In a post titled "Jai Ho Rahman" http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-February/174222.html
Soter wrote: > A. R. Rehman's statement at the Oscar's, " I had a choice between > hate and love, I chose love and that is why I am here today", shows > the greatness of this man. Rajan P. Parrikar parrikar at yahoo.com Mon Feb 23 10:37:25 PST 2009 But his music certainly does not show any. It is astonishing that this noise-making mediocrity is hailed as a "genius." Just because the West lowers its standards in music, it is no reason for Indians to follow suit. But the brownie white-ass-kissing toads will anyway. In a post titled Why? http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-February/174242.html Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:59:24 -0800 (PST) From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[email protected]> http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2009/feb/24video1-oscar-tax-exemption-for-rahman.htm I guess this is what makes him 'great' ? (taking all the sops tossed his way when he can afford to pay up, unlike the rest of us 'ordinary' folk who have to pay our dues.) Mario observes: Rajan, Why? I think this is an additional award for putting India on the map with a series of world-class awards. I don't know what your problem is with Rahman, but the fact remains that he has been acclaimed by his professional peers, and just won not one, but two Oscars, in addition to other international awards. Carp all you want, but no one can take that away from him and he now occupies the pinnacle of his profession, winning against all comers from around the world. The beauty is that this is a peer-acclaim award, as opposed to the political machinations and motivations behind the Nobel Peace Prizes which are often given to those who have done nothing for peace, in some cases, have done just the opposite. Besides, in a country of tax cheats, a cash award in the form of a tax exemption is not such a big deal though it may deprive his tax accountant of some incremental fees. I have it on good authority that the same tax exemption awaits you as soon as you win a Nobel Peace Prize for exposing the rape of the Goan countryside and ambience and your dour and trenchant observations on Goanet:-))
