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Re: Nukkad

Post by putnanja » Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:10 pm

Paging Sachin. Looks like nooku kooli was again rejected by the court, but what are the chances it will be implemented on the ground in Kerala?

‘Nokku Kooli’ Illegal, Payment For Head-load Workers Union Shall Be Made Through Bank Accounts And Aadhaar Linked PAN Card A Must: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

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Re: Nukkad

Post by Zynda » Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:41 pm

Apparently, this is what one of the Hollywood producers told Salma Hayek about why she isn't getting parts:
“We can’t take the risk of you opening your mouth and people thinking of their maids. You could have been a big star but you were born in the wrong country.”

Salma Hayek told the story about how a male director fought to cast her and then gave up when the studio kept saying no. He sent her a note saying he was ashamed and we should have walked away but he needed the movie. The studio wouldn’t hire her because they couldn’t imagine “a Mexican in space.”

“I am Mexican. I am a woman. I am 48. I am at the bottom in Hollywood but I am working more than ever. I have never been embraced by the studio, I was always outside the system.”
Hope the current set of Indian actresses who are trying to get their feet wet in Hollywood circles don't burn bridges in Bollywood. Never know how quickly things can take a turn for the South. I am sure shrewd gals like PC would be able to re-enter B-scene easily, if they are not hung up on working with Hollywood folks onlee...I am not so sure about the other gal who went straight to LA after he big "break" in Slumdog Millionaire.

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Re: Nukkad

Post by Singha » Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:37 am

well PC went public on alleged fling with SRK so a lot of doors closed right there.

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Re: Nukkad

Post by Nayak » Tue Oct 17, 2017 4:16 am

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/638 ... eared.html

This happened 2 streets across my home. I was taking a dump, when I felt a chest crushing sensation accompanying the loud bang. I initially thought it was a transformer going out due to rains. In 5 minutes I heard sirens and realized this was a gas blast.

Went over to check and saw that the whole building was collapsed, this was a very old structure with economically weaker families living out.

One whole section of the wall had blown out.

I admire the response time of the emergency services and the crowd which frantically dug through the rubble to search and pull the survivors.

Sadly the number of perished increased from original 2. The cries of the daughter when the fire department found the father's mangled body brought tears to everyone. Felt like $hit the whole day.

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Post by Marten » Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:17 am

Nayak wrote:
Tue Oct 17, 2017 4:16 am
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/638 ... eared.html
One whole section of the wall had blown out.

I admire the response time of the emergency services and the crowd which frantically dug through the rubble to search and pull the survivors.

Sadly the number of perished increased from original 2. The cries of the daughter when the fire department found the father's mangled body brought tears to everyone. Felt like $hit the whole day.
Sri Nayakan, edit the reference to the location. No need.. btw, a few lanes away, near the Church is where an old entrenched section of Tamils and Mallus live. Some folks there reported it yesterday as a cylinder blast. Our maid lives down the road -- they used to be well off but have fallen on hard times due to her husband's drinking habits (she used to work for the Bhupathis and has received a lot of help from them and their church). She said some houses were going to be brought down (some of which were basically leaning on each other to stay up).

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Re: Nukkad

Post by Singha » Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:18 am

Why do cylinders blast ? I have had one case in my lifetime of a obviously leaking psssss kind of cylinder and that was due to a faulty regulator. When good regulator was used it was

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Post by KJo » Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:00 pm

After Weinstein, there is murmur that another topgun in Hollywood will be brought down on sexual harassment charges. I wonder what this means for Bollywood where I am told creeps are everywhere.
Every actress is tweeting "metoo" hashtags to say she was also targeted.

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Re: Nukkad

Post by Zynda » Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:59 pm

^^Right time to post this here?

Time To Call Out The Desi Weinsteins

Posting in full.
Bollywood is always in search of a great big Diwali dhamaka. I am hoping this year will provide a big bang!

Come on, all you Bollywood babes - you know who you are - speak up! Nail those vile men who have done a Harvey Weinstein on you. You can do it. No shame. The timing is perfect. All it needs is one top female star to open her gab - just one. If that happens, the dam will burst! And all those slimy Sugar Daddies of showbiz will have no place to hide. That is, if they have any sharam in the first place.

