Comments for In Search... http://ramyakannan.com of just about everything... since a little learning is a dangerous thing. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:04:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on If it is Pulav, it must be Thursday! by OMG, Change can be disastrous. « In Search… http://ramyakannan.com/2007/08/21/if-it-is-pulav-it-must-be-thursday/#comment-2639 OMG, Change can be disastrous. « In Search… Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:04:39 +0000 http://ramyakannan.in/2007/08/21/if-it-is-pulav-it-must-be-thursday/#comment-2639 [...] unedible idlies. But we have soggy pulav. I cannot even say, like I’ve done before that “If its pulav, it must be Thursday.” And it shatters my soul completely. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)omg; [...] [...] unedible idlies. But we have soggy pulav. I cannot even say, like I’ve done before that “If its pulav, it must be Thursday.” And it shatters my soul completely. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)omg; [...]

]]> Comment on Destroying the Buzz by UmmON http://ramyakannan.com/2010/02/17/destroying-the-buzz/#comment-2637 UmmON Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:13:54 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=509#comment-2637 wii fit should make one of those mosquito bat thing games... fitness and health! wii fit should make one of those mosquito bat thing games… fitness and health!

]]> Comment on Idjits by ramya75 http://ramyakannan.com/2010/02/01/idjits/#comment-2636 ramya75 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:58:23 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=495#comment-2636 Hari, Hey, thanks! Yeah, and who cares what others think, eh?! Hari,

Hey, thanks! Yeah, and who cares what others think, eh?!

]]> Comment on Idjits by Hari http://ramyakannan.com/2010/02/01/idjits/#comment-2635 Hari Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:29:37 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=495#comment-2635 Hi Ramya, Totally agree with you on this post. I just loved that movie irrespective of what people might think about my standard of liking. And more so, as I have alway been a strong differentiator of knowledge from education and a strong preacher of knowledge in that. Hi Ramya,

Totally agree with you on this post. I just loved that movie irrespective of what people might think about my standard of liking.

And more so, as I have alway been a strong differentiator of knowledge from education and a strong preacher of knowledge in that.

]]> Comment on Telengana is a bad idea by sravan http://ramyakannan.com/2009/12/13/telengana-is-a-bad-idea/#comment-2612 sravan Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:12:14 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=432#comment-2612 Ofcourse violence at any level should be discouraged. But the history says otherwise especially if the formation of states in India are concerned. Right from the formation of Andhra state to that of Jharkhand, all had precedence of inflicting violent sentiments. Telangana demand is not a special case. It has been present right from 1950’s. In this case if you observe carefully, protests on both sides have turned violent at times. Anyway presence or absence of violence is certainly not a yardstick to determine the verdict. Is it? Moreover history proves that telangana movement has always been brutally suppressed by the government. Instead of dealing the case with courage and determination the government has been playing hide&seek and delaying tactics. Definitely this sends a wrong signal to the people. More over mass mobilization and processions are more practical methods of people’s democratic exercise. No body can deny that. But simply by speculation the govt. cannot act prematurely with brute force. That is what happening here. People are not allowed to conduct meetings or processions with out permissions that are hard to come. PS: I could not delete my old comment which I posted at a wrong place. If you kindly do not consider this as littering, please delete the previous comment which I am just pasting here. TX in advance. Ofcourse violence at any level should be discouraged. But the history says otherwise especially if the formation of states in India are concerned. Right from the formation of Andhra state to that of Jharkhand, all had precedence of inflicting violent sentiments. Telangana demand is not a special case. It has been present right from 1950’s.

In this case if you observe carefully, protests on both sides have turned violent at times.
Anyway presence or absence of violence is certainly not a yardstick to determine the verdict. Is it? Moreover history proves that telangana movement has always been brutally suppressed by the government. Instead of dealing the case with courage and determination the government has been playing hide&seek and delaying tactics. Definitely this sends a wrong signal to the people.
More over mass mobilization and processions are more practical methods of people’s democratic exercise. No body can deny that. But simply by speculation the govt. cannot act prematurely with brute force. That is what happening here.
People are not allowed to conduct meetings or processions with out permissions that are hard to come.

