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Plagiarism in Hindi film industry-Inspiration or Theft ?

TMSBee — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:24:59 +0000

Indian film industry is something which we all are proud of.Even i am.But some times i become very disappointed when i see or hear things on TV which i have seen or heard before.

Few days back i heard this new song Aahun Aahun from the movie Love Aaj Kal,it was nice but i was like “Pritam! not again dude!”

The song is same as a famous Punjabi Song ‘Kadi te hass bol ve’ which i used to hear in college days.This is not new for Pritam.He has been doing this from long time now.

All his major hits have been copied or inspired from some song from Korea,Indonesia,Malaysia,US and now Indian folk.For complete list of his wonders visit this link.

In fact the site itwofs.com has details of all other music directors who have been ‘inspired’ in the past.Who can forget Anu Malik and his multi-version Makarina.

Even the likes of RD Burman figure in the list with proofs.It was sad to find out few instances of A R Rehman were also listed with the songs(but these are just inspirations not complete rip offs).

This issue of Plagiarism is not just in music but also in movies.Most of our movies are direct scene to scene rip offs of some hollywood flick.

Why plagiarism is so much prevalent.Is it a way of life ? Not just the film industry,we all plagiarise.

Recently in Australia,Indian students have been accused of copying their reports of their master courses.

Google has become a source of Plagiarism not knowledge.Inspiration is not a bad thing but plagiarism is.

All know that people like Pritam copy or steal tunes of others but no one does anything because he gives hits after hits.He gives hits after hits because we listen to what he offers.When we listen,it means business.Plagiarism thrives.

I watched this episode in which Karan Thapar grills Pritam and Anu Malik for plagiarism.The episode seem to be 2 years old.Same story same allegations but 2 year down the line nothing has changed.

This is a serious issue and needs to be curbed.Many talented composers lag behind because they dont have the ability,which pritam and anu have.

Are we to blame ?

Is our Indian mentality to blame ?

The issue of Plagiarism is not new and is not restricted to a certain section of society but is omnipresent and is waiting to be thrown out of our lives.

I AM NO LAB RAT – SIGN THE PETITION !

TMSBee — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:37:17 +0000

When i was a kid i liked Baingan Ka Bhartha(An Indian Dish Made of Brinjals) like anything.My mom used to make it for me whenever i wanted it.Everytime i used to visit home this dish was always there on my wishlist.This time when i went home and asked for it Mom said we have stopped buying brinjals.They have some issue.It was shown on the news.Then she told that they are genetically modified or are about to be so to avoid risk we are not buying.

I was heartbroken but thats true.Soon Aloo Baingan ,Bhartha and other delicacies will be not safe.As BT Brinjal and other GM(Genetically Modified) foods are set to flock indian markets.

GM foods mean that foods are made to have some ‘novel’ characterstics so that they can resist pests on their own or contain chemicals which are toxic to pests which normally attack them.

The concern that this campaign points out is that genes of sexually incompatible species are being interchanged. Spider, scorpion, toxic bacteria and even human genes are being introduced into such commonly consumed food such as brinjal, cabbage, cowpeas, okra and even rice. The idea is to make the crops toxic to pests but without bothering to investigate the affect on humans.

The experiments on Rats have shown shocking results.

Laboratory experiments on rats has revealed that upon being fed genetically modified food, these rats displayed symptoms of immune system damage, stunted growth, misshapen cell structures in different organs, organ damage particularly to liver and kidneys, bleeding ulcers in stomach, reduced digestive enzymes, inflamed lung tissue, higher offspring mortality, etc.

BT brinjal – the first food crop under evaluation – is all set to be introduced in the Indian market before year-end by a Maharashtra based company.

The BT Brinjal variety, awaiting central government clearance for commercial release, will be the first Fruit and Shoot Borer (FSB) vegetable biotech crop to benefit farmers who face nine per cent losses in fruit damage and up to 70 per cent in commercial plantings in India, sources at Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co, which is developing the BT brinjal, said.

They claimed the crop has undergone rigorous scientific evaluation to assess its food safety, environmental safety, human and animal health, safety and biodiversity. (The TIMES OF INDIA)

But the reality is different as seen above.

So why the Government is ignoring everything so here is one of the reason.

