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									<title>From King-Bull's desk</title>
									<link>http://www.fropper.com/ezBlog/King-Bulls-Ring</link>
									<description>Think simple, write easy, make sense..... Enjoy reading..</description>
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									<pubDate>2008-Sep-01, 09:26:17</pubDate>
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						<title>Cultural Crossroads...</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/20653</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, I was reading the times Of India and this article caught my eyes. 
&nbsp; 
Girly Sexapades 
 
Written by Vinita Dawra Nangia, of Times Of India.  
Girly Sexapades..!!!&nbsp; 
 
Here I am bringing some excerpts of the article,  
 
&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;Sexcapades of young women, their casual attitude towards flings and open declaration that sex is just a physical need like any other, lead one to wonder how this new-found sexual freedom affects society and in particular, matrimony.&rdquo;  
 
&nbsp;-&nbsp; &ldquo;A young acquaintance filled me in on the sex lives of her colleagues &mdash; their casual flings and one-night stands from which they can walk away without looking back. As one of her friends puts it, &ldquo;I get a great sense of liberation from being able to just get up in the morning, put on my clothes and walk away without any emotional baggage or need for commitment.&rdquo;  
 
&nbsp;-&nbsp; As one young girl puts it colourfully, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s like a physical hunger that needs to be taken care of. Don&rsquo;t you walk into a restaurant, eat and walk out without any commitment to come back again? If you really liked the food, you may well revisit and it may even become an obsession for a while, but needn&rsquo;t be a lifelong commitment!&rdquo; She talks about another friend who thinks nothing of sleeping with her foreign-based boss on an international conference. And yet, next day is like any other working day.  
 
&nbsp;-&nbsp; Hearing all this talk, a colleague, well into her late 30s and married with a child, laments, &ldquo;To think of all that we missed in our youth! We actually thought virginity was a gift we had to save for our husbands! What a waste!&rdquo; There are many like her who are tempted to try and make up for that sense of loss in later years, stepping onto the thin ice of extra-marital affairs.  
 
Excellent..!  
 
Finally, we are catching up with the West in every bit of our life-style.  
 
I am not bringing to you this blog as a Moralist or conservative clan.  
 
Yes, this younger generation has discovered its freedom and independence and has learnt to live their life in western culture.  
 
But, then read this&hellip;  
 
&ldquo;As a young IT professional from Mumbai confesses, &ldquo;I have asked my parents to start looking for a match for me. I&rsquo;ve had my fun, gone through lots of relationships and want to settle down now.&rdquo;  
 
Asked parents? To look for a match??  
 
Why they need parents only for looking for a match????  
Do the western parents look for a match for their children, who have already gone through few relationships and had all the &lsquo;fun&rsquo;..!!!  
 
Imagine this&hellip;  
&ldquo;Hello Guptajee, we are looking for a groom for our girl.&rdquo; 
 
&ldquo;Well, Sharmajee, Ladkee pad-likee hain?, Achee Khaan-Dhaan kee hai?, Achchee Palan Kee Hai.??&rdquo;  
 
&ldquo;Haan-Jee, Sirf Chaar Boy-friends ko chod Chukee Hai, Aur Theen Ke Saath So Chukee Hai aur do abortion kar chukee hai&hellip;&rdquo;  
 
&ldquo;Theek Hai Jee, Hamaare Paas Ek Ladkaa Hai Jee, Jo Paanch girl-friends Ko Chod chukaa Hai aur das Ladkeyoo ke Saath So Chukaa Hai, Aap Kee Ladkee Key Liye Purphekt Maitch Hogaa Jee, Fix Kar Dhooon???&rdquo;  
 
What kind of Cultural Contamination we are going through?&nbsp; 
Girls.. They wanna have all the fun, all the &quot;restaurant food&quot;, and then they want their &lsquo;parents&rsquo; (!) to look for a &lsquo;match&rsquo; because they want to &rsquo;settle down&rsquo;.?????&nbsp; 
 