PS: I could not delete my old comment which I posted at a wrong place.
If you kindly do not consider this as littering, please delete the previous comment which I am just pasting here. TX in advance.

]]> Comment on Telengana is a bad idea by sravank http://ramyakannan.com/2009/12/13/telengana-is-a-bad-idea/#comment-2610 sravank Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:07:32 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=432#comment-2610 About the consensus, the case of the three states is very different from the case of telangana. Here the other regions not only exploited the resources to maximum but there has been a lot of one sided immigration, that too against existing safeguards and agreements to protect telangana jobs and agricultural lands for the local people. Here the perpetrator of crime is not willing to let the victim go because he is delusional that the victim will retaliate once the victim is free. And more over the resources that are exploited are not like the mined and spent. These regions are completely dependent on continuous supply of these resources like water and coal. Another bone of contention is Hyderabad where these so called carpetbaggers have heavily invested by all means. They fear the loss of power in the region would put their businesses in stern competition from the outsiders and new investors. After all they have been dominating the power structure all these days to prevent such equal competitors. This is evident if you look at the past. Before the merger most outside investors in hyderabad came from various backgrounds and regions all over india. Today what we see is they are all completely cornered to few particular communities and castes of one region. Instead of suppressing the protests and postponing the inevitable the union should take effective steps to control such vested interests in favor of the downtrodden poor. About the consensus, the case of the three states is very different from the case of telangana. Here the other regions not only exploited the resources to maximum but there has been a lot of one sided immigration, that too against existing safeguards and agreements to protect telangana jobs and agricultural lands for the local people.
Here the perpetrator of crime is not willing to let the victim go because he is delusional that the victim will retaliate once the victim is free. And more over the resources that are exploited are not like the mined and spent. These regions are completely dependent on continuous supply of these resources like water and coal. Another bone of contention is Hyderabad where these so called carpetbaggers have heavily invested by all means. They fear the loss of power in the region would put their businesses in stern competition from the outsiders and new investors. After all they have been dominating the power structure all these days to prevent such equal competitors. This is evident if you look at the past. Before the merger most outside investors in hyderabad came from various backgrounds and regions all over india. Today what we see is they are all completely cornered to few particular communities and castes of one region.

Instead of suppressing the protests and postponing the inevitable the union should take effective steps to control such vested interests in favor of the downtrodden poor.

]]> Comment on Telengana is a bad idea by sravank http://ramyakannan.com/2009/12/13/telengana-is-a-bad-idea/#comment-2609 sravank Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:51:24 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=432#comment-2609 Ofcourse violence at any level should be discouraged. But the history says otherwise especially if the formation of states in India are concerned. Right from the formation of Andhra state to that of Jharkhand, all had precedence of inflicting violent sentiments. Telangana demand is not a special case. It has been present right from 1950's. In this case if you observe carefully, protests on both sides have turned violent at times. Anyway presence or absence of violence is certainly not a yardstick to determine the verdict. Is it? Moreover history proves that telangana movement has always been brutally suppressed by the government. Instead of dealing the case with courage and determination the government has been playing hide&seek and delaying tactics. Definitely this sends a wrong signal to the people. More over mass mobilization and processions are more practical methods of people's democratic exercise. No body can deny that. But simply by speculation the govt. cannot act prematurely with brute force. That is what happening here. People are not allowed to conduct meetings or processions with out permissions that are hard to come. Ofcourse violence at any level should be discouraged. But the history says otherwise especially if the formation of states in India are concerned. Right from the formation of Andhra state to that of Jharkhand, all had precedence of inflicting violent sentiments. Telangana demand is not a special case. It has been present right from 1950’s.

