources they have, they are doing a pretty decent job. They enclosures, the famed lion safari..or permit me to use some sarcasm here..the so called 'lion safari' which essentially is a van ride to the lion's den:P, all show a good sign of progress from what it was about a decade ago.

Well, the administration commented on, let me get to the point. We all know how excited and overboard ppl get when they see chimps imitating them n all, but hey, we all wanna have a good view of the animals, we shout at them n all but hey..there's a limit to it. The day spent with animals was going pretty well and it was all so very enjoyable, including how excited ppl n especially kids got on seeing lions, tigers n all.

At the fag end of the afternoon I came to the enclosure housing the brown bear. (The bear in the pic..)

Seems cute n cuddly n all but is a first grade predator, and YES..endangered, THANKS TO US. The bear got pretty excited n came across its man made cave to the end of the moat, which was as close as he could get to us. Seeing this, ppl who until then were cheering n all went overboard and started pelting the poor beast with whatever they could get their hands on. Banana peels, stones, fruits n what not. The poor curious beast flinched but did not attempt to run off, maybe curious of what ppl were doing. I tried stopping a middle aged as****e who was about to pelt a pretty big rock at it, surprised at my outburst he did stop!! Right at that point of time came another stone from the far side n hit the bear right on the forehead. It was pathetic to say the least. One does that and it was almost a cascade of stones rained on it. All the poor animal could do was beat a hasty retreat. All its curiosity about us gone, figuring it out that we were the most pathetic ppl on earth, not standing a chance against it in the wild, but taking pride in pelting it with stones from a safe moat, 10 ft away.

Wonder if its the same plight daily, he wanting to see one decent human who'd appreciate his sheer size and power, but getting stoned and running away. Really wish there comes a day where we are caged like this and get pelted by stones from these tortured animals. If there's any species on earth that totally deserves it, its us pathetic 'naturally' powerless humans.

We all seem to get excited about seeing animals at zoos and cheering for them. But, stoning? Wonder if this was a way devised to appreciate these graceful ones by us devious demonic ppl. Hope we realize the real role we have to play towards conservation of wildlife.

THe balls of this guy!!!

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pak-minister-blames-india-for-attack-on-lanka-team/86688-2.html?from=rssfeed
pls look at this news article b4 u read on..this is an absolutely frustrating read,..esp coming from the minister of a terrorist country which cannot defend its territory and goes to the extent of licking the feet of the taliban to ensure peace in the swat valley. those bloody terrorists are not controlled by u minister, they control when u can take ur daily sh**. u r at the mercy of ur own magnanimity which goes to the extent of begging and bribing the terrorists, "oh please dun attack us! take all the money u want" to ur taliban masters. u knew of a plan of an imminent attack yet u cannot gather the guts to secure ur esteemed guests. wonder if sanga was made to give a brave statement just not to initiate a public outcry in lanka.
ppl die in there daily and u go to the extent of saying that indians were the cause of this? say it in here and i'm sure ur balls would be ground to powder. if u had intelligence of indians crossing over to ur god damned country, where was the warning?? where were the diplomatic channels warning us? or were u drunk n screwed to death which made ur tongue slip and utter "indians" instead of "talibans"?? or were u the guys who proudly proclaimed ur godforsaken country was safe for our heroes? would they have met the same fate had they come to tour?? oh!! u probably would end up blaming the sea tigers who crossed over and took revenge on india?? ultimately u guys are the angels of peace and everyone else in the world is a terrorist ain't it?
watch ur own graveyard of deep shit b4 u dare to utter such statements. u made the poor lankans come and they paid the price for it by trusting u weak feet lickers. may the rest of the world isolate u and may u rot in ur own hell

a ride in the wap-7

as a IR fan, it was a privilege to ride in the cab of the WAP-7. I was at H.Nizamuddin waiting for my train, the chn rajdhani express. It pulled into the station at around 3:30 pm. My coach was very near to the engine, out of gut instinct i neared the cab of the engine and asked the loco pilot if i could get in and take some pics. He was very friendly and explained me how its operated and all. A much bigger event was to follow. I could take only 3-4 pics of that pretty dame, the engine of course!! The event i talked was this, i got to hold the throttle of the engine at around 130kph, literally drive the engine.!!! oh brilliant man!! one of a kind experience it was...absolutely thrilling. here are some pics..

one of the best cases i have ever come across

A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against fire, among other things. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires." The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The lawyer sued... and WON!

