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ஒளித் துணுக்கொன்று தூரத்தில் கண்டேன்
துலாவும் அலைப் பார்வையினூடே 

சில காதம் அதன் வழி நெருங்கி
அகில பெருவெளி வியப்பு மேலிட்டு
பல காதம் நெருங்கி அமிழ்ந்து - பின்
பிலம்பல கண்டு  மாட்டி வெதும்பி - கடையாய்
காலம் ஞாலம் பாலம் சமைத்திட

தெளிந்தனம் இதுவென நிறைந்திட் ....... - நில்
ஒளித் துணுக்கொன்று தூரத்தில் ....

சோலி

தினம் தினம்

ஹோலி

தொழிலாளிக்கு !!!

Up in the Air !!!

I Just remembered this recent Hollywood movie of George Clooney with sleekiest trolley & ,‘swipe and board’ style of boarding flights all over the country for his country for work. I was at that mood(mode) for past three months go around the places around the country as a part of our department attachments.

In Rajasthan.. Along the opium fields

I wanted to chronicle these experiences here before it just becomes little as sweet strains of nostalgia leaving behind greatest moments to loss. This gains importance because he had access to many premises and regions normally restricted for visit. It is not certain even we as individual would be able to go there again.

Snowing Srinagar

 

Third , travel as such had taught me so much apart from the places where had gone for. It has again made me conscious of “what is in my backpack? “ as Clooney would say. Already there are some attrition in my memory, let’s see how many make it to words :)

Learn law in less than 2 Hours !!!!

ego... prejudice.. reluctance to apply mind... chalte attitude... justice can they co exist ????. 

Only sometimes, you feel very much satisfied with the time you had just spent. I felt it today. As I reluctantly went on to browse through Hindu supplement issues after the early dinner, I came across 5 movies picked up as by some reader in a column. "12 angry man " was rated 1st and then went on to include terminal, prestige and so on. All of the sudden, some instinct drove me to watch this movie. I really enjoyed it ; went into introspection ; worried for having missed for so long; but can't help.

Being in the field of tax collection and quasi judicial functions, I had to study law. During the classes,we were taught about difference between criminal and civil law. Criminal law is based on the principle that the crime should be proved beyond any reasonable doubt. Whereas for civil law, preponderance of probability is enough.The bed rock of this principle is that "thousands of criminals could go scot free; but not even a single innocent should be punished."

A theory is best understood by the story. This movie teaches me theory of Modern law; Things to be considered when you decide; things that may blur your way to truth; peopl's differing perspective; different people's priorities;

This movie although taken in 1957, is very much relevant today , in the era of trail by media and thus created public opinion putting pressure on even the judgement.

This movie starts with court where the judge concludes by saying that 12 jurors will decide if the accused is guilty or not. The only condition posed is that decision should be uniform, and that decision will reach finality.
The people , 12 in number, strangers to one another and in no way connected to the murder or accused are asked to decide the case based on their judgement after the trial.

This being the backdrop , it offers us within 150 minutes, of various stake involved in judging a person. This movie although taken in 1957, is very much relevant today , in the era of trail by media and thus created public opinion putting pressure on even the judgement. It offers bird's eye view of how different perceive a case and factor considered for judgement. It reflects the people's psychology of  being indifference , neutral to
to take extreme stand on prejudice.

Indifferent people taking sides of majority, A leader who feels satisfied at co- ordinating but has no view of his own, men coming to conclusion based not on facts but on their own prejudice , men who always cared about their joy, business not on the task, .... all these make it as if we are peeping through real room rather than cinema. This is lankmark movie on how a different people comes to some random conclusion when it doesnot matter to them much.

America or India ; 1950s or 2011 man is  always the same !!!!!

THE OTHER SIDE

What a coincidence ! This week, I happened to watch two movies; both about the people who set milestone for better world in their own way.

One is Last station(2009) about the last days of Leo Tolstoy , a Russian novelist who had profund impact on mahatma gandhi in his way of life and principles.Other is Creation(2010)  on the days before Charles Darwin published his momentous " On the origin of the species ".

 I was wanting to watch " last station" for several months.It got stopped several times for several other reasons. All of the sudden, I watched this week having decided in a minute at random. Thats why I call  it a coincidence to have watched it along with movie "Creation".


Incidentally, I realised that both spoke not about their achievements; their milestones. If it was so , it would have been another documentary. Instead it was about their other side. It was about their attitude; their dilemma; their radical departure with conventions existed then; their disagreement with their wives; yet a thread of love between them; I was surprised to realise that both movies dealt the same subject as said above.

Every aspect in this movie led me into furthur thoughts;  For both, its a dilemma either to go with conventional belief and practices or to say and practise what we believe to be correct. It seems this dilemma that will pervail forever, since change is the only constant.Anyone here was not wrong , they were but speaking from different ages; perspectives; belief. They had genuine reaons to defend their side.

It may seem that family was a big obstacle in carrying their ideas forward, which in later times said to be a big leap in human progress; It may also be said that , alternative views from family provided ample reasons to rethink, reaffirm their theory based on new reasons. I think in  reality, it was a place from where they found solution; solace; strength.



LAST STATION




CREATION

Re aligning the Limits

trends in internet , social media, govt. initiatives

Weird ideas of yesterday sometimes turn out to be best innovations in the future history. Many such ideas really rules the world now. Change is always there. I feel it has become fast paced, easily felt these days.

This is atleast very much true with ICT( Information & Communication Technology).I had the privilege to use different, advanced storage media in every year of our college life ( 2003 – 2008). Days of using splitter to carry mp3 songs ( 3mb size ) in 3,4 floppies (1.44 mb) in the 1st year changed to cd and dvd writers in 2nd and 3rd year. By end of the third year, we got to use pen drive of 512 mb and rest is history. 

I just remembered this when I got to think about how our access , interaction and expectations changed in these 3-4 years with internet re aligning itself to push the boundaries. I never thought so soon , we will even talk about “citizens shall have the right to electronic delivery of services”. It is now happening with circulation of draft Electronic Delivery of Services Bill, 2011. I am doubtful if this can soon be demanded practically as a right ,with the given infrastructure and exposure; but even discussing about it is welcome move in right direction.

Interaction among ourselves , across trade, on govt delivery has also began to see a change with coming of social media. Twitter and facebook links started finding places in resume and business cards; Foreign secretary tweets and answers the questions posed to her. Many govt institutions like india Post  & census 2011 interacts in social media too.

I see ICT as a weapon for efficient delivery and transparency in govt. services and transactions. Govt. ambitiously brought out TAGUP to quicken up this process along with UIDAI. ( here is interesting article on TAGUP). Having seen the computerization of Indian customs with EDI & NIDB , my expectations seems viable :)

Ultimately Its success lies in the bottom strata of people enjoying the fruits of these innovations. These can be done only by tweaking  with mobile services with added security and confidentiality.Since computer is not available everyone and everywhere, mobile is the next destination. Its biggest obstacle is security issues and standards. yes but it evolve very soon so that I can order and transact my groceries mobiline ;also get notified pay my traffic fines mobiline.