> I hope this makes a difference in all the amazing people who reads this > and, ofcourse in me!!! > > > > > TO ALL INDIANS FOOD FOR THOUGHT & TO ACT ON READ ON > A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM'S speech in Hyderabad > > Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to > recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great > nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to > acknowledge them. Why? We are the first in milk production. We are > number one in Remote sensing satellites. > > We are the second largest producer of wheat. > > We are the second largest producer of rice. > > Look at Dr. Sudarshan; he has transferred the tribal village into a > self-sustaining, self driving unit. There are millions > of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad > news and failures and disasters. > > I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli > newspaper. It was day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths > had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the > newspaper had a picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had > transformed his desert land into an orchid and a granary. It was this > inspiring picture that everybody woke up to. The gory details of > killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the; newspaper, buried > among other news. In India we only read about death, sickness, > terrorism, crime. > > Why are we so NEGATIVE? > > Another question: > Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things?" > We want foreign TVs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign > technology. Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not > realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? > > I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me > for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: "I > want to live in a developed India." > > For her, you and I will have to build this develo ped India. You must > proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly > developed nation. > > Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance. > > Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is > yours. > > YOU say that our government is inefficient. YOU say that our laws are > too old. YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. YOU > say that the phones don't work; the railways are a joke. The airline is > the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination. YOU say > that our country has been fed to the dogs and is in absolute pits. > > > YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it? > > Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name - YOURS. Give him > a face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your > International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the > roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground Lin ks > as they are. You pay $5 (approx.Rs.60) to drive through Orchard Road > (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Peddar Road) between 5 PM an 8PM. YOU > comeback to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you > have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your > status identity. In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU wouldn't > dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai. YOU would not dare to go > out without your head covered in Jeddah. YOU would not; dare to buy an > employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs.650) a > month to, "See to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone > else." > > YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and > then tell the traffic cop, "Jaanta hai sala main kaun hoon (Do you know > who I .I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost." > > YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the > garbage pail on the beaches in Aus tralia and New Zealand. Why don't YOU > spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys > or buy fake certificates in Boston? > > We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to > a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will > throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian > ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien > country, why cannot you be the same here in India? > > Once in an interview, the famous Ex-Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, > Mr. Tinaikar, had a point to make. "Rich people's dogs are walked on the > streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place," he said. > And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the > authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect > the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the > pressure in his bowels? > > In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the > job. Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here?" He's right. > > > We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all > responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the > government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally > negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going ; to > stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to > pick up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the > railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the > proper use of bathrooms. We want Indian Airlines and Air India to > provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop > pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff > that is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to > burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child and > others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the > reverse at home. Our excuse? "It's the whole system which has to change, > how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry." So > who's going to change the system? > > What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of > our neighbors, other households, other cities, other communities and the > government. > > But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a > positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our > families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far > away and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with > a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. > > Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in > their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we > run to E ngland. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next > flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be > rescued and brought home by the Indian government. > > Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding > the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money. > > Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for great > deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too.... I am echoing > J. F. Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians..... > > "ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA > WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY" > > Thank you. > > Abdul Kalam > > > Let's do what India needs from us. Forward this mail to each Indian for > a change instead of sending Jokes or junk mails.

whose your role model?

Role models
I am really surprised by the role models people have these days.not that I am trying to provoke or inspire cos everyone’s got their rights to exercise in our free democratic country (yes democratic is what our government calls it). Yes coming back to role models .I would first want to talk about the teenage and school going girls( those school girls who are trying too hard ,not to look their age …….oh yes isn’t it ironic at one point of time in a women’s life she does try to look a little older).who do they idol worship ? The likes of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Priyanka Chopra and the latest of all is Deepak Padukone. So now I know how the next generation girls are going to look like ‘plastic’
It would be like a mass production of life size Barbie‘s, with the familiar straight hair (offcourse! not as straight as Karan Johari), that tight Lokhandwala market type T-shirt (one’s which are like spandex…pardon my ignorance), those jazzed up bling-bling jewelry, sparkling shoe with matching bags and how can I forget, my favorite the figure hugging jeans with those cheap fade…their motto in life : man life is all about looking cool, meeting friends and partying...and what after that?....post party-party they say.

I asked them so what do you have to say about the new president of India, one of the girly girl’s said, “oh that dude whose got ‘TERE NAAM’ haircut, he needs a trim dude!” so what she meant to say was Pratibha Patil is a dude (gender changing is a federal offence they say) or as I interpret it they remember MR.Kalam for his hairstyle .ah…It gives me a feeling of pride to know my generation is updated. I wanted to talk about Kalpana Chawla, but I didn’t want them to in anyway relate her to ‘Juhi Chawla” some still think they are related.

