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Saturday, 29 December 2018
Odiyan movie review: Mohanlal's Manikyan is fast and sharp, but the film is not
The story is as old as the ghats - a tale of lust and revenge that wrecks the life of two women, Prabha (Manju Warrier) and Meenakshi (Sana Althaf). Prakash Raj, who plays Ravunni Karimuka Nair, is the villain of the piece. He wants to distance Prabha from Manikyan and will go to any lengths. In this simple tale, what stand out are the many visual metaphors. For instance, when a communist worker is out tying flags in the dark and sees Manikyan, he says he cannot stand Manikyan playing with the minds of people and encouraging superstitions. While he does take the high ground, he doesn't start a fight with Manikyan for this noble reason but to satisfy his ego and to prove to himself that he is superior. However, the film makes it clear that they are both equally good or bad. if(NHCommand && NHCommand.getMainVideoId){document.getElementById(NHCommand.getMainVideoId()).style.display="none";} Throughout the film, it is clear that the filmmaker doesn't want to highlight Manikyan's good side, but instead wants to dig deeper into the psyche of other characters. For instance, Ravunni's need to have his way with Prabha, or at one point, her sister Meenakshi, shows not his love, but his desperation for a woman of a certain class. He has an affair with another woman, who stays with him through every sin his commits, yet when she asks for a sari, Ravunni says only Prabha is the person who can get saris from him. Manikyan is taught by his grandfather that Odiyans are not supposed to kill people, but only scare them for a payment. There is a scene in which Prabha asks Manikyan, 'I heard you earned a lot of money recently,' and he replies, 'The man I scared is right now at the hospital.' He is proud of his skill and it shows in his tone. The stunts choreographed by Peter Hein are worth every penny. In fact, the only engrossing parts in the film are the stunts. The climax, in parts unreal, but paced perfectly, is the one that stands out. On the low side, the screenplay is lethargic and dialogues are unnecessarily long. For instance, the scene featuring a drunk Manikyan and his drunk grandfather goes on forever. There is a respite in the form of an action sequence in between, but even after that, the dialogue stretches. Similarly, when the older Manikyan returns from Varanasi to Thenkurissi, a group of young men, who have never seen an Odiyan in action, egg him on to frighten any one of them. This scene goes on till your eyes glass over. Another area that needed improvement are the film's special effects. A scene which was laughably bad had Mohanlal saving a woman from drowning. The CGI was so shoddily done that audiences were bubbling with laughter, all of it unintentional. In the end, Odiyan was like a rubberband that was stretched to the point of breaking. The one to snap, of course, was the audience. Dailyhunthttp://www.gdempsey.com/UserProfile/tabid/57/userId/81173/Default.aspx
Move to help sandbar people file claims for place in Assam NRC
ambidhan Sevak volunteers have embarked on a door-to-door loudspeaker campaign to alert people on filing of claims. Two teams are moving in autorickshaws fitted with loudspeakers and stopping at village chowks and marketplaces, urging people to come out and file their claims before the December 31 deadline. They have also set up help desks near the NRC seva kendras (NSK) where volunteers are helping the unlettered fill up their claims forms. On Thursday, the volunteers visited Pahari, Chenibari, Padmapara, Chata, Khongra, Parghat, Pahari Parghat, Shila, Kakphuwa, Rowmari, Ganakpara and other places in Barpeta district. Some of these places are near sars and riverine areas, from where inhabitants come for daily trade and other work.The team said they found out that there are nearly 1,500 people in the places they visited who have not filed their claims owing to a lack of understanding of the process, failure to provide legacy linkage, technical error and other reasons. The team said besides informing about the deadline, they are also trying to bridge the gap in filing of claims by providing the best possible help."The state government should have initiated such measures so that the poor and the illiterate don't fail to file their claims. We are conducting this campaign as our responsibility to the civil society. The NRC is a state exercise and it is quite important to determine citizenship as genuine citizens shouldn't get left out. We have embarked on this tour to alert the people to come out and file their claims as soon as possible. We are aiming to cover thousands in the next few days," said team member Ashraful Hussain."Some of the areas where we visited serve as a transit point for people travelling to and from sars. It is the perfect place to alert people about the approaching deadline and to address some of their queries," he said.Sambidhan Sevak comprises writers, independent researchers, local journalists, civil society members and other people from different communities in Barpeta district. Dailyhunthttps://www.sbnation.com/users/dekkojekkos
Rajasthan textbooks to be reviewed, role of Gandhi, Nehru to be restored: Cong
