Friday, April 21, 2006
नागपूरी मराठी - Attention Nagpur :)
मिनष, तू उद्या हे काम करशील !
मी काल जेवून राहीलॊ...
दीमाग नको खाउ बॆ !
अशी बरीच अजब वाक्ये नागपूरी व्याकरणात आहॆत. मला ती माझ्या priya मीत्र्रांन्न मुळे कळली.
मला एक सांगा, "तू उद्या हे काम करशील", हे वाक्य order नाही का वाटत ? माझ्या नागपूरी मीत्र्रांन्ना order द्यावयाची नसते, पण तॆ असॆच बोलतात! मी, मुळचा कोकणातला अणी सध्याचा पुणेकर हे वाक्य असे म्हणीन: "तू उद्या हे काम करशील का ?" वा कीती आदर आमुच्या भाषेत!
"मी काल जेवून राहीलॊ" हे तर मला पटतच नाही. राहीलॊ ह्या शब्दाचे काय प्रयोजन ?
जर आपण सगळे एकसारखी मराठी पुस्त्के वाचत होतो, तर मग हॆ असॆ झाले कसे ?
पण खंरं म्हटलं तर, वेगळेपणातच तर खरी मजा आहॆ. त्यामुळेच वीनॊद हॊतात!
त्यामुळे मला माझ्या नागपूरी मीत्र्रांन्च्या वेगळेपणात फार मजा वाटतॆ.
पुन्हा भेटू बॆ,
मिनष.
टीप: मला हे blog मधे मराठी लीहीण्याचे software नीट वापरता येत नाही. त्यामुळे बरेचसे रस्व दीर्घ मध्ये दीसतात. एवढे वाचल्या बद्दल आभारी आहॆ.
मी काल जेवून राहीलॊ...
दीमाग नको खाउ बॆ !
अशी बरीच अजब वाक्ये नागपूरी व्याकरणात आहॆत. मला ती माझ्या priya मीत्र्रांन्न मुळे कळली.
मला एक सांगा, "तू उद्या हे काम करशील", हे वाक्य order नाही का वाटत ? माझ्या नागपूरी मीत्र्रांन्ना order द्यावयाची नसते, पण तॆ असॆच बोलतात! मी, मुळचा कोकणातला अणी सध्याचा पुणेकर हे वाक्य असे म्हणीन: "तू उद्या हे काम करशील का ?" वा कीती आदर आमुच्या भाषेत!
"मी काल जेवून राहीलॊ" हे तर मला पटतच नाही. राहीलॊ ह्या शब्दाचे काय प्रयोजन ?
जर आपण सगळे एकसारखी मराठी पुस्त्के वाचत होतो, तर मग हॆ असॆ झाले कसे ?
पण खंरं म्हटलं तर, वेगळेपणातच तर खरी मजा आहॆ. त्यामुळेच वीनॊद हॊतात!
त्यामुळे मला माझ्या नागपूरी मीत्र्रांन्च्या वेगळेपणात फार मजा वाटतॆ.
पुन्हा भेटू बॆ,
मिनष.
टीप: मला हे blog मधे मराठी लीहीण्याचे software नीट वापरता येत नाही. त्यामुळे बरेचसे रस्व दीर्घ मध्ये दीसतात. एवढे वाचल्या बद्दल आभारी आहॆ.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The OBC arithmetic
Mandal Commision is back. This time Arjun Singh, the HRD minister of India, wants to formulate a policy to introduce reservations in the elite institutes of India, the IITs and IIMs.
I've an anecdote to share related to the OBC quota issue.
One of my friend belongs to the OBC caste. One day I met him and we were discussing our education. My friend proudly told me that he completed his education on open merit, and not the OBC seat. He was of the strong belief that he should study at a place where his marks warrant him a seat and not the government quota. In other words, he took admission on an open seat in one of the engineering colleges in Pune. Since his marks were not in proportion to those required by the topmost educational institutes based on the open merit criteria, he did not get a seat in the topmost educational institutes in Pune but rather took it in another college based on his marks for the open seat. I admired his courage to do that. Afterall, I haven't met many people with such high self-esteem. He could have easily taken the reserved seat in the topmost college in Pune, which he, according to the rules, was entitled to.
However, he did commit, according to me, one mistake. He took admission through the open category. Now, you would ask, so what's wrong with it. Well, lets say a typical engineering college has 40 seats for each engineering stream. Of the 40, 50% are reserved payment seats. So we have 20 free seats. Of the 20, 50% are reserved. So we have 10 free seats for open category. If I'm not mistaken, there is some amount of reservation for the girls, I'm not sure how much, but lets take it 30%. So we remain with only 7 free seats for an open candidate! Of the only 7 seats that are available for the open candidate, 1 is grabbed by my friend. So we now have just 6 of the 40 seats for an open merit male candidate. If 6 other OBC candidates think this way, an open merit male candidate has no engineering future, for sure. God save him! He would never get that seat even when he deserved it.
