Hello FM

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Posted on 30th October 2007 by Dilip Muralidaran in daily life |happenings

Guess what? I posted something on chennai met blogs. Its about a small “top 10″ series on missing folks in chennai. Check it out here.

So this Radio Jockey seems to browse around the blog and asked if she could use my article to discuss in the radio. It was at 10 PM today on Hello FM.

I forgot my Zune today and did not have a space headphone to listen to the radio either so could not use the one on my mobile too.

Anyways my cousin prakash listened to the programme and said the RJ lifted the topic well. Wow, now thats what i call bliss.

Hello FM

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Posted on 29th October 2007 by Dilip Muralidaran in daily life |happenings

Guess what? I posted something on chennai met blogs. Its about a small “top 10″ series on missing folks in chennai. Check it out here.

So this Radio Jockey seems to browse around the blog and asked if she could use my article to discuss in the radio. It was at 10 PM today on Hello FM.

I forgot my Zune today and did not have a space headphone to listen to the radio either so could not use the one on my mobile too.

Anyways my cousin prakash listened to the programme and said the RJ lifted the topic well. Wow, now thats what i call bliss.

Update

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Posted on 22nd October 2007 by Dilip Muralidaran in crib |daily life |happenings |personal

Okay, so its been quite a while since i update this space. I tell you folks, your personal blog is a fantastic place, why this sudden enlightenment? Because i’ve been blogging lately at “Chennai Metroblogging” and i tell you the experience has been a real roller coaster ride.

Firstly im not even sure if i fit in that place however i found out that the forum has an advantage of having yourself heard so the offer is not bad after all. I blogged some stuff over there and i was told it was to be a “Chennai related stuff only” info to be posted.

I really did not get it, if a guy buys something and happens to one of the first in chennai and then writes a review about it isnt that unique for chennai? Looks like it is not so according to almost everyone in there which leads me to conclude not everybody could be wrong and accusing me so maybe im wrong!

Nevertheless i’ve found out this whole new concept of a group of people and they call them “Trolls”. Wow, sounds sexy doesn’t it? The things they do however are so fucking gay! All they wanna do is piss on you and tell you whatever you wrote is deep shit and they get personal with you too. I’ve been having quite a lot of fun with these assholes, seriously. I’m giving it right back and its getting interesting, although im advised not to respond or react to any of these so called “trolls”. The thing is makes me so spineless if someone bullshits with me and i have to keep quite, im just not taking that advice from the metro blogging peers. I give it write back, i know its bringing more shit in but hey there is no turning back when you are neck deep into it and the last thing on earth a scoripio like me would do is turn back.

Other updates in life other than metro blogging, i got a new camera body. Yippeee, no more changing lenses and dust on sensor issues. Secondly some friends, so called friends have been acting real busy man. Unfortunately i found out co-incidentally (its a small world you see!) that they have not been that real busy as they claim to be and have been having lotsa fun, just that this time around they think they found better friends to hook up with.

So i gave them all the middle finger and i decided im not calling any of these dogs/bitches again.

Long time after i went to mala’s place today with a WINE bottle! You gotta see that look on our Iyer/Iyengar brahmna aaththu persigal faces when you get a sarakku bottle home and gift it. Its priceless man! Damn i did not take pictures of these sweet oldies when i got wine home. So much for the fact that it was “DE-Alchoholized Wine” from australia! I guess me and mala would have been slayed to death like one of those english movies with a chainsaw if that was real wine!

Phew! What a conception these tamil movies have brought into the heads of our parents about liquor. I wish i could only get drunk on one teaspoon of wine, that would be great, unfortunately oldies.. alcohol does not work like that and you guys are never gonna understand it.

Planning a photoshoot with a friend by the 4th Nov weekend, i hope this time it does not get postponed like it happened last two times. Lets see how things go.

Thats all the update as of now, lets see how things work out.

C’ya, take care…

Update

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Posted on 21st October 2007 by Dilip Muralidaran in crib |daily life |happenings |personal

Okay, so its been quite a while since i update this space. I tell you folks, your personal blog is a fantastic place, why this sudden enlightenment? Because i’ve been blogging lately at “Chennai Metroblogging” and i tell you the experience has been a real roller coaster ride.

Firstly im not even sure if i fit in that place however i found out that the forum has an advantage of having yourself heard so the offer is not bad after all. I blogged some stuff over there and i was told it was to be a “Chennai related stuff only” info to be posted.

I really did not get it, if a guy buys something and happens to one of the first in chennai and then writes a review about it isnt that unique for chennai? Looks like it is not so according to almost everyone in there which leads me to conclude not everybody could be wrong and accusing me so maybe im wrong!

