After a long absence

I was catching up with a kannada serial "Muktha Muktha" and there was an interesting sequence going on. The chief minister of a state owns a TV channel. His son is the "head" of the channel as they repeatedly call him. The son is a very righteous person. Upright, honest but meek. Cannot go against his father. The father like all typical politicians is a very manipulative person. There are two girls. One is a lecturer (also a close friend of the chief minister's son) and the other is a budding journalist working as an intern in a leading city news paper.
This is the background.
Now in the particular sequence that's going on in the serial, the two girls produce a documentary on the hardships of farmers of a particular region. This documentary has the reference to the chiefminister, who as a industries minister at some point of time, would have given away lands to corporate houses.
This documentary is all set to be telecast on the TV. Yes, in the channel belonging to the chiefminister. The chiefminister's son is naive enuf to over look the fact that the reference to the former industries minister is infact a reference to his own father. But the chiefminister, who happens to preview the documentary, stops its telecast at the last moment.
The girls are shattered. They whine and cry about how the effort spent by them went as a waste. The chiefminister's son, being very honest also confesses to the lecturer that his father stopped the telecast and he was helpless.
Armed with this information, the girls write up an article in the newspaper where one of them is working as an intern. The article suggests the link between the TV channel, reference to the industries minister and the fact that the channel is owned by the chiefminister and concludes that there is a good possibility that the chiefminister is responsible for the sudden cancellation of the telecast. Also, to avoid direct confrontation, the article is signed off as "by our journalist".
The chiefminister using his contacts easily finds out who has written the article. He decides to teach them a lesson.

I'm not trying to find out any loopholes till now. Maybe the story till now has been less than convincing. But that's probably not my interest. Its the way the chiefminister tries to take revenge. He has offered a lot of favors to the owner of the news paper. So he gets this intern sacked from her job. He gets the lecturer transferred to another location. The journalist in no time guesses that the chiefminister is responsible for the sudden sacking. I'm yet to watch what happened with the lecturer.

Now, if I were to direct this episode or if I were the chief minister, what would I do?
I think for a person of the chiefminister's capability, isn't it too obvious that the girls would guess who it is? Not that they can do anything by themselves to the chiefminister. But there is every chance that they can gather sympathy and support and the whole issue can snow ball very soon.

Instead, how about this:
The lecturer is the one who is actually more of the fire-brand type. She is the one who has actually done the research on which the documentary was based. She is the one who gets the information about who stalled the telecast of the program.
The budding journalist only supports her with the resources during the filming of the documentary and also in publishing the article in the newspaper.
Bring in jealousy. Award the journalist with a lot of recognitions (rigged ofcourse). Give her some recognition for "investigative journalism" of hers. Bring her accolades. Arrange for a "best article" competition, get her the award. Get her a permanent job with the news paper in the investigative reporting section. Send her for 4months with a team of say 5 ppl to North India to prepare a investigative report on the Naxals and their real problems. Tell her through her editor, that its an oppurtunity of a life time to be a part of that team. Include a young, dynamic chap in that team of 5. 4Months, away from home, dynamic chap, films -- chances are that by the time they come back, they are in love. Love can distract the best of the "investigative minds" :P. Secondly being away from her friend and with a lot of distractions, the strenght of their fight is diminished.
On the other hand, totally ignore the lecturer. Give her no recognition. Dont sack her. But get a couple of people to create jealousy in her mind about how the journalist got all the recognition for her work. Make her feel wretched and neglected.
In short, distract, divide and rule :)

Not bad after all

:)
that's the feedback i got...abt my story :) and i'm encouraged... :)
sorry for writing it in Kannada...that's the language i'm comfortable with...atleast to narrate the stories...but i'll try to improve my english skills.... :)

its been a week since i started writing blogs...and 3 posts is not a bad beginning....is it?
and some good feedbacks...:) and ofcourse my wife did her bit by advertising for this....:)
so a big thanks to her :)

long back on some orkut community...i had posted a thot...it was not entirely novel...but something that came about during one of my discussions with a very good frnd of mine....ofcourse the community itself was not the appropriate forum to post it...but all i wanted was that message to reach a large audience... :)

so i am re-posting that here:
During some context, ther was a discussion with my frnd...about the quality of the teaching in our engineering colleges...we had a debate...shud one sacrifice his high paying job in some software company to take up the job of a lecturere in some engineering colleges just because he wants to help the students? I dont think that is fair to expect from anyone....so then...do you let the quality of education go down? Even that is not acceptable...so what is the point?

