BIG MISTAKE!!

DISCLAIMER: if any of the views expressed in this post offends someone or pisses off somebody off enough to make them want to kill me....i DIDNT DO IT! it was the voices in my head.....mujhe MAAF kar do, dont place a fatwa on me or stab me with a Trishul, it would be highly appreciated.

OK lets get on with it.

You know WHAT, by far, was MANS worst invention.....no it wasnt the the manhole (MANHOLE....haha, funny word) although it comes close. IT IS religion. i have no doubt about it.
Dont get me wrong...am a believer in god (atleast most of the time) and i think FAITH is something v should have...it gives purpose and makes peoples resolves stronger and pushes them towards greater things. it also provides a comfort and a pillar to lean on during bad times.
But religion does no such thing. And i think , unfortunately too often people mistake religion for faith and thats where they allow them to be led astray. Here is a short list of what religion has contributed to society: narrow minded thinking, absurd traditions and mindless rituals, dirty politics, obstacles to scientific growth, unsecular activities driven by a false sense of superiority and probably each war this planet has faced has on some level or the other has been influnced by religious differences used by political and fundamentalist forces.

Now...u would say that " But religion provides a source or link to connect with god or higher being out there"....but i think all good people dont really NEED that link. Each and every one of us does and can communicate directly with him/her (dunno gods gender) without ever having to go to gurudwara, mosque, temple or church....as they say god is everywhere. so i treat him as a friend and talk directly to him.

My Biggest problem with religion is how trivial religion is sometimes and how lil choice we have over it. when i was old enough to understand wat was happenning around me and grasp language...my parents told me my name is Kanwardeep sodhi and i am a sikh...thats how i become a SIKH? if they had told me i was Muhammad ali and i am muslim , i would have become muslim and probably not the greatest boxer of all time.
I am sounding preachy...aint i? well wat i am trying to say that religion has always been used as a tool...to get people to kill each other, to wage wars, to win votes....and most unforgivably, to ban some really cool movies.
IF u really wanna follow somethin....follow music, culture, and if u r female and pretty, Follow me!

P.S although i dont like religions...i really like some of the gods...Like lord shiva gives me the impression of this really cool guy whos a biker with long hair and a stubble crusing on a harley with leather jacket-shacket and all that style. And HanuMann gives me the impression of a strong Jat munda on a gypsy with a wry sense of humor.

infact i can write a whole blog on my versions of the gods....well maybe next time. more of that later.
GOD BLESS EVERYBODY

OF great khali and ITEM GIRLS and all things grand..

as me and millions plunk down their behinds in front of the grandest invention since bread (sliced or otherwise), the TV, none of us really have any expectations out of it excpet maybe a cpl of hours of watching half naked women on beaches, rooftops, hills, roads....ppl blowing guns in houses, offices, barns, monastries....scheming women in one soap operas, lecherous men on another (in other words, a couple of hours of GOOD, CLEAN FUN). But until about say 5 years ago...when i switched to a news channel....which ofcourse would after my dad snatched away the remote control, i would expect an intellectual, unbiased and dignified reporting of events arond the World. Of course, i like many other people, kept myself updated and then went back to the good old obsecnity (physical and mental) doled out to us on every other channel.

Not anymore, the news channel 2day has undergone a metamorphosis that would make a caterpillar(0r for that matter, butterfly) envious and send it scrambling back into its cocoon.......gone r the days of the boring old, Responsible journalism and well researched , understated and trustworthy news. SANSANIKHEZ now is the name of the game.....and everybodys playing it. Kids fallin into holes, b-grade celebrities shoutin it out in public,
the neighborhood affair between Sharma ki ladki and Gupta ka ladka .....its all Manna from heaven for the new, supposedly improved, news channels....khabar brought to u as it happens (hoohoohaha) complete with reconstructions using the cheapest actors money can buy.

Obscenity, sensationalism, plagiarism. all issues that traiditionally were the knell of death for responsible media have infact become the mantras that it lives by.....missed out ur fav show on tv....fikar not, BHARAT TV will show u whole sequences of it PRIMETIME...missed ur favourite comedians stand-up act?, KHABAR TODAY will show it u under the caption SHAKEEL ke LADOO...but..over and over and ever again...until u cant take him anymore.

sure , i can complain about it but i have the power of thr remote control and if i really feel like watchin some ACTUAL news...i can always watch NDTV..which does seem to try and stay genuine inspite of probably having the puppets as their major attractions. plus sunetra choudhary, one fo their anchors, is sooo HOT (did i write Hot?....i meant attractive in a dignified way).
THATS ALL WE HAVE FROM THE NEWSROOM TODAY.....until next time.