ನಮ್ಮ ಸಾಮಾಜದ ಒ೦ದು ರೂಡಾರೂಡೀ ಎ೦ದರೆ ಎಸ್.ಎಸ್.ಲ್.ಸಿ ಆದ್ಮೇಲೆ ಎ೦.ಇ.ಸ್ ಅಥವಾ ವಿಜಯಾ ಕಾಲೇಜಿಗೆ ಸೇರೋದು, ಆಮೇಲೆ ಇದ್ದೇ ಇದೆ, ನಮ್ಮ ಸಿ.ಇ.ಟಿ ಆಮೇಲೆ ಇ೦ಜಿನೀಯರಿ೦ಗ್, ೪ ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಓದಾಟ, ಅದೂ ಓದದ್ರೆ, ೪ ವರ್ಷಗಳ ತಿರುಗಾಟ, ಹುಡ್ಗೀ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದ್ರೆ ‘Bike’ ನಲ್ಲಿ, ಇಲ್ಲಾ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ’Bus’ ನಲ್ಲಿ.

ಆಮೆಲೆ ಇದ್ದೆ ಇದಿಯಲ್ಲ ನೈಟ್ ಔಟ್ಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ಯಾಂಪಸ್ ಇಂಟರವ್ಯು ಗಳ ಸಂಭ್ರಮ. ಇಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಮುಗ್ದಿಲ್ಲಾ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ಇನ್ನು ಶುರು ಆಗೋದು ನಮ್ಮ ದೇಸಿ ಹುಡಗರ ವಿದೇಶಿ ಕನಸು. ಅಮೇರಿಕಾ ದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಂ.ಸ್ ನಮ್ಮ ಸಮಾಜದ ಪ್ರೊಡತ್ವ.

ವ್ಯಕುಂಟ ಎಕಾದಶಿ ಸಾಲ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತ್ಕೊಂಡು, ’ರೀ ನಮ್ಮ ಮಗಾ ನ್ಯುಯರ್ಕ್ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಎಂ.ಸ್ ಮಾಡ್ತಿದಾನ್ರಿ’ ಅಂತ ಹೇಳದ್ರೆನೇ ’ಸುಖ’, ’ಸಾಧನೆ’ನಮ್ಮ ’Parents’ ಗೇ.. ‘Break’ ಗೆ ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ಗೆ ಬಂದಾಗ’ಮಾಗಾ/ಮಗ್ಳು ಹಿ೦ತಿರುಗಿ ಬಂದಾ/ಬ೦ದ್ಲು’ ಎಂದು ‘ನಳಪಾಕವನ್ನೇ’ತಾಯಾರಿಸುವ ನಮ್ಮ ಸಮ್ಮಾಜ ಹಾಸ್ಯಮಯ..

ಇನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮ ದೇಸಿ ಹುಡುಗರು/ಹುಡಿಗಿಯರು ಏನು ಕಮ್ಮಿ ಇಲ್ಲಾ ಬಿಡಿ..

ಹೀಗೆ ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಡ್ದಾಡ್ಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗ್ತಿರ್ ಬೇಕಾದ್ರೆ.. ನನ್ನ ಹಳೆಯ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತ ಒಬ್ಬ ಸಿಕ್ದ್ದಾ.. ‘ಏನೋ, ಏನ್ ಸಮಾಚಾರಾ.. ಆರಾಮ,ಯಾವಾಗ ಬ೦ದೆ?’ ಆಂತ ಮಾತಾಸದ್ರೆ..’, ‘ Who are you?’ ಅ೦ತ ಕೇಳ್ಬಿದೋಡೆ..’ ನಾನೇನೋ ಅವನ ಹತ್ರ ದೋಚೋಹಾಗೆ ನನ್ನನು ಕಿರುಗಣ್ಣಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡುತ್ತಾ.. ’ಬ್ಲಡಿ ಇಂಡಿಯನ್ಸ್’ ಅಂತ ಬೈದು.. ಹೊರ್ ಟೇಹೋದಾ.. ’ಇನೂ U.S. ಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ ಒ೦ದು ವಾರ್ಷ ಆಗಿಲ್ಲಾ.. ಮರೆತು ಹೋಯ್ತಾ?’ ಹೇಳೊಷ್ತ್ರಲ್ಲಿ.. ’ಆಟೊ..” ಅಂತ ಕೂಗಿ.. ಹತ್ಕೊಂಡು.. ಓಡೋದಾ..

“ಊರಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋಗೊ ಮಾರಿ ಮೈಮೇಲೆ ಬರಸ್ಕೊಂಡ್ರಂತೆ..” ಅನ್ನೊ ಹಾಗೆ “ನನಗಿದು ಬೇಕಿತ್ತೆ?” ಅ೦ದ್ಕೊಂಡು..ಹ್ಯಾಪ್ ಮೊರೆ ಹಾಕೊಂಡು.. ಮು೦ದೂಡಿದೆ..