Nevertheless i’ve found out this whole new concept of a group of people and they call them “Trolls”. Wow, sounds sexy doesn’t it? The things they do however are so fucking gay! All they wanna do is piss on you and tell you whatever you wrote is deep shit and they get personal with you too. I’ve been having quite a lot of fun with these assholes, seriously. I’m giving it right back and its getting interesting, although im advised not to respond or react to any of these so called “trolls”. The thing is makes me so spineless if someone bullshits with me and i have to keep quite, im just not taking that advice from the metro blogging peers. I give it write back, i know its bringing more shit in but hey there is no turning back when you are neck deep into it and the last thing on earth a scoripio like me would do is turn back.

Other updates in life other than metro blogging, i got a new camera body. Yippeee, no more changing lenses and dust on sensor issues. Secondly some friends, so called friends have been acting real busy man. Unfortunately i found out co-incidentally (its a small world you see!) that they have not been that real busy as they claim to be and have been having lotsa fun, just that this time around they think they found better friends to hook up with.

So i gave them all the middle finger and i decided im not calling any of these dogs/bitches again.

Long time after i went to mala’s place today with a WINE bottle! You gotta see that look on our Iyer/Iyengar brahmna aaththu persigal faces when you get a sarakku bottle home and gift it. Its priceless man! Damn i did not take pictures of these sweet oldies when i got wine home. So much for the fact that it was “DE-Alchoholized Wine” from australia! I guess me and mala would have been slayed to death like one of those english movies with a chainsaw if that was real wine!

Phew! What a conception these tamil movies have brought into the heads of our parents about liquor. I wish i could only get drunk on one teaspoon of wine, that would be great, unfortunately oldies.. alcohol does not work like that and you guys are never gonna understand it.

Planning a photoshoot with a friend by the 4th Nov weekend, i hope this time it does not get postponed like it happened last two times. Lets see how things go.

Thats all the update as of now, lets see how things work out.

C’ya, take care…

Questions for the Noahs Approach

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Posted on 9th October 2007 by Dilip Muralidaran in Uncategorized

Religion has fucking awesome reasons, come to think of it the Story of Adam and Eve in the terms of a civilized society is practically “Two Nudists taking advice from a Snake” according to some guy who is a sensible atheist like me.

Noah heard from god that he was gonna destroy the bloody world and built a big ass mother fucker ship and loaded all animal kinds on it and floated his way to survival so that he can fart his smart ass around praising the mercy of god who decided to kill all of his own kind in the the first place.

I mean was Noah gay? What the fuck with Noah hump if all of human was dead and he alone was the sole survivor? Perhaps he loved animal sex? Never mind! Figure this out, god is supposed to be the fucking mercy whore. If he so damn kind why the fucking nuts does that bitch have to kill us all in the first place with a flood?

Okay, well may sound like im bashing Christianity here, hell i’m and Hinduism is no better hoe to get laid to either. Kalki Avatharam states its the end of the freaking world and we are gonna be massacred by the eternal entity, god! Oh don’t even get me started on Islam cuz those terror mongering bastards first want to wage Jihad on all non muslims and kill them all first before they get themselves killed in the process. I mean why the fuck are these religious people so fanatically crazy of dying and killing? These people need to get a fucking life cuz they are so fucking dead! Dead as a freaking door nail!

Okay back to noah the great now. How can you possibly shit me into believing that this embarrassing story of getting all species of living on earth on to a boat, no matter how damn big it is. I mean did the dude get one male and one female of all species and family together on one boat?

If so there are some interesting questions here…

1. For example some animals eat other animals, say like the lion. How did noah protect every one from becoming dinner, lunch or breakfast?
2. Each animal eats its own thing, goat eats grass, tigers eat goats. Where did all the food come from? How as it stored without getting decayed and contaminated?
3. There musta been loads of poop and pee these animals did. How cleaned up the muck? Oh well they musta thrown it on the sea, probably thats why its salty today! damn!!!
4. How did Noah put back all the animals in place, like the marsupials in australia and whatever wherever came from back to their right place. Are we sure he did not put any snow tigers in african desert cuz i see some people calling themselves politicians and are all around the place and act nothing different than hyena’s. Damn it must be noah’s fuck up!
5. Who made the freaking call? I mean how did the animals get there? How did noah catch these animals and bring them to the arc without hurting them or causing any inconvenience to them? Are we sure he did not violate any SPCA regulations while handling these animals? Oh well i think thats a dumb question considering there was no SPCA back then. I guess that leaves noah the trouble of handling animals carefully and do whatever he wants.

On the whole this story is one big muck up in the millions of disastrous and pathetic lies religious books have bullshitted around for years.

Questions for the Noahs Approach

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Posted on 8th October 2007 by Dilip Muralidaran in Uncategorized

Religion has fucking awesome reasons, come to think of it the Story of Adam and Eve in the terms of a civilized society is practically “Two Nudists taking advice from a Snake” according to some guy who is a sensible atheist like me.

