Red, Blue and Oil

If you are an Oil & Gas person you know the significance of Red and Blue color. Those, who don't know, can check out the color of coveralls blue collar job holder wear in fields. 

In same light I came across an interesting fact and felt like sharing with everyone. hence this short piece but great incidence. 

In 1890's Marcus Samuel was trying to get his piece of Oil war waged by John (John who? 😉). He saw prospects in Caucasus (1890), where he observed a primitive bulk tanker and saw that bulk tankers would be much more efficient in transporting Liquid from black sea to Mediterranean sea..to red sea.. to Indian sea to...sea...sea....sea.....to current Asian tigers. Next a story to be covered in another short piece. Because Long=Boring and none has time. Fast Forward July 1892 he managed to float first tanker Murex. 

So the tankers were started floating and the liquid was traded. So what about Red and Blue? 

Samuel was expecting that once the big ships will ship the kerosene (Kerosene? what about the oil? yes kerosene was the stage holder for a long time, initially), locals will hold the Blue can supplied by Standard Oil to take the fluid. However these blue can's were culture and used to construct everything from roofing to birdcages to opium cups, hibachis, tea strainers, and egg beaters. Local hesitated to use the cans for cheap useless kerosene. The whole scheme of Samuel was now threatened—not by the machinations of 26 Broadway (?) or by the politics of the Suez Canal, but by the habits and predilections of the peoples of Asia. 

At this point Samuel started sending tin plates in bulk to manufacture the cans. Nobody knows what kind of cans need to make? what kind of handle? in which facility?. However the business was saved and the cans were made and delivered to store useless product. However the last questions from Singapore agent is interesting - "What color do you suggest?". The answer came " red!!!"

Post more then a century I still see Red competing with Blue. 

180 Deg of JOKER

Recently I saw a movie after watching which first I rejoices and horrified subsequently.

By the ways I am taking most of my ideas from movies now a days. This movie is done by award winning actor about a character who kills people.

And why so fuzz about this thing? Is because first wave of brain-wash came with the printing press and second is motion picture. So if you think that you had first love because it was meant to happen you are wrong or you like Orio because its taste good then you are wrong. 

In same line movies are making, faking and braking traditions daily. Bell bottoms is small one and every politicians being a rapist is big one. 

So you got where I am heading. 

I agree that there are numerous movies about such characters running on streets and running streets for killing business. However this particular movie have something peculiar about it. Or maybe something is peculiar about the audience. 

There is a sense of connection the audience has made with the character and that my friend is a danger. Further the satisfaction thing is not confined to a particulate region which can be quarantined like we did for COVID-19 but its a global phenomenon.

Now the movie is about the person suffering from Pseudobulbar affect. Pathetic job, mistreated by most colleague except one. Company running out of business and the boss is irritated. 

The masterstroke scene is ton heavy feet while returning home. 

Significance? You all feel the same sometime in your life to a lessor degree. So immediate connection.

His mother who is taken care by him always speaks about Thomas Wayne as a Messiah who will take away all their misery. He met him and kicked out immediately. 

He found out the Murray Franklin a TV anchor made fun of him while he expect that he will honor him one day on his stage. Like people believed that one day Kapil Sharma himself will invite them to his show. 

And finally he came to know that his mother is the reason he had his mantel condition. To add spice he realized that his girlfriend exists in his brain. 

This happened to him. What happened to city? When he killed three shit heads in subway himself been decorated as a joker people realized the liberating force in a mask. The city land into chaos as people wear mask became volunteer outlaws. You will find no connection in this part.

Now the part which makes your emotion bleed and brain go cycling.

The Joker is invited to Murray's show. He killed him on his stage. People on street rejoice as he reveled that he killed three people in subway. Some stupid joker killed Thomas Wayne clear path for the son to become batman. Joker stand on a car with blood smile. 

Here you have a strong connection because 

One) Heather Ledger did marvelous job in Batman movies following which he died. End result a never ending fame for the character.  

Two) The dark knight was hit and most of us have seen it. 

So, in nutshell when you watch this movie your knowledge will play with your emotions leads to lasting impact. 

I agree that the movie is one of the best technically. Performance of actors is no doubt is out of the world. 