Scientists have estimated that BT Brinjal will deliver farmers a net economic benefit ranging from Rs 16,299 (330 USD to Rs 19,744 per (397 USD) acre with national benefits to India exceeding 400 million USD per year, the sources said.

But who is gonna take into account the social cost and environmental cost associated with introduction of GM foods.I cant express it in numbers as the above profit numbers.

Many of us are aware of I AM NO LAB RAT campaign.

These guys are actually working on creating awareness about the ill effects of GM foods.

Lets get back to our friend Brinjal and his not so good friend BT Brinjal.

BT Brinjal, as the name suggests, contains the toxin producing gene from the toxic bacteria Bacillus Thuringiensis, in an effort to kill the pests like fruit and stem borer(FSB). However, what affect this toxic brinjal will have on humans who consumed it is not being investigated. Independent research has revealed that the Bt toxin is not destroyed by cooking and has the ability to interfere with the gut bacteria in humans.

Sounds Scary!

Dodge this,GM foods are mainly about patenting seeds and handing over the ownership of the world’s food to a few American multinationals.

If you are intelligent and care about yourself , Send the petition to Dr Manmohan Singh,PM,India.Click the button below(courtesy iamnolabrat.com)

Please Visit : www.iamnolabrat.com

Also visit about the Brinjal Festival by IAMNOLABRAT Guys : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126409361123&ref=nf

Michael Jackson’s Ghost on CNN???

TMSBee — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:56:28 +0000

Dhyan se dekhiye !

Aapko ankhon pe vishwas nahin hoga!

aap darr jayenge!

Agar Aap MJ ke fan the to aapke raungte khare ho jayenge!

Kaun hai ye ? Kya te jackson hai ?

These above lines seem to be taken directly from a hindi news channel may be aajtak,India TV or similar.but wait things like this are happening in US right now.And CNN’s video footage is upfront.

Have a look at this video.Get ready for the SANSANIKHEZ khulasa!!

After watching the above video from CNN,It seems someone is playing a joke or an illusion but this has got America buzzing.A real MJ ‘thriller’

I hope the starting lines of this post dont come true on AajTak or India TV by tomorrow.

Enjoy!

Pakistan are the T20 World Cup Champions!

TMSBee — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:43:54 +0000

Roughly 4.5 months ago Pakistan as a nation and as a cricket playing nation had seen the lowest point.The attack on Sri Lanka Cricket team made their heads hang in shame.Whole world wrote Pakistan cricket off.

Then in those months Pakistan as a nation has seen worse times in the history.Taliban,Bomb Blasts,Attacks,Rules,what not.Whole nation suffered badly due to terror.

But today whole nation has got a reason to smile.Quite ironically,the same Sri Lankan team faced them in finals of the ICC T20 world cup at Lords in England.And the Pakistan Team won and are the champions of the world.Whole Pakistan has one single reason to rejoice.Pakistan as India take their cricket very seriously.The image of Shahid Afridi scoring the winning runs and Pakistani team running with the World Cup will remain with the people of Pakistan in days to come.

This was the right time for Pakistan to see something like this to happen when daily they suffer on the hands of terror.Pakistan for few days to come will be in news for their world cup victory( i hope).

I hope this marks a new beginning for them.This is the power of sports.

The Cricket’s healing touch!

Jana Gana Rann-How Correct or Controversial?

TMSBee — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:01:23 +0000

Today while browsing the net i came across this video from yet to be released movie ‘Rann’ featuring Amitabh Bachchan and directed by RGV(Ram Gopal Verma).See it for yourself.The video or rather the song is based upon National Anthem.It is their take on India’s situations right now and they have used National Anthem to convey that.

have a look and listen carefully(lyrics).

Video Courtesy : http://soumyadipc.blogspot.com

Nothing has been said bad about the anthem or indians.Nothing is abusive.But still it modifies the anthem quite a lot.

I am no one to comment on this.But i just found it so am putting it on my blog.

I also found the following news item on the net

India’s Apex court, the Supreme Court of India criticised Ram Gopal Varma for distorting the national anthem in his forthcoming film ‘Rann’. SC said that RGV’s new movie is giving national anthem a ‘totally negative senses’.

