GOD curses his OWN COUNTRY

"Welcome to Kerala, God's Own Country"
a sign board on the side of a busy highway in kerala welcomes all tourists coming to the state. But what's happening deep inside this country can only be attributed to Devil himself. For the past 2 to 3 months, people in central kerala have been living in constant fear for their life as an epidemic is slowly streching its arms. Hospitals are full with patients suffering from Chikungunya, Yellow fever, Dengue fever....., God knows what all. Atleast 10 to 20 people die everyday b'cos of Chikungunya alone. Lately the obituary column in local newspaper runs in pages. As my mom puts it, .....this is just like Bibilical times, God's wrath is upon the people.

The primary reason for fear among people is Chikungunya, a viral fever spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes (Tiger mosquitoes). People suffering from this complain of itchy skin rashes, joint pains, joint swelling, headaches, fever and even slight photophobia. The old and the weak are likely to die within days of catching this fever. The virus seemed to have suffered a mutation and therefore the symptoms can vary from patient to patient. There are no cures for Chikungunya and no vaccine available for its prevention.

The latest victim was my uncle, who passed away last friday. He was a good man but Chikungunya got him at the age of 63. May his soul rest in peace. As monsoon rains lash kerala on a daily basis and mosquitoes find it easy to breed in the continous availability of stagnent water, Chikunguya cases are on the rise. There is nothing much the government or the WHO (World Health Organisation) can do to solve this problem. Just hope and pray that God himself will come down to save his people.

Wah Taj!!

Really felt proud today, because Taj Mahal got voted as one of 7 New Wonders of the World. It trully deserved to be in the top 7. Taj Mahal stood first out of the total 100 million votes. I myself voted for Taj Mahal from 5 different email ID's to make sure it came on top of the other 20 sites :P

Build by the great Mughal Emporer Shah Jahan as a symbol of love for his beloved wife Mumtaz, it still stands to this very day in Agra. If Mumtaz was still here today, she would be one proud lady. I wish I could build some monument for my wife (thats after I get married :P ), that will stand the test of time to show my everlasting love :) But still I don't think I can top Taj, the symbol of love.


Talking about the Symbol of love, the first thing that races to my mind is the Cross, on which Jesus Christ died. It is the symbol of God's love for the whole world. Cross was once a symbol of shame and humiliation, but after Jesus gave his life for us, it got transformed into a symbol of everlasting Love.


Even though I am a proud Indian, I still havn't been to the Taj Mahal. Hope I would one day get my chance to go to Agra and savour its beauty and stand in awe of the Love the Taj Mahal brings out in its countrymen towards India.

Movie Review: Die Hard 4.0

Its been more that one month since my last movie. Seems like I am not getting much time to go for a movie :( To break my movie drought, what better movie to watch than Die Hard? I wanted to go for this movie the moment I saw its trailer on tv.

The Movie poster around Cochin City read Die Hard 4.0. Whats with 4.0?, sounded more like software version number. Hope they are not planning to come out with Die Hard 4.1 (10 points to me for noticing this minute detail :P Kudos! hehe).

I really like Bruce Willis as an action hero, he is serious, well built with rugged looks and most of all, an inspiration to all the bald men out there that u don't need to have hair on your head to be a hollywood superstar :P So When he is in an action movie, you have to see it. I guess old habits "die hard" :D

Now about the movie, its action all the way from the word GO. The stunts in the movie are awesome. There is one scene in the movie where cars are allowed in from both sides of a tunnel and a big head on collision results when cars go on crashing and flying around in the tunnel. The scene was so intense that, when Bruce Willis and the hacking kid manages to get out of the big pile up, the crowd in the movie hall clapped in awe of the scene. The movie even introduces the latest F-35 Fighter plane, which can also hover like a helicopter.

The villian in the movie acted by Timothy Olyphant dosen't look much like a bad guy, but surely your heart won't go out for him because of the havoc he creates to the society by hacking into the US Government Servers and distrupting all social services to the country. Its Bruce Willis who comes to save his country (atleast this time he is not saving the world like in Armagedon, hehe...).

My Verdict: 10 points to the movie and Kudos to the director, Len Wiseman for bringing out this awesome action thriller. A must see movie (best to watch in a movie theatre) for all action lovers.

Mary Of Hope

Another day of travelling, this time on a bus. I happened to see a photo of Mary (mother of Jesus), on the back of an overtaking private transport bus. She looked so calm, elegant and divine in the photo. Something you expect every women around you to be.