Then where is the problem?

Like I said.......audience......

Rameshwalaam

So this is how it started!

 

One fine day when I suddenly realized that a long weekend is coming and need to be well spend, I decided to so somewhere....anywhere. 

When you live in Chennai and you are married everyone will advice you one thing 'This is land of beautiful temple try visiting some' and trust me when you are a bachelor only other bachelor can understand your needs. Anyways that is entirely different topic to discuss. 

So I discussed with people around and my wife and booked tickets for Rameshwaram. Left Chennai at 5 in the evening and reached at 5 in the morning. We reached Rameshwaram next day of Independence day of 2019. 

In the morning we reached Rameshwaram which is one of 12 jyotirling. We checked into our hotel took a bath went to beach for a dip in ocean water. Once the pre-requisite over we entered the temple from the eastern gate with the help of a paid guide who takes 250 bucks per head. 

This is the time when major fun begin and I understood the significance of Hindu rituals my way.  

There are twenty-two water shafts in the temple and they never went dry. Moreover despite the ocean salty ocean water surrounds, the shafts have sweet water (it actually taste sweet). Now you are supposed to take a shower of this water but simple splash is enough maybe because of the crowd temple have to handle. 

How these shafts came into existence? Lord ram soot twenty-two arrows to make these shafts. 

Once the shaft tour is over you can visit the deity but there is catch. In the morning there is a heavy rush so better to wait till after noon 3 o'clock and then enter the temple once again. This is as instructed by the guide. 

Now there is 6 to 7 hours time need to well spend before we come back to temple. So we decided to visit another temple of major significance. 

Kalam Memorial 

Its government funded museum which has pictorial history of Kalam professional and personal life. When you visit the place one thing is for sure you will feel that something is missing from your own life.

Kalam had a habit of reading and he basically pioneer missile and nuclear programs. His contribution were selfless and valuable while India did little in return. But once you have a gimps of his personality you will understand that he don't give a crap about 'return'. 

People boast about how apple owner started their company in a garage why don't people boast about how Kalam and his team started the Indian missile program in a ruin. Made rocket out of rag. Who gave him this motivation and energy? 

India is a big country in terms of almost every parameter like population, area, GDP, diversity, polling exercise. And he became President of such nation not by politics, number game, caste favoritism or any other negative political baddies but because of humble beseech of all political party altogether standing at president house holding red carpet with bare hands. Wow! Mahatma Gandhi and Gautam Budha are not dreams but real people this land gave birth to.

Anyways the memorial is like any other museum and you will find most of the information on internet. But you may find few items make you feel life your heart is imploding, Bag, books and pen. The things he carried to Shillong.

After the memorial we went to Kalam house. The house where Kalam lived is now three floored and top two floor are shops and display galary sort. In his time it was a hut. 

I envy my wife as she met him once in her school.

The place is no doubt nostalgic and I felt that despite many difficulties he faced I want part of his life. Probably I rote learn from childhood that ascetic life is good but never experience to have the real meaning though. 

So post Kalam house and memorial we spend some time wandering into other temples. There is one Hanuman ji temple which have big meter long stone floating on water. 

Went to temple for darshan and appreciated the architecture of the huge temple. 

Finally went to Dhanushkondi. Its a place where population was growing before tsunami. You can still find reminiscence of old railways station. 

When you reach the tip of Indian land you can see that there is confluence of Bay of Bangal and Hind mahasagar. One side is slight turbulent and other have jelly fish. 

Confluence of two culture maybe both provided masterpiece. Famous personality and temple though I believe that tramples also have personalities in India.  

Speaking of Bachelorhood again Kalam ji were Bachelor whole of his life. He also had a hobby of playing Vina (Indian guitar?).

Rock star of a different crowd.......

edge of tommorow

In my childhood i head a story repeatedly with small revision about a megician having his life in a parrot. Parrot dies....the magician dies.

Then I grew up when more then 25 years passed and had a notion that world has changed drastically, i realised that they still have megician and that megician is still having his life trapped in parrot.

What happened.....

I saw a movie called edge of tommorow.