Noah heard from god that he was gonna destroy the bloody world and built a big ass mother fucker ship and loaded all animal kinds on it and floated his way to survival so that he can fart his smart ass around praising the mercy of god who decided to kill all of his own kind in the the first place.

I mean was Noah gay? What the fuck with Noah hump if all of human was dead and he alone was the sole survivor? Perhaps he loved animal sex? Never mind! Figure this out, god is supposed to be the fucking mercy whore. If he so damn kind why the fucking nuts does that bitch have to kill us all in the first place with a flood?

Okay, well may sound like im bashing Christianity here, hell i’m and Hinduism is no better hoe to get laid to either. Kalki Avatharam states its the end of the freaking world and we are gonna be massacred by the eternal entity, god! Oh don’t even get me started on Islam cuz those terror mongering bastards first want to wage Jihad on all non muslims and kill them all first before they get themselves killed in the process. I mean why the fuck are these religious people so fanatically crazy of dying and killing? These people need to get a fucking life cuz they are so fucking dead! Dead as a freaking door nail!

Okay back to noah the great now. How can you possibly shit me into believing that this embarrassing story of getting all species of living on earth on to a boat, no matter how damn big it is. I mean did the dude get one male and one female of all species and family together on one boat?

If so there are some interesting questions here…

1. For example some animals eat other animals, say like the lion. How did noah protect every one from becoming dinner, lunch or breakfast?
2. Each animal eats its own thing, goat eats grass, tigers eat goats. Where did all the food come from? How as it stored without getting decayed and contaminated?
3. There musta been loads of poop and pee these animals did. How cleaned up the muck? Oh well they musta thrown it on the sea, probably thats why its salty today! damn!!!
4. How did Noah put back all the animals in place, like the marsupials in australia and whatever wherever came from back to their right place. Are we sure he did not put any snow tigers in african desert cuz i see some people calling themselves politicians and are all around the place and act nothing different than hyena’s. Damn it must be noah’s fuck up!
5. Who made the freaking call? I mean how did the animals get there? How did noah catch these animals and bring them to the arc without hurting them or causing any inconvenience to them? Are we sure he did not violate any SPCA regulations while handling these animals? Oh well i think thats a dumb question considering there was no SPCA back then. I guess that leaves noah the trouble of handling animals carefully and do whatever he wants.

On the whole this story is one big muck up in the millions of disastrous and pathetic lies religious books have bullshitted around for years.

Right to Information Act (India)

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Posted on 3rd October 2007 by Dilip Muralidaran in Uncategorized

Right to Information Act (India)

Summary

Many of us have wondered many a times as to how different things would have been if only people answered. Whenever you have had the lousy answer at a broke ass government office, where an officer had given you the most ridiculous excuses or rubbish for a process that you were trying to get through, a document that you were trying to obtain.

Well its all about responsibility isn’t it? That’s precisely where the ‘Right to Information’ act comes into play in the much needed hour. It’s the hell horn that is here to sound into the dead ears of the irresponsible officers and authority that have rotten this nation like cancer from inside for all these years.

In the next few pages we will try and break down methodically who can utilize this and how and what kind of difference it makes in our daily lives.

What is the RTI Act?

Basically it’s a set of rules and regulations anyone in public authority must conform to when any sort of information is requested upon by a citizen of the country. It’s applicable to any officer of any State or Central Government who faces the public, the citizen of the Indian country.

In plain words it means a question should be answered and the answer should be tangible and legible and no bullshit is accepted. It was formulated in 15th June 2005 and it comes into existence from the 120th day of its conception which means that it is in place from 12th October 2005.

Who does it cover?

Everyone who is an Indian citizen with the exception of the State of Jammu and Kashmir

What Kind of Information are we talking about here?

Information means any material in any form including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force.

What does Right to Information mean?

It includes the right to -

  1. Inspect works, documents, and records.
  2. Take notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records.
  3. Take certified samples of material.
  4. Obtain information in form of printouts, diskettes, floppies, tapes, video cassettes or in any other electronic mode or through printouts

Who should provide information?

Government servants or in other words public information officers should provide information to the public when in need. Public Information Officer’s are officers designated by the public authorities in all administrative units or offices under it to provide information to the citizens requesting for information under the Act. Any officer, whose assistance has been sought by the PIO for the proper discharge of his or her duties, shall render all assistance and for the purpose of contraventions of the provisions of this Act, such other officer shall be treated as a PIO.

How do we request for information?

  1. Apply in writing or through electronic means in English or Hindi or in the official language of the area, to the PIO, specifying the particulars of the information sought for.
  2. Reason for seeking information is not required to be given.
  3. Pay fees as may be prescribed (if not belonging to the below poverty line category).

It does not end with this…

The time limit to provide such requested information is as given below.