I have monitored the shenanigans in Bollywood for over 40 years. During my decade-long association with a popular movie magazine, the stories would arrive taaza taaza, straight from the horse's - or mare's - mouth. I have sat grim-faced and open-mouthed as a blousy star mother tried hard to peddle her nubile, underage daughter's very risqué, half-naked pictures to our team. Before asking her to leave, I did question her need to pimp a young, possibly innocent, girl in this lurid way. The mother was brazen about her motives. Said she stonily, "My daughter is sexy. Nothing wrong in sharing..." That same young girl today is a much-admired, matronly mother to a highly-successful star son.

There are several stories from way back then of self-styled showmen and their upfront propositions to starlets looking for breaks. "Meet me in the make-up room..." came later after the girl had a make-up room to call her own. She knew in order to get that status, she would first have to "please" the showman. There were hundreds like her waiting for "script sessions" in dingy hotel suites. Or even in the powerful producer's plush office. I recall a young scion of a very influential movie moghul (in the mould of a Weinstein), telling me with a wicked smile, "My father has a couch in his office. He is an old man, and needs his post-lunch siesta. But the minute an actress walks in and spots it, her body language automatically changes. Some start undressing even before they've been asked to take a seat!"

If heroes in the bad old days, had their sidekicks to handpick back-up dancers for a quickie after pack-up - that goes on even today. If you notice, every top male star carefully chooses his 'boys' for secondary roles. These other fellows play villains or comedians - but that's for the books. Their real job is to scout for 'meat' every day of the shoot - particularly at outdoor locations. Away from snooping, insecure wives and girl friends, the heroes have an elaborate arrangement with the entire unit. Things only get out of hand if the wife/girl-friend lands on the set for a sneak attack and catches the rake red-handed, as it were. These clinical strikes are generally orchestrated with military precision by a rival camp.

It is widely accepted and tacitly understood that randomly sleeping around for roles is what happens if you venture into Bollywood. It used to affect ambitious young women the most, but these days the ratio of men and women is pretty equal. Male models are beginning to crib, since they have to perform what they call 'double duty' - jump into bed with a host of other men and sexually service a few women as well - if not the heroine herself, then others in her entourage. The strain, they say, is killing them. They have no energy left to work!

As in Hollywood, so in Bollywood: the male predators call the shots. Sex for roles and awards is the way it goes. Are women playing the victim card now that the whistle has been blown on the bad boys? Yes and no. A woman always has the option to walk away from a proposition. Always. And if she is physically overpowered, she also has the choice to go to the police. If a woman chooses to keep mum, I would say, there is some complicity involved. Bollywood girls today are smart, tough, aggressive and pretty much on top of their lives and careers. They are known to play men. Some of our top female stars are often the initiators and aggressors. In which case, they have no business to mew and crib later. Yes, Bollywood is patriarchal, misogynistic, exploitative, materialistic, amoral and more. But it is also creative, innovative, exciting, dynamic and turbo-charged. This is the deal. Screw or get screwed. Or, that's what those waiting hungrily on the outside think. For every 'untouched virgin' who makes it big, there are hundreds of women who have been groped, pummelled, raped, sodomised, beaten, passed on to a buddy, forced to go through abortions and worse. Some take their own lives, unable to deal with the brutality. Others 'adjust'. Or take to drugs, alcohol even prostitution. It is not a pretty world.

I remember a so-called posh hero walking up to a starry-eyed, good-looking female fan at a party and asking cockily, "I think I recognise you.... did you sleep with me recently?" She didn't kick him where it hurts the most. She simpered.

It's time to stop simpering, ladies. And start kicking. Call out the creeps.

Do it, someone.

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Re: Nukkad

Post by Singha » Wed Oct 18, 2017 1:29 am

The head of Amazon Studios, Roy Price, resigned on Tuesday, just days after a producer publicly accused him of sexual harassment, a spokesman for the company said.

Mr. Price, who was in charge of Amazon’s efforts to create original movies and television shows, had been suspended last week.

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Post by ricky » Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:51 am

If the creation of an equal world is desired, then accepting responsibility is also an aspect, people cannot cry victimhood X years later when many were complicit at the time. Predators cannot continue predating if the hapless simply refuse. The campaign is called metoo, not me alone or me first.
If bandwagoning is the hallmark of liberals, then our people will simply stagnate, lost in an endless mire of useless dogma rather than any meaningful contribution

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Post by Singha » Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:53 am

LOS ANGELES — The groundswell over sexual harassment that has rocked Hollywood moved into California’s capital on Tuesday as more than 140 women — including legislators, senior legislative aides and lobbyists — came forward to denounce what they describe as pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men in the nation’s most influential legislature.