I will first go though the story......it's about alien invasion to earth. They barged (on fire) on earth surface and try populating over eurpian continent primarily (because move moves around europe) and swept other continents in genral. Human somehow managed to keep themself safe in UK.

Now, it's time to eliminate the aliens altogather. So human tried opening a front over some europian country's shore with full throttle. But....

I haven't spoken about Tom Cruise. He is some military head of US defence and some fat Hollywood actor is of UK defence. This fat guy ask Tom cruse to be there at newly open front to win or die. Also.....

There is a metal bitch....female soulder....who killed maximum aliens....she is like those snipers of WWII. 

Finally Tom cruise came to the shore cum military front where he was almost shitting his pants. However he killed a deadly bluish alien over himself, died symultaniously, accidentally swollwing it's blood. 

Bang 

He is wake up in past. Lived whole sequence again. Died again. Wake up again. 

Then he met metal bitch and since he is dying and living same timeline again and again; he know what danger lies where and hence saved metal bitch from an attack. She asked him to find her when he wakes up.....so she knew what's happening....

When he wake up and met the lady (now she is lady as you know her personally....is not it true in every case.....you find someone very chutiyatic but after knowing you trust and respect.....may be it's our nature only) she took him to a dirty looking scientist type of guy. And he told him that all the aliens are attached to one single omega which when distroyed will leads to elimination of all the aliens.

Wait a min.....

Are we not again talking about the parrot again??

The magician is the army and the omega is the parrot, guarded, hidden and everything which humanity experienced with development of magician story......

So...

Looks like it's all articulated and somehow parrot's killing give a deep sense of satisfaction.....

In my openion there is something like human consciousness which is everlasting both in past and future.....like never had a beginning....had an end.....

This consciousness is evolving like microsoft oprating system.....lots of patch resulting into working system....

Working system???

Yes Sir/Madam......the system is the programming of human mind to get that sense of satisfaction on the imaginary...never existing....harmless probably??..... parrot's death....

This mind bolgling, at least for me. Everything which is not absolute mathematics can be moulded, reframed or may be destroyed using parrot phenomenon.....

Parrot phenomenon!!!!!!

PS: No grammar and spelling complaints plz.

A tribute to six souls

I have a perception that an era begins and end with people who make it significant. That is why recent events forced me to think that probably we are seeing an end of political era. 

I am talking about sad demise of Jaya ji, Atal ji, Jetley ji,Sushma ji, Sheila ji, Karunanidhi ji within 3 years of time period. I know 3 years are huge but half of them lived in range of 80.

Well karunanidhi ji and Atal Ji born in same year 1924 and Sushma ji and Jetley Ji in 1952....1924 is very near Chauri Chaura incidence, Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre and Non cooperation movement in case you know history a bit. They just left behind world war I and saw first hand rise of communism. In popular culture Mo. Rafi and Raj Kapoor also born in same year. 

This was the era when India started getting mentally free from British rule under leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. Probably this was the transition from old freedom straggle, which ended in 1920 with B G Tilak, to new freedom struggle.  

Karunanidhi ji Being called Kalaignar which means artist, because of his contribution to Tamil literature was school dropout after failing 3 times in a class. Atal Ji on other side wow to never rote-learn a speech on same time. 

Sheila Dikshit was born in 1938 in Panjab moves to delhi for all her studies and develop lifelong reading habit started from Enid Blyton. I too belong to delhi and know well about Jesus and Mary School and Miranda House and today added new piece of information. 

Though her early life went eventless the world on same time getting torn apart. Hitler's forceful marriage with Germany and Jews eviction from Hitler rules areas. In fact Jews passport were invalidated in same year. Next year world war 2 started while Karunanidhi ji was doing an anti-hindi protest.  

Bajpai Ji joined RSS in 1939 meanwhile Karunanidhi Ji wrote Manava Nisan which was a hand written news paper distributed personally. I take hours to read newspaper can someone write one in a day??

In India next year only Bose resignation from congress presidency lead to major dispute in historian 80 years later that is now. On what this land would look like if that resignation was not happened.  

The decade of 40s have written a lot on our destiny and many generation past and yet to come. It was an era of independence, kashmir issue, division, riots, world war, constitution, Mahatma Gandhi..........

