A MUST WATCH MOVIE - THE IMITATION GAME!!

Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a mathematician; he is good in breaking codes, crosswords and various puzzles. He is intelligent, but stammers a lot and many times, he faces difficulty as he has low self-confidence. He has a deep attention in cryptography as his friend Christopher Morcom develops this interest in him. Now, there is one hidden fact about our friend Turing and that is - he is a ‘gay’. Yeah! You heard it right, he is homosexual and I think due to this he cannot express his views and emotions properly.

Anyways, during the world war - ǁǁ in 1939, he joins the cryptography team of Hugh Alexander, John Cairncross, Peter Hilton, Keith Furman and Charles Richards under the command of Commander Alastair Denniston. The main objective of this team is to break the codes that are, transmitted by Nazi Enigma machine. It is really; difficult for them as they do not where they should need to start, and what they need to do more. When they are getting something the day ends. In between, Turing decides to design a machine, which can decrypt the messages. Winston Churchill helps him in fund raising and that is why he get, whatever he desire for that machine.

He named it as “Christopher”, at the start he finds it tough, as the machine is not responding to anything. The days are getting, passed and nothing happened. However, in between the machines starts to work due to the brilliance and the spark of Alan Turing. He uses the pattern of codes in a different manner and hence he gets the success at the end. However, England cannot explain to anyone that they have broken the Enigma code, as the German forces will change the Enigma settings and they need to find those Enigma patterns again and the war will be continued for 2-5 years more. The contribution of this group, especially Turing, was remarkable and he was a hero. On the contrary, he was, sentenced by the British law of being a ‘homosexual.’

I think Mr. Turing saved a number of lives all over the world. Without the brilliance of him, I think the world would have faced huge deaths, loss of economy and it will be tougher for them to revive from that. I loved this movie and the plot of the story, Mr. Cumberbatch played the role very adequately. This movie was, nominated in the Oscars of 2015. You must see this movie and inspire others to see it as well. I think Alan was a war hero, he did not fire any bullet, but seriously, he shot the German forces really-really hard!

Is It Necessary?

These days I am reading some news on the television that our Government will cancel the subject of “German” language from Kendriya Vidyalaya throughout the nation. They are saying, they will teach “Sanskrit” instead of “German”. So, is it necessary to do this? I mean what is the inevitability regarding this? Is there urgency that somebody will counter us if we do not do this? No, there is no urgency but the question is about remembering your glorious past and respecting its values.
The Indian culture, especially Hinduism, has a big history. People use to say it is 5000 years old, but I do not believe it because Vedas were written for more than thousands and thousands years ago. A number of great “Maharishi” contributed their part in the formation of the Vedas and this contribution was collaborated by a great “Maharishi” named as Ved Vyas, he divided or differentiated the Vedas equally. They wrote this knowledge in Sanskrit, not in English, German or French. There is a huge knowledge in these Vedas and Purana. Indian people do not need to look at Foreigners for technology and knowledge. If we read these scriptures, Granth (knowledge books) etc. we will acquire so much knowledge. We seriously do not need to look at other countries and discourage our nation, and its values.
German language or any foreign language can provide us the job of a freelancer or an interpreter, but these languages would not give us the knowledge and true meaning of life. It is because the grammar and literature are limited; it is not much. The language, which has limited grammar and limited literature, is not complete and it cannot provide us deeper knowledge about anything. On the contrary, Sanskrit has a wide grammar and there are billions of “Slokas”, which has a complete meaning about every aspect of the life. The language is preserved for the last thousands and thousands years, and I want it to be learned by next generations too. That is why I am favoring Sanskrit over German language.
I advise students to learn as much as the languages they can. They should learn the new advancements in the technology, but people should connect well with the roots of the nation too. They should respect their values, culture and traditions, but they should not feel discouraged about anything, which makes them think that it is valueless in this time. I hope I have raised my feelings from the bottom of my heart.