Enough said about the girls what about teenage guys. “Wass up my nigga” (in normal English terms mean ‘how are you doing negro?’ now I fail to understand why do you want to call each other niggas. You might be dark dude but not a nigga ! Lose clothes, baggy pants, bling, hip-hop vocabulary and tilted cap might make you look like one but what you really have to check is the equipment provided by god it still is very in Indian size norms. So next time you want to call someone a ‘nigga’ just shut up would you?
Same is the term “wats up dawg?”(How are you doing dog?) Yes I know you greeted me in a friendly manner I wont tolerate a person calling me a dog. Why a dog? Why not a horse? Horse is such an elegant animal; dogs are so messy with runny nose and skunkish odor and why an animal I thought man was the greatest and the most intellectually advanced creatures.

Now coming back to role models. I asked a black t-shirt shirt guy who was walking as if he was spineless and hadn’t eaten for a week ( was wearing a nirvana t-shirt ,by the way nirvana totally kicks ass, the guy wearing the T was a disgrace though).I asked him whose your role model ? He said, “Mother Teresa” and I said ‘what?’ are you sure? He replied “yeah dude” I added ‘what did she do?’ he brimming with confidence said , “ dude a lot of things , first she did a lotta charity ,then did social service ,fought for animal rights and ummmm…haan ya she did some charity, she’s truly our mother not only our mother she’s mother India!” all I could say was “ truly inspiring mate”

Gandhi’s, TATA’s, Birla’s, Ms Kalpana chawla, Sachin Tendulkar, Mr. Chidambaram ,Mr. Manmohan Singh , A.R Rehman , all the jawans, shaheed jawans and the armed forces , Netaji (S.C Bose) and all the Indian greats who have made us proud please step aside .our youth chooses orkut as their idol…….long live India!

short film script no.1

Nerd: unheard [dur-10 mins]

There are people who we always talk about, there are people who we cant stop backbiting about. And then there are people who we know that they exist in our classroom and are totally unaware of their names and nor are we to keen on knowing it. This breed of people is called nerds. You wont find a synonym for it in any dictionary but I’ll give u some- geeks, dorks, freaks, bookworms, losers etc



What we are trying to do with our movie is that, we are giving them their voices back we are giving them a chance to speak.



Movie is shot like a documentary but its is the actors who are playing the role of the geeks. With every interview we are giving out knowledge about the nerds, which people were unaware of

There are many misconceptions about nerds which people have. People think nerds are people who always occupy the first benches.
The answer would be ‘NO’; people normally get confused with nerds and studious students. It needs courage and knowledge to sit on the first bench. Brainy and studious students who are updated with all the possible info usually occupy first benches. Students who come to the classroom with intention of passing comments and dozing off head straight towards the backbenches. To spot a nerd u have to dig in deep into the class cos a true nerd who is true to his nature will sit on middle benches trying hard to avoid getting any kind of attention. Misconception no.2 that nerds do not have friends


Nerds do have friends and in fact they can have large circle of friends, but the friend circle consists of nerds too. Misconception no.3 nerds attend all the lectures. Wrong again nerds do bunk but there idea of bunking lectures is to come late to college that means they leave their house little late.


Misconception no.4 nerds do not party. Nerds are big party animals but to them the meaning of party is different, when all the nerds meet up at a sidey place and loud music is being played that is how they describe party.

Misconception no.5 nerds do not know all the popular people, girls to be more precise. It’s a paradox in this case because all the so-called happening girls know all the nerds because though the nerds are not so bright but they are surely equipped with complete formatted notes. So instead of asking a brainy for notes these so-called happening girls approach the nerds for notes. By the way nerds are the heroes during the exams because without their notes happening people will repeat that year and then they wont be so happening anymore.

Misconception no.6 nerds are victims these poor chaps suffer a lot. No absolutely negative captain!!! Nerds are nerds because they want to be one, it is not forced on to them its something that they choose to be.


Above contents will be proved by interviews in the movie. In the end the person making the documentary in the movie screams ok cut!!! And then he tells the nerd of whose interview he took the last,”finally, some one will hear us and believe that we are also cool and happening like others” camera focuses on the documentary maker
Whose wearing thick soda glasses and is lanky. And then the end.

Movie is about a documentary maker-making documentary on nerds. But the in the climax we come to know that the documentary maker himself is a nerd and no one listens to him and he is trying to make his voice heard through his work. Ending is trippy. Pay attention to the title of the movie then the full movie makes sense it has got a punch to it.