In this case if you observe carefully, protests on both sides have turned violent at times.
Anyway presence or absence of violence is certainly not a yardstick to determine the verdict. Is it? Moreover history proves that telangana movement has always been brutally suppressed by the government. Instead of dealing the case with courage and determination the government has been playing hide&seek and delaying tactics. Definitely this sends a wrong signal to the people.
More over mass mobilization and processions are more practical methods of people’s democratic exercise. No body can deny that. But simply by speculation the govt. cannot act prematurely with brute force. That is what happening here.
People are not allowed to conduct meetings or processions with out permissions that are hard to come.

]]> Comment on Telengana is a bad idea by ramya75 http://ramyakannan.com/2009/12/13/telengana-is-a-bad-idea/#comment-2608 ramya75 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:31:02 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=432#comment-2608 Sravan, If your point is about the need for justice, I am with you. If you want me to ignore the violence that broke out after P.Chidambaram's announcement, I am not. There is a place for dissent in a democracy, however obnoxious that might sound to you. Incidentally, I'm not against bifurcation - just that it was obviously consensual in at least three previous instances - Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal. However, it puzzles me how you came to this conclusion: "<strong>as you said before the employers/editorial policy is hell bent to suppress the real news about people’s agitations at village levels to reach the main editions other than the local district editions in telangana."</strong> considering I said nothing of the sort. Sravan,

If your point is about the need for justice, I am with you. If you want me to ignore the violence that broke out after P.Chidambaram’s announcement, I am not. There is a place for dissent in a democracy, however obnoxious that might sound to you. Incidentally, I’m not against bifurcation – just that it was obviously consensual in at least three previous instances – Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal.
However, it puzzles me how you came to this conclusion: “as you said before the employers/editorial policy is hell bent to suppress the real news about people’s agitations at village levels to reach the main editions other than the local district editions in telangana.” considering I said nothing of the sort.

]]> Comment on Telengana is a bad idea by sravank http://ramyakannan.com/2009/12/13/telengana-is-a-bad-idea/#comment-2607 sravank Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:15:28 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=432#comment-2607 But you should understand here that the constituents that defected and protested the union's decision are the very parts which telangana people blame as dominating carpetbaggers. Aren't they proving the claim of telangana supporters right by making a case of United AP? Moreover the grass root support telangana demand has got cannot be denied. It can only be realized if you can take the pains to tour the villages of telangana. As usual, as you said before the employers/editorial policy is hell bent to suppress the real news about people's agitations at village levels to reach the main editions other than the local district editions in telangana. There is no doubt Andhrans are enjoying the fruits of having telangana merged with their region. But if it is at the cost of poor, then it should be certainly opposed. The verdict should favor the victims not the perpetrator of crime, even if the later forces justice by all means. But you should understand here that the constituents that defected and protested the union’s decision are the very parts which telangana people blame as dominating carpetbaggers.
Aren’t they proving the claim of telangana supporters right by making a case of United AP?
Moreover the grass root support telangana demand has got cannot be denied. It can only be realized if you can take the pains to tour the villages of telangana.
As usual, as you said before the employers/editorial policy is hell bent to suppress the real news about people’s agitations at village levels to reach the main editions other than the local district editions in telangana.
There is no doubt Andhrans are enjoying the fruits of having telangana merged with their region. But if it is at the cost of poor, then it should be certainly opposed. The verdict should favor the victims not the perpetrator of crime, even if the later forces justice by all means.

]]> Comment on Idjits by ramya75 http://ramyakannan.com/2010/02/01/idjits/#comment-2606 ramya75 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:16:06 +0000 http://ramyakannan.com/?p=495#comment-2606 hey. typical formula filim that works in bollywood. aal izz not well, for you! fair enuf. saw prash's review... hey. typical formula filim that works in bollywood. aal izz not well, for you! fair enuf. saw prash’s review…

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