Excellent Language - Ram Gopal Varma writes an open letter to Pawan Kalyan

Hey Pawan,

Before talking about ISM, I must confess that I have long been obsessed with the idea of you starting a political party. I have always admired your honesty and integrity, and yes, I was also mesmerised with your speech at the launch of Jana Sena party.

When I heard that a book called ISM was going to be launched, I was truly ecstatic. Being a voracious reader since childhood, I finished reading Immanuel Kant, Arthur Schopenhauer, Descartes, Wilhelm Hegel, Friedrich Nietzsche, Baruch Spinoza and Ayn Rand back in my engineering college days and moved on to various modern day philosophers, who thought forward in terms of applied philosophy, to aid the world in restructuring rapidly changing societies.

A far superior advancement in those thought processes of all those earlier philosophers is what I actually expected from your ISM. And why I expected that was because of my adulation of your near perfect instinctive intellect,which I have been observing in you ever since I have known you. But when I finally got to read ISM, I was appalled at the elementary school understandings of the great social philosophies articulated by Raju Ravi Tej.

Please note that I am primarily addressing Raju Ravi Tej because he has the primary credit as the author of ISM.I have chosen to express my views on ISM on a public platform only because I have always communicated my views about you through such platforms.

From your gestures, your lines, your expressions and even your pauses at the Jana Sena launch, I can tell you that you have more instinctive wisdom than what is there in the whole of that entire-most-non-explanatory book I have ever read in my life called ISM. I am sorry Pawan, but you truly don’t need the over used crutches of here dead and there gone philosophies and that too so falsely represented by Mr Raju Ravi Tej.

I truly believe that maybe because of your busy schedule, you neither read Arthur Schopenhauer’s ‘The World As Will And Idea’ nor Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Critique Of Reason’ and just depended upon Raju Ravi Tej’s extremely superficial misreading of it. The basic fact of the matter is that your instinctive originality has been corrupted by his school boy interpretations of Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics, Kant’s Epistemology, Marx’s Dialectic Materialism. To make matters worse, your original thought process has been diverted into a very wrong direction by his complete non understanding of existential nihilism.

Please understand that the best of yesteryear philosophies have already been absorbed into the evolution of modern societies and what is needed now is 100% pure Pawanism and not an adulterated version of it and that too so haphazardly done by mis-representing and mis-interpreting pseudo philosophical understandings of second handers. Philosophy, in its simplest form, is a pursuit of truth, but truth by itself cannot be absolute in an ever changing society. Ayn Rand said, “The pursuit of truth in general is not important but the pursuit of a particular truth is important which helps you in reaching your intended goal.”

Ninety percent of ISM doesn’t have a single goal oriented direction pointer in comparison to your arrow like vision, which was so clear in the inaugural speech. But the same was absent in the second speech. I suspect it was because your first speech was more you and the Vizag speech was more him (Raju Ravi Tej). Also, the very thought of moulding a relevant ISM for today’s requirements to be based on outdated philosophies of bygone eras is like wantonly carrying an unnecessary and fatal burden.Bruce Lee,who, incidentally, apart from being a fighter was also a philosopher, once said, “Knowledge should be used like the steps of a ladder to climb up. You should leave the step behind once you climb up. But if u keep collecting all the steps you have climbed upon, their combined weight will one day not let you climb further. You should never carry what should carry you.”

Pawan, I mentioned Bruce Lee because I feel you share his focused intensity and dynamic integrity. Bruce Lee’s style is unique because he refused to be influenced by others. I really wish that you understand that only what you feel yourself, and how you express it yourself will be your own unique philosophy. As a well wisher, I implore upon you to get away from diversive, destructive and corruptive influences. Lastly, I want to tell you that yes, I am thoroughly disappointed with ISM but I still have tremendous faith in Pawanism.

source: TOI

RGV's objective might be just this (a free promotion through his followers, like me), but he richly deserves this following!!

Arvind Kejriwal's debut victory over INC reminds NTR's 1983 triumph

Source: NDTV | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: December 08, 2013 16:10 IST

Assembly election 2013: Arvind Kejriwal sweeps Sheila Dikshit right out of her constituency 

New Delhi: In  a mega political bender, rookie politician  Arvind Kejriwal has defeated three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit in her constituency of New Delhi. (Mango man Arvind Kejriwal tastes sweet success)

The 44-year-old emerged after hours of meditation at his party office, wearing his trademark white Gandhi cap. "This is a victory of the people...it shows India has won, democracy has won," he said to a huge crowd of supporters, all brandishing brooms, the symbol of his one-year-old Aam Aadmi party.