ಇನ್ನೂ ಸ್ವದೇಶಿ-ವಿದೇಶಿ ಹುಡಗರ/ಹುಡುಗಿಯರ ಸಹವಾಸ ನೇ ಬೇಡಾಪಾ ಅ೦ತ ಸುಮ್ಮುನ್ ಆಗೋಷ್ತರಲ್ಲಿ, ಹೇಳಿ ಕೇಳಿ “December”ಊ, ಅದರಲ್ಲೂ, ವಾರ್ಷಿಕ ರಜೆ, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರ್ ನಲ್ಲಂತೂ ಬರೀ ರಜೆಗಾಗಿ ಬ೦ದಿರುವ ಸ್ವದೇಶಿ-ವಿದೇಶಿ ಹುಡಗರ/ಹುಡುಗಿಯರ ಜಾತ್ರೆ.

ಹೀಗೆ ಒಂದ್ ದಿನ.. ಬ್ಯಾ೦ಕನ ಸಾಲ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತಿದ್ದೆ..

“ಏನೋ… ಅಭಿ ಅರಾಮಾ..?” ಎ೦ಬ ದ್ವನಿ ಒ೦ದು ಕೇಳಿ ಬ೦ತು…

ಯಾರಪ್ಪಾ ಅದು ಅ೦ತ ತಿರುಗಿ ನೋಡ್ದಾಗ ’ವಿದೇಶದಿಂದ ಬಂದಿದ್ದ ಒಬ್ಬ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತ. ಸದ್ದ್ಯ ಇವ್ನಾದ್ರು ಮಾತಾಸದ್ನಲ್ಲಾ ಅಂಥ ಖುಷಿ ಇಂದ

’ಏನಪ್ಪಾ, bank ಕಡೆ ಏನೋ ಕೆಲ್ಸ’? ಅ೦ಥ ಕೇಳ್ದಾಗ…

“Hey! ‘Paaas-word’ change apply ಮಾಡ್ಬೇಕು” ಅ೦ಥ ವಿದೇಷಿ ಶೈಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳ್ಬಿಡೋದೆ…? ಒಂದ್ ನಿಮ್ಶಕ್ಕೆ ಅರ್ಥ ಆಗ್ದೆ.. ನಾನು ಕಕ್ಕಾ ಬಿಕ್ಕೆ ನೋಡ್ತಾ..

“ಏನೋಪಾ..ಏನ್ ಬಾಷೆನೋ..” ಯೋಚೆಸ್ತಾ ನಿಂತೆ….ಕೂಡ್ಲೆ..

“ಅಲ್ಲಾ ಕಣ್ಲಾ, U.S ಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ, ಒ೦ದ್ ವಾರ್ಷಆಗಿಲ್ಲಾ.. ಅಷ್ತ್ ಬೇಗಾ.. accent ಆ….ಹೋದ್ ವರ್ಷ ಇದೇ ಕಟ್ಟೆ ಮೇಲಿ ಕೂತ್ಕೊಂಡು..

“ಅಲ್ಲಾ ಮಗಾ.. ಈ ‘Pausword (pass-word!)’ ಯಾಕ್ಲ ಯಾವಾಗ್ಲು ಚುಕ್ಕಿ ಅಥ್ವಾ.. ನಕ್ಷತ್ರ ನೇ ಇರತ್ತೆ.. ಅಂಥ ಕೇಳ್ದ್ವನು ನೀನು…” ಈಗ್ ನೋಡದ್ರೆ… ‘Paaas-word..’ ಅಂಥಿಯಲ್ಲಾ? ಅ೦ಥ ಕೇಳಿದಕ್ಕೆ..ಮುಖ ತಿರಿಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು.. ಹೊರ‍ಟೇ ಹೋಗೋದೇ….

ಅದೇನೋ ಸರೀ ಬಿಡಿ, ನಮ್ದು “ನಾಟಕ ರಂಗ..ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ.” ಕಲೆ ಹಿರಿಮೆಯಾದ್ರು, ಉತ್ಪನ್ನ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಕಡಿಮೆ ನೇ.. ಇನ್ನು, “Dollars” ನೋಡ್ದವ್ರು.. ನಮ್ಕಡೇ ಯಾಕ್ ನೋಡ್ತಾರೆ ??

’ಕಲಾಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ’ ರಂಗ ಪ್ರಪಂಚ ನಮ್ದು.. ಇನ್ನ್ ಅದೂ ‘Braodway’ ನವ್ರಿಗೆ.. ಮುಟ್ಟೋದು ಕಷ್ಟನೇ..

ಸರೀ ಅಂತ ಸುಮ್ನೆ ಆಗಿದ್ರೆ.. “ಲೋ ಮಗಾ.. ನಾಳೆ ಅವನ ಆಗಮನ…U.S ಇಂದ.. “Party” ಇದ್ದೇ…ನಾಳೆ; ಅ೦ತ ಬ೦ದ ನನ್ನ ಗೆಳೆಯನ “Telephone call” ಗೇ ನಾನು ಬೇರೆ ವಿಧಿ ಇಲ್ದೆ ಒಪ್ಪ್ಕೊಂಡೆ..

ಮರು ದಿನಾ.. ‘party’ ಗೆ ‘Hotel ಒಂದರಲ್ಲಿ’ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರು ಬೇಟಿಯಾದವು..ನಮ್ಮಾ ’ವಿದೇಶಿ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತನ೦ತು.. ಗು೦ಪಿನ ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆಯೇ ಆಗಿದ್ದ..

ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ “apple iphone” ಇಟ್ಕೊ೦ಡು ನೋಡ್ರೊ “Mini- Computer..” ಅ೦ತ.. ಸಾರಿದ.. ಮುಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಕೈ ತೊಳ್ಕೊ೦ಡು ಬನ್ನಿ ಅ೦ಥ ಗಧಿರ್ಸಿದ್ದು.. ಆಯ್ತು.. ಏನೋಪಾ.. “Geometry-box” ನ ಹಿಡ್ಕೊ೦ಡು ’phone” ಊ ಅ೦ಥ ಆಡ್ತಿಧವ ಇವತ್ತು ಹೀಗಿದ್ದನೆಲ್ಲಾ ಅ೦ಥ ಸ೦ತೋಷನೂ ಪಟಿದ್ದು೦ಟು..

ಅಷ್ಟ್ರಲ್ಲೇ.. ನನ್ನ್ ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದದ್ದು.. ನನ್ನ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತನ ಬ್ಯಾಗು…

“ಏನೋ ಬ್ಯಾಗ್ ಪೂರ್ತಿ ಏನೊ ಇದು ‘paper’ ಊ ಅ೦ದಾಗಾ..

“Hey! tissue paper man!” ಅ೦ಥ ‘English” ಝಾಡಸ್ದಾ… “ಅಲ್ಲಿ, ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಟ್ತದ್ಮೇಲೆ….ಕೈ ‘wash’ ಮಾಡ್ಕೊಳಕ್ಕೆ….” ಅ೦ತ ವಿವರಣೆಯೂ ಕೊಟ್ಟಾ..

ಅಲ್ಲಯಾ..’paper’ ಉಳ್ಸೂ ಅ೦ತ ಆ ದೇಶ್ದವ್ರು.. ಬಡ್ಕೊತಾರೆ. ನಿ ನೋಡದ್ರೆ ಕಾಡೆ ತ೦ದ್ ಇಟಿದ್ಯ ಇಲ್ಲಿ.. ಇನ್ನ್ ‘copenhagan’ ಊ ಉದ್ದಾರಾ…..ಅ೦ತ ಹೇಳೊಷ್ತ್ರಲ್ಲಿ.. ‘Bill! please” ಅ೦ತ ಖಿರುಚ್ ಬೆಡೊದೆ..

ಇನ್ನು ವಿದೇಶಿ ಮಿತ್ರರೊ೦ದಿಗೆ.. ‘car’ ನಲ್ಲ್ ಮಾತ್ರ ಕೂತ್ಕೊಳೋದು.. ಬಹಳ ‘danger’

‘oh! No lane discipline here?” ಅ೦ತ ಖಿರ್ಚಿದ ನನ್ನ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತನೊಬ್ಬನಿಗೆ.. ನಾನ್ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದು..”ಆಲ್ವೊ ಸಿಸ್ಯ.. ಹೋದ್ ವರ್ಷ.. ‘road crossing’ ಗೋಸ್ಕ್ರ ಇದ್ದ.. ’divider’ ಅನ್ನು, ‘dove’ ಮನೆಗೆ ‘U-turn’ದೂರಾ ಅ೦ತ ನೀನೆ.. ರಾತ್ರೆ ಬ೦ದು ಕೆತ್ತಿ.. ಮಾರ್ ನೇದಿನ ‘crossing’ ನಲ್ಲೇ ಹೊಸ ‘trend’ಅನ್ನು ಶುರು ಮಾಡ್ದ್ವನು ನಿನು..ಇವತ್ತು ನಿನ್ಗೆ ’lane disicipline’ ಆ, ನೋಡು ಆ ‘Divider’ ಇವತ್ತಿಗೆ ದೊಡ್ದಾಗಿ ‘Underpass’ ಏ ಆಗ್ಬಿಟ್ತಿದೇ ಅನ್ನುವಷ್ತ್ರಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನನು ಕಾರಿ೦ದ ಆಚೆ ಹಾಕೆ ಹೊರ್ ಟೇಬಿಟ್ರು..

ಇನ್ನೂ ಇವರ ’water bottle ಸ೦ಭ್ರಮನೋ, ’ಅದು ನಾ ತಾಳಲಾರೆ..’ಕಾವೇರಿ ನೀರು ಬೇಕು ಅ೦ತ ಇಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಾಗ ಧರಣಿ ಹೂಡ್ದವರು ಅಲ್ಲಿ೦ದ ವಾಪಸ್ಸು ಬ೦ದಾಗ ಬೇಕಿರೋದು..’bottle’ ನೀರು..

ಏನೆ ಹೇಳಿ ಅಥವಾ ಆಡ್ಕೊಳಿ…ತಮ್ಮಾ ಊರಿಗೆ ಮರಳಿ ಬರ್ ಬೇಕು ಅ೦ತ.. ಒ೦ದು ಮನಸ್ಸು ಇದಿಯಲ್ಲಾ, ಅದೇ ಅವರ ’ಸ್ವದೇಶಿ’ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಾ..ಉದಾಹರಣೆ..

-ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ಸ್ವದೇಶಿ ಗೇಳಯಾ.. ಅಬಿಷೇಕ ಅಯ್ಯ೦ಗಾರ್.

Yet another year comes to an end, as we say bye to the first decade of the 21st Millennium, year 2009 was in many ways a remarkable and historic year. Like any year 2009 was filled with excitement and its own share of bad and good news! so lets take a while and take a quick sneak peak about the year that just passed away! The Year that was 2009!