“We have read it. It gives a totally negative sense. It seems every line of national anthem has been proved wrong. Nobody has got a right to tinker with the national anthem,” a vacation bench of Justices V S Sirpurkar and R M Lodha said.

Apex court also refused to quash the order passed by the Censor Board on May 8, directing Verma to delete certain ‘objectionable’ reference made to the national anthem in the movie.

Rann also stars Ritiesh Deshmukh and Gul Panag.

Now I dont know whether is the team that wrong in telling truth through national anthem or is modifying national anthem itself wrong?

I personally think modifying national anthem is not a very good thing to do.For telling your views (as told in video),there are better methods available.Ram Gopal Verma thinks he can try different things to sell his movies but i dont think so there is a very thin line between courage and foolishness or sense and insensibility.

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Where there is will there is a Way -The True Story of Shah Auto Walla!

TMSBee — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:01:32 +0000

On Sunday, I went to meet an old friend of mine at Noida.On my way, i reached Indraprastha metro station first.I took the metro from karol bagh towards IP station.After i reached there i went down the bridge.There were a bunch of autowallahs who were offering to take me to my destination.One of them told me that he will take 100 bucks(the normal rate).I went with him.Just i had walked 2 steps towards his auto i realized he had his right hand missing.It was not there.I asked him ,”Bhaiya ! Aap Chalayenge Kaise?”(How will you drive the auto?).He just looked at me and said ,”Bharosa Rakhiye! 15 saal se chala raha hun!”(trust me! i am doing it for 15 years).

I just sat in the auto and he started driving it.I asked him did he have a accelerator in feet as in cars.He said no,he had race(Accelerator) and gears on the left side handle(both in one).

Check out the pics

On further talking to him he told me that,”i could have landed on roads begging because my hand was gone but i had courage to face it and innovated situtations to suit me.I could not leave my children hungry.”

He also told me that he had adopted a child now,which is great.He says his courage has now brought him to a comfortable position in life in which he can feed and teach his family.He was very jolly by nature for the time i interacted with him.

He told his name as Shah.After he brought me to my destination in Noida,i started thinking how many of us actually can be like him.Very few i suppose.People here cant face even small problems in life.I have read in newspapers people commiting suicides because of recession.

MBA grads in tension because of grim market situation.Totally hopeless,always cursing the luck and situation.We all know examples of many other people in our lives who have lost all hopes due to small problems.After i met this guy,l felt so good.I thought i am fully alright,everything in place but still i keep worrying about petty things in life and this guy who lost his right hand completely has no complaints with life and he is proud that he could do all this.

Guys i am not writing this blog at all to promote my blog .I just am writing this because i felt we all should know about such Real Life Heroes who can give us insipiration in any bad time we face in our life.We are interested in petty lives of fim stars and actors.Such stories always get lost in the lives and times of Shah Rukh Khans and many others.Such Shahs are no where to be found.So i have written his story to remind me of him again and again.

I felt so proud after meeting him.

Just a glimpse of him

I request all reading this blog to actually think about how this guy has won in his life.

Tell anyone who is grim and lost in his life about this Shah , the auto rickshaw driver of Indraprastha.

Dont you know its RECESSION?

TMSBee — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:50:48 +0000

Once there was a man who sold Pav Bhaji in some city in India,He had a son who just came back with a MBA degree.PavBhaji business was going good.the old man was increasing his business.He bought new furnitures,put up new banners.His son came to him and said,”DAD! what are u doing? Dont you know its recession?Why are you expanding the business ?why are you adding inventories? doing promotion?Why so low prices???”

The old man understood nothing and asked ,”what you want me to do son?”The son asks his father to sell extra chairs,increase prices to normal,downsize the helpers and workers etc etc etc etc etc.

The old man does so.

Eventually due to lack of chairs people have to eat while standing.They fel uncomfortable.Due to this people start to less often visit the place.Due to increased prices,still less customers.

Due to lack of helpers and workers the old man is not able to handle the few people too.All this ends up in closure of business.

The next day Old man says to his son,”you were right!!Recession has really hit our business”.

The son smiles back with utter confidence.

RECESSION HERE WE COME!!!!!

