Friday, July 27, 2007

Contemplate



" PULITZER PRIZE " winning photo taken in 1994 during the Sudan famine.The picture depicts a famine stricken child crawling towards an United Nations food camp, located a kilometer away.The vulture is waiting for the child to die so that it can eat it. This picture shocked the whole world. No one knows what happened to the child, including the photographer Kevin Carter who left the place as soon as the photograph was taken.Three months later he committed suicide due to depression.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Why British Left India


Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Revelation

In some remote village of India, one masterji is teaching the Mahabharata Story to class 6 students. He is at the 'Krishna janma'part of it.

Masterji: "Kamsa heard the Aakaashwani that his sister's 8th child isgoing to kill him. He was furious. He ordered to put Vasudev and Devki behind the bars.

First Son is born, and Kamsa kills him by poisoning...

Second one is born and Kamsa throws him off the mountain peak.

Third one is born .....
Now Ramu, who is smartest of the lot, puts up his hand."Masterji, I have a doubt" (sounding nervous and confused)

Masterji: "Ramu beta, whole India does not have doubt inMahabharata. Then how come u have one?"

Ramu: "Masterji, if Kamsa knew that Devaki's 8th child was going tokill him, WHY THE HELL DID HE PUT VASUDEV AND DEVAKI IN THE SAME CELL?"

Masterji fainted..... ......... ......... ..

Line of Control

Hi Mr. Ram,
The article 'Make LoC Line of peace- Manmohan give an impression that the Prime Minister is going soft on the actual Line of Control and also that he wants it to be a permanent border. In 1971, the Indian Army captured the entire lands, which was lost to Pakistan and later the then PM Indira Gandhi through the Simla Agreement compromised that land and now the present PM wants it to be a permanent border.

This controversy should not be decided by India or Pakistan, but by the people of J&K and the people in the POK, by a consensus and we should respect whatever is the outcome.

Maybe this outcome can be a landmark in bringing peace in the region and also to other separatists fighting around the world.

We need a strong will and commitment to resolve this problem and not a soft or rather a puppet PM who plays to the whims and fancies of Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson, UPA (United Puppets Alliance) ( Now another puppet is going to be the President and Sonia gets absolute power to manipulate the government machinery)

The need of the hour is to crush militancy in J&K or come to a conclusion with a consensus and respect it.

K.G. Sastha Prakash,
S28, Sree Nilayam, Thudiyalur road, Sankara Nagar,
Saravanampatti (PO), Coimbatore-37

Monday, July 16, 2007


2003. An Iraqi prisoner of war tries to calm down his child.


2002. Soldiers and villagers in IRan are digging graves for the victims of the earthquake. A kid holds his father's pants before he is buried.


2001. An Afghani refugee kid's body is being prepared for the funeral in Pakistan .




1996. Kids who are shocked by the civil war in Angola .


1994. A man who was tortured by the soldiers since he was suspected to have spoken with the Tutsi rebels.


1992. A mother in Somalia holds the body of her child who died of hunger.


1989. A young man in China stands before the tanks during protests for democratic reforms.


1987. A mother in South Korea apologizes and asks for forgiveness for his son who was arrested after attending a protest. He was protesting the alleged manipulations in the general elections.


1982. Palestinian refugees murdered in Beirut , Lebanon .


February 23, 1981. Colonel Molina ve military police seizes the Parliament building in Spain . The photographer did not expect the scene, and hid the films in his shoe.







1980. A kid in Uganda about to die of hunger, and a missionaire.




1975. A woman and a girl falling down after the fire escape collapses.


1973. A few seconds before Chile 's elected president Salvador Allende is dead during the coup.


1972. After South Vietnam planes accidentally drop a bomb on a town.

Unforgettable Photos


February 1, 1968. South Vietnam police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan shots a young man, whom he suspects to be a Viet Kong soldier.

Unforgetable Photos


1966. U.S. troops in South Vietnam are dragging a dead Vietkong soldier.

Unforgettable Photos

1965. A mom and her children try to cross the river in South Vietnam in an attempt to run away from the American bombs.

Unforgetable Photos

1962. A soldier shot by a sniper hangs onto a priest in his last moments.

Unforgettable Photos

January 12, 1960. A second before the Japanese Socialist Party leader Asanuma was murdered by an opponent student.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Sivaji the Boss

Dear Sir,
this mail is in response to the article in your weekly and the below letter was sent by me to the editor of the Hindu on April 3rd. Yes definitely every human has these kind of thoughts and the reel media does the honours by producing such movies where the protagonist fights every odds and create a new chapter in history but when it comes to real life the efforts by a single person fails utterly. This movie shows the objective which I have undertaken in a more glitzy and colourful way. It is definitely possible to create a society free of these very evils and with the help of the right persons this dream can become a reality.

Regards,

K.G.Sastha Prakash
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Dear Mr. N.Ram,
I would like to bring to your notice of the biased coverage of news in the Hindu. The newspaper does everything, from reporting to columns to please the the govt. and its cronies in power.

When Will you learn that Fourth Estate is one of the pillars of democracy. A total, free and clean reporting is required to uphold the fundamentals of freedom and democracy.

I have been reading your newspaper from the age of nine, it had a great impact in my life. Reading your drab articles on secularism, non-violence and caste reservations makes me sick. I think your paper should come with a statutory warning like "Reading The Hindu causes mental depression and leads to lunacy."

