{"id":80,"date":"2004-04-21T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/?p=80"},"modified":"2021-01-02T13:10:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T07:40:42","slug":"hot-and-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/2004\/04\/21\/hot-and-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot and Happening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the whole of India is like an oven, the title would have been apt even if it was out of context, but it is in context, nevertheless&#8230;.<br \/>\ni saw a malayalam movie thats become a hit recently. Its called &#8220;4 the poeple&#8221; (the pun, i think, is intended because it centres around four college guys).<br \/>\nFour engineering graduates who are sick of the corruption, goondaism around, and take the law into their hands. their interface with the commonfolk is a website where people can register complaints against corrupt practices, gangs etc. the guys (typically, almost as a trademark) cuts off the right hand of the perpetrator and sends off the proof of his misdeeds to the police.<br \/>\nI am happy for the movie&#8217;s success, coz it means the public is still at a stage where they are appreciative of (at least) someone standing for justice, fairness etc&#8230;. and more than that, willing to sacrifice a good life for the betterment of society. In a society devoid of morals, even thats a boon. right now, the process of accumulating wealth has become a passion. and it has to be, if only for survival. and therefore morals, ethics, virtues etc dont count.<br \/>\ni need more money coz my old classmate has bought a new car, my colleague has bought a new house, my neighbour has two home theatres for his single home and so on and so forth&#8230;all the while listening to new age gurus, who, like a colleague so aptly put it, are only telling me what my grandma used to say anyways!!<br \/>\ni am in the whirlpool, and even though i hate it, i have to swim vigorously to survive&#8230;. and if i can manage it, sink a couple of people swimming with me&#8230;<br \/>\nsociety judges me be what i have, and not what i am, and so i play along, and will lose eventually, but yes, i tried. and i am a traitor in society&#8217;s camp coz i derive a sadisitic pleasure when i hear people talking about the heat (even though i get affected myself)..coz , its because of the tree cutting, plastic using, animal killing consumeristic greed of ours that nature is treating us with the same feeling that we treat it&#8230; no sympathies!! but hey, i am still with society, and pretty soon, hope to be hot and happening&#8230;.<br \/>\nmeanwhile, some good quotes from some lucky people who had the time to think&#8230;&#8230; and do &#8230;in<br \/>\nmanuscrypts trivia<br \/>\n&#8220;About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.&#8221; ~ Josh Billings<br \/>\n&#8220;Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.&#8221; ~ Miguel de Cervantes<br \/>\n&#8220;God is at home, it&#8217;s we who have gone out for a walk.&#8221; ~ Eckhart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the whole of India is like an oven, the title would have been apt even if it was out of context, but it is in context, nevertheless&#8230;. i saw a malayalam movie thats become a hit recently. 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