2009 started with a new kind of ghosts, this time effecting the whole world! ‘Economic recession’ had masked every individual. The horror of ‘lehmen brothers’ bankruptcy had its own effect on the early days of 2009. Markets crashed all over turning the SENSEX a ‘untouchable area’ The red marks across European and American markets sent shivers across the world, United states of America was sinking and so was the world with it, Year 2009 in many ways served as a responsible year to thousands of people ending up loosing their jobs.

The early month’s of 2009 was a savior to Indian Sailors, the 118 days of drama of pirates being captured and United States giving helping hand the drama finally ended on a high note!

The year that bought us Oscar awards! It was after nearly 2 decades that India got its hand on the oscars, After ‘Salam Bombay’ and nearly chance of ‘Lagaan’ Indian Film industry had lost all its hopes of bagging an Oscar award.  The genius of Indian music industry A.R Rahaman bagged 2 Oscars for his music score in much hyped ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ finally India’s poverty paid off I must admit! and Rahaman became a over night hero!

The World witnessed a real shock March 2009 is a Year that saw the end of communal violence in Srilanka, LTTE chief Prabhakaran was killed in a war between the armed forces and LTTE rebels  in srilanka thus reducing the raising tensions both nationally and internationally. It was a start of a new era in Srilanka as the ‘peace’ was promised in the country

It was a raise of a new epidemic in India, The western world’s gift for India, ‘SWINE FLU’ made a huge news in the year 2009, masked men and women, H1N1 scare drew attention for most part of 2009 thus creating a new wave across the health sector, India was yet again put into test, Pune was worst hit with more than 300 deaths next came Bangalore. The fright was high as ‘cleansers’ replaced water every where, IT companies declared emergency holiday and airports were turned into a temporary hospitals. The Swine flu outbreak in India did make some news with many Ayurvedic and Homeopathic practitioners making money in their own way! Swine flue preventive machine was high on sale and pigs were no more on the MENU even they were really not the cause

Indian national congress was at its peak again, Prime minister Manmohan singh was sweared in for the second term,Sonia gandhi was all smiling as congress gained complete majority, SM krishna was chosen for the foreign minister’s post and to add to the joy of Karnataka, veerappa moily was chosen as ‘Law Minister’. Mr. Singh was India’s new hero and BJP was all held responsible for its own mistakes and defeat. Well certainly year 2009 was not good for NDA

Michel Jackson, the king of POP passed away suddenly shocking the whole world, with few more days left for his much talked ‘THIS IS IT’ come back show! Tears flooded all over the world as people mourned the death of music icon, for past 3 decades MJ rewrote the music industry making record sales all over the world. His death at 51 shocked the world much to his shocking acts and million surgeries on his own body. Year 2009 bid farewell to a legendary musician, Rest in peace MJ

Pakistan Supreme court showed the signs of Democracy with its supreme court questioning Musharaf for his ruling for Emergency rule in the country, Indian cricket started shining at the same time with its path breaking test series win and a chance to clinch ‘Number ONE’ test team in the world

Bharatiya Janata Party found itself again in a soup with its top leader Jashwant Singh’s book on Pakistan leader Jinah! the top leader was forced to resign from the party, his supporters too were shown doors! BJP was really a scape goat in front of congress thus recreating BJP party

Well The year 2009 ended with Indian cricket team achieving the highest spot in test rankings. The sports did make its own news in year 2009 with the ‘TIGER’ vanishing from the ‘WOODS’ and Indian cricket pitches ripped off in front of the whole world, Richest cricket body in the world faced its own shame

The year 2009 also saw two of the most legendary artist “C Ashwath” and “Dr. Vishnu Vardhan”, Kannada film industry will miss their beloved children.

The year that was, 2009 was yet again a ‘roller coaster’ year, as we say ‘life moves on…’ The calender will keep on ticking, Before signing off! here is a brightest moment of the year 2009 in what is most the depressing year for Indian Film Industry

3 idiots! was definitely a reliever

Wishing you all a happy New year and an amazing 2010 on behalf of the entire team of ‘thoughtsUnparalleled’ this is Abhishek Iyengar writing the last blog for the year 2009 and signing off, cheers!

WeMove Productions presents Tatyana Moha

‘Tatyana Moha’ is a unique play which depicts the current socio-economic problems faced by the people below poverty line. Abhishek Iyengar’s Kannada adaptation of Mahaswetha Devi’s Bengali play “Jhonny and Urvashi” revolves around certain characters that represent the epitome of bad luck, poverty and illness. The interesting turn-around in the play is when the protagonist of the play turns his eyes towards ‘Love’. A rare mixture of ‘love’ and ‘poverty’ forms the epicenter of the play. The story is very well supported by superstitious characters that show us the present society in a different way, moving the audience completely. The play also depicts an unequaled relationship of ‘friendship’ between the protagonist and his only trusted aide.

The combination of ‘love’, ‘lust’ ,’ friendship’ and ‘belief’ along with ‘POVERTY’ is Tatyana Moha.

The lead role is played by Sriharsha grama along with equally supportive roles played by Bharath Kashyap, Hanumanthaiah, Madhuvathi. G, Nagashree D.M, Abhijeeth, Anup Shenoy and Rangaraj Bhatracharya.

The music for the play is scored by Music directors: Bharath Kashyap and Sunil Shastri.

The play is directed by Abhishek Iyengar and designed by Sriharsha Grama.

