Nobels, Oscars and Padma awards are the sign of individual excellence, recognition of genius, acknowledgment of superior intellectual faculties ,encouragement of creativity, and by for the noble symbols of greater contribution to art, science and mankind. This is the most popular belief, but not devoid of deviations, which I would like to comment in this blog. I have a mild feeling that lobbying and favouritism may also play an equal role along with the merit and hard work.
1. BARRACK OBAMA IS THE FIRST WAR CRIMINAL TO BE AWARDED WITH NOBEL PEACE PRIZE - The reason cited for his merit is in improving the international diplomacy and cooperation with the people. The atrocities of the U.S. forces is continuing in Iraq and Afghanistan. US drones continue to ravage the tribal Waziristan. His response and his future plans for these war torn regions remain the same as that of his predecessor, George Bush -another war criminal. It seems that, this leader does not have a proper exit plans out of these regions. He does not even under stand the simple truth that, only the presence of US forces is responsible for aggravating these problems. US invasion has not changed the Afghan scenario. Afghanistan is still in the hands of warlords. How the tag "cooperation with the people" is associated with his style of functioning is a miracle. One of the other reasons cited is, he has created new climate in international politics. How a leader who is not able to make his country to reiterate the binding commitments in climate change talks could have created a new climate in international politics. Even developing countries like India and China having relatively poor development index, have the guts to go for non binding commitments, why not US, the largest per-capita polluter do not go for binding commitments like the other European countries. What is Obama doing here in this context? As for me, Obama's remark "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges" remain only in paper. Obama's role as the president of the US is exactly like all his predecessors -"We have more nukes and we have the ultimate right to pump what ever the shit out of you".
2. SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE IS THE FIRST PIECE OF CRAP TO BE AWARDED WITH OSCAR AWARD IN THE BEST PICTURE CATEGORY - SDM was selected as the best picture for the year 2009, outwitting the fellow competition from "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button", "The Reader", "Milk" and "Frost Nixon". I have seen all these films. And in my opinion SDM is no where near the rest of the four films. First,The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button is a never before told story portrayed in a never before way. The film revolves around what would happen if a person is born as old and die as young. It is a master piece when it comes to the expression of human emotions. Second, The Reader revolves around the trial of an illiterate Nazi security women guard for her crimes against the Jewish prisoners. She is not ashamed of being a part of Nazi perpetrated genocide, but she is ashamed of being an illiterate. This film aptly expresses the emotions of being an illiterate. Third, Milk is a classic film about gay rights movement in USA. Fourth, Frost/Nixon is about an interview between Richard Nixon- the then president of US involved in water gate scandal, and George Frost- the British reporter. These are classics that are no where to be compared with SDM, which is a very average film, with average story, with very average reach. But how this film is able to win Oscars is a mystery.
3. SANT SINGH CHATWAL IS THE FIRST ACCUSED TO BE AWARDED WITH PADMA SHRI AWARD- There are allegations that SS Chatwal was charge sheeted by CBI regarding some financial scam and irregularities involving a 9 million dollar default with SBI and other public sector banks. How these coveted awards like Padma end up in the hands of CBI chargesheeted man remain a mystery. More over, the exclusion of Vijendar Singh and Sushil Kumar, the bronze medal winners of Beijing Olympics from the preliminary list and Sushil kumar from the final list raises the apprehensions of fairness and transparency in the selection procedure.
I have no other go except to think about the sanctity of the committees that awards these prestigious awards.....
1. BARRACK OBAMA IS THE FIRST WAR CRIMINAL TO BE AWARDED WITH NOBEL PEACE PRIZE - The reason cited for his merit is in improving the international diplomacy and cooperation with the people. The atrocities of the U.S. forces is continuing in Iraq and Afghanistan. US drones continue to ravage the tribal Waziristan. His response and his future plans for these war torn regions remain the same as that of his predecessor, George Bush -another war criminal. It seems that, this leader does not have a proper exit plans out of these regions. He does not even under stand the simple truth that, only the presence of US forces is responsible for aggravating these problems. US invasion has not changed the Afghan scenario. Afghanistan is still in the hands of warlords. How the tag "cooperation with the people" is associated with his style of functioning is a miracle. One of the other reasons cited is, he has created new climate in international politics. How a leader who is not able to make his country to reiterate the binding commitments in climate change talks could have created a new climate in international politics. Even developing countries like India and China having relatively poor development index, have the guts to go for non binding commitments, why not US, the largest per-capita polluter do not go for binding commitments like the other European countries. What is Obama doing here in this context? As for me, Obama's remark "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges" remain only in paper. Obama's role as the president of the US is exactly like all his predecessors -"We have more nukes and we have the ultimate right to pump what ever the shit out of you".
2. SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE IS THE FIRST PIECE OF CRAP TO BE AWARDED WITH OSCAR AWARD IN THE BEST PICTURE CATEGORY - SDM was selected as the best picture for the year 2009, outwitting the fellow competition from "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button", "The Reader", "Milk" and "Frost Nixon". I have seen all these films. And in my opinion SDM is no where near the rest of the four films. First,The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button is a never before told story portrayed in a never before way. The film revolves around what would happen if a person is born as old and die as young. It is a master piece when it comes to the expression of human emotions. Second, The Reader revolves around the trial of an illiterate Nazi security women guard for her crimes against the Jewish prisoners. She is not ashamed of being a part of Nazi perpetrated genocide, but she is ashamed of being an illiterate. This film aptly expresses the emotions of being an illiterate. Third, Milk is a classic film about gay rights movement in USA. Fourth, Frost/Nixon is about an interview between Richard Nixon- the then president of US involved in water gate scandal, and George Frost- the British reporter. These are classics that are no where to be compared with SDM, which is a very average film, with average story, with very average reach. But how this film is able to win Oscars is a mystery.
3. SANT SINGH CHATWAL IS THE FIRST ACCUSED TO BE AWARDED WITH PADMA SHRI AWARD- There are allegations that SS Chatwal was charge sheeted by CBI regarding some financial scam and irregularities involving a 9 million dollar default with SBI and other public sector banks. How these coveted awards like Padma end up in the hands of CBI chargesheeted man remain a mystery. More over, the exclusion of Vijendar Singh and Sushil Kumar, the bronze medal winners of Beijing Olympics from the preliminary list and Sushil kumar from the final list raises the apprehensions of fairness and transparency in the selection procedure.
I have no other go except to think about the sanctity of the committees that awards these prestigious awards.....
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