Reality bites

My bank is creating noise that the Firm registration officials have used whitener on the Certificate and hence a counter-signature is required for that. I will have to give it back to my auditor and get it done. To much pain!

Overall, have got couple of leads - mostly through friends. Nothing concrete yet. I am hoping for a good next week.

Lets see!

India appreciates Dr Manmohan Singh

Congress has emerged stronger after the 2009 elections. I think people have appreciated Dr Manmohan and his work. I only hope that India will emerge stronger after 5 years and it looks very much probable with the likes of Sashi Taroor entering the arena.

Our leaders

I was reading this article where one of our beloved leaders expressed his concern that he is not able to understand the Nuclear Deal and hence he will be voting against the government. Here are the exact words:

"I have not understood what the deal is all about. Though I listened very attentively to the debate throughout yesterday (Monday), I could not make any head or tail out of it," Ahmed was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India.

"I will definitely vote against the government. If I, being a member of parliament, could not understand anything about the nuclear deal, then how can the people of the country follow it?"

I could not stop laughing. Here is an indicator of the quality of our MPs. Nuclear deal is an issue which is going on for quite a long time.

Anyways, i think he did not have enough time to go through all the news in the jail (he has just been released from the jail to participate in the vote)!!! :)

what you dont have is what you want!

I was returning back to India from SA after finishing my assignment. I met three different set people in the journey and they were quite interesting.

The first one is a family of Indian origin, now settled in SA. The guy said that they visit India every year. Last year they had been to north India and this time they were visiting the south. Pretty interesting stuff. Somehow they don't want to lose that connection with India. I wonder why people do that. They just don't want to lose their identity.

I met another lady who was going to London. She looked little tipsy. guess she had had couple of drinks before boarding. she said she was going to meet her son after 14 years. I was shocked. How can that be?! and i don't have to mention here that she was excited. she said she was going to bring back him to SA and look after him from now on. Must have been a divorce case.

The last set of them was an old couple. I was sitting next to the lady. She gave me good company all through the way. she was going to meet her daughter in london who was soon going to have a baby. she was so happy that she was going to be a grand-ma. This couple had fled Zimbabwe and settled in SA. I dont know when!

People are always after something. Something or the other. They always want to be doing something or the other. They just wanna be busy.

I think the only part of life which is good to live is one's childhood. i always remember the book 'To kill a mocking bird'. Such an amazing book, full of childhood and innocence. But when we are kids, we always want to be grown-ups and have a job and make money. but when you get there, you suddenly see that its all shit. you knew that you wanted all this. but you did not know how it will be. now you know! and you want go back from where you came from. Man, you aways want what you dont have at this point of time - something new or something old. But not the one that i have right now. Give me a break!

I think i wanna be a carpenter. I am tired of this software shit. :)

Indian politicians extraordinary: Yale

I cant stop laughing after reading this article. Intelligent!? I don't know. But i can say that they are clever. Thats why they are in politics.

Another excerpt from the article:

"Indian politicians are extraordinarily intelligent, extraordinarily passionate about India's advancement and extraordinarily committed to helping the nation and its people"

For god's sake!!
Everybody in India knows that people enter into politics because of one of the following reasons:

1. he/she is too rich and cant move his/her ass to do any other work and never learned to do that as well. And as they are rich its easy to get into politics. And, once they get into politics, they know that they can get back whatever money they had invested. They also see that politics can be entertaining.

2. One should really dig out our politician's academic records. It will be an interesting study. Because, am sure most of them wouldn't have a decent degree. Even if they have one, most probably it will be a fake one. Yes, with the kind of education they have, they cant get into any private sector organization. They can get a govt job by pulling some strings and boot-licking. But as they are clever they see that being IN the govt will be a better option than working FOR the govt!

3. Most of them would have committed serious crimes and politics would be definitely a safe-haven. Being on the other side of the law will definitely make a difference. One can buy judges, witnesses, change the constitution and what not. And some people will even run the govt from jail, like it happened in Bihar some time back. And if you are a bandit its even easier to get into politics. Because you have already gained a lot of popularity. If you cook up a cock and bull story and get public sympathy then the people will easily vote for you. And parties will be eager to get you into your fold. They know that they have a winner!!

There may be some exceptions to this like our own PM, but , on an average these reasons will hold true.

Another excerpt:

"This is an exceptional group of individuals. They are alert, engaged, smart, and passionate. My one surprise was how connected they were to business and management. Some run newspapers, some run hotels. So they understand not just the political environment but also some of the management challenges as well"

People at Yale should realize that being in power and running businesses will be extremely easy. power will provide all the lubricant needed to run the business smoothly. You can get grants, evade taxes without being noticed, suppress opponents and do a lot of other things which will keep the business in pink health.

Please do read the article. I am sure you will burst out laughing.

Divide and rule!

The TN gov has carved out a 3.5% out of the existing 30 % reservation for Backward Classes for Muslims and Christians who are already listed in the category. Politicians!! given a chance they will go to the extent of creating village-based, lane-based, person-based reservations, just for votes. I really cant see India without reservations in the near/far-future. Its a dream.

It was also funny to see the Supreme court's reaction:

The Supreme Court today expressed concern over the increasing number of castes on the backward classes list for quotas in jobs and educational institutions.

“Is there a list of total number of castes?” asked a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan. “It is strange that when we do not have an outer limit we are adding more castes to the list.”

The court’s observation came during hearing on a petition filed by anti-quota activists.

“India is shining but backwardness is increasing rapidly with the number of backward castes,” he said.

Sethusamudram

The VHP has called for a nationwide road blockade protesting the construction of the bridge between India and Srilanka, apparently giving the reason that it will destroy the existing bridge below the sea which was built by Lord Sri Ram. Mythology is fine. But people shouldn't be so idiotic as to be doing something like this. Anything like this can happen only in India!!

Independence day colors everywhere!

Independence ?? Huh!!

Even Andra Pradesh is pondering over implementing the quota system that has been kicked off in UP!

"An empty mind(a politician's mind (most of them!)) is a devil's workshop!". Or you can equally say that "An empty mind is a politician's workshop". The meaning remains the same.

Only God can save this country. But i don't think he will get a chance for anything due to all the quotas and reservations and all the crap happening.

But wait!! which caste does God belong to?? hehhe!!!

We are celebrating our Independence day tomorrow. Independence from what??? The British ?? I think thats the only Independence we got in the real sense.

My country doesn't have independence from poverty, corruption, power-politics, crippling infrastructure, quota systems, red tape, diseases, naxals, terrorists in kashmir and bla bla bla. If you open the news paper you will see a whole lot of issues like this.

You guys must be thinking that i am one of those guys who just complain and do nothing. sirf bolnese kya hoga?? (talking won't help).

But atleast i complain !!

(Majority of India is like this)

I am sure that 100% of the people who are reading this blog will not have any sort of serious problems and will be pretty happy in life to celebrate Independence day. But what about the rest of India? Independence day doesn't mean anything to them!! It is still a daily fight for food and shelter.


I am ashamed of the current state of affairs in India. My head hangs low in front of other people when they talk of India as a poor and corrupt country. I cannot defend my country. Because thats the truth.

And our people raise a lot of hue and cry about Indians who have settled abroad. I don't think its wrong. People find that the quality of life is much better there than in India and hence they decide to settle there. At the end of the day everybody is selfish and would like to have a good life!

Somehow not so proud to be an Indian today!! Miles to go!

Jai Bharath! Vande Mataram! and Happy Independence day!!!!