The OBC candidates who had the guts to take admission based on their merits are really role models. Not many can think like that. However, while taking their admission, I believe, they should still choose the OBC seat. They should opt for the college where they would get admission based on open merit criteria (like my friend did), however, while taking admission, choose the OBC seat instead of open. That way, they would not end up consuming an open seat which an open male candidate badly needs.
Manish.
I've an anecdote to share related to the OBC quota issue.
One of my friend belongs to the OBC caste. One day I met him and we were discussing our education. My friend proudly told me that he completed his education on open merit, and not the OBC seat. He was of the strong belief that he should study at a place where his marks warrant him a seat and not the government quota. In other words, he took admission on an open seat in one of the engineering colleges in Pune. Since his marks were not in proportion to those required by the topmost educational institutes based on the open merit criteria, he did not get a seat in the topmost educational institutes in Pune but rather took it in another college based on his marks for the open seat. I admired his courage to do that. Afterall, I haven't met many people with such high self-esteem. He could have easily taken the reserved seat in the topmost college in Pune, which he, according to the rules, was entitled to.
However, he did commit, according to me, one mistake. He took admission through the open category. Now, you would ask, so what's wrong with it. Well, lets say a typical engineering college has 40 seats for each engineering stream. Of the 40, 50% are reserved payment seats. So we have 20 free seats. Of the 20, 50% are reserved. So we have 10 free seats for open category. If I'm not mistaken, there is some amount of reservation for the girls, I'm not sure how much, but lets take it 30%. So we remain with only 7 free seats for an open candidate! Of the only 7 seats that are available for the open candidate, 1 is grabbed by my friend. So we now have just 6 of the 40 seats for an open merit male candidate. If 6 other OBC candidates think this way, an open merit male candidate has no engineering future, for sure. God save him! He would never get that seat even when he deserved it.
The OBC candidates who had the guts to take admission based on their merits are really role models. Not many can think like that. However, while taking their admission, I believe, they should still choose the OBC seat. They should opt for the college where they would get admission based on open merit criteria (like my friend did), however, while taking admission, choose the OBC seat instead of open. That way, they would not end up consuming an open seat which an open male candidate badly needs.
Manish.
Friday, April 07, 2006
The Indian Idol (a money game)
Indian Idol, the famous show based on the concept of American Idol. The show where talent matters less than luck. The show where people move forward based on a sms electorate than the real talent in their voice. And finally, the show where a good voice crowns the candidate an Indian Idol.
The sms-thing-to-take-part-in-competitions dates back to Kaun Banega Crorepati - Dvitiya (that's as back as my memory goes). Back then, I had received an email forward which explained how the program is raking in moolah by way of sms votes. I think Indian Idol too started with the same concept.
The Indian Idol (II) show, which I happened to watch confirmed 14lac sms votes. Each sms costing Rs3. That makes it Rs42 lac only through sms for one show! Plus the advertisement rates at prime time would add up to the show's revenue. Now that the show is in final stages, Indian Idol (II) show with final 3 contestants gathered more than 1crore sms votes!
Back in the old day, the way a channel received its revenue was through cable operators. Add to it some subscribers who installed Direct To Home (DTH) service. Now, the sms voting game is in vogue. Television channels have an alternate source of income, directly from the viewer, bypassing the cable operator. Yes, there is a telecom operator inbetween them. However, the stakes are much high. India, with so many of its people sending sms votes to make their candidate win. And in return, I wonder what the people get out of it! They would end up making someone's life. The only point is, does he deserve? Many deserving candidates were thrown out of the show and couldn't compete because of a lower sms score to their name.
But Sonu Nigam, one of the judges on the show rightly said that someone might become an Indian Idol this way. However, only his talent will tell whether he survives later in the long run... May the best prevail!
Cheers,
Manish.
The sms-thing-to-take-part-in-competitions dates back to Kaun Banega Crorepati - Dvitiya (that's as back as my memory goes). Back then, I had received an email forward which explained how the program is raking in moolah by way of sms votes. I think Indian Idol too started with the same concept.
The Indian Idol (II) show, which I happened to watch confirmed 14lac sms votes. Each sms costing Rs3. That makes it Rs42 lac only through sms for one show! Plus the advertisement rates at prime time would add up to the show's revenue. Now that the show is in final stages, Indian Idol (II) show with final 3 contestants gathered more than 1crore sms votes!
Back in the old day, the way a channel received its revenue was through cable operators. Add to it some subscribers who installed Direct To Home (DTH) service. Now, the sms voting game is in vogue. Television channels have an alternate source of income, directly from the viewer, bypassing the cable operator. Yes, there is a telecom operator inbetween them. However, the stakes are much high. India, with so many of its people sending sms votes to make their candidate win. And in return, I wonder what the people get out of it! They would end up making someone's life. The only point is, does he deserve? Many deserving candidates were thrown out of the show and couldn't compete because of a lower sms score to their name.
But Sonu Nigam, one of the judges on the show rightly said that someone might become an Indian Idol this way. However, only his talent will tell whether he survives later in the long run... May the best prevail!
Cheers,
Manish.
