Sunday, June 24, 2007

Short Introduction of Che Guevara.

THE CUBAN REVOLUTION WAS FIVE YEARS OLD in 1964 when Ernesto Che Guevara was offered financial compensation to speak at Havana University. Guevara was one of only a handful of foreigners who came with the Castro Brothers on the Yacht called "Granma" to fight against the Batista dictatorship.

Upon landing in Cuba, most of the 81 men on the yacht were caught or killed, and only 16 escaped into the Sierra Maestra Mountains, where peasants and farmers aided them until their forces grew into the revolutionary army that defeated Batista.
By the time his troops marched on Havana with Camilo Cienfuegos' troops in January 1959, Guevara was very popular with the Cuban population. Stories of his bravery and leadership circulated widely, and he was considered one of the most important figures in the Revolution.

In his response to the offer from Havana University, Guevara showed the contempt for money that he openly shared with the Castro Brothers and a number of the other revolutionaries. "It's inconceivable to me," he wrote, "that a monetary payment should be offered to an official of the Government and the (Communist) Party, for any work of whatever kind it may be. Among the many payments that I have received, the most important is to be considered a part of the Cuban people; I would not know how to gauge that in dollars and cents." (The letter was printed in the Mexican magazine SUCESSOS, January 2, 1967.). The word "che" is the familiar diminutive for "you" in Argentina, as in "hey, you!" It was an affectionate term that became his "official" name and the one which he used for a signature, always with a lower-case "c."

Born in Argentina on June 14 1928 (he was ten months younger than Fidel Castro), Guevara studied medicine at Buenos Aires University, where he also became involved in opposition to the Argentine leader Juan Peron. He later went to Guatemala, and in 1953 he joined the government of Jacabo Arbenz Guzman, who was overthrown by a CIA-sponsored coup.

An intellectual and an idealist, able to speak coherently about Aristotle, Kant, Marx, Gide or Faulkner, he also loved poetry, and was equally at home with Keats as with Sara De Ibáñez, his favorite writer. It is said that he knew Kipling's "If" by heart.
"I don't think you and I are very closely related," Che wrote in a letter to Señora María Rosario Guevara, "but if you are capable of trembling with indignation each time that an injustice is committed in the world, we are comrades, and that is more important." It was this "great sensitivity to injustice" that forged his political views and led him to distrust imperialism, specifically the American government.

It is said that Guevara played an important role in converting Castro to communism, often quoting Marx, Engels, Mao Tse-tung and others.

Guevara suffered from a life-long asthmatic condition that might have prevented any other man from participating in guerilla warfare as he did, but he was determined to not let his ailment interfere with his ideals for a just society. This condition may be why, as a doctor, he specialized in allergies.

Journalist Herbert L. Matthews writes about Guevara in his book, REVOLUTION IN CUBA: "His dedication to his revolutionary beliefs was deeply religious. Che had a missionary's faith in the innate goodness of man, in the ability of workers to dedicate themselves to ideals and to overcome selfishness and prejudices. It was the other side of the coin of his passionate indignation against injustice and exploitation of the humble. He saw the solution in an exalted form of Marxism that would bring freedom and brotherhood. Such men are born to be martyrs."

While living in Mexico, Guevara worked in the allergy ward of the General Hospital and supplemented his salary as a photographer. It was at this time that he met Raul Castro, who told him about the situation in Cuba. In early July 1954, Guevara met Fidel, and after talking through the night for ten straight hours, he joined the Cuban Revolution.

Guevara went on to become the official doctor of the rebel army, and an important leader and strategist. Before leaving for Cuba on the Granma, he told his wife Hilda Gadea (whom he married on August 18, 1955 in Mexico City) that he joined the expedition "because it was part of the fight against Yankee imperialism and the first stage of the liberation of our continent."

After taking on many important jobs in the Cuban government after the Revolution (he headed Cuba's Ministry of Industry from 1961 to 1965) he led a force of 120 Cubans into the Congo, but the mission ended in failure.