It made me think, she could have been like any other common lady during her time. But she was chosen for this great role (to bear the Messiah). God might have seen the fulfilment of the prophecies through her. When the angel told her that she was going to bear the child, she was not scared of the Jewish community that could stone her for having a baby without a husband. She had faith in God that he wouldn't let her down and gave herself for the will of God. Its because of this, she is now a Mother figure for the whole world.

She reminded me of a great truth,

"If you have faith in God and obey him, he will never let you down."

Ting Tong, Last & Final Call for all Bikers.....

Kerala Govt. today made it compulsory for all 2-wheel riders to wear a helmet or else get a fine of Rs. 100/-. One of the superb moves made by the Kerala govt. in a long long... time, frankly this law should have been implemented long time back, it would have saved lot of precious lives.

Kerala boasts of being 100% in literacy, but when it comes to safety they are way behind other states. Its hard to find people who wear seatbelts or a helmets in kerala. The logical reason they give for not doing so can be funny for a person with rational thinking. Most people here think that, in case of an accident - if you are wearing a seat belt you will be stuck in the crashed car, lose blood and die eventually before people can get you out and if you are not wearing a seat belt there is a likely chance that you can get thrown off from car and be saved. What they dont realize is that the chance of a person being thrown off from a car in case of a head-on collision is 1% and wearing a seatbelt can save the head from major injuries even from a moderate impact crash. Majority of keralites see helmet as a burden to carry around, a reason for early baldness. Maybe true, for big time hair loss to happen in humid kerala, trust me - losing some hair and going bald is better that losing ur life in an accident. Guys you would be even happy to learn that there are gals out there who love bald men :D So cheer up.

I hope slowly kerala would change its attitude and put safety first. Talking about the new law, looks more like Kerala govt following suit of Tamilnadu, anyway will have to wait and see, how long the law will stand the test of time and public opinion in Kerala :D

Patience Has Its Rewards

Yesterday's Formula One race at Montreal, Canada was spectacular to watch from start to the chequered flag. It kept on getting exciting as the race progressed. The Safety Car had to come out 5 times bcoz of accidents, Massa and Fischella both got black flagged (disqualified) and Kubica met with the worst accident imaginable - luckily he escaped with only a broken leg. At the end of the race there were only 12 cars left on the track. The final winner of the Montreal Grand Prix Race was Lewis Hamilton, a 22 year old kid, his first win in his debut season.

The one who inspired me the most was the third place winner, Alexander Wurz. This Austrian dude had been sidelined for the past 7 years as a test driver for different F1 teams. He hung in there till he finally got selected as the 2007 driver for Williams team. Yesterday his one pit-stop strategy worked and he was able to finish third. I guess if you believe in yourself and be patient for some time, the rewards will come to you :)

Born To Kill

No, not James Bond, I am talking about Beautiful ladies, dressed to kill poor innocent gentlemen like myself :P I mean literally...

I have lost count of the number of times I could have met with a road accident just because my eyes caught a beautiful girl on the side of the road. Most of the time it happens when I am riding my bike. If it were not for God's Good Grace I would have been a poster on the back of some big transport bus.

Today morning I had one of those close calls. My train had reached Ernakulam at 10am. I was walking towards the Bus Stop which is a kilometer away from the railway station. Suddenly a beautiful girl came out of nowhere and was walking in front of me. I was totally engrossed in her and checking her out as I walked behind her. After walking some 100 meters I realized that I had lost her in the crowd and was searching for her. What I didn't realize was that I was in the middle of a road trying to cross it. If it were not for a stranger dude who pulled me back by tugging on my backpack, I would have been hit by a speeding bike and could have resulted in serious injury. That was close.... Phew! (thanks dude whereever you are). I did find the girl on the side of the road waiting to cross and looking at me (probably wondering, what is the problem with this guy). I felt stupid and walked away, hoping to see her some other day.

Thats not over, in the afternoon the private bus that I was travelling would have ran over 2 teenage boys riding a scooter, by some luck missed them by a whisker. The reason, the driver was driving at high speeds just to impress some girls sitting in the front seat of the bus.

There will always be some guy trying to impress some girl or there would be others (like me) who would just be drooling over beautiful gals that they see. What is the point?? Sometimes I wonder why God made them so beautiful? Is it to distract us or for us guys to get some motivation or to admire Gods creativity through them?

These beautiful girls do enjoy the fact that they can get people to look at them. Its like they play with your heart, tear it into very very small fine pieces and with disgust hold them one by one and blow it into the North Wind. Sometimes I feel their beauty is all a snare into some deception. Each morning they stand in front of the mirror, looking good just to catch their next prey. When are all these beautiful girls going to realize that, "We guys are also people with feelings, maybe easily lured by beauty. give us a break, let us live"