Women complained of groping, lewd comments and suggestions of trading sexual favors for legislation while doing business in Sacramento. Their grievances, contained in a public letter and detailed in a series of interviews, mark the latest fallout from the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal.

The women who drafted the letter say they were flooded with anguished responses from women who reported enduring, or witnessing, sexual harassment from male legislators, aides and lobbyists, after they began circulating their statement in recent days.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/us/c ... v=top-news

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Post by Singha » Wed Oct 18, 2017 9:07 am

^^ atleast the boar has a fairish change of seeing off a dog...not like being tied with a rope and attacked by 10 dogs.

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Re: Nukkad

Post by Indrad » Wed Oct 18, 2017 12:02 pm

a new lady has joined dept; from Pakistan
She is still youngish.
previously in a wrecked relation ship with an Africa M guy.
Now has taken up yoga, indian classical singing etc....much better, stable now.

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Re: Nukkad

Post by Singha » Wed Oct 18, 2017 12:04 pm

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp ... 879469.ece

as usual big things get done in delhi without much of a fuss

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Post by Karthik » Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:02 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9s0ww3lsQc

any of you guys used to watch Bharat ek khoj

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Post by sbajwa » Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:17 pm

by Karthik
any of you guys used to watch Bharat ek khoj
You do know that this is based on Chacha's book called "Discovery of India"

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Post by Karthik » Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:23 pm

I do. Don't recall the history covered in that now, was it leftist history in this serial as well?

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Post by ArjunPandit » Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:00 am

Singha wrote:
Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:18 am
Why do cylinders blast ? I have had one case in my lifetime of a obviously leaking psssss kind of cylinder and that was due to a faulty regulator. When good regulator was used it was
taking a guess based on the experience in a nearby house. The cylinder gas being highly pressurised escapes and expands quickly. The fire in that case was from an electrical spark

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Post by anishns » Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:26 am

^^^
Also the fact that LPG is heavier than air, so if it escapes it tends to stay on the ground and unlike CNG which being lighter dissipates faster

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Post by Singha » Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:08 am

GAIL piped gas used CNG i think.

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Post by Bheeshma » Thu Oct 19, 2017 4:53 am

To state the obvious first. Happy diwali to each of you and your families and friends. May you be healthy and prosperous.

Also, please tell if this is OT. Need some of the doc gurus here to shed some light / say it as it is.

The patient (58, male senior exec at a PSU. My family member) went to the hospital sunday evening, complaining of breathlessness and fearfulness, tension. His O2 stats were critical. So was his heart rate and BP. Taken to the ICU and started on non invasive ventilator. His heart rate and BP normalised. Initial guess was H1N1 and was given swine flu (plus probably ogher broad spectrum antibiotics, i guess) drugs. Over next 48 hours patient showed improvement in vitals (including O2) but O2 levels didnt come back to normal. I don't have the detailed medical history but can share via email if required.

H1N1 tests came negative. Patient was completely cogent and apart from the lungs other organs seemed to be undamaged. Nearly 72 hours in, patient complained of being extremely tired. His body was tiring out... The NIV hepled with O2 but required additional diaphragm and lung muscle use (the last sentence is my guess).

The township hospital doesn't have a pulmonary specialist. Docs referred the case to other hospital and decided to put him on full ventilator.

Current diagnosis is ARDS due to possibly H1N1. Is there someone on the forum (or somwonw you know) who can help me understand the implications and possible solutions?

We have to decide today weather to consent to ECMO... What i need to understand is the likely outcomes of similar cases of ARDS.

Thanks and pranaams.

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Re: Nukkad

Post by Primus » Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:56 am

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So sorry to hear about your family member.

I am not a pulmonologist but sounds like an overwhelming infectious process leading to respiratory failure. ARDS is just a manifestation of damage to the lungs from an illness that may start elsewhere but affects the lungs secondarily. Of course a common cause is a lung infection itself. Sounds like an atypical pneumonia from a viral agent.

Given that the patient is young(ish), otherwise healthy and if currently there is no multi-organ failure then the outcome should be optimistic if adequate ventilation is provided and general supportive care is good. if ECMO is being considered then it means that the normal ventilation is insufficient which in itself is not such a good prognostic sign. However, even then, if I was in your shoes, would definitely consider ECMO the main criterion being that the center and its doctors should have enough experience with the technique since complication rates can be quite high. Overall you could say there is at least a 50% or greater chance of recovery here.

Best wishes.

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