TMSBee — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:34:22 +0000

Do you know what an in word is ? A word which is in fashion.People find it cool to use the word.So the new in word or the buzz word is RECESSION.Everywhere i go i find it,what ever i read i find it.Forunately or unfortunatly i am pursuing my MBA these days,so Recession is a word which i daily hear infact he is my room mate ,my classmate,my studymate.But what actually is Recession.According to Wikipedia “in economics, the term recession generally describes the reduction of a country’s gross domestic product for at least two quarters.The usual dictionary definition is “a period of reduced economic activity”.

On discussing with roommates its still not clear whether we are in recession or in economic slowdown.Still we all conclude we are in slowdown not recession in real terms.but still slowdown is known as Recession these days.Lets assume we are in Recession.

We daily read newspapers spitting recession venom on us.Daily when i wake up.XX company lays of 40000 people becuase of Recession.XX Brothers bleed to death due to recession.XX B school not confident of placing even 50% of grads due to ,you know it???

What i see as Recession is just Fear .Thats it.Its the fear that has set into our minds.Companies have fear of losing demand,People have fear of losing jobs and falling real estate. News channels and papers daily print more pessimistic views of economists,CEOs of failed companies etc to add fuel to fire.

After days of dismay today a fresh air came with an article in TOI”Economic upturn in two mths: Management guru”Who management guru? Eliyahu M Goldratt author of The Goal (the book i need to read for book review too).I just was woken up seeing the title of article just two months is he mad??? All biggie wiggies are banking on the fact ” NO RECOVERY TILL 2010″ What is this guy saying? “Fears of recession are completely unfounded,’’ says the man described by Fortune magazine as a “guru to industry’’.Goldratt says the Indian economy, particularly manufacturing, is already showing sign of an upturn. “In the next couple of months, barring a few sectors like real estate and automobiles which are dependent on retail financing, it will be back on the growth path,’’ he adds. He, in fact, feels 2009 will be better than the previous year for manufacturing. “The negative growth in the industrial production in India in December was because of fear of demand falling in the future and not because of a lack of demand,’’ says Goldratt.

To go through his article follow the link

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOI&BaseHref=TOIM/2009/02/23&PageLabel=19&EntityId=Ar01900&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T

Now this article really made me fresh.Hopeful of good days ahead.Then i though to themselves.If one simple article in TOI can give me such good hope and kill my fear (may be for some time before some other great economist gives a article pessimistic to core just to show his supremacy).What effect will a week full of such feel good articles will have on mind of people.

Under normal circumstances all biggies agree that in india recovery will begin anywyas in 9 months from now.This guy comes in with 2 month theory and kills fear of few people.In starting i established that Recession is nothing but fear.

If all start to talk and feel good and write such articles as todays,what would be the effect.CASCADING ofcourse.

lets consider a hypthetical situation.a simple business man ABC reads such feel good articles who was thinking of dumping people and clearing inventories due to RECESSION phew!!.what will he do ?He will be hopeful of times to come will go against his previous decision and will start his production again with optimism (enemy of fear). and OEM and vendors dependent on him also get business.They also produce.Now the most important person Customer who was also afraid and was clutching on to his money and not buying will also read such articles.he also thinks of buying a house hoping that prices will rise quickly due to good times ahead and also buys product of our friend ABC.All happy where is Recession?

Just a feeling of goodness can turn things around.So if such feeling sinks in recovery that was to come in 9 10 months with dull faces will actually come in next 6 months and god willing 2 months as per Goldratt.

So Recession is nothing but a fear in our minds.Kill it at once!!!! because you would be doing it for yourself and not anybody.so be selfish and hit it hard!!!!!!!!

Auto Waale Bhaiya Chaloge!!!!!!

TMSBee — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:36:12 +0000

Aah the hectic day has come to an end now i just wanna go back home,play some fifa and relax.Next thought what comes to my mind is auto pakdo aur bhago ghar!!!.

Just outside NMIMS gate i see a full line of autos.I go to an Auto

Me: bhaiya teligali(where i live in andheri east) chaloge?

AR1: nahin

2nd auto

Me :bhaiya teligali chaloge?

AR2: nahin

Me: kyun

AR2:Bola nahin na

Me: @#$$#@@##

now the third auto

Me:bhaiya andheri ease chaloge?

