Capital Punishment valid for terrorists is YES or NOT..???

                               There are many kinds of crime and sins that a human being commits on every day basis, calling it the ‘human nature’. Every holy book talks of Karma as to what you sow you reap but not encouraging killing of human beings, in particular. Unlike the holy books, one of the measures of the government is to punish the sinners (terrorists) by imposing Capital Punishments. Indian law follows the traditional way of hanging by the neck until death.

            In simple and understandable words, Capital Punishment is the act of killing or executing a person who is found guilty of a very serious crime in the eyes if the law. Application of this kind of punishment is quite a debatable topic considering it brutal and justful at the same time. In most of the cases, punishment for terrorist actions with capital punishment is necessary. If once a Capital Punishment is awarded to criminal a threat will be incepted in the minds of others who wouldn’t dare to disrupt the peace and harmony in the society. This way people involved in criminal activities will feel the power and strength of the existing law.

            However, if Capital Punishment has to be imposed on any criminal, on what background has he committed the crime and how badly has it affected the society should be taken into consideration and then and only then, the punishment should be given. Like when a student commits a school felony he should be educated rightly by elders.

            It is the basic math that the punishment should equal to the rate of crime. Some crimes are so horrifying that people consider revenge is the only option to satisfy their sorrow through seeing the terrorist receiving capital punishment.  This reasoning is not based on logic but on emotions, like an eye for an eye ideology. But here people fail to realise that an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

             In conclusion, Capital Punishment is one effective method to prevent and curb crime but at the same time one must consider the reasons of crimes and think for, if, any additional better way to resolve the problem.

its all about SHOT...

                      A Director and DoP (Director of Photography) deciding to collaborate in many ways is the equivalent of a marriage proposal. A decision not made lightly and a necessary passion for each other’s work and style. For me, it is crucial to have a Director to DP relationship that is strong and open. The minds most fuse, inspire, challenge and even communicate without words. Everyone may take a different approach to how they work with a director or DP, but the core elements of communication still apply across the board.
                       Location scout, location scout, and lastly, location scout together. I see this happen far too many times. Either the producer or director is the only one who has seen the location prior to production day. As a DP, working like this will almost guarantee your shot list to be null and void the moment you step on set. Location scouting as a team is crucial because it allows all parties of production to devise a game plan for production day. They well have addressed any concerns they may have seen while scouting and be prepared to solve them the day of the shoot. Allowing the producer to produce, the director to direct, the Director of photography to direct photography. Rather than everyone scratching their head and ass of what to do next. Take advantage of the HDSLR, bring it along with you, shoot story board images, be bold and even shoot video story boards. If you want to be even more discrete, use an iPhone or smaller point and shoot. I always use the “PANASCOUT” iPhone app from Panavision. The app provides you with an array of aspect ratios, time-stamping, geo-tagging, and compass positioning. It will even allow you to shoot video so you can also have video storyboards.
                                Shot listing the film. As a DP I have worked alone and or have worked alongside the director to complete this step. I prefer working with the director, finding that they will often see the script from a new perspective. Read through the scene together, talk about character motivation, then get up and block out the scene. I find this to really help not only you as the DP, figuring out exactly what the director is thinking, but it helps the director to solidify the choreography in their head. Consider it a date because this process will take you some time.
                                   Production begins. I am already sweating and most likely exhausted from loading in gear. This is where PA’s (Production Assistants) become water boys. After catching your breath, both you the DP and Director should meet up. If possible have a director’s viewfinder on hand so that you can be looking through the same frame. I know it is tempting to use your fingers to frame a shot, but that doesn’t always translate well or get your angle across. Go through the short list one more time; know exactly where each camera is going to be placed. So when “cut! Moving on,” is yelled, you know exactly where you are moving to next.

                                  All of these steps may seem tedious and time-consuming but after a few projects it becomes like clockwork. If all of the steps are done properly you will be amazed to see how productive your shoot will become. Time is money, and you want to be efficient as possible, saving all the money you can.

Social Media and Revolution...

                      We need to be acutely aware of the fact that access to this powerful and apparently democratic social media needs large amounts of investment in fiber optic cables, satellites, transponders, antennas, servers, technologists, software’s, steel and land. Throughout the first, second and third world, these investments are largely made by Private Corporation supported and facilitated by respective governments through their taxation and subsidy policies, land allocation rules and even immigration policies to set up these information and communication infrastructure. And since this is the case, profit remains at the center of such endeavors, and the purpose and objective is not to foster protest or social movements. The corporations and governments only invest in technology where it suits its needs and agendas. Therefore, it is not surprising that Egypt can and did shut down Internet access for a week during the recent revolution and that China has the most stringent control over Internet access in the world.



                          In India, the lack of access or the digital divide is the result of general poverty and the traditional rich-poor, urban-rural divide. India has more than 790 million cell phone subscribers as of Feb 2011 but only 100 million internet users  Yes, Internet is mostly accessed through cell phones and 40% of Internet users in India do so from their phones. But India is largely a 2G country making accessing internet over mobile phones painfully slows, not to mention hurtfully expensive. So, it will be a long time before more than 800 million people in India can drag themselves out of the internet black hole.
                 What can create social movements is people’s right and freedom to voice so that they can be heard unadulterated and unmediated. Their ability to participate in the decision- making processes of matters that govern their lives and future. Voice is a funny thing –it is simple to understand (and some of us take it for granted) yet it is not as simple too. For a vast section of Indian population voice is denied to if you happen to be the wrong caste, wrong religion, wrong region, wrong class or wrong gender. And at times, you may have a strong voice but you are so far away from those whose ears matter, that it is as good as not having a voice. This is the case with many indigenous peoples in India merely because they live in very ‘remote’ places or have been pushed back into remoter areas with successive development projects. Some communities, like Dalits, have traditionally no voice in their village administrations. This scenario is fast changing because of Dalit assertion and affirmative action’s (known as ‘reservations’ in India). But such assertions almost always come at a very high price. The cost can be an arm, a leg, a nose or your dear life. In such a scenarios, which unfortunately are not limited to India, there is a need for empowering voices and sometime to build voice-bridges.
The future is and should be what the industry calls user-generated content or consumer-generated-media and what I call community created content. The community video producers, the community journalists and community radio reporters I am working with are doing just that. They are radicalized individuals rooted in their communities, not fearful of questioning the established powers, challenging norms, revealing uncomfortable facts, not afraid of putting their hearts out, with cameras and recorders, sharing their stories of triumph and loss, piercing our very short-spanned attentions and inspiring us to take action for a better world