In 1966 Guevara went to fight for revolution in Bolivia. He was captured by the Bolivian Army and executed on October 9 1967.

Saturday, June 23, 2007

A few Good Men.

In a country plagued by scandals , government apathy the need of the hour is Honest People who can lead , inspire this nation. The recent attack during an election rally on a prominent politician brings this decadent nature to the fore.Though the attacker is fighting for his life on rudimentary medical infrastructure , the politician is being administered the best of medical aid.The brutality , grotesque beatingthat he was subsequently administered to by overzealous supporters makes him a victim himself rather than a criminal.The circumstances that led to this extreme step can be traced to the failure of the govt. to discharge its duty , the concentration of power in the hands of who themselves need to be brought to books, the defunct juidicial system where justice comes out as water dripping from some Delhi Jal Board taps leading to econmoic , social stagnation is a quintesssential example of where we are heading to.
The person must have his own valid reasons which are being shrouded by the media which itself is subservient to the feudel politics of sychophancy.........this is sheer blasphemy where the victim is being subjugated to serve the vested interests of a class which is least interested in discharging it's duty .....
May the Revolution live and a day come when the justice is done to the concept opf equity which the founding fathers of the country strived for...

What is in a name .

The recent spurt in schemes being named after Nehru/Gandhi scions points to a decadent sycophancy to which our government and ministry officials have plummeted to . For them it is their only way to impress upon their immediate powers .It is an instrument in their hands to fulfill their motives .
Well some may argue what concern it to them, the name , when the schemes so envisaged accrue benefits to the people . The issue cannot be skirted on this argument. A deeper understanding of the problem is required with serious repercussions.In fact the embodiment of values , ideals projected by prefixing the names of some specific persons to schemes and projects is a shibboleth. Therefore the scheme's name should be after the persons entrusted with implementation or the post/authority at the helm of affairs. The efficacy of this approach is the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. This way the lynch pin stakeholders will discharge their duties to the best of their ability.
Now the question may arise why such a simplistic approach will produce magnificent results. The answer dear reader is within ourselves.
As Shakespearean classics have aptly documented the desire for fame , recognition is inherent in every individual. T o meet this end different modes ranging from pervasive to forbidden are adopted. If we provide an opportunity with stakes , the person leading the schemes will leave no stone unturned to make it a grand success and thus leave an indelible mark ...for opportunity comes but often knocking at your door and if the purpose be so noble it is just an icing on the cake.

Much ado about Nothig.

So I am back after a brief hiatus. In between many things have transpired which have impacted my life course. Begining in the series was a disaster at a exam considered not the least easy to clear yet the most coveted to drive any sane person to profanity ... next followed the shocker of realising that all the four years slogged at as India's creme de le creme turn out to be a naught when you are not in cognizance with market demand.. cruel intentions but such is the way of life
Life has to be recollected from the shattered bits left over after obliteration..to move on ahead is pervasively about learning the unlearnt and putting to trash the learnt..

Do you sense some elements of withering of a person who suffered at the hands of destiny ,,,if the answer is in the affirmative then I could not help blaming you ... yet on another platform it is about a new found confidence that seems to have engulfed a person who refuses to bow down ...
All said and done ....why should i become a narcisst...when I am egoistic....scrap it for I am in a delirium

The year preceding saw some more interesting developments on Political front with BJP making a tremendous comeback from Nowhere , Congress entangling itself into a quagmire of Sychophancy , inept and Aggrandization...Advani despite resurrecting the party leaving from the helm of affairs as their lynchpin leaving the reins to a person whose efficacy will be put to test ...anyways a begining has to be made and a better opportunity could not have presented itself to man on lookout for one...A whiff of change is in the offing which is always pleasant from mundane chronlogy...

Lesson has been learnt and message suucintly put forward that idealogy reigns supreme ..person's charisma comes second..

A party which so recently was in turmoil can make a turnaround ,,then there is no reason why it should not be applied to individuals...

And this article that I have just chipped in falls aptly in the juxtaposition of things

The gruelling week .

