The 3 mistakes of Chetan Bhagat!

"Billionaires get A to Z-class security.Little girls learning A to Z, however, continue to get kicked out of police stations. What priorities,"  tweeted writer Chetan Bhagat.

Chetan Bhagat is criticizing Government's decision to give Z-Class security to Mukesh Ambani. 
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani to pay for Z-category security

This comment makes me wonder whether Chetan Bhagat should instead stick to writing love stories revolving around IIT, Gujarat etc and leave the nation's priorities to intellectuals. Apparently the IIT and IIM degrees do not qualify Chetan in that bracket for now. 

Providing Z class security to a "national asset" is a step in right direction that shouldn't wait for solutions to all the others problems plaguing India. Any such comparisons, where solutions to other problems are portrayed as a precursor to any other positive developments, are more often than not meant to confuse you. 

Businessmen are nation's wealth and should not be scorned. A person of Mukesh Ambani's calibre feeds thousands of families. How many families do Chetan Bhagat feed? A nation that can't save its businessmen and industrialists has probably got its priorities wrong. 

As for the other 2 mistakes of Chetan Bhagat, they will be posted as and when he commits them. 

Victims - 2

Rape of justice

What an apt headline for this incident! The 10 year old victim was put behind bars when the family did not agree to the police demand of not filing an FIR for rape!

"The senior superintendent says the two constables had not even completed a year in the force, so they did not have the experience to deal with such a 'sensitive' situation."

Now, as an Indian citizen you know this statement is dogshit and any living human being would know how NOT to deal with this situation! But what befuddles you is

1) What is the IQ of a person, who rose to become a senior superintendent of police ?

2) How much does he really thinks is the IQ of an average citizen on whom this excuse is supposed to work?

3) In reality, it is quite expected of the experienced constables to do this. I mean, I have had friends wanting to file an FIR for loss of cellphone being threatened with similar consequences. Hell! no matter what you go to police for, they are always interested in putting you behind the bars instead. But, it is horrifying to know that even young cadres, who are expected to have some passion and conscience take very little or no time to become a part of the system!

I am sure this is not an isolated incident. No matter how underdeveloped your economy is, your police isn't supposed to work like this. There's something seriously wrong with the system!

Victims

Got up to the news of the death of the rape victim. One of the saddest mornings ever. My heart cries. I am moving a little slowly today and I am sure many of you feel the same way.

A nation is like a big machinery with many different moving parts.Trying to seek a repair on just one part will still not make the wrecked machine work. I hope her death doesn't go in vain and we wake up to the fact that even the disruptions in parliament affect the outcome of our ability to discuss and enact new laws. The next time any opposition government disrupts the session, pay attention. Don't ignore it and then complain we do not have laws.  

Then again, we can write a whole new set of laws and that still won't work. Better policing and better judiciary will not come overnight. Stop expecting shortcut solutions offered by likes of Anna Hazare and Arwind Kejriwal. Lets try to fix the problem at its root. Stop fooling yourself - Corruption is not the root cause of our miseries. Its just a symptom to a much deeper problem. Trying to solve corruption at this juncture is like having lozenges to get rid of sore throat. While it can give you a temporary relief, the problem will still very much be there. Corruption is largely an impediment to progress which is anyway not coming if we oppose every price increase and foreign investment. 

Changing the mentality by educating the masses and then giving them the job opportunities will reduce the disparity and push the masses to middle class. Middle class families are ambitious and bring stability to a nation. While I am not saying that even this will solve all our problems, but this should ideally be where we start. It will be a painful road and for a big nation like ours, the changes will only reflect years later. Lets encourage our entrepreneurs, lets encourage our industrialists. Lets get out of our colonial mindset - no walmart is NOT coming to occupy your country - no Manmohan has NOT sold the nation! Lets understand - that corporations are not here to loot your wealth - you DON'T have it in first place! Corporations create wealth and opportunities! Lets encourage change in mentality and only then can we prosper and solve the different symptoms of the problem.

Lets change our mentality. Lets change us!

Not Loving it!

Here's something that a country should really be proud of :

Why-mcdonalds-is-shutting-down-in-bolivia

Apparently, "The rejection is in the minds and mentality of Bolivians", which is awesome!

I am not against McDonalds in anti-foreign investment way. It provides a wonderful option to those who really are in a hurry. I love their Mc-Spicy and don't even get me started on their perfect French Fries. I am also a big fan of Ray Kroc, the man behind the success of McDonalds.

Its just that I am really proud of those who can stay away from Fast Food. Fast Food is yummy and convenient but I hate to think of the time when McDonalds was my everyday lunch, well almost! Its really not healthy! A balanced diet is really the simplest way to a healthy life.A healthy society is far more productive than an unhealthy one - not to say that countries with McDonalds are unproductive.  The fact that McDonalds tried for 10 years and couldn't get enough Bolivians to eat their french fries and burgers is inspirational. 

The article also talks about Kellogg's failure in India. 
"According to analysts, a major reason for Kellogg’s failure was the fact that the taste of its products did not suit Indian breakfast habits."

Well that and the fact that most of us didn't have working mothers and I strongly believe that Kellogg has a better chance of success in countries with high proportion of working couples. 

I missed Blogger!

Its such a long time since I have done some serious blogging. I was so caught up in life. 

I missed Blogger. Ever since I have left blogging,  my writing skills deteriorated.

I hope to be regular once again. Emraan Hashmi's interview (below post) inspired me to come back :-).

I hope kids don’t watch my film

Emraan Hashmi: I-hope-kids-dont-watch-my-films

and I hope no one does...