What is the meaning of 'settling down'..??? 
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						<pubDate>Sep 01, '08</pubDate>
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						<title>Blue rambling...!!!</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/20548</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Man, suddenly I am feeling this color.  
Blue?  
Yes, its audio-visual world and God had created us to sense the feeling through colors and sounds.  
Just after the Olympics, somehow I am starting to feel low, sort of dumb and slow, dis-interested in the routine things I have been doing, since I could remember.  
The boss looks like big rock and wife looks like the green species from another planet.  
Nothing interests anymore.  
Work is there, but kind of gets done somehow. Don&rsquo;t&nbsp;feel like I am giving my best to it.  
Coffee doesn&rsquo;t excite as it used to and cookies don&rsquo;t taste in the tongue-tip that good.  
Life around me looks sort of stagnant, like the long wait at the traffic lights.  
People seem to move around like robots.  
What is it? 
Why Like This?  
Is it depression?  
Is it a prelude calm for the festive season ahead?  
Is it the lull after a hectic project getting completed?  
Is it the subcon fear of the massive and almost impossible target ahead at work?  
Is it just the fatigue that is taking over?  
Is it that I need a break? If yes, break from what? 
 
I am thinking that my relocation has got something to do with this lull. Relocation from Saudi Arabia to the hometown. When I was in the gulf, I always had a break of 1 month where I just break-free from all the routines and get to India, a whole new place and people. Again people welcomed us as rare-guests and we had great time, great care and fun throughout that 1 month. Then get back to work was fresh and energetic experience.  
 
But, now I am here, in my hometown, working and no more a guest. People I am seeing everyday. Doing the same thing everyday. The vacation place became routine dwell-spot. No place to &lsquo;go for vacation&rsquo;.  
Well, it also means that I must take a break and get away from this place, to somewhere else for a week or so.  
 
It is just about 1 year I am working and my wife is cooking. Of course, both are at the limits and I guess that is the reason my mind is refusing to think.  
 
Refusing to think creatively, to write new interesting blogs, interacting with nice people around the Fropperland.  
 
Great. Man, it feels better after I put those&nbsp;ramblings in here.&nbsp; 
 
