Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Discrimination or not?

I often wondered how Non Resident Indians (NRIs) are given many facilities in India .Some of the good examples are - NRI Account , NRI Quota for Professional Education etc. As far as I understood ( At this point , let me be very clear that , this is my own observation , which may be incorrect ) NRIs bring in the foreign currency or in general money to our Country. They are the backbone of the Financial system in this country.

I keep on thinking on this again and again. If NRIs bring (send) money to banks of our country, this money can be used in the market for business. But this leaves a question- How the earning Indian is different from an NRI. He/she also earns and deposit his earnings in bank. But former enjoys a better interest rate, an account where source of money need not be disclosed.

Consider the case - an NRI who earns less than that of a Professional who works in India , the later pays a flat income tax of 30% to Indian Govt. (I am not denying that the NRI pays tax to foreign Govt) . But from the Govt side , the later contributes better to the countries growth.
At the same time, he does not have the benefit of higher interest rate accounts, nor any quotas, nor any Open forum for protecting rights ( remember the recent job cut in gulf countries) etc.

Not sure whether this is discrimination or not!




LOC - Love of Cinema

I am a person who enjoy serious moives as well as comedy movies.By Serious movie I did not mean the art films, which I found difficulty in understanding.There are some exceptions like 'Oridathu' by Aravindan. But movies like 'Elipathayam' and 'Kaanchanaseetha' etc, I could not digest even a bit.

Some of the movies with Serious themes which I liked most are 'Koodevide' , 'Innale' by great writer - director 'Padmarajan' and 'Kathodu Kathoram' by 'Bharathan'.


A movie-which was flagged as a comedy , but really discuss a serious theme is 'Vadakku nokki yantram' by Srinivasan.The character 'Thalathil Dineshan' was a good portrait of a middle class man of the present time. I think we have some part of 'Thalathil Dineshan' in all of us in one or in the other form. Srinivasan in this movie correctly outline the very human behavior - doubting others, the impact in family life and the causes.


Another movie which I enjoyed is Ramjirao Speaking , a pure comedy with innocent comedy expressions from the great comedian 'Innocent'. Even after repeated watching of the movie , I did not get boring feeling!.