AR3: nahin

Me: tum mana nahin kar sakte!

AR3: kyun nahin kar sakte bahut paas hai aur traffic bhi hoga!!

Me: vardi pehni hai tumne aur public transport chala rahe ho mana kaise kar sakte ho haq nahin hai tumhein!

AR3(smiling):gas nahin hai aur koi pakdo!!

now the nth auto

same story

This is my daily ordeal after i get free from my MBA classes.I asked many people of my college and aslo adjoining mithibai colleges.Many face the same issue.

According to the rule of law an auto driver cant refuse to ply even if it doesnt suit his requirements.He has to go at any cost.But majority of autowallahs are either are not aware of it nor they bother to obey even if they know.

But what are we people doing nothing.We keep on moving to next auto till one farishta comes and takes us to home.We will wait there for 15 odd minutes cursing our luck but will not do anything

According to Mumbai police,if some auto wallah refuses to ply we should complain.but how many of us as ever even seen the website where to do it.because like those auto wallahs even we dont bother.

is there a way out?Yes.The following link actually is a complaint form in which u can raise a complaint against a auto wallah who tries to act smart with you and refuses to ply.

http://www.trafficpolicemumbai.org/Complaint%20Form%20aginst%20ART.html

So even if you think this would be harsh on the auto walla,just make him aware that such system exists where you can complain against him and his license can be cancelled and note his number in front of him.

so even if you dont complain you leave a mark in his mind making him aware of his mistake or may be forcibly only he realizes.

So please from next time guys just dont stand and frustrate but take action and take control.

Was Ruud Van Nistelrooy offside or not ?

TMSBee — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:31:24 +0000

This is the first blog which i write on Football my second religion.Without wasting much time on my footballl dedication or commitment i straight away come to the point.In the match Netherlands vs Italy Was Ruud Van Nistelrooy offside or not when he scored the first goal?

There has been a International debate in the football fraternity.The footballing world is divided into two on it.

Whole Italy is firm on the belief that Ruud was offside.According to them Panucci,the defender, fell and went off the field of play behind the byline after clashing with other players in the preceding goalmouth scramble and was lying injured on his back when the ball went into the net.So it should be offside.

It finally took an official statement from UEFA to prove the linesman right.

Austrian referees’ commission chairman Gerhard Kapl was quoted on the Austrian Web site www.sportal.at as saying the goal was correctly awarded.

“The injured player behind the goal counts as a player on the field and therefore it was not offside,” said Kapl.

But can an injured player who is lying knocked out outside the playing area can actually be called as an active player in the run of play?

The thing is how the rule has to interpreted.One version says as i heard ona news channel that a defender cant deliberately walk out of the play to make a striker offside.In simple words just imagine when the ball was about to be played to Ruud,Panucci actually walks out the field saying the striker is offside but in that case the striker is Onside. So by the same rule they say even if Panucci fell outside the field of play Ruud was still Onside.

But the debaters argue that Panucci didnt fell deliberately but was knocked down due to collision with the other striker.

The image below tells the actual situation.According to Rule,A player is in an offside position if he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than the ball and the second last opponent (usually the ‘last defender’ because the goalkeeper is normally closest to the goal line). A player level with the second to last opponent is not in an offside position.

In the picture its clear there are two italian players in front of Ruud.First Buffon and other Panucci.So in this way Rudd is clearly Onside.

But the other counterview can be the fact that Panucci actually is out of the play (he is knocked out god sake).So its the way you see the situation UEFA claims it to be legal.I tried to find lot about it.Even referred the Laws of the game but didnt find it.If someone reading has read that clause which actually validates UEFA claim please leave a comment.

For your reference these are the links i referred to.

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/federation/laws_of_the_game_0708_10565.pdf

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/refereeing/5.%20law%2011_554.pdf

One more valid point is that if linesman didnt see palucci fallen on ground then there was no point in giving ruud onside as he badly offside when he played if we forget Palucci.

So still in the end of the blog i am still myself not clear what was it actually.But at the end i would say whether you consider that a goal or not still Netherlands were a better team and have two more goals to boast of.

So guys enjoy EURO fever and i hope no more controversies creep in and Football emerges a clean winner.