I am gonna plan a vacation, an escapade from this city and work, possibly in October.  
Now, I can spend some time in planning and my wife can spend time in preparation for that vacation.  
Few places are in mind, and will finalize very soon.  
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Mhmmmm.. Feeling much better. Let me grab the cup and make myself a hot cup of Black Coffee and dip my head into that drawing...]]></description>
						<pubDate>Aug 29, '08</pubDate>
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						<title>2 Bronze Medals in one day... Silenced all critics... SALUTES TO YOU TWO...!!</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/20096</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Two BRONZE Medals on One Day...  Wrestler Sushil Kumar - Bronze  and&nbsp;  Boxer Vijender wins Q/F - (At least Bronze and it could be better).  Wish Vijender goes on to get a GOLD  Please join me in congratulating these sportsmen, who made 1 Billion people proud again, After Abhinav had done it just less than a week ago.  You guys have silenced all the critics..&nbsp;  You guys have done it against all the odds in this country...  CONGRATULATIONS SUSHIL...  BEST WISHES TO VIJENDER - GO FOR GOLD  ]]></description>
						<pubDate>Aug 20, '08</pubDate>
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						<title>KB is beaten, speechless and very sad...</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/19869</link>
						<description><![CDATA[In this cruel, selfish world, KB feels so beaten, speechless and very, very sad today.   If you had read my earlier blog,   &ldquo;A Letter to Nikhita&rdquo;   and   &ldquo;Second Letter to Nikita&rdquo;,   and had read all comments therein,   Please take few moments to read this news article in full (courtesy TOI),   Niketa suffers a mis-carriage   And you will know why&hellip;.  ]]></description>
						<pubDate>Aug 16, '08</pubDate>
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						<title>Second letter to Nikhita...</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/19749</link>
						<description><![CDATA[This is my second letter to Nikhita.   My first letter was read, criticized and commented by many of my fropper friends and I wish to thank all of you for extending your opinions.   I have been prompted to write this second letter, by some of our friend&rsquo;s comments, culminated by the comment from our friend, Satya_GN.   Dear Nikhita,   First of all, I took the privilege to write the first letter from the stand-point of a brother. If I were your brother, I would have done everything possible to stop you from going for the &lsquo;abortion&rsquo; at this stage, leave alone going to the court. I would have convinced you to go through it all, would have given all the support you would have needed to go through the pregnancy and finally I swear, if I were your brother, I would have offered to adopt the child immediately upon its birth, regardless it is born normal or abnormal.   My dear Nikhita,  Let us take all the morals, sentiments, cultural values, human values, whatever values you think I am talking about.  Let us assume the court gave the verdict in your favor.  Say, you could&nbsp;go ahead aborting the child.   Now, Imagine this&hellip;  You are in your 6th Month of pregnancy.  How do the doctors carry out abortion is as below:  From the 20th to 23rd week of gestation, an injection to stop the fetal heart can be used as the first phase of the surgical abortion procedure to ensure that the fetus is not born alive. Then a surgical abortion procedure such as D&amp;C or D&amp;E is done to remove the dead fetus out of the womb.   Of course, Nikhita, you are currently going through tremendous emotional and mental turmoil, which nobody would imagine to go through. You have a child inside you, which has a possible congenital abnormality (as per the diagnosis of the doctors). You might have to live with a handicapped baby for the rest of&nbsp;your life. You might have to spend all your savings in treating this child. You might have to sacrifice a lot just for this child.   Your&nbsp;emotional status is not going to be any better after the abortion, in case if you got the court verdict in your favor. The doctors would have to practically &lsquo;kill&rsquo; the baby inside your womb and suck the dead body out.&nbsp;You would not be able to forgive herself from this guilt of killing the child, for the rest of her life.   If the baby didn&rsquo;t survive, it is in God&rsquo;s hands. We humans are well trained to believe that and move on. But, if that guilty feeling creeps in and takes root, it could even drive you to the point of suicidal frustration.   Once again, I would like to clarify to you and&nbsp;all.  I am not writing this like a lawyer or like a robot.  I too have emotions and I too understand the feelings of the mother-to-be, very well.  My first letter was strongly worded only because, I am serious in expressing myself to the mother-to-be and it is still absolutely your prerogative to answer these questions, in the way you wanted to.   Finally, as a brother, I am extending all my BLESSINGS to the mother and the child for the best of their health in their lives.   I am requesting all those who read this and the earlier letter, to pray for the mother and child at least once a week and help the MIRACLE happen.   THANK YOU ALL and THANK GOD&hellip;         ]]></description>
						<pubDate>Aug 14, '08</pubDate>
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						<title>Congratulations Abihnav, You made 1 Billion People Proud.</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/19572</link>
						<description><![CDATA[While Indian media day-in-and-day-out, is still not willing to let down the Dravids and Laxman's non-performance or Sachin or Ishant's Injuries in the infamous cricket test match in Srilanka,  You,   Mr. Abhinav Bindra,&nbsp;  have made this country of 1 Billion, proud at the international sports arena.  Klik for the news and picture  We join all those sports lovers to congratulate you on this record making fete.  After 28 years, India has won a Gold Medal in Olympics...  Please put in your congratulations to this great sportsman.  ]]></description>
						<pubDate>Aug 11, '08</pubDate>
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						<title>A letter to Nikhita... - Edited - 6-Aug-08</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/19285</link>