Voters mercilessly spurned Ms Dikshit and her party, permitting the incumbent Congress less than 10 of Delhi's 70 seats. The BJP has emerged as the single-largest party in the capital with 34 seats, one short of the half-way mark. If the results deliver a hung assembly for Delhi, Mr Kejriwal is emphatic that he will not align with either the Congress or the BJP. (All you wanted to know about Sheila Dikshit but didn't know who to ask) 

The symmetrical stellar performances of Mr Kejriwal and his AAP imputed a double take the Congress and the BJP, who repeatedly dismissed the new organization as an upstart throughout  the campaign for Delhi.

Ignoring those dismissals, an army of meticulously-organized volunteers spread Mr Kejriwal's message: that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stands for anti-corruption, service and accountability in a country robbed of effective and clean governance.

The record 65.86% turnout  in Delhi is being attributed partly to an enthusiastic welcome for the AAP, formed after Mr Kejriwal split from his one-time partner Anna Hazare. In 2011, they invigorated middle class India with a movement demanding the Lopkal bill, the genesis for a new national ombudsman or Lokpal empowered to investigate charges of venality against elected representatives and bureaucrats.

But after a strong launch, the movement dissipated; Mr Kejriwal said he had no choice but to enter politics, a move Anna said he could not get behind.

Atharintiki Daaredi Movie Review by Chaitanya Kumar Vummethala

Atharintiki Daaredi, I have watched this  movie on first day first show (I mean special show at 8:15 AM on Friday, 27th September 2013 - at Aravind Theatre, Chennai). 

Due to some serious decisions and professional commitment, I had to stop blogging for sometime! But I could not resist myself in writing about Power Star Pawan Kalyan's movie, Atharintiki Daaredi. That's how this is becoming my first movie review post on my blog, in this calendar year!!

Just to mention in a single line - Atharintiki Daaredi is an expected range wholesome entertainer from Jalsa team, that entertains every movie lover, with all the required ingredients rightly placed in it. Specially I need to mention about Nadhia, Samantha, Prasad Murella, Rao Ramesh, DSP, Trivikram and Boman Irani etc., for their best contribution to this fabulous success. 

As it was a FDFS, I could not able to grasp everything to judge the movie range and expand on this, just in my first observation (I was among the power fans who were at full swing). So will elaborate more on my review after my second watch....until then please enjoy the below pictures:

Is Amulyam truly Amulyam (Precious)?

As per me yes, it is Amulyam! The term Amulyam stands for precious and the name is apt for www.amulyam.in The kind of services they are providing, are really admirable because anyone of us may want to use a mobile phone (for an instance) for an urgent discussion or to text someone - but when it is not urgent but important to pass a message, you would need to use a service like SMS from Web (which is part of Amulyam Services).

Then on a separate topic, few may want to recharge their mobile phone for free (by earning money for it) and Amulyam made it possible, by way of educating its users on several topics. Such as, registered users of Amulyam would get incentives for answering useful puzzles and learning new things - ultimately to earn money that can be used for recharging their mobiles.

Amulyam has become a powerful platform, that has brought many service providers together (such as online travel booking portals, online shopping sites) to make their users' job not only easy but happy (as they get these things with an incentive).  Finally, what I like much about Amulyam is - get benefited through their website by both learning new things while earning money....

If you would like to join this platform to gain some knowledge while benefiting the free recharge through a meaningful internet browsing, then click on this link and follow a few onscreen steps - 

http://www.amulyam.in/signup.do?id=619f689e-9e02-4ad5-aba2-cd41982ef958 

Please watch this video and learn - "what not to do"

