Inspired by Swades?

Everyone must have seen the hit movie SWADES. For those who haven't seen the movie, here's a brief of what happens in the movie:

The second half of the film, which is concerned with the villagers setting up a generator, driven by the waterfall behind their village, with the help of the NASA space engineer, Mohan, to generate electricity for their neglected village, is heartwarming. It adds not only excitement, but also intellectual stimulation in the form of informative village debates on intractable issues facing rural Indian society today (especially the aspect of government disregard for development of rural infrastructure).

I read an article about how a village in Orissa is generating power on its own for use by the villagers. I was amazed to see the coincidence (if I can say so) between the movie and what has actually happened in Orissa. Is this a case of REEL inspired by REAL or REAL inspired by REEL.

Click here to read the article about the feat of Orissa village at www.ibnlive.com
Read the complete review of Swades at www.desijournal.com

Elections 2006 ...

At last, the much hyped elections in the state are over and the results are out too. The electorate of Tamilnadu have always been decisive in their verdict, and this time was no exception. The important facts are that the state is going to have a coalition government for the first time and oppposition is going to have strong presence.

Actor Vijaykanth's DMDK mustered around 9% of the total votes polled. This is a dream start for the DMDK. The Congress, on the other hand too got 9%, but the alliance translated those votes into a handsome number of seats. But, nothing to cheer for the Congress as the alliance made the difference, and had it gone alone in the polls, it would not have won even a single seat.

Talking about the two dravidian parties. The ADMK lost out because of the anti-incumbency factor, the DMK won because of its grand alliance. But the DMK winning just around 90+ seats is something that should worry the think-tank. The ruling party in Tamilnadu has always enjoyed a majority of atleast 150 seats on its own. But this time around its different with the DMK depending on the Congress for support.

Lets hope that this election turns out to be a TURNING POINT in the history of Tamilnadu Politics.

Long Live Democracy.

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