						<description><![CDATA[A Letter to Nikhita&hellip;   Hello Madam Nikhita,  Take a few moments to read this letter, while the entire nation is debating your rights and country&rsquo;s laws and media is having grand gala time with all the sensation that is being created by this case.   I have been following the case as well as your plight and I just have a few questions to ask you and with all your conscience you may try to find answers to these questions.   1. What if the diagnosis was wrong? With all the technological advancement that we have in front of us, we are only getting as close as we can, but we can never be able to pin point the problem the fetus has at the present moment inside you. It may so turn out that when the child is actually born, it could be alright or the problem could minimize. How would place yourself in that situation?   2. What if the doctors did not find out or conclude there was a problem to the fetus at this stage? It was your case that the doctors did diagnose to some extent the problem ad are speculating that the baby could have serious problem at birth. What if they did not inform you and allowed the baby to be born? Does it not mean that you are at the wish and whim of the doctors that you consult? Does it mean that the baby&rsquo;s survival or death is in the doctors&rsquo; hands?   3. What if you (or the doctors) find out the purported defect at the time of birth? Would you still go to court to kill the baby?   4. What if the baby is born blind or deaf, in which case, the technology has not yet come up to predict before birth? Would you still want the baby killed?   5. Your argument and the doctors argument is that the baby if born might not lead a normal life. Now, what is a normal life? A baby born with all its organs normal and functioning at the time of birth is not 100% assured of leading a normal life for ever so to speak. So many things could go wrong after birth that could render the child&rsquo;s life abnormal. What are your options in that case?   6. The entire nation is now talking about the &lsquo;right&rsquo; of the mother to kill / abort her baby. What right does the mother has to kill a baby after it is born? What is the big difference if you kill the baby when it is inside your womb or outside your womb?   7. Finally, what would you normally have done if there were no defects diagnosed by the doctors? You would have given birth to a &lsquo;normal&rsquo; baby, that could lead a &lsquo;normal&rsquo; life? In fact, the baby would never know if it is leading a normal life or abnormal life when it is born. It is YOU who would not be able to lead a &lsquo;normal&rsquo; life with such a baby to take care. It is YOU who would have to go through all the sufferings and extra tension to care of&nbsp;a handicapped baby. It is you who don&rsquo;t want to leave your &lsquo;comfort zone&rsquo; to take care of this special child that is going to be born. Please don&rsquo;t blame the nature or God or the baby for this situation. It is YOU and only YOU who don&rsquo;t want to take the extra effort that might be required to raise a 'special child'.   God gives special children to &lsquo;special people&rsquo;. Those who have the love and affection towards mankind in abundance, God entrusts such special children, who are actually &lsquo;angels&rsquo; sent by God to test your perseverance. Please do not kick away this golden chance to bring up a special angel, that has been sent to you by God, to make you also a Special Mother, not an Ordinary Mother.   Laws or no Laws, rights or no rights, wrongs or no wrongs, Its God&rsquo;s gift to you and take it as it comes to you. You are nobody else could predict what is going to happen tomorrow nor change it.   Thanks for giving a few moments of your time and I hope I said what I wanted to say&nbsp;here.&nbsp;  Dear friends, Thanks a ton for participating in this discussion. I am reproducing an opinion by a medical doctor (Dr. Rajashekher) posted in Times of India's forum,&nbsp; KLIK to see the Original post Quote: In this instance, the unborn child has been found to have congenital complete heart block, as per the newspaper. Now, this is a defect which can only be found out by performing an ECG, so I am left wondering how the doctors actually arrived at this diagnosis. Secondly, CHB as it is called, need not be fatal, and in fact, is very easily treated by inserting a pacemaker into the heart chamber, most of the times, the ventricle. Given current technology, it should be possible to insert this pacemaker even while the child is still within the womb, at least in some advanced centers. Given this information, I believe that in this particular instance, the Mehtas have no right to deny their child a right to live, and so the court ruling is correct simply on this ground, in addition to all the technical grounds which they cited. In general, I believe that abortion and killing a child in the womb on the grounds of some possible defect, without being conclusively proved, is not just cruel, it is also bad science, since it doesn't allow scientific endeavor to improve life, to play its role. In this respect it has the same effect on science as does euthanasia. But like euthanasia, a certain degree of freedom should be allowed to the indvidual on a case by case basis, which is surely worthy of debate.&nbsp;  Some of the readers r going overboard in criticizing the judgment on the grounds that the birth of a child who is physically or mentally handicapped is such an agony to the parents that it is worse than killing them! This hyperbole needs to be tempered by some strong scientific points which we must keep in mind, which are:  1)It is not possible to conculsively prove in the intra-uterine state that child will have or will not have a given physical handicap or a mental handicap of such a degree or not, by any means.  2)The said defect in this child was of a kind which did not merit such a drastic step  In fact, when this child grows up and learns of the debates and discussioon around his birth, and realizes that his parents were hell bent on killing him for a defect which was so easily treated, I have no doubts that the mental agony caused to him at that time will be worse than death.  &nbsp;- Dr. Rajashekher. UNQUOTE.  Also please read the comment from Mr. ANIL KUMAR NAIR on similar case, wherein the parents are going through extreme suffering and supporting Mehtas for their decision.  And the Lawyers' opinion is the first posting under the above TOI forum, which could mean that Nikhita still can get the go-ahead to 'terminate' the child...!!!]]></description>
						<pubDate>Aug 05, '08</pubDate>
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						<title>Ishmeet is No More...</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/19023</link>
						<description><![CDATA[This is gross injustice by God.  The innocent looking baby-face Singh who rocked the nation with his tender voice suddenly dies.. drowns in a swimming pool.. on the beach..???  Just could not comprehend this thing...  Where were his friends? tour organizers? life-savers of the pool?&nbsp;  A man of his age, dying drowning in a swimming pool is one of the weirdest thing anyone could imagine.  Is there anything more to it?&nbsp;  Is it really an accident??  Man..! a thousand questions popping up every other minute in my mind.  Is the reality show fame behind all this?  I can't think of more...  My heart goes out to his family and friends..  God..! Give them the strength to go through this tough time and to us too..  His voice will linger on and on in our ears for times to come...  And possibly a lesson to those aspiring parents who are desparate to get their kids to the top of fame in a short time... ]]></description>
						<pubDate>Jul 30, '08</pubDate>
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						<title>I and She..</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/18974</link>
						<description><![CDATA[I love to travel and she is a home-bug,  
 
