Have they failed?

The they in the title refers to leaders cum revolutionaries like Karl Marx, Che guevera. I am not a communist, but i like the idea of "all are equal". I have not read any books written by communist leaders so far. But i know the essence of their concept by reading some small articles. So i take the liberty of commenting on some communists i have encountered. Today i boarded the bus as usual at 9:00 AM. usually there ll be a break of 5 - 10 mins for the driver. To my surprise 2 guys dressed in bright red shirts came into the bus, one of them started collecting money while the other stood near the gear box and gave a short lecture for a minute.
His lecture was as follows "India makkale, Nepala naatil mannar aatchiyai ozhikka maoist poraaligal poradi varugiraargal. Adhai thadukka america vin kai kooli aana India arasu than raanuvathai anupugiradhu. Arasaanga panathil thindru kolutha raanuva veerargalin thalaivar, nepalathil maoist aatchi amaya vida maatom endru peti koduthullar. Idhai thadukka naam poraaduvom....." i dont remember all the words. Then the other person came near me and showed the box, i noticed that they gave a pamphet to those donated money. Since i was so curious to read about it i gave an amount. He handed the pamphlet to me. It had a long story about how nepal has starved in monarchy, how the maoists came into picture, how US plays politics to avoid another communist nation and bla bla.
I wondered why are some ppl who are living in a southern state of India feel so much for ppl in Nepal?Are we in a developed country or super power and all our ppl are satisfied and rich so that we have time to think about neighboring countries? We have millions of problem in India which are yet to be resolved, numerous of our fellow citizens are suffering without basic needs.But putting aside all these things the communists whom i saw today are more worried about establishing a communist government in some other part of the world and they speak ill of their own military force who suffer hard day and night to keep them peaceful. Is this the communism that Karl Marx and Ernesto Che guevera would have intended to spread through out the world. IMHO definitely not.
They also said that some nepalist maoist leader is gonna give a speech about this in public.In the same chennai city around 5kms far from the location where they are collecting money,exists a grade separator construction which has not been completed for more than a year and is causing huge trouble for the commuters. Why cant these ppl held a poraatam or aarpaatam to force the govt. to take fast action, instead they are collecting money to spend for some unnecessary problem which most of our ppl might not be aware of. This prompted me to ask the question, HAVE THEY FAILED in imparting communism to the world? I wud say Kamal's Anbe Sivam gives us the better meaning of communism rather.In my belief communism is helping the needy and not conducting rallies and meetings in public.

Sariya Idhu Thavaraaa?

3.5 years ago when i was in the final year of Engineering hardly 50 ppl from my college got a job in campus. but now the situation is reverse, in a batch of 500 ppl only 50 ppl dont get a (gud)job in campus. Thanks to the outsourcing veri of americans. This campus drive has reached its peak with this year when 3rd year students start getting placed even before they get their 6th sem results. The effect of this premature recruitment has started showing its effects. This year the whole Anna Univ's final year results had a sharp drop in the average percentage. I dunno the stats, but i ve enquired with many ppl from many colleges including my sister's and cousins. All sing the same song of final year students performing badly. The root cause is known obviously. In INDIA, especially in non elite institutions we ppl believe that studying is only to get a job.
Even though it is the primary reason, gaining knowledge also has importance. But we ppl ignore the latter. One of my frends says,"Padikardhu velai kedaikardhukku thaan, adhaan ippovey kedachiruchu, inimey minimal aa padicha podhum". Even if we put good efforts, we dont get the targeted marks due to faulty correction and stuff, but when we prepare minimally for an exam, the outcome is gonna be disastrous and tats what has happened now. the IT cos in the race to acquire the fresh creamy layer of the lot, start their recruitment process as early as possible, the worst case is that they recruit a student with 2 semesters pending. Atleast the recruitment procedure should be fair enough to test whether he has the consistency and motivation. But most companies have loopholes in their recruitment procedures nowadays. I ve heard facts about 20 ppl being sacked after a month of training in a company, since none of them opened their mouth during training sessions. Since these companies recruit almost everyone, most of the students who get placed in their pre final year ignore the studies and start enjoying life for the next 1 year. Colleges also mind only about the placement records. The drop in the final year performance is primarily because of this premature placement of students with gud pay packages. Just before a couple of days i thought why cant Anna Univ bring a rule that campus placement should start only after 7th semester. Today i heard that VC of ANNA UNIV has made an announcement for the same. Kudos to him. This is very good move, now the students will have some responsibility and interest in the studies...............

P.S: The above pose does not imply that the students currently in final year are unfit to work. It does not mean that i am very responsible and studious. If i have been placed in 3rd year i wud have been more reluctant. Thank GOD it didnt happen, else i wud have become lazy.

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