The play is being staged at

‘Centre for Film and Drama (CFD)’, Naani Arena, Sona Towers, Millers Road (adjacent to Cunning Ham Road, near Wockhardt Hospital, Bangalore)

On December 20^th

For more details contact 9886062324/9900589230

You can book tickets online @ http://www.buzzintown.com/bangalore/event_tatyana-moha-play–segment_buy-tickets–id_159913.html

Ideally! I should be saying Thank you radio Mirchi! for this article, Well it was indeed my long time desire to point out ‘India’s 5 best adds’ that changed the way we all saw television and Sunday evening Dooradarshan!  By far radio Mirchi helped me today morning with their campaign through one of their morning show where they asked people to vote for their favorite or top 5 adds, well it matched my top 5 as well by a large extent! so here it goes India’s TOP 5 ADDS

5th position:- Shot in late 80’s, 1988 to be specific, this add took ‘Sangeetha Bijlani’ to a top spot; ‘VICCO TURMERIC, NAHI COSMETIC…” from VICCO Industries stands as one of the most memeorable and nostalgic add. The first of the skin cream and antibiotic cream VICCO industries created a huge wave when they for the first time started to showcase their add in Cinema theatre halls. VICCO turmeric Ayurvedic cream was also by far the first add to be translated by all the regional Dooradarshan’s to their regional language. VICCO turmeric’s music almost dominated television sets for nearly 2 decades now and Sangeetha Bijlani will always be remembered for her appearance in VICCO.

4th POSITION:- Shot in 1985, LIRIL Soap add was a revolutionary add in many sense, shot very boldly with heroins showing off bathing on screen LIRIL shocked any average Indian television viewer. The beauty soap was more famous for its charismatic onscreen sizzle!  For over years LIRIL’s add became an Ultimate target for the upcoming actress in the film industry, there was a famous myth, any actress who was featured in LIRIL was known to make big on the silver screen for many years. The music of LIRIL probably was more appealing than any on today’s jingle. In the day’s where medival India was slowly turning its face towards Westernization, LIRIL was a ‘breaking’ ADD in many sense.

3rd POSITION:- It was an era where cricket was never looked as an ordinary game! shot in early 1990’s Cadbury Chocolate’s ultimate add where a girl jumps over the cricket stands and dances on the middle of the cricket field after her fiancee sends the last ball for a sixer to win the game. Probably the most Imaginative add ever made on Indian television where a chocolate add was shot on cricket field, showing people that chocolates are not only meant for children or kids, one of the very few add which showcased adults on a chocolate add. The scene of the girl running onto the cricket field is remembered even today!!! hats off Cadbury!!!

2nd POSITION:-Shot in late 1982’s or early 1983, ‘Nirma Washing Powder’ made its way on Indian television with a big bang! “Doodsi safayye NIRMA se ayyee..” Washing POWDER NIRMA is one add which cannot be erased from the memory books of India. Shot with ladie’s wearing pure white Saree’s NIRMA was a household name and detergent but more than that it was a household Add that every lady remembers. The product was targeted at ladies of India and it took more than ladies of those times.

And for the grand TOP Position there could have never been a better add than this

1st POSITION:- Shot in 1980 this add not only sold its product but also was responsible for ‘National Integration’; “HAMARA BAJAJ” was every Indian’s pride then, BAJAJ scooters were any Indian’s affordable means of Communication and the BAJAJ sccoter add was any Indian television’s theme. The add showcased Indians of all ages, cast, creed and religion coming together with one sound, ‘Hamara Bajaj”. I still remember the day when I sat opposite on my dad’s scooter after seeing the same on the add. Bajaj scooter add brought in that feeling of ‘Togetherness” or “Oneness”, the slogan “Hamara Bajaj” remains fresh in the minds of people today. I salute the add agency, the creative team and the company Bajaj to have shot such a commercial at the times when India needed

Here you go, the top 5 adds that lighted Indian television in  early 1980’s and 1990’s, Well just to end I will add one more add which has always remained as my favorite add.

DHARA:- “JILEEBEEEE…” the cute young boy screeches after hearing “Jilebee..” The Dhaara food oil’s ever green add which raised eye brow’s for its  cute factor remains as one of most memorable and favorite add and i am sure it remains in every Indian hearts as well.

(The article was first published in TIME OUT Bengaluru)

The original article can be read online at http://www.timeoutbangalore.com/theatre/theatre_details.asp?code=134&source=2

Time Out Magazine’s Brain recently interviewed Bharath Kashyap of WeMove Productions about his new Directorial venture

Confessions of an Assassin

Catch this unique Devised performance at

On 22^nd November, 2009

At 11:30 A.M

@ Kyra Theatre,

2001, katti-ma centre, Above Adidas showroom,

100 feet road, Indiranagar

For more information log on to www.wemove.in

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WeMove’s latest production Confessions of an Assassin was conceived as a part-fiction, part-fact exploration of a famous assassination, through the eyes of the perpetrator. An original piece devised by the group and performed without a script, the play probes the layers of motivation, the reasoned choices, the compunctions and larger moral landscape that impels the assassin towards his defining moment. Bharath Kashyap, who conceptualised the piece and directed the production, tells Bryan Richard why he felt compelled to play confessor to the assassin.

How did the idea first take shape? Which actual assassination forms the factual inspiration for this larger exploration of the theme?