The week preceding was one hell of a time for me...for I was actually entrusted to do coding tasks in a language whose reminiscences of Greek..
I did my best to accomplish the tasks allotted to me and andon occasions not more than a few, I succeedded but more often than not it was a big cipher..
Probably that is the fate one meets when you enter a domain one has had no formal training...it is I hope a passing phase which I will overcome sooner or later and if formenr the better it is for me for nobody but I have the urgency to come to terms with technology..Am I really grateful for having being provided with this valuable opportunity to ..????????????
The immediate problem is coming to terms with an architecture that is humongous to say the least , employs a vast range of scripting languages and to add to the misery is the hard fact that the task assigned has to be met within the deadlines ..but who said that the corporate culture is easy..it is the way the businesses are done ..
The past week had me so engrossed that I rarely paid attention to happenings to the world outside with time for news ,magazines being pruned to my utter dismay and regret..I hope to correct the mistakes henceforth ..
The week was also sensational in another way with me receiving a call from my college friend with whom I have shared a convival relationship..the chap is working on a summer internship in Delhi .he briefed about the latest happenings ,,the topmost being what I always suspected but could never confirm that "HE IS A GAY".And I am realizing now the urgency to learn driving but despite my every effort the dream seems to be turning sour...wow man when I look back I realize that so much to be accomplishED and so little achieved I guiltily end another feather in my cap with a promise to make a conmeback with the embeliishments of words that i have now been exhausted which never the less is splendour of English ...
Any Takers !!!!!

No news is good news.

For time immemorial it has been the norm rather than an exception that news which lacks substance is the one that hogs the limelight.Issues , Opinions , Polls on subjects , matters aimed at the amorous readers ,to up their TRP ratings hog the limelight.
People who matter less , opinions bordering on glib , events fastidiously packed to embellish them somehow remain in our claustrophobic mindspace which has been hijacked by the copious news channels which cater to a market rather than creating an enlightened market viewer.
So it comes as no surprise for the sorry state of affairs and that too despite the omnipresence of media it's broadening influence ,things have still come as a cropper on the governance front...
However we cannot absolve ourselves from this .We live in a consumerist society and despite of our talk of paramount interest of the consumers we have been not able to enforce the clout that we can exert. It is still more surprising that no dissent has been raised and people rather than taking things in a manner compatible with facts , digest at it's face value.
The media on the other has taken this as golden gooose egg laying opportunity with they playing subservient to men in power for furthering their personal interests. Infact the media enjoys an influence which is second to none.The need of the hour is therefore to put an onerous effort to put things in place lest we will stay as laggards.
The proponents of Socialism ,Secularism while exhorting the altruist virtues allow themselves to become pawns to men and women whom they need to expose for this is the conception for working of effective democracy...

The importance of being evil.

The title might suggest desecration for virtues but!!! why it will not when that exactly what is the rendezvous , I am prevaricating to reach. If volition , carte blanche be the order for which India and US can be strategic and nuclear partners , then I have every reason on the planet to bombard you with mundane issues ...is it so ???
Of late,on me venturing into the corporate world the premeditated conviction was that let me focus on the core competency and the rest shall fall into it's place ,,I mean all the extra curriculars such as office politics , becoming a shirker and playing truant to one's duty from which we derive our susutenance.But such is the prevarcation that you shall be forced to think , vacillate and at times become capricious but the issue is not that...
The point is you have to learn the tricks of the trade to deserve what rightfully belongs to you but were we not told what belongs to you ..for it is better not receive when you deserve rather than receive when not deserve..but it has validity of the socialist zeitgeist...
All said and done let's switch to issues peritnent to news headlines ,,the recent visit by The World's Mightiest Man who descended this fateful holy land to add tolerance to his vocabulary despite
unity in diversity .His visit for some commuters threw life out of gear while for some it was sycophancy time to eulogise the government's herculean achievement that has been influenced more by strategic concerns rather than diplomacy efficacy.Any Arguments???Yeah lots of people will be gesticulating with their middle finger firmly in place but ..I do not have hits so I can at my be at my own discretion ha ha Me a hermit and this blog a hermitage but the shackles will be broken for I intend to invite enmasse
Remmembering Bush and traffic ensnarls that followed it reminds me why people crip only now and then when it is a a tenet of the day.The policemen as a constitutional obligation harass the commuters ,, draw mileage from drivers who take the public for a 'ride' literally..this despication of the rule of the law is amply visible when the bus's character of mobiliy vapourizes into immobility at the ubiquitious bus stops under the preening eyes of traffic police who are more happy to play truant to their duty...My firm belief is putting an end to this will lessen the chaos ,reduce the oil import budget saving precious foreign exchange , curb pollution and generate a sense of urgency in city life which seems to be going kolkotta way!!!! hey pun or metaphor intended...
And if these national benefits do not convince the government to get its act together probably the votebank politics of giving and appaesing the passengers who comprise the common man will set the cat among the pigeons rolling..will it ???? not sure but what else are we aimimg for when you want to host the Commonwealth games and the the advertsing blitzkreig "CHALO DILLI"..