(Stay with me.)

In delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer "held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire" and was obligated to pay the claim. Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires."

NOW FOR THE BEST PART...

After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.

This is a true story and was the First Place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.

"bhogi" celebrations, pathetic!!

today was "bhogi" day..a day before the harvest festival pongal..down south in india..traditionally bhogi is celebrated by burning what's old and tattered..a practice marking the end of old stuff and the dawn of a new beginning..

i find this a very unhealthy, filthy and a dirty practice. in the olden times from what i have heard from my elders, people used to burn neem twigs, and other stuff that used to have herbal value unlike todays bloody filthy practice of burning mats, tyres, plastic and what not!!!
the practice of yesteryear of burning neem and other herbs ensured that mosquitoes were driven away and the air filled with healthy scents.

but today i saw people burning all sorts of junk and the air was filled with such a stench that breathing was a menace..so readers can imagine the torture chennaiites had to endure.
driving,riding was practically impossible and very dangerous. visibility in airport was near zero. chennai was already enduring a dose of fog, combine it with the smoke cuz of all the burning, forms the deadly "SMOG". this is supposedly very bad for the lungs and gives rise to a suspension in the air that takes a couple of days to go away.. the picture would tell u more than what i can..

it is high time we consciously put an end to it. no rules, no laws can control us, we've seen that and are seeing it. its only upto each and everyone of us to put an end to such unhealthy, hazardous practices.

one of the most inhumane crimes ever

came across this link while reading ibnlive news..
mind u guys.. this video is really not for the faint hearted.. trust me when i say it..one of the most pathetic..inhumane and heart rending crimes i have ever come across..

http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/56330/village-plays-judge-beats-
up-and-strips-woman.html

this a video taken in andhra pradesh..a woman is cruelly beaten up..kicked..stripped and what not..by the villagers in which she lives..if thats not worse..not just the men..the womenfolk of the village also beat her up and are involved in the crime..

the reason for doing this hideous act is still not known to me... but whatever be the reason.. whats happening here is real s**t..in a nation where 80% of the people follow hinduism preaching that a woman is a life giver and equivalent to god..women are brutually treated..burnt..tortured..and as in this case beaten up and stripped..mind you..not just men..but species of the gender called women too..

where are we headed towards?? are women too insensitive to other women?? can they get so brutal and pathetic?? is it hard to imagine for them what would they undergo had the same thing happened to them?? god only knows the answer.. or maybe not.. maybe he'd never let this thing happen had he known..

what is the solution to all this?? stringent laws?? law stands numb in front of money and muscle power.. ask that woman to testify against those who beat her up.. give her a crore of rupees and i bet she wont because the village folk would still have a bigger clout than she can..

it is time we raised our voice against such hideous crimes too..our cricket team suffering in australia gets more coverage than this inhumane act..agreed thats national pride..is this not too?? tourists get brutally raped here.. is it the way we treat our guests?? so called "GOD" equivalent in our culture??

while all the publicity given to our cricket team fades the importance of more serious issues than this..women treated pathetically continue to suffer in silence and pain...

it is high time we raised voices against the perpetrators of such crimes too..

guys..check this link out..

came across a very incriminating article.. here's the link..

http://in.sports.yahoo.com/080113/20/6pk0g.html

it talks about how many times indian cricket players have been booked for offenses and what sort of a cry babies we are..

guys..why have we been booked so many times? are we the worst offenders ever?? the answer would be..a big emphatic NO..

how many times have we seen players from aus, sa, england and other..i daresay..white countries commit some serious offenses..ranging from the now so famous sledging to ball tampering to match fixing??

have they been punished?? suspended?? or even fined for their crimes? the answer is again a no.. a big NO to it..

we are so called a cricketing powerhouse..yet we are the ones unjustly punished for even the most minor offenses..not just india..even sri lanka and even pakistan for that matter..while the bloody whites get away with every thing..

is unjust punishment on asians not racist?? how is the icc going to tackle it?? what have they done to address it??

only the icc knows.. mr CEO of icc says no special treatment for india..while the aus, sa and england team receive preferential treatment for offenses they commit..

sehwag rightly quoted.."y should we keep quiet??", viru..could not agree with you more..