The letters to the editor is full of bullshit, because you create letters to your liking (eg. Pattabi Raman, a regular). And you consider brahmins are the upholders of righteousness and freedom of speech. This was started long ages back, creating lies and putting the fear of god into the less fortunate and less educated.

Now I have taken a mission of an iconoclast and I will destroy the entire pillars of society and create a new world order. Where every human is free of pressures of money, authority and hierarchy.

You should be warned that, this is not a handiwork of a lunatic and try to destroy me with the use of muscle power and money, because you cannot kill a person who is hell bent on committing suicide.

This is the first step i.e., writing a crazy mail like this and my crazy mind will create new ways to destroy the very foundation of this world and take this generation to the Stone ages.

With great sorrow and hope to attain my mission.

K.G. Sastha Prakash,
Kuzhiyil House, Elanad (PO), Chelakkara (via),
Thrissur Dist. Kerala. 680586.

Apalling Typos.

Hai Ram, hai hai,
There is a saying like little knowledge is dangerous than ignorance. The 'Know Your English' is your effort to improve English and its usage, but the very purpose is wasted.

The pangram you have taken as an example i.e, "the quick brown fox jumped over the lady dog," should have been 'lazy' dog. This as your article says is used to check the typewriter keys and the person who typed must have realised the mistake and what were the proof readers doing.

You take pride in being articulate, but I find you and your paper to be hypocrite and mediocre.

Go on doing these kind of mistakes and I will have the pleasure to pointing out.

K.G. Sastha Prakash.

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Afzal Guru Clemency.

Dear Sir,
I have been reading a lot of reports, discussions and protest rallys on the clemency petioned by Azal Guru's family to the president of India. It really hurts that Social Activists like Arundhati Roy and Medha Patkar rallying for a convicted and sentenced terrorist, who has done the worst possible crime to human kind. These activist should not protest against the death penalty to a terrorist and instead find ways to rehabilitate the widows and the orpaned children of the killed security force men in the Parliament incident.

Since Afzal Guru has not filed a clemency petion himself, it should be rejected outright. To handle terrorism we should have a Stalinistic approach, that is " two eyes for one and jaw for a tooth." Maybe if the kin of the security forces killed in terrorist related incidents take up arms will be having a new problem in hand.

Regards,

K.G. Sastha Prakash,
Kuzhiyil House,
Elanad, Thrissur. 680586

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

A Response to an article giving dire predictions in The Week, a South Indian Magazine.

Dear Mr. Mahesh,
Your article was a good read, but do you really follow what you preach, I don't think so and the human being is give the power to exploit the nature and its vast resources and if these resources are used in a judicious manner we would not have been in this present position. It is the crass consumerism and globalisation is to be blamed and the media is also one of the key player in the destruction of the earth's non-renewable resources, that is by reckless advertisement and glorifying the rich which is aped by the not so rich or, the what you call, the middle class.

Instead of giving dire predictions, go about doing something constructive to sustain life in this planet. Also it is in a way that the Mother Earth taking revenge for the wanton exploitation by man and for every action there is a equal opposite reaction. As said in the Upanishads for something new to happen the old has to be destroyed and this is applicable to the condition of the earth and its inhabitants but life goes on and it is a never ending process.

Regards,

K.G.Sastha Prakash

Erroneous Reporting by The Hindu. A newspaper in South India

Hai Ram, (Sigh of desperation and not that idiot's famous words 'Hey Ram', who took an entire generation for a solid ride) This is your nemesis Sastha Prakash. Did anyone edit Young World today? That reporter should be fired and you should step down.

Maps on stamps
The Map of India was the motif of the third definitive stamp series issued by the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Dept. on 1 April, 1857.

What are you trying to say? And the Naya Paisa was issued in 1857, is it a belated April Fool joke played on children or proving the old Tamil saying 'dog's tail never straightens even after 100 years in a pipe'

This is the second last nail in your coffin, I am going to file a PIL via e-filing in the High Court for distorting Indian History and spreading misinformation.

You can get me arrested for sedition for the initial comment on M.K. Gandhi and I can get instant fame.

One more thing, letters received should be replied, that is a sign of a gentleman.

God bless you and devil kiss you.

K.G.Sastha Prakash,
Room no. 6,S28, Sree Nilayam,
Sankara Nagar, Thudiyalur Rd.,
Saravanampatti, Coimbatore-35.

Or,

Hosted System Solutions,
Manchester Square,
14, Puliakulam,
Coimbatore-37.

K.G. Sastha Prakash

Another billet doux

Dear Mr. Ram,

The article 'Francois army in Hyderabad.' (Coimbatore Edition- 1 June 2007Young World)

'In 1970, he fought with Tipu Sultan of Mysore.'

It could have been a typo, but the year does not correspond to the arrival of Raymond in India or any of his exploits.

As this section is read by children, why don't you people follow a set style guide and avoid erroneous reporting.

Enjoy reading Young World because most articles are written by women and women do their writing from their heart not the mind, were as in men it is vice versa.

Another blooper in Literary Review, Sunday, 3 June 2007.

The critic points out the author's spelling mistakes (peasant- pheasant) and she herself makes the same mistake by spelling Orwell as Owell (sounds like the Ewell in the book To Kill a Mocking Bird- Harper Lee). Do not remember the name of that of that review.

I would like you to come over these small mistakes and not creating a new Indian History as the saying goes, 'Let sleeping dogs sleep' or to that effect and not getting these children confused.

Regards.

K.G. Sastha Prakash,
Kuzhiyil House,
Elanad (P.O.), Chelakkara (Via),
Thrissur. 680586.