The blind side..

Almost every literate soul today is at least aware of "The Zeitgeist Movement", if not influenced by it. I just finished watching their most recent presentation (that is what I would prefer calling it) on the crises in Egypt. Governments bashed! Wikileaks and right to information hailed! Sheer brilliance!! Is it not?
Now lets roll back a few years down our own lives. Back to school I should say, to a time when you and me took pride in being made the class monitor, being called a great footballer or being hailed as one of the brightest students in the class. Is it not, that behind every success story that you and I have, there is some small dark secret. The class monitor who never reported his mischievous best friend, the super footballer who pulled off a great act to get his school team a penalty or the brightest student of the class who scored a couple of extra marks because he accidentally walked into a friend in the washroom.
I wont compare this to the ABSOLUTE CRIMES that leaders around the globe today commit. I detest them as much as Julian Assange and the founders of the Zeitgeist Movement do, but for a moment, lets think of the effects the a Wikileaks would have had on our class monitor, super footballer and brightest student in class. A mini disaster in the life of the young leader???
I am not drawing any analogies but is it not that "The Zeitgeist Movement" very well contradicts its own theories that our world leaders try to show us what they want to? Do the leaders of Zeitgeist have a soul so cleansed that they are not corrupted by power? Is not that they try to show us what they want us to believe in?
Harmony is a long lost dream of the past when homo sapiens did not walk the face of the earth. But since you and me were born, like the billions before us, let us for a moment stop dreaming of the idealistic world that would have been. Would it actually be possible to rule a nation without secrets? Is it any more real than the heavens and gods to be dreaming of a world with free information flowing through humanity yet not destroyed by it. Is it possible to control the devil in every soul, enlightened with information on how the world is run, how each nations armed forces protect them?
Then again we come across the human race so much betrayed by the people they want to trust, its so much certain that they trust anything that raises its arms against the governments. And in there is something that I believe fans the fires that helps people rise against each other, helps a Julian Assange and a Zeitgeist movement rise against the governments.

PS: This is a personal view blinded by the lack of adequate knowledge but driven by a complete trust in human nature. The very psychological state that you and me started to carry the moment we we had our five senses working.

The Fake IPL

 (This blog is only a manifestation of my thoughts. It doesn't intend to accuse or defame anyone. )

While most young people like me were busy following the original IPL in South Africa, some thing much more dramatic was happening back home. So dramatic, and mesmerizing, it could beat the hell out of the original IPL from the Indian drawing room discussions. But one thing that has remained is that the INDIAN POLL LEAGUE (Fake IPL), like always gives me reason enough to Laugh Out Loud. Considering my shallow knowledge of the fake IPL (blame it on the real one) I will talk only about the most publicized of our great leaders.
VARUN GANDHI (The front runner): The Preamble to our constitution may give a special emphasis to SECULARISM but he really gives a F*** about it. The Gandhian on the other bank of the river, may yell out as many anti Muslim slogans he can or he even may kill a couple, but this country really knows how to forgive and forget. Cheers VG, Cheers Pilibhit!!!
MULAYAM SINGH YADAV(The veteran): The list of accusations of misappropriation of funds and corruption in his name will definitely need more pages than the Mein Kampf but the voters of Mainpuri wont care as long as it’s from the tax payers pockets. The winner for almost two decades from the constituency does know how to please the people who make his fortunes. Long live MS.
NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU(The superstar): “You may bowl me the Yorker or spin the ball from outside my leg stump, but you cant take my bells off”. The charismatic cricket commentator (that was much better than his cricket) who couldn’t control his anger on the streets and was charged with culpable homicide is all set to become a member of the parliament. Chak de phatte!! Expect a few flying chairs in the house.
SASHI TAROOR(The long distance runner): I did sympathize with him when he lost the office of United Nations Secretary-General, but didn’t any body tell him “gentlemen like him were better off saving the face of the nation outside”. The dude from India at the UN will now have his job cut out when he takes his seat in the parliament. Hats off to you!!! May you serve the nation with all your might..
MOHAMMAD AZHARUDDIN(The dude): He played his cricket with his collars flying high, even fixed matches with the flying collars and now has managed to fix his place in the parliament. The “dude” who tainted the face of Indian cricket has now been given an even more responsible job. All hail the Indian voters!!!! Don’t you ever watch cricket or were his opponents bigger criminals???
 And the matches, leave them!!!! They were stated to be much more interesting with contenders like Mayawati(The Tigress), Narendra (The “run” Rioter) Modi , L K (The slogger) Advani and our dear Manmohan (The fair play winner) Singh running for the captain’s cup, but all was spoilt by the Gandhi’s again..