"The government will review textbooks and other reference material that was revised by the BJP government," PTI quoted Dostara saying. The minister has also directed education department officials to prepare a 'status report' that will have the details of the revisions made in the textbooks in the previous regime. Additionally, Dostara has also called for a review of the BJP government's decisions to provide "saffron coloured cycles" as part of development schemes. He said alleged favouritism in appointing RSS-backed officers on various boards and councils would also be reviewed. In May 2016, Nehru's name was dropped from Class VIII textbooks in the state, both as our first prime minister and as a prominent leader of our freedom struggle. Then, Gehlot and Sachin Pilot were quick to lash out at Vasundhara Raje's government. The textbook revisions were carried under BJP government as part of "curriculum re-structuring" by the State Institute of Education Research and Training (SIERT), Udaipur. Before these changes were made, the chapter on 'National Movement' had Nehru prominently in a box titled 'Major Leaders of National Movement'. However, in the revised chapter there is no mention of Nehru, Sarojini Naidu, Madan Mohan Malviya or other freedom fighters. Reacting to the omission of Nehru from the textbook, Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot had earlier told The Indian Express: "This is taking saffronisation to the next level. The BJP's ideological bankruptcy has stooped to such levels that it is erasing the country's first Prime Minister from school history books. But they should know that this does not mean they can erase Nehru's memory and his contribution from the nation's collective conscience. We will oppose this attempt to alter the nation's history." Dailyhunthttps://www.openstreetmap.org/user/peeggerrizza
Interpol picks Kim Jong Yang as head over Russian rival
Beijing later said Meng resigned after being charged with accepting bribes. The Kremlin expressed dismay that Prokopchuk, who had been seen as the frontrunner, was beaten. On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threw his weight behind Kim, who will serve out Meng's term until 2020. 'We encourage all nations and organisations that are part of Interpol and that respect the rule of law to choose a leader with integrity. We believe Mr. Kim will be just that,' Pompeo told reporters. Critics have raised concerns over Russia's previous applications for Interpol 'Red Notices', or international arrest warrants, to target those who have fallen foul of the Kremlin. ... Dailyhunthttps://diigo.com/0dlsz9
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The need for shadow cabinets
The shadow ministers neither have powers nor any extra payment, but they serve an important purpose. They get trained in governance while in the Opposition. Each minister will have an in-depth knowledge of the portfolio she may be handling when her party gets power. The debates in the Parliament or Legislative Assemblies will become more informed instead of the cacophony Indian elected Houses are notorious for. This would make the life of the ruling party difficult in an informed and civilised way. The crux of democracy is that no government, whatever be the size of majority in the Parliament, can get away with autocratic and arbitrary decisions at the whims of its leader. Every act will have to be debated in the Parliament or Legislative Assembly. It is the debate that informs the public about the various aspects of any law that is being enacted. In India, a cabinet minister is at an advantage when it comes to a parliamentary debate. He has a vast number of bureaucrats assisting him to prepare his side. Without a shadow minister handling a shadow portfolio with his own teams of experts, the Opposition is at a disadvantage. Its members would not know who would be tackling the cabinet minister concerned in the debate. The result is blind stalling of parliamentary process and vapid sloganeering, often culminating in a walk-out. Sometimes, the people are entertained with some hurling of projectiles like files, slippers and even chairs at each other peppered with swearing that would make a drunkard blush. This helps a government to get away with anything through the ordinance route or by virtue of brute majority it may sometimes enjoy in the elected House. The Parliament sitting has drastically declined over the years. The state Assemblies are no better. One can observe a pattern in how the increasingly rare Parliament sessions are conducted. A random bill is introduced. The bureaucrat can afford to do a shoddy job as he knows nothing much is going to be debated anyway. The opposition parties have neither time nor expertise to study the bill. No one is given responsibility and every opposition MP, in order to please his leader, would resort to screaming and thumping the desk without having a clue on what the bill is all about. This is matched by the ruling benches. The Speaker suspends the House for the day. One more session is wasted. Irrespective of the party in power, this has been the pattern for the last few decades. The agenda of the Opposition have been to blindly oppose anything and somehow stall the government from functioning. India is a complex country to rule. One cannot take any action without hurting one group or another. There will never be a dearth of issues that could hijack a Parliament session. The precious Parliament time is wasted on issues that should be ideally solved at Panchayat