Official FAQs for Applying Passport at PSK

Q:	The applicant is staying at Bangalore from last two years and permanent address is in Kerala. Can he/she endorse his/her permanent address instead of present address in the passport?
A:	Only the present address will be endorsed on the passport not the permanent address.
Q:	I have stayed at three different addresses during last one year. Will the police verification be done at all the places?
A:	Yes, the police verification will be done at all the three addresses where the applicant has resided in the last one year. The previous addresses will be the places where the applicant has resided for the longest period during last one year.
Q:	While applying for fresh passport, the applicant mentions his paying guest address as present address in the application form. If the applicant shifts to another address before police verification, what should he/she do?
A:	He/She should intimate the Department In charge of Police Station.
Q:	I am a self employed person and have recently shifted to Bangalore from Delhi. I want to apply for passport on Tatkaal basis, but I don't have any address proof. What should I do?
A:	It is mandatory to submit proof of address to apply for passport. For Proof of Address attach one of the following documents: Water/Telephone (landline or post paid mobile bill)/Electricity bill/Statement of running bank account (Scheduled Commercial bank excluding Regional Rural banks and local area banks)/Income Tax Assessment Order/Election Commission Photo ID card/Gas connection bill/Certificate from Employer of reputed and widely known companies on letter head. Spouse's passport copy (First and last page including family details), (provided the applicant's present address matches the address mentioned in the spouse's passport) Parent's passport copy, in case of minors (First and last page) Applicant's current and valid ration card Aadhaar Card Note: If any applicant submits only ration card as proof of address, it should be accompanied by one more proof of address out of the given categories.
Q:	A mentally retarded person wants to go to abroad for treatment. He does not have any address proof. Will he be able to get passport? If yes, then what is the procedure?
A:	The applicant has to apply for passport and submit parent's/legal guardian's address proof along with his/her date of birth proof. Passport would be granted to the applicant subject to Assistant Passport Officer's (APOs) approval.
Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) Working Hours
Q:	What are the timings of Passport Seva Kendra (PSK)? Also, what are the lunch timings?
A:	The timings of Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) are as follows: Working Days Monday-Friday Working Hours 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Token Issuance 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM Lunch Hours 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Short Validity Passports
Q:	In what cases Short validity passport (SVP) is issued? What documents are required to be submitted?
A:	Short Validity passport (SVP) is issued in following cases: In case of urgency, students can be issued a SVP on production of admission letters if they are to appear in examinations, such as TOEFL, SAT etc. Such applications can also be processed under the Tatkaal Scheme, if they are accompanied by verification certificate as prescribed, and proof of urgency is furnished to the Passport Office(PO). There are instances of non-delivery of passports to the applicants due to loss in transit in the post offices. In case of urgency, a SVP may be issued to the applicant, the validity to be extended to full term on completion of the formalities. Indians residing abroad and visiting India for a short period: SVP can be issued immediately, valid for one year, on production of return ticket to the country from which the applicant came and/or a document of identity such as driving license, Green Card, employment permit, social security card, health card, labour card etc. indicating the applicant's identity and nationality. If the application is for issue of duplicate passport in lieu of damaged passport, the damaged passport itself may be accepted as proof of identity provided the personal particulars are clear and legible. If a criminal case is pending against the applicant in any Court, he/she can be issued a passport subject to the condition that a written permission granted by the court allowing the applicant to travel abroad is enclosed. Normally a SVP valid for one year is issued, subject to conditions if any, mentioned in the Court order as per GSR 570 (E) dated 25 August, 1993.
Q:	What will be the validity of passport if I apply for renewal of Short Validity Passport (SVP)?
A:	The validity of passport would be decided by Assistant Passport Officer (APO), if you apply for renewal of Short Validity Passport (SVP).
Passport with incorrect details printed
Q:	Incorrect details have been printed on my passport. What should I do?
A:	If you find any mistake/error in the particulars printed in the passport booklet and the application form you submitted, please return the passport for necessary rectification. Any additional fees required to be paid would depend solely on Assistant Passport Officer (APO)/PIA's decision. If there is a misrepresentation of facts, then penalty could also be imposed. However, applicants are requested to apply online which will ensure that the passports are delivered without any typographical errors since applicants have themselves fed the data.
Others
Q:	What should be the value of the Stamp paper on which the various affidavits are to be executed?
A:	An affidavit needs to be prepared on non-judicial stamp paper of minimum value.
Q:	My mother is old and infirm. She cannot come to the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK). Can I apply for her through an agent? OR I am a very busy executive. Can my office boy submit the application on my behalf?
A:	Under the new system it is mandatory for all applicants to be physically present while submitting the passport application form whether it is at the Passport Seva Kendra or at the District Passport Cell (DPC).
Q:	What is an E-Passport?
A:	In 2009 India was issuing e-passports to those eligible for diplomatic passports. These carry a microchip with a photograph of the bearer and relevant personal information. The e-passport program will eventually extend to ordinary passports.
Q:	What are Special Passports?
A:	India also issues special passports to citizens of India who intend to travel to Bangladesh or Sri Lanka. These passports are only good for travel to the specified destination country. The government ceased issuing Indo-Bangladesh passports in 2006, although those already issued are usable until their expiration dates. These passports allow travel to Bangladesh without requiring a visa, which ordinary passport-holders need to obtain.