The Tale of Avahontas

Disney's(James Cameron's) Pocahontas,1995(Avatar,2009) In 1607(2154), a ship carrying John Smith(Jake Sully) arrives in the lush new world of North America(Pandora). The settlers are mining for gold(Unobtanium) under the supervision of Governor Ratcliffe(Colonel Quaritch). John Smith(Jake Sully) begins to explore the new territory and encounters Pocahontas(Neytiri). Initially she is distrustful of him, but a message from Grandmother Willow(the tree of souls) helps her overcome her trepidation. The two begin spending time together, Pocahontas(Neytiri) helps John(Jake) understand that all life is valuable, and how all nature is a connected circle of life. Furthermore she teaches him how to hunt, grow crops(tame dragons), and of her culture. We find that her father is Chief Powhatan(Eytucan), and that she is set to be married to Kocoum(Tsu'tey), a great warrior, but a serious man, whom Pocahontas(Neytiri) does not desire. Over time, John(Jake) and Pocahontas(Neytiri) fall in love. Back at the settlement, the men, who believe the natives are savages, plan to attack the natives for gold(Unobtanium). Kocoum(Tsu'tey) tries to kill John(Jake) out of jealousy but he is later killed by the settlers. As the settlers prepare to attack, John(Jake) is blamed by the natives and is sentenced to death. Just before they kill him, the settlers arrive. Chief Powhatan(Eytucan) is nearly killed(killed), and John(Jake) sustains injuries from Governor Ratcliffe(Colonel Quaritch), who is then brought to justice(shot with arrows). Pocahontas(Neytiri) risks her life to save John(Jake). John and Pocahontas(Jake and Neytiri) finally have each other, and the two cultures resolves their differences. Now have a look at this.

THE PHONE CALL.....

TRING TRING....... LINE 1: HELLO LINE 2: WHO' THIS??? 1: I'M THE MAID. 2: WE DON'T HAVE A MAID. 1: I WAS JUST HIRED BY THE LADY IN THE HOUSE. 2: I'M HER HUSBAND. IS SHE IN THE HOUSE. 1: SHE IS UPSTAIRS WITH SOMEONE ............... I JUST FIGURED WAS HER HUSBAND. 2: !!!! 1: HELLO!!!! 2: LISTEN.... WOULD YOU LIKE $50000? 1: WHAT SHOULD I DO? 2: GET THE GUN FROM MY DEN... AND SHOOT THEM BOTH. BANG......... BANG.......... 1: WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THE BODIES? 2: THROW THEM IN THE SWIMMING POOL. 1: WHAT????? WE DON'T HAVE A POOL. 2: !!!!!! IS THIS 8324831?????

Thanks to the forwarded mails

Hello ,

I wanted to thank all my friends and family who have
forwarded chain letters to me in the past few years.

Because of your kindness:

* I stopped drinking Coca Cola after I found out that
it's good for removing toilet stains.

* I stopped going to the movies for fear of sitting on
a needle infected with AIDS.

* I smell like a wet dog since I stopped using
deodorants because they cause cancer.

* I don't leave my car in the parking lot or any other
place and sometimes I even have to walk about 7 blocks
for fear that
someone will drug me with a perfume sample and try
to rob me.

* I also stopped answering the phone for fear that
they may ask me to dial a stupid number and then I
get a phone bill from hell with calls to
Uganda,Singapore and Tokyo.

* I also stopped drinking anything out of a can for
fear that I will get sick from the rat feces and
urine.

* When I go to parties, I don't look at any girl, no
matter how hot she is, for fear that she will take me
to a hotel, drug me then take my kidneys and leave
me taking a nap in a bathtub full of ice.

* I also donated all my savings to the Amy Bruce
account. A sick girl that was about to die in the
hospital about 7,000 times. (Poor girl! she's been
7 since 1993...)

* I went bankrupt from bounced checks that I made
expecting the $15,000 that Microsoft and AOL were
supposed to send me when I participated in their
special e-mail program would arrive soon.

* My free Nokia phone never arrived and neither did
the free passes for a paid vacation to Disneyland.

* Still open to help some from Bulgaria who wants to
use my account to transfer his uncle property of some
hundred millions $.

* Made some Hundred wishes before forwarding those
Ganesh Vandana ,Tirupati Balaji pics etc.. now most
of those 'Wishes' are already married (to someone
else)

IMPORTANT NOTE:

If you do not send this e-mail to at least 1246 people
in the next 10 seconds, a bird will SH** on your head
today at 6:30pm.

Dr. Abdul Kalam's Letter to Every Indian

Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why? We are the first in milk production. We are number one in Remote sensing satellites. We are the second largest producer of wheat. We are the second largest producer of rice. Look at Dr. Sudarshan; he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign TVs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.

Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build this developed India. You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.

Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.

Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours..

YOU say that our government is inefficient. YOU say that our laws are too old. YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke. The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination. YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.

YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?

Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name - 'YOURS'. Give him a face - 'YOURS'. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity… In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai. YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah.

YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else. 'YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.' YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand. Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston??? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India?

In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms. We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff that is known not to pass on the service to the public.

When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? 'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone fore go my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbors, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away.

Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.

Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too…. I am echoing J. F. Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians…..

'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'

Let’s do what India needs from us.

Thank you,

Dr. Abdul Kalam