I woud say...form a pool of ppl...who would, to start with, take up the responsibility of teaching one subject...in one engineering college to one class....now...its very common that the people working in some company would hav to frequently miss the teaching hours because of work pressure/meetings/onsite trips and similar reasons...thats where the pool comes in handy....

Just ensure that you have someone to engage in that teaching hour and the students dont miss the class...
But why bother at all? Why should we reach out to the students when there are professional and qualified lecturers doing that job?

I feel that in my stint with the software companies, there are so many aspects that are being inculcated into the employees...group work, team work, creative thinking etc etc...which are equally relevant to our college students...infact i feel that these are some basic attitudes that have to be developed even before someone comes into a working or professional environment...

So what exactly do i have in mind to change? next post...

:))
First part yarigella ishta aitu kai yetti :)
Anyways...second part nalli speed pick up agatte...but dont blame me....end henge madbeku anta nangu gottagilla....so i wud welcome some suggestions...if anyone is reading this :P
So yellige nilisidde? Yes....kaarthik and his girlfrnd ibbaru suicide madkondu bidtaare...Ravi is heart broken....che....yen bandittu nange...y did i call up his parents...yeno life nalli enjoy madkondu idda...yavatto ondu dina appropriate way nalli appa ammange tilista idda...appa ammange tilisde madve antu ago idea irlilla karthik ge...idanne yochane madkondu sikkapatte depression ge hortogtaane Ravi...
Then place change aadre swalpa dina sari hogatte anta yavdo film nodi idea baratte....and anyways bangalore ge vapas hogbeku anta annista iratte....idee india jana sw kelsa hudukondu bangalore ge bandre neenu blr bittu chennai ge hogidyallo anta frnd regista irtaare....
So hangu bangalore nalli ondu kelsa gittisko taane...vapas bangalore ge bartaane....Karthik na mariyo prayatna madtaane...
Ashtralli fate antaralla...adu intervene age bidatte....office nalli Priya anno hudgi yavaglu dull aagi irodu nodi sumne irade hogi keltaane..."yenaitu...kottiro task yake madta illa...yen problem uu?"
Togo...yaradru kelidre saaku anta kaaita idda Priya alokke shuru...kashta yella helkondu...
Next day Ravi avala kelsa nu taane madi, avalige leave kottu manager ge sullu heltaane...."avalu kelsa mugisi hortodlu....avalige tale novu ittu...."....modalane sullu...Ravi ge realise agilla....
Next day Priya vapas office ge bartaale...thank u so much galu yella agatte...."nim hatra tumba helko beku ansatte...dunno y....i feel like sharing all the things with u..."....ibbaru sanje coffee day ge hogtaare....Priya kathe kelakke...Ravi manege phone madi heltaane...."ivattu swalpa kelsa jaasti ide...late agatte barodu".....yeradane sullu....Ravi ge realise agilla....
Hinge sullina suli nalli sikkhakikondu sullina mele sullu....eega yella justified...slow aagi realise agatte Ravi ge....yake Karthik sullu helta idda anta...eega yella justified ansatte....yarigu harm agade hodre sullu helodralli yen tappu? yellrunu khushi aagi idodralli yen tappu?

Eega barona topic ge...isht hottu helta iddiddu 2 kathe galu....2 films andkobahudu....1. Karthik and his girlfrnd....2. Ravi and his life....
Actually Karthik and his girlfrnd kathe na karthik and his girl frnd nodta irtaare....andre avara story from the perspective of their parents...
Ravi matte avana girlfrnd story na karthik appa amma nodta irtaare....andre their son's luv story from the point of view of their son...
So now karthik and his girlfrnd understand wat a pain their story is to their parents...
Karthik's parents now understand why children find it justified to decieve their parents....