  1. 30 days from the date of application
  2. 48 hours for information concerning the life and liberty of a person
  3. 5 days shall be added to the above response time, in case the application for information is given to Assistant Public Information Officer.
  4. If the interests of a third party are involved then time limit will be 40 days (maximum period + time given to the party to make representation).
  5. Failure to provide information within the specified period is a deemed refusal.

How much does it cost me?

  1. Application fees to be prescribed which must be reasonable.
  2. If further fees are required, then the same must be intimated in writing with calculation details of how the figure was arrived at.
  3. Applicant can seek review of the decision on fees charged by the PIO by applying to the appropriate Appellate Authority.
  4. No fees will be charged from people living below the poverty line
  5. Applicant must be provided information free of cost if the PIO fails to comply with the prescribed time limit.

Can the Information I request be denied?

Yes, on grounds of exemption from disclosure i.e., if the party owning the information has special provisions in the law to keep the information confidential then it may be refused. Also if it infringes copyright of any person other than the State

Conclusion

The Right to Information Act was brought out with the intention of bringing in more transparency into the Indian judicial and administrative system. It is quite comprehensive and straight forward and pretty much self explanatory to the point of being very direct on what it tries to achieve.

Right to Information Act (India)

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Posted on 2nd October 2007 by Dilip Muralidaran in Uncategorized

Right to Information Act (India)

Summary

Many of us have wondered many a times as to how different things would have been if only people answered. Whenever you have had the lousy answer at a broke ass government office, where an officer had given you the most ridiculous excuses or rubbish for a process that you were trying to get through, a document that you were trying to obtain.

Well its all about responsibility isn’t it? That’s precisely where the ‘Right to Information’ act comes into play in the much needed hour. It’s the hell horn that is here to sound into the dead ears of the irresponsible officers and authority that have rotten this nation like cancer from inside for all these years.

In the next few pages we will try and break down methodically who can utilize this and how and what kind of difference it makes in our daily lives.

What is the RTI Act?

Basically it’s a set of rules and regulations anyone in public authority must conform to when any sort of information is requested upon by a citizen of the country. It’s applicable to any officer of any State or Central Government who faces the public, the citizen of the Indian country.

In plain words it means a question should be answered and the answer should be tangible and legible and no bullshit is accepted. It was formulated in 15th June 2005 and it comes into existence from the 120th day of its conception which means that it is in place from 12th October 2005.

Who does it cover?

Everyone who is an Indian citizen with the exception of the State of Jammu and Kashmir

What Kind of Information are we talking about here?

Information means any material in any form including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force.

What does Right to Information mean?

It includes the right to -

  1. Inspect works, documents, and records.
  2. Take notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records.
  3. Take certified samples of material.
  4. Obtain information in form of printouts, diskettes, floppies, tapes, video cassettes or in any other electronic mode or through printouts

Who should provide information?

Government servants or in other words public information officers should provide information to the public when in need. Public Information Officer’s are officers designated by the public authorities in all administrative units or offices under it to provide information to the citizens requesting for information under the Act. Any officer, whose assistance has been sought by the PIO for the proper discharge of his or her duties, shall render all assistance and for the purpose of contraventions of the provisions of this Act, such other officer shall be treated as a PIO.

How do we request for information?

  1. Apply in writing or through electronic means in English or Hindi or in the official language of the area, to the PIO, specifying the particulars of the information sought for.
  2. Reason for seeking information is not required to be given.
  3. Pay fees as may be prescribed (if not belonging to the below poverty line category).

It does not end with this…

The time limit to provide such requested information is as given below.

  1. 30 days from the date of application
  2. 48 hours for information concerning the life and liberty of a person
  3. 5 days shall be added to the above response time, in case the application for information is given to Assistant Public Information Officer.
  4. If the interests of a third party are involved then time limit will be 40 days (maximum period + time given to the party to make representation).
  5. Failure to provide information within the specified period is a deemed refusal.

How much does it cost me?

  1. Application fees to be prescribed which must be reasonable.
  2. If further fees are required, then the same must be intimated in writing with calculation details of how the figure was arrived at.
  3. Applicant can seek review of the decision on fees charged by the PIO by applying to the appropriate Appellate Authority.
  4. No fees will be charged from people living below the poverty line
  5. Applicant must be provided information free of cost if the PIO fails to comply with the prescribed time limit.

Can the Information I request be denied?

Yes, on grounds of exemption from disclosure i.e., if the party owning the information has special provisions in the law to keep the information confidential then it may be refused. Also if it infringes copyright of any person other than the State

Conclusion

The Right to Information Act was brought out with the intention of bringing in more transparency into the Indian judicial and administrative system. It is quite comprehensive and straight forward and pretty much self explanatory to the point of being very direct on what it tries to achieve.