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Posting all the questions here based on request from various friends (due to restricted access to facebook)

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  1. These are the set of 10 questions that was put up everyday starting from 8th October to 10th October 2013 i.e. a total of 30 questions
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  3. Quizzes were uploaded on Facebook between 0000 hrs and 0030 hrs on all the three days.
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  7. Please ensure specific Locations. Generic answers like Art of Living Campus or Kanakapura Road, Old Ashram side etc shall be avoided. Answers that identify exact location would get preference
  8. In case of tie, top 3 would be selected by draw of lots.  We shall however explore possibility of tweaking this rule to make it less dependent of fortune (one thought is to award those who answered  the earliest) – Suggestions are welcome
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  11. Hint: All locations are on Art of Living’s Campus in Kanakpura Road, Bangalore, India
  12. Decision of Quiz Master is Final!!!

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December 21st Apocalypse – Indian scenario

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A typical cold morning in NCR. The only speciality is about the fact that the now world famous (alleged) apocalypto might strike Planet Earth (of which, Me & whoever could read are a humble resident). This post is my imagination how the scene would be in Delhi NCR. Let me post a few examples. You are free to post creativity on the comments section below. 🙂

Apocalypse- Pierre Massine
Photo Credits: Apocalypse- Pierre Massine

Now, few possiblities. What if Apocalypto strikes on Indian Standard Time in India? Some scenarios…

  • In Delhi, if it strikes in Lutyen’s, all the OB vans of media would be out in full strength covering the Apocalypse. How would they say these? Let me give you a few instances:

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A particular channel which helped Terrorists of 26/11 in Mumbai with their “Live” coverage, would do this: “Our journos are defying the risk to their life and getting this live from “Ground Zero” to you.

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Another journo famous for shouting from his toes, would have in his debate (as its a Friday) about this. He may say: “How can Apocalypso strike like this without intimating the Government? Nation wants to know…” (Live from Mumbai)

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Shouting Anchor

Another channel, where husband & wife are editors, these would be the punch lines. Wife would say: “Apocalypse is Saffron in color. Its a Majority community’s conspiracy.” While the husband would say, sipping his Old Monk, “I think, its a anti-secular conspiracy. It has targeted Minorities. Good night.”

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Another channel, which may have reached at the last, would say: “We covered the Apocalypse first. Sabse Tez…”

  • In Gurgaon, the traffic cops who shout round the clock clearing vehicles creating traffic jams: “Erraaa bo****dika….side karrr…appooocaleeptaa aaraha hai.
  • In Noida, if it strikes in Noida, a particular leader of Uttar Pradesh, would say, “This is against Dalits.”
  • Apocalypse would wait at Toll Plaza, Gurgaon if it plans to strike during Morning rush hour.
  • After crossing Gurgaon Toll plaza, it would get stuck in Shankar Chowk Traffic Jam.
  • I only pity of Apocalypse. Now, a word of caution for Apocalypse beware of Dehi vehicle drivers – especially HR-26, HR-55 & DL registered vehicles.
  • Does Apocalypse has sun control film installed? You need to remove it before it enters Delhi.
  • Once it reaches Haryana, the speed at which of Apocalypse comes down is measured in “litres”. Since potato is measured in inches, milk in Kilos, speed needs to be measured in litres, no? (Today, an MP spoke about a 24″ Potato!)
  • All saas-bahu serials (those TV series that started when I was 10yrs old and still running) and their cries would be blamed on Apocalypse.
  • Once it strikes, a Senior Ruling party leader would address a particular channel / tweet that this Apocalypse is a RSS Conspiracy!
  • Last but not the least, Civil Society would address the media late in the evening and issue statements saying: “IF Janlokpal bill was passed, we could have stopped Apocalypse”
  • After the Apocalypse, a particular minister said, “There was Zero Apocalypse”

All said & done, Apocalypse theory is something which I don’t believe in. We shall surely see 22/12/2012. But, the end would be a beginning to a change at a totally different level. Wait & watch.

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Comments welcome. This post is purely for fun purpose. Don’t get me 66A please. Or I may need to post a picture of mine. Secondly, I don’t have time for your 66A tamasha. Thanks

Yours sachly,

Shreedharan Raman (Click on the name for more details of the Author)

His Website: http://www.shreedharan.com/

The Solution-Media Overkill

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Back to blogging! Was forced into this break due to shift from Chennai back to Bangalore. In continuation with my earlier theme related to Media, I now discovered a solution to this problem. (It was my ignorance which resulted in late discovery) But then it is better late than never. Now that I have a solution on hand (albeit it takes time and effort to see the results on ground) nevertheless things aren’t that alarming in view of this discovery.

Sri Sri Centre for Media Studies an Institution founded by His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankar of Art of Living, announces admission for the post- graduate diploma in Journalismfor the year 2007-2008.The PGD journalism programme focuses on skills needed for immediate employment in the print, broadcast, or new media field, as per the student’s aptitude. Today the media industry is growing leaps and bounds. The estimated growth in T.V journalism is 26% annually and AIR, FM is growing by 28%.

The center’s aim is to impart student-centric knowledge about the media to aspiring minds. Here the emphasis is placed not only on practical, hands-on training where students work under severe deadline pressures and on-the-job conditions but also on how to cope up with demanding work pressures.

The Media Centre has trained many media professionals in print/broadcast/new media journalism since its inception. Our graduates work in prestigious newsrooms such as UNI (

Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai), The Times of India, The Deccan Herald, The Hindu, The New Indian Express, The Vijaya Times, Vijaya Karnataka, The Mathrubhoomi, NDTV, Doordarshan, Aaj TV, ETV, World Space, CNN-IBNand a score of private-sector firms and government offices as information officialsThe courses are taught by SSCMS faculty that includes prominent working and retired journalists, and expert visitors/academics. Lecture classes and workshops on journalistic tools and techniques, are followed by daily practice of the craft. Classrooms become newsrooms every afternoon as the students plan, prepare and put together news weekly, the Dateline

Bangalore.Each week, the students will turn the print version of the weekly into an online journal,

datelinebangalore.com. They’ve to produce a daily ‘mock’ newscast for radio and television, and a weekly news documentary, as is done in busy radio/television newsroomsThe SSCMS is a student-centered, value-based learning institution where teachers are only guides. The programme is designed to instill in students a blend of skills and thinking habits that are more easily acquired in an institution of learning than in a newsroom. The students here also benefit form the tools taught to turn stressful career into a successful one.

If this field excites you please call 080-2245 7572/73 or email

info@sscms.org or srisrimedia@yahoo.com or visitwww.sscms.org for more details about the admission procedure. Also, you can forward this information to your friends and others.

Here I also make a sincere plea to reach this information to colleges and institutions around you. It is in our hands to ensure a better and fair society in future. Let’s break out of the cocoon (symbolic representation in the picture of this blog) and make sure things dont get worse than it is now.