The play is based on a very famous assassination, but the identities of the assassin and the victim are not revealed till the very end. Even the characterisation of both these personalities is very different in the play to ensure that it isn’t an easy guess for the audience. The reason for this suspense is to make sure the audience doesn’t carry biases from the history books. I’d like them to come with an open mind and not hold the assassin guilty. Of course, the more perceptive audience members will guess who it concerns somewhere along the way.

The idea of the play largely stemmed from the fact that there are hardly any films or plays made about this assassin, and the ones that were made were either banned or ignored. It is almost taboo to talk about this person. Yet, not a lot of people have asked the question: “why did he do it?” That set me out on a fact-finding mission, which resulted in the urge to put my findings on stage.

Why was the performance not scripted?

At some level, this was an experiment with the cast. I wanted to explore their opinions, perceptions, ideologies, and even their biases. I didn’t really hold auditions for any of the roles. It was more like an activity session where I put people in certain situations and asked them to react to them and we created a piece that showed their thoughts. I asked questions and had debates with them. That’s how I chose the cast.

How did your own fascination with the mind of an assassin evolve, as the piece developed?

My fascination initially began with the victim, who is obviously the reason behind us even knowing the assassin. But killing someone is an extreme step. I wanted to understand what would motivate somebody to take that recourse. As I started reading and looking at things from his perspective, I could see the reasoning behind his action. I still don’t condone the killing, I don’t agree with what he stood for and I’m still inspired by the victim, not the assassin. But there are a few simple, mundane things that make his actions seem right.

At the heart of matters, there is the somewhat slippery question of whether some motivations for taking another life can be more justifiable than others. Is there a moral hierarchy even among assassins? How does the play negotiate it?

What the law calls murder, people might call something else. The British sentenced Bhagat Singh to the gallows for murder, but Indians still celebrate him as a hero and call it an act of patriotism. Political assassins have almost always claimed the moral high ground, often expressing no regret. The play explores the ways in which an assassination may seem justifiable, but killing another person is ultimately not the solution. To quote a line from the play, ‘you can kill the person, but not the ideology.’ The play tries to ask these questions without really taking sides or judging things as ‘right’ or ‘wrong. We want to ask people what they think.

When a 5 feet 16 year old small kid stood in front of Cricketing big-wigs back in 1989, even the cricket pundits hadn’t imagined he can be the tallest cricketer and even taller human being in the history of cricket. Yes, it was none other than our own Sachin Tendulkar, the little master who not only created history but also inspired many to do so. Today, after 20 long years he is still standing firm on the cricket pitch intimidating the world’s greatest bowlers and entertaining crores of his friends back home. If you didn’t know what passion was, you have got to see his face when he is on field.

So, what is the big deal? We all know about Sachin, his feats, and we all praise him for what he has achieved till now. But have we ever wondered he can not only be an inspiration to cricketers but also to anyone else who is not at all related to his profession? Have we ever paused for a moment amidst praising him to think “why cant I achieve something like that in life? “ Yes, its not enough if we remember each innings of Sachin Tendulkar and clap at every milestone he surpasses. But it is more important to draw inspiration from the little master in our own life and try and achieve great heights in our profession.

Whatever be our profession, the way we are passionate cannot change. We just have to develop the interest and focus on what we want to achieve in our lives. It could be as trivial as dreaming to become an artist. In today’s Bangalore, it is not really difficult to choose your own path. You don’t have to be a doctor or a software engineer. There are people who have dreamt and made it big. They are today’s youth icons.

The options have opened up, be it in music, be it in Theatre, or in sports (not only cricket), or even politics which used to be a stigma once upon a time. To name a few Arundathi Nag, Pankaj Advani, Saina Nehwal, Shashi Tharoor, and the list goes on and on. They all are Sachins or on the way to become one in their own terms. Similarly if everyone can discover Arundathi Nag, Pankaj Advani, Saina Nehwal, Shashi Tharoor, Raghu Dixit in themselves, our country will be in a position to inspire the world and others will follow suite. To complete this write-up, hats off to the Tall “Little Master” who has showed us the way how to find himself in us.

“Yeddi is suffering, each day he comes up with a new statement, Karnataka politics is too bad, I must say worse…” utters an aged man who might be in his 70’s enjoying his plate of pani puri.

Location:- First block, Rajajinagar, Pani puri Adda

Situation:- A casual conversation with the Pani puri vendor

Occasion:- Time pass

Type:- Common man!”

No this is not a Database schema, well this is what the common man had to tell when he was enjoying his plate of spicy pani puri, the vendor took time form his hard work to listen to the words of the old man and react quickly! Common man in India huh! talks and talks and only talks! Not withstanding the political talks I did ask the old man..

“Sir did you caste your vote this time?” he shrugged his shoulders with a irritating voice..

“The authorities are robbers, young man! they don’t know how to issue Voter’s ID card.. They have removed my name from the list..” he raised his voice thinking that I am from Election commission

Trying to calm him down, I questioned “Then why din’t you register yourself with the election commission when they called for Registrations..”

“NO! They are bloody thieves, they din’t call the registrations properly, I was left out and they said that the date was over..” he shouted raising to on goers agony

“Why are you complaining the government, you never choose them, basically you never have any right to question, are you aware about that uncle..” I tried to explain him

“Array! look young fellow, I am an Indian Citizen.. I was born here, I am in this soil from past 45 years.. not like you young brats who work as slaves for MNC’s” he challenged at me (well only through words!)

