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...

"His living standard worsens if he is married"

Laughter is the best medicine and here's the dose for today.


TOI breaks its own record and comes up with the stupidest piece ever : 


Indians spent Rs 5.8L crore extra due to inflation in last 3 years


As if this wasn't enough, I was totally floored by the below comment :


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There is no need for an economist to understand the scenario or to provide suggestion. If only we could stop BPOs and Software companies we could have controlled inflation. The employees are in their twenties and they get highly paid. They just waste their money on electronics and clothing's. But yes the purchasing power increases and so the GDP is high. But due to the purchasing power the prices of things goes high. Which in fact is difficult for a common man. For example, a BPO employee can afford a rented house for Rs7000-10000 contrary to a regular employee. Cos of this a common man settles down for a low cost house. His living standard worsens if he is married. His children dont get good education and good schooling cos of high donation and fees. Our GDP and economic growth is high cos of the purchasing power of the few young BPO and software employees who dont know to spend money. And our stupid government and its policy fails to understand and tackle this simple thing. Our education system doesnt focus on farmers but computers. a day will come when One Thaali food will cost 1 lakh rs and there will be people who can buy that...lol... Its high time we realize that working in front of computers will gives as money for food but what if there is no food to available in the market....
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 How do we even manage to produce such people?:-) 


Edited to Add:


This just keeps getting better and better..


Another commentator,another solution :


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Inflation is in fact the biggest scam of government in collaboration with RBI. Inflation occurs only because of EXCESSIVE increase in printed Currency. Since Government/RBI prints huge amount of Currency in form of Rs500 and Rs1000 Notes, the currency in Market Increases but the commodities like grains, pulses, vegetables, milk etc, remains limited. As a result, the thing (Ghee) that one used to get for Rs100 per kilo is now available at Rs300 per Kilo. The Only Way to Reduce Inflation and than Deflation and similar Bubbles of Indian Economy is to Discard Government printed Currency and to ADOPT FOR GOLD STANDARD or Gold Standardized Currency. this is the only way for reducing GAP between Poor and Rich. However, Government will never agree for discarding government printed money and adopting for gold currency because if it do so, it will loose the strongest and best weapon to ROB poor and middle class Indians. According to a report shown on Zee News today, 72% of Indians uses Rs2, Rs5, Rs 10 and Rs100 note (everyday), while merely 12% use Rs500 note and only 2.4% use Rs1000 note every day. The remaining are those who often fail to use even a Rs 2 note. So why is Government adamant to keep printing more and more Rs500 and Rs1000 notes? In fact, Indians don't need any note. People will do much better with Gold Standard currency and it will solve Inflation problem too because Gold cannot be created or Inflated/increased.
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What a Shame India!

National player thrown off train in UP, loses leg

For those of you who say "India toh India hai(India is India afterall)"... there...your India! It is a shame that your national player had to travel in a general compartment, it is a shame that a robbery attempt was made and she was thrown out of the train. 

India Today reports 

"A profusely bleeding Sonu was rushed to the district hospital here. "

It is a shame that India today uses the word 'rushed' whereas it isn't probably true, 

Hindu reports :

"The injured and unconscious Arunima was cited by the tracks by a cabin man. No passenger or official of the train-guard, driver or the police force lodged a complaint at the next stop, let alone bring the train to halt or provide care."

It is a shame that she was offered a paltry sum of 25,000Rs and only when she snubbed the offer was she offered 2lacs and a railway job.

It is a shame that a national level player was to attend a recruitment examination of CISF.

It is a shame that a complete fool like Mamta is our railway minister and a thug like Mayawati is UP's chief minister. 

Mind you - this is definitely not an isolated incident. It is just a high profile case that was worth publishing according to the calculation by various media groups. 

Police will probably not even be able to catch the culprits, and even if they do, what is the guarantee that the case will be solved in the next 5 years?

The despair you feel.Such shame India, such shame!