level. Since nothing important happens in Parliament or Assemblies except mutual accusations and theatrics, the ministers and the Prime Minister can afford to skip the sessions and concentrate on their next election. This creates a cascading effect. The senior opposition leaders also would find it a waste of time to attend the Parliament and would concentrate more on countering the ruling party leaders by being in a constant campaigning mood. The floor of the Parliament is left to the minions whose only job is to create enough cacophony so that no one understands anything. One of the major problems of Indian media is the lack of research and pressing deadlines. The media relies mainly on government handouts and thus becomes its mouthpiece. All media houses call a set of spokespersons for the television debate. These spokespersons imitate their colleagues in the elected houses—shout, scream, confuse and confound until the anchor concludes the debate in a way that would suit the agenda of whichever political party his media house supports. Irrespective of whether the debate is about nuclear technology or cotton farming, the same set of spokespersons would come to defend their party. Only expertise needed is a throat capable of making high decibel screams and a thick skin. If there is a shadow minister and an expert in each party, the media would know who to invite to present an opposing view. A shadow cabinet would help each party to develop capable leaders who could conduct an informed debate. They would be able to corner the government with their expertise and not allow the ruling party to get away with empty slogans. It would take away the load off the Opposition Leader and the people would know who they would be getting as their ministers and how they are compared with the incumbent. This would keep the ministers and bureaucrats in their toes. Whenever the power changes hands, these shadow ministers already would have gained enough capability to run the ministry with an independent mind. Another advantage of a shadow cabinet is that it would change the comparison of the PM with the Leader of the Opposition. It would change to comparison of the government's cabinet versus the shadow. In the Westminster style of democracy that we follow, forming a shadow cabinet would only strengthen the democracy. This would put an end to the incongruous presidential style poll campaign that relies on the personality cult or the family lineage. Anand Neelakantan mail@asura.co.in Author, columnist, speaker Dailyhunthttp://echometer.com/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/462734/Default.aspx
Congress a 'Lollipop Company', has no concern for farmers: PM Modi
"These people are trying to lure you by short-term benefit announcements and promises but all this will not help" he said in an apparent dig at the Congress which has rolled out loan waivers for farmers in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan after its victory in the assembly elections that dislodged the ruling BJP. "Taatkalik fayde ke liye ki gayi ghosnanyein kabhi sarthak nahin ho sakte (Announcements made for instant benefits won't be successful in the long run)," he said as the people applauded. "All these announcements are being done to fool the people," the Prime Minister said.Referring to the long queues of farmers for urea in Madhya Pradesh, where the Congress recently came to power after 15 years, Modi said this was an example of what hasty promises with an eye on votes can lead to. He alleged that the black-marketeers have come into play in Madhya Pradesh, and the people were paying the price of voting for those who make false and hollow promises. Modi also tore into the Congress-supported JD-S government in Karnataka. He said while Congress had promised a farm loan waiver in the state and had made a "government through back door", the state's farmers had been cheated. "They gave the lollipop of a farm loan waiver, votes were stolen but so far only... the loans of 800 farmers have been waived off," Modi said while exhorting people to understand "such games"."What are these promises, and what are these games..." the Prime Minister chuckled as the crowd cheered. Dailyhunthttps://foretagslanns.blogspot.com/2018/11/what-natural-health-products-should-be.html
Revival plan for AI
utlining the revival plan, Sinha said a comprehensive financial package, including transferring non-core debt and assets to a special purpose vehicle would be introduced as part of the plan. The airline would also try and achieve "higher levels of operational efficiency by strengthening management and implementing best practice business processes, organisational and governance reforms and differentiated business strategies for each of Air India's core businesses".He indicated that divestment in Air India's arms would also form a part of the package. In a separate written reply, Sinha said the government remains committed to the divestment of Air India."The contours of the mode of disposal of the subsidiaries - Air India Engineering Services Ltd (AIESL), Air India Air Transport Services Ltd (AIATSL) and Airline Allied Services Ltd (AASL) - will be decided separately," he said.Last week, the government had sought the approval of Parliament for equity infusion worth Rs 2,345 crore into debt- laden Air India. Dailyhunthttps://wanelo.co/sreengreens
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