“Uncle, Do you have a valid passport..?” I questioned out of curiosity trying to cut his anger..

“How dare you question me that..” he rose with anger followed by ..”By the way NO..” in a voice that was hardly heard! huh! “I never needed one, now you note that, I have never gone out of Bangalore why the hell I need passport?” “I am not like you people who are waiting to step outside the country.. mind it!”  The air was heating up with the pani puri guy all ready for a bonus business, the onlookers soon ganged up to save the senior citizen (I guess!!)

Not keeping quite, I continued ” Do you have a valid birth certificate?”

“ha ha ! this boy has gone crazy, well look I was born before British left India, there were no birth certificates then, all those paper certificates are today’s ware, we always believed in WORDS!!!” he started laughing at me..

Not taking back and a revolutionist by nature “Hey do you have a valid Driving license? you own a vehicle..” I quickly turned my attention towards his 2 wheeler

“What? license ? well it got expired 4 years ago when i went to RTO, those people told that I need to take smart card! and they asked for 200 rupees, do you think I am MAD to pay for my license! you must be joking..” he shrugged his shoulders..

“But what if the Traffic police catches you……?”

“You don’t know the protocol, boss the traffic police will not harass or catch Senior citizens.. so they cannot catch me..” he proudly announces.. trying to prove that I am mad constantly.. for no reason!

“So you will never have a DL is it?”

“Only if government gives me free…”

“Why is that..” I fired the question..

“Common Man should get everything for free, that is what government is there for..YEDDI and REDDY cannot waste their time to fight and common Indian should suffer paying is it..?” he replied back with out wasting a second!

“Uncle were you in a Government service..?” I asked the old man who was then was sure that I was MAD and had come from NIHMANS

“I did my OWN business.. I was never dependent..” He  declared proudly paying the Pani Puri guy half the rate of the MENU card just because he was regular and a SENIOR citizen

With this I broke aloud; not with voice but with laughter.. The old man was happy declaring me MAD, the Pani Puri Guy did not miss the chance to claim the money that I had eaten for and the On goers had no clue.. Finally the old man uttered in a voice which was in a way confirming that he had won the “Battle of words!”

“Here you go! let me explain..

You are a 70 year old man who obviously doesn’t have valid birth Certificate for all the logical reasons, you never went out of the country and hence you never bothered to take a valid passport, You never worked for any government service, so there might not be any chance you paying any tax and thus not having a PAN card for sure, You wanted the license for free hence you never cared to renew your old invalid driving license, you wanted the government to come to your door step to issue you a voter’s card, hence you never cared to get one or choose your leader..

Now you are standing at a pani puri shop which doesn’t have a legal registration or a TAN number eating pani puri which is given to you at half the rate of the Menu’s rate and you have parked your vehicle in front of ‘NO parking’ board on a main road causing misery to all the motorists, with a confidence that the police will not catch you just because you are over 60 scolding YEDDI, REDDY to work for a COMMON MAN who never VOTED and DEMANDING that COMMON INDIAN should get everything for free when there is a faintest chance of you proving yourself to be an INDIAN LEGALLY because you always believed that ‘Paper is only today’s fancy ware’ assuming that people believe more in WORDS….” I continued my laugh

There was a silent pause, the old man sat on a bench near the chat shop ordered for another plate, stuffed the puri in his mouth, enjoying the taste.. he uttered…

“INDIAN CRICKET TEAM SHOULD BE BANNED.. see how they were beaten by AUSTRALIA….” he continued to the shop keeper..

huh! I sighed with a pain paid my money and returned back..!

Karnataka Celebrated Kannada rajotsava on November 1^st, Ah! Well very proud Kannadigas did repent the fact that November 1^st was a Sunday and they were ripped of one calendar day holiday. Anyway “Kannada maatadu, Kannada usiraadu.. Kannada alavadisu.. Kannada na belasu..” Well great poets and writers stressed upon. The marking of start of the state Karnataka from Mysore holds high regards in the minds of authentic Kannadigas but spare a thought “Is kannada Rajostava today remains just a celebration?” ah! Go deeper and think you will find the impact even today almost after a week of rajotsava.

Our activists have taken the celebration day to different terms! The very symbolic and meaningful Karnataka flag today acts as a Security barrier for all the flashy glassy buildings. Talk about Stone proof glass for your own buildings then take our Karnataka Flag paste on the glass shield and voila! Here you even a Tsunami cannot destroy the glass shield. Many IT companies, Shopping malls and other buildings resort to such kind of activities, but why? I mean we all know the reason or the implication behind it but the real question is “Is it required?” The fear of “Kannadism” is something that can actually break the zeal of real “kannada patriots!”

November 1^st, almost all the city’s theatre houses fear to screen non-kannada films, Ya right! Huh! ‘Being a Kannadaiga’ or ‘Being Kannada’ is not “Watching Kannada films” Alas! Our activist can understand that majority of Kannada films are only remake of other language films, who is the real culprit here? The theatre owner or the very creative Kannada film industry?  Autos zoom in with Karnataka Flags flying high only if they had realized that the smoke they emit using kerosene kills of Karnataka or even the path they drive on easily can reduce half of Karnataka’s population.

