A Few Good Men (1992)

A complete thriller , and a must watch. :)
The story talks about Honor, Code and Order which form a core of any infantry unit where orders are obeyed or people die.

Tom Cruise a Navy lawyer is given the responsibility to defend the two marines who are accused of killing a fellow marine Santiago.
Santiago, as we learn, isn't quite up to task compared to his fellow Marines. He complains of health conditions that his superiors ignore, and is generally disliked by everyone in his unit. He has gone out of his way to request a transfer off the base, even going so far as bargaining for one in exchange for blowing the whistle on a fellow Marine for an "illegal fence-line shooting." (bole to- please take me out of this and i will tell u give u some insider info... ;)

The Accused say that they were carrying out the orders of their superiors which was a to give "CodeRed" to the victim.
(CodeRed (a term invented for the film) is a practise no where mentioned in navy manuals but is widely used in the infantry to give the soldiers some reprimand for not following the orders).
Guatanamo Bay is commanded by Jack Nicholsan a fiery colonel who is a fierce man and knows what he is doing. He knows his reponsibility of protecting the country and he likes to do that his own way. He denies having ordered a code red and obviously leaves the accused to face the law and does indulge in manipulations to this effect.

So now Tom Cruise, a Navy lawyer, is given the responsibility to defend the two accused. He is assisted by Demi Moore who is the counsel for Internal Affairs. Tom is a easy going chap,and is game for out of court settlements and is actually afraid of going to court ( high expectations set by his successful lawyer father weigh him down).
Ofcourse the movie doesnt end out of court, our beautiful Demi Moore convinces Tom to go to court and fight for the accused who are innocent.

Tom risks his career to fight this case against all odds and emabarks on a journey to collect the evidence to save his clients.
The Court room scenes are steamy and Jack Nicholson in his role as a tough Colonel outshines. The intensity in the court room discussions where people are fighting for thier lives is palpable.

The last scene of the movie where Tom questions jack Nicholsan in the highlight of the movie.
Tom Cruise is shown to have a high level of common sense and sharpness, which helps him win the case by proving that Jack Nicholson ordered a "Code Red" -- in retaliation for the Marine going outside the chain of command as a whistleblower -- by subtly provoking him and causing him to voluntarily confess the truth in court in a moment's anger.

I would only say -- all the lovers of thrillers should go and grab a dvd and watch this one!!!

OBC Quota and Student's dilemma

10th April,2008: Supreme Court gave a historic judgment in India's history by allowing OBC quota minus the creamy layer in the Central funded Institutes for Higher studies.

Was it a co-incidence or it was cruelly designed to be 10th April.

As such a ordinary 10th april , was turned into a consequential day with the IIM results expected on 11th April.

So what it meant was - all the students waiting anxiuosly for the results need to wait indefinitely (thats what IIMs told).

To add to the confusion about the creamy layer, people speculated that the graduates are considered as advanced and hence would be in creamy layer and so IIMs (who provide post graduate diplomas) wont be in the ambit of reservation. But our Mananiya Arjun Singhji told that IIMS are for sure within the ambit.

Leaving that aside lets see some of the effects it would have on poor souls like me -

1) Wait for your results indefinetly, and all the anxiety,uncertainty continues about the elusive IIMs.

2) The delay in results will affect the admission process of other institues who will loose students to IIMs( like XLRI, MDI, NITIE), this would mean agony for the waitlisted students in those colleges -- they will get the admission offers if people vacate seats to go to IIMs.

3) With last date for the institutes whose results are out fast approaching , people who await IIM results will need to pay up the fees in these institutes and then later claim the refund of fees money if they convert IIMs (mind you it takes it own sweet time). But this will mean that they will need to block this money in the institute and then later again arrange for money when IIMs give results.

4) Working people will need to wait for the results to put in their papers, this will affect them serving the notice period.

As of now the last update about the results is that the directors of all the IIMs will meet in shillong in April end and decide about the dates(which we expect to be in early May).