6 February 2012

It gave me a lot of happiness to read about the great help extended by His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, (KT, Feb 5) to the people who were affected by the fire.
It’s, indeed, a great act of kindness to the people who lost everything in the inferno.

6 February 2012

With an increasing number of non-Americans taking home Oscars, such as Spain’s Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, South African Charlise Theron, Australians Nicole Kidman and Mel Gibson, a sprinkling of British stars, an Indian (A R Rahman) and Hong Kong’s Ang Lee, Bollywood now also boasts an array of stars — some of whom know little Hindi, it’s national 
language, and making their mark in an industry littered 
with big names!
With both industries now collaborating on a grander scale, Indian cinema has virtually dropped its “ethnic” tone as a result of this global move.
Even star names have a non-Indian ring about them — such as Katrina Kaif, a Britain-born model, is now the country’s most sought-after actress.
Even film titles have 
gone totally non-Hindi 
— in line with a 20 to 
35 year-old audience whose 
appetite for “non-ethnic” 
themes have spawned box-
office blockbusters beyond 
the “crore” benchmarks, 
notably Bodyguard, RA1 
and Don2, — figures never achieved during the years 
when “socially-themed” films reigned supreme!

6 February 2012

This is in response to the article, ‘The happy vegetarian’ (KT, Jan 27, Weekend Magazine).
Vegetarians are those who never eat meat. In the same line, some people imagine that non-vegetarians eat only meat and nothing else other than meat! 
It doesn’t matter whether you are a vegetarian or non-vegetarian, but the ‘quality and quantity’ that matters! The quality — cooking method and supplementary ingredients added — and the quantities of intake are the issues to be addressed. Focus should be on using oil, ghee, cream, coconut and the likes in minimum, which affect the health.
Moderation is another key 
for healthy living. I have personally come across persons suffering from cholesterol-related disease in spite of being pure vegetarians. At the same time, I have seen persons fit and healthy though being a non-vegetarian. Comparison of the calories of a plate of oil-fried French fries and same portion of grilled lean meat will bring out the relevant point here.

6 February 2012

The ‘drone mantra’ editorial 
(KT, Feb1) is also indicative that the May 2, 2011, claim that the US Seals had taken out Osama Bin Laden from his alleged hideout in Abbottabad was clearly a drama. Had he been there, a drone precision strike was more logical instead of the mess the Seals created and quite tellingly OBL was then quickly ‘buried’ at sea. Subsequently, the very Seals Unit — who are said to have conducted the raid — were coincidentally eliminated in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
Yet another lie nailed much as the infamous claim of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq or now Iran’s supposed ‘nuclear’ weapons in the crosshairs.
The world is truly gullible!

6 February 2012

The one-world order plotters have ended their ritual meeting in Davos. Over the past 50 years there exists solid evidence 
that a ruthless, highly organised, crooked cabal has achieved substantial influence over 
governments and the mainstream media with the ultimate goal of establishing a global dictatorship.
The symptoms are only too apparent. Wars based on a pack of lies, terror attacks riddled with anomalies and blamed on an ever-elusive enemy, the paring away of national sovereignties, regular tax increases with nothing to show for it, an inexorable trend towards authoritarian global governance.
The year 2012 will be defining for the mankind.