Fighting out politics when relief work was the main priority or counting the number of seats using an abacus is all what the people who are accountable do, Not screening Kannada film on Nov 1^st or not hoisting a Kannada flag on top of the buildings is not a sin against “Being Kannadiga”, The real sin lies in the blood of the people who try to increase tensions by spreading riots and rumors. None of the greats from past in Karnataka called for any violence or riots, be it Kuvempu or Dr. Rajkumar; all that they said was to encourage and spread Kannada; so lets do it, The important deed that we should be doing on November 1^st is to teach children the history of Karnataka, Kannada, the richness in the language, encourage people to learn the language, create an open forum where they can try and do something w.r.t Kannada or Karnataka. Use the stones to write on the board rather than to throw, Use the language to teach and talk something better rather than use at one. Use the energy to add to the glory of the Karnataka flag rather than keeping it as a “GLASS defender” hoist the flags spreading a sense of proudness rather than creating a environment for fear.

Kannada rajotsava is for our better, our development not for other’s misery! I hope atleast now that people will spread and safeguard our flag and our respect.

An IIT professor in delhi killed a young 18 year old girl form east! The brutal killing happened after the professor’s proposal was rejected by the girl from the east!  I was watching the interview of one of the girl’s friends on Television; Scared, graveled and tensed she uttered “We don’t feel safe here!” huh! what hurt me was the word “Here”. I am sure we all have our preference with respect to cities to live! and completely understand the point that our home state comes on top in our priority charts! Be it delhi or Mumbai or even any other western or norther frontier parts of India, we feel that we belong to India but the tome used by the young lady did not signify this same feeling.

I think it is right to some extent, just imagine us, for us “Chinkis” as we call them always pathetically always come from either nepal or external world! for most of us even Manipur and other eastern states sound external! thanks to our politicians that many youngsters feel India is all about MUMBAI, Delhi and now Bangalore! Somehow we do not largely account the people form the eastern world! The girls are looked on in a bad way and the boys are always considered as Nepali or Tibetian refugee. With physicalities resembling there might have been chances of such mis-conceptions but these mis-conceptions are slowly turning towards inducing a larger outlay of Fear in these people. The tears of the female counterpart who was killed really invoked my feelings against eastern state people.

They are here or in any other state for the same reason as to why we are there, Yes! food and occupation, They are here to work and they have every right to work anywhere in India as they are a integral part of India. With raising tensions between the Ind0-Sino border issue and also the Dalai Lama Arunachal Pradesh visit issue, things like this can errupt into a different wave or even into a volcano! they are as much as citizens of India as any one are, then why to look at them at a different angle? Why to hurt them? This unseen issue which is under the wraps of political turmoil might soon change its direction if we all don’t realise it. Lets stop ill-treating these people, lets pray for their safety and protect them in our lands if time araises.

City based Radio Fm channels are often tend to create the awareness and other publicity stunts, Well another feather int he cap is Radio Indigo’s “Engage” an awareness created to Save TIGER, Being Citizen of India I take pride of having Tiger as our National Animal, completely agreeing to the point that TIGERS are becoming extinct but completely baffled by the Promos and other adds that is running on the radio to save tigers! To be frank it is pathetic!

Well lets take it from scratch, celebrities or “So-made” celebrities come on air and extend their support to the project, be it “Charu Sharma” Ya right! or ‘Anil Kumble’ or even Biocon giant “Kiran majumdaw shaw” Now explain me this! I am a normal citizen staying in Bangalore struggling to get out the idiotic traffic with a hope that I reach my destination on time and not die in between because of all the polluted air i breath or get caught by a non-nonsensical traffic police who thinks that his pocket is asking for more! Now Listening to the radio, I support the project, But what next? what can I do? is there a plan or a solution? is there anything that is framed so that citizens like us can do something about it? No all that a METRO citizen can do is to text message telling “I SUPPORT” and end up paying chunks of money to the service provider, and we call it a SUPPORT! Or is it that We got to start taming the wild animal! go to Bannergatta park pick yourself a tiger and start taming at house! Well if that was feasible then believe me, robbery would have been a fossil by now! or is there nay other way?

Absolutely nonsense! theme music with perfect sound mixing and an amazing voice to go with it wount serve the purpose of “Protect TIGER” The real awareness has to be in the ares where they poach tigers, I had been to Bandipur recently which is otherwise called the “TIGER RESERVOIR of INDIA” Intially i was very skepitcal of going to the forest of Bandipur as i had grown up listenning to the stories of “Killings” in Bandipur, It was only later I realised when i landed in the middle of the forest that TIGERS are hard to see nowadays there, may be various reasons starting from climatic variations to.. well I am not too sure about the reasons to pen it.

Project Save Tiger has to propoganded in these areas, If only RADIO INDIGO WAS HEARD in the thick forest of Bandipur, Sitting in the AC room and propagating SAVE TIGER in bangalore is absolutely a publicity gimmick! or if it is really needed in METRO cities, then a solution should be propaganded.

Nelson Mandela qouted in one of his speech “Solve the problems which is right in front of you!” For bangalore and Radio Indigo there are several problems to tackle with, be it the “Proper use of Flood relief Fund” or “Metro construction” or “Traffic congestion” etc etc. You can only come out with a solution if you have undergone the problem or atleast witnessed it. All in all Publicity can take to any means when it comes to bringing fame! and for RADIO Indigo all that i can do sitting here is to stop using leather goods which i dont use it anyway!