The Birthday
Secunderabad is 200 years old! Nice to see the city lit up again - last time I saw so many lights all over the place was during Diwali. If only I wasn't so busy with some work at college (you'd think I'd be free from college-related work during holidays) I would have attended a lot of the events and taken lots of photos. In fact, there was a pretty impressive lineup of events - you can see the entire schedule on the Official Hyderabad website. Unfortunately I'm free now, but all the celebrations ended yesterday.
Surprisingly, I couldn't find any photos of the celebrations. Only found this one page, but all it has are images of scary dancers.
The Protest
I attended the Anti-Reservation Protest on June 4 at Indira Park - first protest I was ever part of. The turnout was much lesser than expected and nothing sensational happened, so obviously the media disappeared after a few minutes. Sad that Hyderabadies are so lazy to voice their opinion. Sitting at home cribbing won't solve anything you know. Not that the protest solved anything, it can't because the issue is incredibly complicated. But one thing is for sure - reservation for the Other Backward Castes (OBCs) in the premier government educational institutions like the IITs, IIMs and other institutions of higher learning is not the solution.
To me, a solution can be formulated only once the government reforms itself and India's corrupt caste-based village structure is done away with. When (and if) that'll ever happen? Nobody knows. Especially since our ministers are a bunch of clueless people. Speaking about clueless people, if you missed the interview with Arjun Singh (Minister for Human Resource Development) on CNN-IBN, read it here.
Related article: Parth Dattatreya asks, "Reservations Immortalized?"
The Rest
Watched Æon Flux (7/10) - Charlize Theron looks gorgeous, loved the set design. Also watched Inside Man (8/10) - a little slow moving for my taste, expected a better ending. Was pleasantly surprised to hear the Chaiyya Chaiyya song from Dil Se playing during the opening credits of the movie!
Can't wait to watch Ghoom on MTV this Saturday. It's a 45 minute spoof of the movie Dhoom, produced under the banner of MTV Fully Faltoo Films. It ought to be fun!
New photo over at my gallery. My 'Waiting for Alms' shot made it to the weekly photo contest finals. Lots of great shots this week, so it should be a close competition.
2 comments:
I think the present scenario indicates a political stunt to attract more and more voters from the backward castes in the name of reservation.
If the govt is really interested in doing something, it should give reservation on the basis of merit and financial background of a student. If the person scores good marks and is financially backward,the govt should help him.
Whatz the fun in making people who don't have good understanding of knowledge as responsible engineers or doctors or......
Dude, if you want to be part of the Youth 4 Equality Hyd, do be there at Springs, Jubilee Hills, near TDP Party Office, Wednesday 7 PM . If you are not able to make it email me at gvishnureddy@gmail.com . We had an all India Meet last week at Bangalore and we all over India are planning some huge things before the bill gets introduced in the end of July . We are really looking to increase the core Hyd grp
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