So eega henge end madbeku story na???

So here goes the story

My first attempt to narrate a story in writing....
Story Chennai nalli start agatte....ibbaru best friends....ravi and karthik...ibbaru bengaluru navaru....chennai nalli kelsa sikkiratte...bandirtaare....karthik appa amma are in dubai...ravi appa amma bengalurinalli irtaare....
kaarthik hinge ond dina ondu hudgina meet agtaane....and meet agid takshana avalanna bitt iroke agalla anno thara luv madakke shuru madtaane....avalu ashte....karthik na sikkapatte preetsokke shuru maadtaale...
aadre paapa kaarthik appa amma avara maganna tumba innocent uu....yenu gottagalla....antha yella andkondirtaare....pade pade ravi ge ph madi karthik ge yenu gottagalla...avananna chennagi nodko...oota tindi madalla....bari kelsa anta idbidtaane anta helta irtaare....
Ravi obba Upendra fan uu...."ee preeti prema yella pustakad badenkayi" anno jaati....and ee karthik madta iro yella aatagaligu witness....and avana sympathy yella karthik appa ammana jothe....tumba heltaane...karthik ge....beda...hinge appa ammange mosa madodu sari alla....avaru ninna mele tumba nambike ittiddare etc etc...
but karthik ge avella gottagalla....aa hudgi na full chennai odadiskondu irtaane....appa amma call madidre either sigolla...sikkidre sariyagi matadalla...matadidre bari sullu...."illa appa...nenne ratri full kesla...beligge late aagi yedde...adikke ph pick madlilla...." anta no...athva "illa amma...tumba kelsa agogi husharilla....adikke malagibittidde....ph madiddu neevu gottaglilla" anta no...
ee reeti jaasti aadaga karthik appa amma ravi ge ondu dina phone madi full tension nalli "ravi...pls take care of karthik...avanu bari kelsa kelsa anta aarogya haalu madkota iddane....avanige oota tindi bittu kelsa mado avashyakathe illa...swalpa avananna nodko...navu illi dubai nalli iddivi....namge tumba aatanka aagide" anta...
Avattu ravi ge tumba kopa baratte....karthik jothe tumba jagala aadtane.....aadre karthik haage appa ammange sullu helodu inevitable....avarige preeti premada bagge artha agalla....avarige nija heli nan preeti ge problem tarsikollo badlu sullu helkondu preeti na uliskollodu vaasi anta heli justify madkondu bidtaane....
Finally ondu dina ee thara pade pade ph calls na tolerate madakke agade ravi, karthik appa ammanige, nija helibidtaane....
next flight nalli karthik appa amma chennai ge hajar....sikkapatte dodda jagala aagatte...aa hudgi appa amma punjab nalli irtaare....avaru chennai ge bandu dodda jagala aagi paristhiti kai meeri hogatte....
karthik na...avana girl frnd na bere madbidtaare....aa bejaru tadkolloke aagde karthink and avana girlfrnd ibbaru suicide madkondu bidtaare....

to be continued......next part next time...

I came, I saw...But do i want to conquer?

:)
I'm talking about the blogging :)...i'm not sure i wanted to write a blog...of all the things that is...but if so many ppl are doing this...there must be something in it....u see...i started orkutting after a long time of skeptism...but i later found it interesting...alteast i met a lot of ppl whom it wud hav been impossible to meet otherwise...
and if u are seeing too many smilies....blame it on my wife...she invariably ends each line with a :)

and ofcourse....there is atleast one guy who thinks i must put down my thots on paper...Akhilesh...but that was as only as long as we were sharing the same apartment...hmm...good strategy to escape from my "blades"....or so he thot... :))

i can go on and on and on...without any real subject...without any real story...but i seriously miss the reaction on the faces of ppl who listen to me...the modulation in the voice when i'm making a point... :))...i'm smiling as i am writing this...imagining my conversations :)

there are two things though...which i want to share....the story that i hav written which i hope some day will be made into a successful film....and my ideas to bring in a "educational revolution" ;))
right now i'm in no mood to write them...so maybe some time later....