My holidays must be in forests and hers in City-center,  
 
Animals and birds my good friends, her enemies too!  
 
She likes to talk and I like to read.  
 
I like music, she likes Soaps.  
 
She Loves SRK, I just can&rsquo;t tolerate.  
 
I like Jack Nicholson, she don&rsquo;t even care.  
 
I need IBN and she insists on Baa-Bahu,.  
 
I switch to ESPN, she turns to Star-Plus.  
 
I need just warm food, she would have it red-hot.  
 
She dies for Chikoo and me prefer Cherry,  
 
I pick Gulab Jamun, she goes for Sheera,  
 
I like Idly-Doas and she orders Naan-sabji.  
 
I finish with Coffee and she does it with Fruit-salad.  
 
I like light Green and She likes deep Blue,  
 
I hate shopping, of course she loves it.  
 
Is there anything that we two love?  
 
I still don&rsquo;t know, may she doe&rsquo;s know.  
 
But one thing we both sure know,  
 
That&nbsp; 
 
apart from...  
 
All that we love&hellip;  
 
and...  
 
all that we hate,  
 
She loves me and I love her...  
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						<pubDate>Jul 28, '08</pubDate>
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						<title>Singh is King...???</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/18761</link>
						<description><![CDATA[It was no less than a 20-20 or a Euro Finals...   What a drama unfolded yesterday, with all possible and impossible things happening all parliamentary (read:Bad words) and unparliamentary (read:decency) things said against each other, with no rules barred, with slapstick satire thrown in, The Great Indian Parliament voted for Trust Vote.   To look at from outside, this is still an achievement for our great nation, to complete the process of the Trust vote and declare the results and abide by it. All the players gracefully accepted the results and went home with next move or plan of action in their mind.   I would call this is the True Democracy at its best. You throw anything on it. Any amount of dirt and dust, it still stands tall.   Consider this happening in USA or any other country who call themselves as democracy. If this were in USA, the decision would have been already taken by the CIA, instructions given to Bush and Co., to pass the &lsquo;bill&rsquo; in Congress or Senate will be just another routine, as everyone knows exactly what to vote Aye or Nay. What they wouldn&rsquo;t know is the Why&rsquo; of it.   Here in India, every party tries to be in power, tries to be popular and its always anybody&rsquo;s game. It is never ruled by an &lsquo;external&rsquo; agency. Some might say, even this result was rigged by CIA, but I would differ in the sense that, the Nuclear deal has been all along blocked by CIA indirectly, to continue the Nuclear Isolation of India from the rest of the countries.   And once again, the Left has been shown their place, in their own language. Their Red mask has been torn by their own indulgence into Orange against the Tri-colors.   And the way Somnathjee behaved, conducted the entire episode, is not a small task as it looks. That kind of management of such unruly mob in a confined space, with the entire world watching is something similar to entering the ring of mad animals trying to tame them. My salutes to the great Parliamentarian.&nbsp;  And of course to our own Lalu, for his contribution to the drama, with his superb timed comedy, digging at everyone, including George Fernandez... Man, We Love Ya... (KLIK TO VIEW HIS SPEECH)  And still, We are the Best Democracy in the World.  ]]></description>
						<pubDate>Jul 23, '08</pubDate>
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