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I'm a LEGAL adult now. *French* the free world!

Ouch!

I'm a regular reader of this CNN IBN website which is supposed to be "India's first interactive news site". Brilliant! Just because they have comments enabled on most of their news, it becomes "interactive". However, I do have my thoughts on it.

Maybe its just my high-headedness or sumthin, most of their news content sucks. In their showbiz column, in a news report, they had spelt "Obie Trice" as "Obi Trice". Obviously, being a hiphop head, I commented sayin "Get ur facts right". Voila! Its comment moderated. Just like this blog. And the nincompoop never published my comment. Sad. Its not as interactive as I thought.

Anyways, most of their live news also sucks bigtime with most of them reporting wrongly, frequently changing facts. Rajdeep Sardesai has failed to live up to the hype. However, NDTV has not cashed in on the oppurtunity and in fact suck even more nowdays when it comes to reporting live. RS is being missed in the "Big Fight". Everyone's running for their piece of Gandhi.(Scroll down).

Coming back, http://www.ibnlive.com is really a farce. They got videos that run at snails pace on a broadband connection. They got a heavily moderated "interactive" comments section. Hundreds of Google Ad Sense Ads. Journos blogging for the heck of it. Some good. Some really pathetic. But hey, most of the people visiting the place seem to lap it up. I hate it. My hate for it can also be attributed to the fact that idiots seem to comment on hiphop topics and get it published whereas, I, someone who's followed it for 7 years and read up on almost everything in its history, dont get to make myself heard with a "democratic" comment. Perhaps they dont like criticism. Bunch of scaredy cats.

After reading my CNN-IBN bashing for the past 3 mins, I'll give you an excerpt I got from Chika's Blog there (Mr.Krishnamachari Srikkanth). This is a true "Ouch" moment.

Ulhas Shirke : Robin Uthappa reminds us of Kris Shrikanth of 1983. He has found his place in the Indian team at the most crucial time, when the selectors were on the look out for an opener, who would play aggressively as an opener like a typical one day player. he fitted into this category, with his superb performance. This boy will be very useful for the 2007 world cup. a perfect one day player. ( Posted: Saturday , April 15, 2006 at 23:02 )

----->>> ulhas - please dont compare robin uthappa with srikanth. robin is a far better and dashing batsman than srikanth and also robin is a responsible player. ( Posted by sneha on Saturday , April 15, 2006 at 23:13 )

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Dont belive the mod actually allowed that! These guys make me wanna rub **** on their.....naaah. I'll save that for later. So till next time, this is the big N signing out.

P.S : Where does Gandhi exist nowdays???? Think..

R.I.P Proof a.k.a DeShaun Holton

"They say the good die young........"

DeShaun Holton (October 2, 1975 – April 11, 2006)

On April 11, 2006, Proof suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head at approximately 4:30am EDT (08:30 UTC) following an argument at the CCC Club — where Proof had begun his career years earlier — on 8 Mile Road in Detroit, Michigan. He was then taken by private vehicle to St. John Conner Creek, an outpatient treatment site, and was pronounced dead on arrival shortly thereafter. According to reports, Holton died instantly. Another man, Kevin McLaughlin, who was shot along with Proof, is in critical condition at the same hospital.

Police have no suspects in the shooting, but McLaughlin's family members claim that Proof was the one who shot him before being shot himself.

On April 12, 2006, Mario Etheridge, 28, of Detroit was taken police custody after turning himself in. Mario was a bouncer at the C.C.C. Club where Proof was shot. "Police said he is a cousin of Keith Bender Jr., the bouncer who was allegedly shot by Proof during the fight." The fight that started inside the club is reported to be over a pool game. The argument was taken outside where "A shot was fired in the air, Proof allegedly pistol-whipped Bender, knocked him to the ground and then shot him. Etheridge then allegedly open fire on the rapper, striking him four times in the head and chest. " Etheridge is a cousin of Keith Bender Jr., the bouncer who was allegedly shot by Proof during the fight."