I suggest to go on youtube and watch some videos on Jailalitha and you will understand the fan following of Jaya ji in Tamil Nadu. Even though she is a past, the kitchen cabinet of Tamil Nadu keep her frame on CM chain in any meeting. 

She was born in 1948 and yes she was born in Maysore not Tamil Nadu. Named after 2 homes her parents owned jaya vilas and lalitha vilas. Her mother Vedavalli had 2 more sisters Ambujavalli and Padmavalli. I can confortably says that Jayalalitha's acting carrier is because of Padmavalli. 

Padmavalli came to Madras in 1952 to first try her fate in airline as air hostess and later she started working as an actress in commercial films with screen name Vidyavathi. Jaya's mother followed her to Madras and cinema with screen name Sandhya. In 1958 Jaya sat foot in Madras.  

Before we go further I need to introduce you to 2 more legends. Respect is an outcome of love in one case and fear in every other case. Both of Jetley Ji and Sushma Ji are highly respectful leaders and Spokesperson. They both were born in 1952. 

While Jayalalitha was getting brighter in studies Karunanidhi Ji and Atal Ji were making there carrier in politics. While Karunanidhi Ji won an election Kulithalai, Atal ji become rose to prominence in RSS with Deendayal Upadhayay ji. 

In every life there is a time when things are on standstill before it rose to next level for lifetime achievements.  This lifetime thing is specific to few lives only. 

Jayalalitha was unwilling to join movies but her mother forced her to join. After excel in studies she did excellent job in movies which makes me feel that perfection must be her habit otherwise how could she also rose to excellence in politics also.  

Jetley ji and Sushma ji both come to political limelight though AVBP in 1970s. I can't help ignoring striking similarities in their lives.

Born in same year 1952, 1970-74 they both lead ABVP and demise in same month in 2019. Both respected for their speeches which were both strong, sensible, meaningful and legendary. None of them contested 2019 election because of health concerns. Arun Jetley made sure that from driver to cook have their son's and daughter have life of their desired terms. Hats off....

1970s was the decade bearing dot of emergency when Atal ji got arrested, Karunanidhi's party DMK opposed the Emergency (as per wikipedia only party to do so) while Jayalalitha's role in tamil cinema getting wider and getting closer with MGR to ultimately quitting movies for politics in foot steps of MGR. This was in 1980 onward. Sushma ji though to utilise emergency time to get married :-). 

Sushma Ji held post of Delhi CM and lately in Narendra modi govt she broke grounds as foreign minister. 

When you talk about being Delhi CM Sheila dikshit is one person who make it a monument. I grew up in Delhi while she was consistently working for Delhi's good. Delhi used to be in dust and today if I visit some place which I last visited in my childhood then.....the place is simply missing for a desirable spot. 

After MGR death Jayalalitha being a CM transformed Tamil Nadu. I also must add that Tamil Nadu naturally had potential to transform during these years. She was a god for poor, political soldier for colleagues and ghost for non performers. An iron lady indeed who will do anything to get people on her terms. She sacked Atal ji's government when they refused her demand to end DMK rule in TN. 

Yes Karunanidhi was CM at that time and he got to face tough competition from Jayalalitha in opposition. In fact when Jayalalitha rose to significant number in parliament when she was not CM. This 'kali' got incarnated on the day when she was thrashed in Tamil Nadu Assembly....cloths torn. If you don't know that, she wowed to return to assembly only as a CM then go google it. 

Atal ji were univarsal friend and remain like that lifelong. He become PM of india from 1998 to 2004. This is the time when metro rail started and Pokharan was done....Kargil was executed and GDP was grown to 7 mark. I still remember when I bought India shining band during his PMship. 

In this polarised country (which is an outcome of diverse nature not someone made it like that overnight) people can't imagine all of them in one write-up. From North to south......from right to left....from socialism to nationalism......

But they all are souls now................do they borrow anything from here?.........no.......So I just being impressed by their magnanimous life want to give them a tribute by my reading comprehension. 

Also initially divided my country is getting united now and I strongly feel that along with millions of efforts........unification starts now with this post. 

Jai Hind!