Call me for clarifiacations @9818462503

Why I do need net hits?

Eversince I started scripting trash I have not been able the garner the hit of aven a single netizen..and with bleak future I must confess the possibility is very indeed meagre..
It seems I have been complled to do what I never,, from the start wantred to do but circumstances and necessity can force anyone to go against his will...
So with this I beseech all the blokes and Pretty lasses to come and grace the blog with their hit hit hit hit hit hit...I need it!!!!!
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I hope the adequacy is clear ....
And suggestions always welcome something which is ensembled
in the constitution .

Party animals

The world is blitzkreig and no one bears a testimony to this than the ubquitious,surreptious and conceited animals; oopsss PARTY ANIMALS the lingo they themselves devised and masochistically derive pleasure when referred to as one. Of late, this party bug has left no one unsmitten starting from the top echoleans to politicains;a protege of another ubiquitious sobriquet COMMON MAN who has been in news of late when issue skirting seems to be the mantra followed by their fateful masters. The page 3 culture as so often it is termed is a creation of those who themselves ridicule the gross impropreity in a social gathering where even the makers of Khajuraho outwitted to gain media attention and moolah. Anyways why so hoopla hulla bulla over a phenomenon that is least on the forum of COMMON MAN?Are we not trying to sound "The grapes are sour" when we surreptitiously furtively are a party to this hip hopping ,It seems women whp flaunt their gifts of creation for a miserly appetite of click of the lens become puerile on the contrary ,their naivety lends them an authenticity which seems to have bereft most of us.Atleast they do what they desire to rather than masquerade they bear the brunt of media glare and despite,, at times being at the receiving end continue with their old ways , they are the driving force behind gossip machines working overtime to catch readers eyeball ,they infact are a source of employment and pleasure for some others who like their page 3 counterparts are left to fend for themselves.

United Colors of Adversity.

At times the when the going gets the tough, the tough is gone ..has anyone experienced a situation somewhat similar to this???Anyone listening!!!!Helloooo???
During college days with the culmination of the best brains and the most dilligent students , and with an academic system so much engrossed in relative performance that absolute performance seems irrelevant , I underwent similar feelings. Day in day out you were focussing to improving your lot which in absolute terms might have happenend but put in front of others it was still the status quo .However the moment you stopped ,,you were down ..laggard you become one, procrastinaton a taboo in this cut throat environment. It was the first time realized to keep running is to stand at the current place when the whole world is also on the prowl. Things such as lifting oneself seems to have relative element became aptly clear to me ....if you have to win the race you need top oversmart the other chaps in the fray ..and that includes relative acceleration .....involving herculean onerous effort.That is why people who despite their adversity go on to become superachievers become icons for they conquered more than their opponents but the circumstances , the adversities and the mental claustrophobia the most difficult of them all .It seems the realization that the only thing that stops you from achieving your goal is 'YOU ' must have dawnesd on them ...