Official police reports state that Proof fired the first bullet at Keith Bender, 35, another person at the club, hitting him in the head and leaving him in critical condition. Following Proof's death, rapper Snoop Dogg called on fellow musicians to unite, describing the incident as "a loss to the hip-hop community".

Proof was known as Eminem's longtime right hand man. Known for his freestyle ability, the Detroit emcee also served as Slim's hype man during concerts.

Proof's untimely death has overwhelmed his friends, fans, his peers in the music industry and Detroit residents who loved his friendly demeanor.

"I've seen him everywhere," said Kimani Journery, a local promoter who along with other fans had gathered out of the Triple C club to pay respect. "He was just real. He was no problem starter. He was just love."

"He never made it seem like he was better than anybody else" added Linette Knight, a close of friend of Proof's. "He stayed humble, he never forget where he came from. It feels like somebody just punched a hole in the atmosphere and just left it there. There is a giant void here. It hit me hard just because I knew him before he got to where he was. It's a loss...a big loss."

Proof is survived by wife Sharonda, sons DeShaun Rice and Elija Abel, and daughter Katieva Walker.

Whats all the fuss about

Disclaimer : This post is written for its sheer satirical nature and is intented to poke fun at people who I think act funny. You may have your views about it. Good. We respect each other's views and move on as the World's Greatest Democracy.

Medha Patkar is fasting for the 8th day straight. So, Why should everyone give a damn? I'll tell you why. Since the death of Gandhi, we haven't had someone to call a "peaceful" fighter. The BJP, Shiv Sena n their likes beat the crap out of anyone who comes their way. The Congress does shitty submissive stuff like pulling a political stunt out of resignations n take the so called moral high ground.

Medha Patkar is the only hippie who's had the guts to belive in something and actually pull of a big stunt like this. By holding a whole government to ransom, using her cult following n news-hungry channels, she's trying to do the impossible. MAKING THE GOVERMENT ACT PEACFULLY ON A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE

Ground Reality : Sardar Sarovar dam was built. So many villages submerged. Govt of India rehabilitated them. The Narmada Bachao Andolan tried its best to stop them from doing anything. As usual, it fell on deaf ears. Now, they're gonna increase the height again. More villages are going to get submerged. Medha Patkar goes on a hunger strike to make the government promise proper rehab n stop increase of height. She's fighting for her life n gaining sympathy. Thus making a mockery of what we call democracy.

The greatest thing about governments anywhere in the world, is to push policy thro the backdoor and face the wrath rather than openly debate on it, maybe abandoning it at the end. That is seen as a failure of the government. Major political gimmicks later, you may see the government falling. All these, no government will be willing to bring upon themselves. So wat do they do? Slyly push controversial stuff thro.

Like the Ordinance for office of profit, inter-linking of rivers and several such disputes. Some fail. Some succeed.

Coming back to the hippies. Medha Patkar, Arundhati Roy and other hippies sitting on a hunger strike can even starve to death. The goverment will NOT give a damn. Govt will only lower their offers to something like a better rehab package. The dam height will be raised. This is money we're talking about. In the face of Capitalistic invasion of India, Patkar n her cult can't do much to fight for the aam-aadmi. The aam-aadmi must learn to fight for him/herself n work his living out. If he/she can't, then join a cult like the aforementioned.

What we see now is a total failure on the part of the Legislative, Judiciary and all the netas to solve an issue concerning the people of India. Also, its a shame that hippies like Patkar are encouraged to continue such facades and wasting their time when their voices will continue to be supressed. All of them have lost touch with reality.

As I conclude, I do wish Medha Patkar and her cult all the very best in their efforts to try changing the attitudes of the goverment. If she does succeed, it is dangerous. For every tom and harry neta turned hippie will start going on hunger-strikes and hold a nation to emotional blackmail. Bottomline, both Patkar and the Govt should end up as losers.

Long Live Gandhi (on rupee notes).
Long live democracy (the very fact she's not been put into jail or made to focibly eat is inspiring enough)
Long live such cults (they make news channels strike a chord wid public emotionally)

P.S : If you're fuming after reading this, this democracy in the 21st Century man. Wake UP!!