Staying in INDIA

Tolerating Indian mentality has become very irritating for me these days. Sometimes I think why, why I am in this country, when I have the opportunity to got and reside in some developed country and spend a quality life there.

You have overcrowded city transport system. During peak hours I cannot take the city bus to go anywhere, as all are jam-packed. Taking auto is another pain in your ass. You have to argue with the autowalas for the fare, which should be applicable to the destination.

Then riding bike in this “god made” roads just screws your head. No traffic discipline, just people riding according to their leisure. Road full of potholes or should I say pothole with sum road on it. There are no proper footpaths for pedestrian to walk.

People spiting tobacco on the road, footpath and even on stairs. So much pollution and suspended particles in atmosphere.

Also for good life, the ratio of money spend to money earned is less in developed countries compared to INDIA.

And most of the INDIANS have very irrational mentality. Be it belief in god, lack traffic discipline, work culture, selecting your political leader, behaving with others, not having unconventional ideas, not respecting people from other religions, caste, language, not respecting physical as well as mentally handicapped people, irrational perception of sex, drugs, not respecting homosexual peoples, concept of arrange marriage, concept of staying with your parents, liking for fair people. So many hypocrites, bigots and irrational people here. The list is too long.

Why should I stay in such kind of environment? Some fanatic will say, that you should be patriotic to your country and shouldn’t speak like this and do something for your country rather than discussing. Some people even say me traitor. See first of all I am a selfish guy like any normal human being, when I have opportunity to go out why shouldn’t I? Don’t people change their company, city, state to work in some other place? Aren’t they patriotic to their company, city or state?

Its not like that I am going for money to some other country, I am earning a good amount of money to suffice my needs, but I cannot tolerate such irrationality. Why should I waste my life is such bad ambience, I alone cannot change the system. So better go in some good system.

Indian Parents

Well this post I am writing from my experience of my life and my other friends life. First of all I hate the interference of parents in a child's life. Why don't they respect and trust the discussions taken by the child after all he/she is now adult and mature enough. First of all their interference will come why one wants to marry a girl/boy of his/her preference. If the opposite sex be of another caste or another religion what difference doest it makes. Parents say that society won’t accept such relationship. Are parents more bothered about society or their child’s? Another argument is that she/he will not able to settle at would be spouse place. Now who are they to decide, what the rationality is there behind it. The person knows better with whom he/she has to spend life, and if it’s a wrong discussion he/she will face the consequence.

They can believe in the institution called arrange marriage, in which the parents hardly knows the guy/gal and they think that this would be the best choice for their child. This is a height of hypocrisy. When they say their child cannot marry opposite choice of his/her preference, whom the child knows much better but they will go for arrange marriage where they hardly know the other guy/girl.

Other thing I have seen the freedom for females are curbed too much. I don’t know whether guys are rebellious or parents are liberal towards them, but for females a typical Indian parents are next to disaster. I agree that they are parents, but that doesn't mean that they have to encroach the privacy and space of the child saying that they are parents and have more experience, bla bla etc.Females cannot study much, if at all she studies then she cannot work cause she has to be servant in her husband house, then she cannot move to far away place to work and if she wants she has to take permission from parents.

Ok I agree there mite b sum good urban parents who don’t follow this, but I am talking abt general Indian parents. Another point is parents want to stay with their child even though he has grown up and even married. They say they want support in their old age. Ok come on u have grown old but not handicapped. Old age isn’t excuse to be dependent on your child or anybody else. Respect your child privacy and space. Let him/her allow doing anything because its their life and they are in the better position to judge their doings. Parents can give suggestion but they cannot be dogmatic and force their opinions on their children.

Is this matter of EGO for parents?

Shiv Sena and Valentine day

Here comes my favorite party Shiv Sena and Bajrang Dal. I love these people because they only have the moral sense of protecting Indian Culture by stopping celebration of valentine day. My favorite party says as Valentine day is not part of “Indian Culture” hence we should not celebrate it. And how should we stop people from celebrating it? By burning Valentine cards, vandalizing shops selling valentine cards, beating up shopkeepers, yes and all this are part of our Indian culture.

Very good, you are the true representative and protector of Indian Culture. You guys get into corruption, bribing, rioting, vandalizing etc and all these things are the part of Indian culture hence you should do it and I fully agree with you. I am PROUD of you.

Non sense traffic, high unemployment rate, high illiteracy rate, high number of people below poverty line, filthy roads, no footpath etc these all are part of our Indian culture but Valentine day it is not hence we should oppose this vehemently I completely agree with you.

Grow up INDIA Grow up!!!!

Thackeray gone mad

Has this guy gone mad or what? What in the TV I saw that MNS workers were beating up hapless taxi guys and hawkers of North Indian origin. Now what is the rationality behind that? Can't any Indian coming from other states reside in here peacefully?

Raj Thackeray has the objection, that people of North India celebrate their festival here. Now balls, what the difference doest it make to him. Are those guys harming him or any other Marathis is any way. And if he is so concerned they why doesn't his men bash up many North Indian goons residing in Mumbai.

His other objection is North Indians are taking up jobs of Marathis. Come on man this is the age of survival of fittest. Those who has skill and talent will survive or they will go down the drain.

There are many instances of Indians residing in Britain, US of A, Australia etc facing racism, or local people harassing them. Now when people in our country are facing music when shifting to some other states, then what kind of decency we can expect from people of other countries. Indians residing in other countries, support INDIA whenever our national cricket team goes on tour to that country, then according to Mr. Raj Thackeray this is wrong. Indians should support England or Australia according to him. And if they don’t, locals should go and beat them. Am I correct Mr. Raj

GROW UP INDIA GROW UP!!!!!

Calling "Sir"

Well I am an engineer graduate and I have worked through couple of engineering companies. One of the traditional things, which I have seen and hate the most in these engineering companies is that you have to call your boss as "sir". Now what the hell is that? Are you knighted or what?

I have heard in some IT and ITes companies, most of them have policy that employees should not call their next seniors as "sir", which I appreciate. Once I had a written a mail to G. M of my company and in salutation I had written Mr. Xyz instead of Mr. Xyz sir. Damn!! I came to know he got agitated because of my email, and complained to our M. D that I am arrogant, aggressive and what not.

We are servants or what that we have to call you "sir". Respect should be earned not be forcefully taken. And just calling someone "sir" doest means that you respect him or her.

And if you call your boss by first name that tends to make your relationship with your boss more close and you can share your problems with him openly.

Vishal V