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| July 25, 2008
, 8:45 AM |
This is a rant..........
For the last 10 years all I have heard of is India's economic resurgence. Economic growth, Economic Policies, Foriegn inflow, Money in and then more money coming in and then some more money coming in. New markets. New opportunities. New ideas. Economic this and economic that.
Who is talking about the severely crippled, highly inefficient and chronically corrupt justice system that is the legacy of the last 50 years? What has changed in the last 10 years?
I haven't head of any major changes. Just a couple of convictions of high profile relatively harmless media celebrities in order to convince the country that "Everyone is equal in the eyes of the law". WHAT ABSOLUTE BULLCRAP!. Nobody is equal in the eyes of anybody. We worship power and fame.
No economic growth and prosperity can survive long without a basic sense of safety and at least a little belief that as an Indian you will be treated justly regardless of your stature and connections. So do you? I don't. I never have. I most probably never will. Not in this lifetime anyway.
We should really start looking at the disease instead of the symptoms. The corruption is a symptom. The disease runs far deeper. It's simple. If you believe you can get away with something you will do it. The more people who believe this the easier it gets to commit a crime.
What is more we admire such people just because they show signs of being human every once in a while. |
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| June 04, 2008
, 4:32 PM |
| Well, life ain't fair and it is the same for everyone. What you gonna do. C'est la vie. |
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| March 27, 2008
, 10:46 AM |
If you are a thinking man, there has to come a time when the absurdity of life absolutely overshadows any other intelligent thought processes.
I think all intelligence is in spite of our existence as much as it is because of it. |
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Double Omlette & Vada Pav
I have been busy. People who are close to me shall interpret 'busy' as "staring at the cieling trying not to hold any thoughts in the head" (you should try it if you think it is easy). I however have high hopes of convincing all otherwise. So what have I been upto this last year odd.
1. Some work
2. I moved in with my girl-friend
3. I proposed to her and got engaged (A mistake she will realise 7 years down the line.)
4. Lots of Staring at the cieling
5. Etc
Ever since I got engaged I have had well meaning friends reaching out to me on life after marriage. Strong medicine especially for someone who believes nothing is going to change.
I wrote the above on Nov 10 of 2006. Never posted it or finished it or got to the part about Double Omlette and Vada Pav. Yep this blog is totally neglected.
I have gotten married since (to the same girl). Been 7 months since I got married. We also got a dog. Not so much has changed. Whatever has changed has changed for the better me thinks. Improvements have been incremental however since I am greedy when it comes to life I expect them to be exponential. Let's see. |
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| February 06, 2008
, 12:29 PM |
'STUFF'
My life is owned by stuff I don't need.
I spend more on vehicle insurance than on health insurance.
Do we absolutely need a Montero, a TL, a BMW and a friggin 600cc Gixxer when there are only 2 ppl who actually drive
Do I absolutely friggin need 4 different gaming consoles and 20 video games to keep me occupied.
Do I absolutely absolutely fucking need an array of colognes, shaving gadgets, soaps and shampoos. Do I absolutely need those 4 packets of gourmet coffee that sit in my kitchen.
What the fuck do I need $100 jacket for when I have 6 others.
What the fucking hell do I need an ultraslim ultraportable 3 pound superpowerful ultrafast mind-popping graphics laptop for when there are 3 perfectly good computers sitting at home which are more than adequate for anything I need to do. What the fuck do I need 2 ipods for?
50 inch LCD TV, 3 DVD players with different features, 1 huge ass home theater system, 12 Magazine subscriptions, 2 very expensive Tennis raquets which have not even seen 10 hrs of play, 3 Printers for 3 different purposes, 3 TVs, Routers, 4 External Hard Drives, Fancy Lamps, Fancier Bedsheets, Even fancier furniture, Fiber Optic Internet, Ultra fancy ultra convenient cellphones....WHERE THE FUCK DOES THIS STOP.
Am I happy? No fucking way.
Is my life any more peaceful than it was? No fucking way. I still worry about everything I used to worry about.
Am I doing stuff I am passionate about? NO FUCKING WAY.
So does any of this stuff do anything for me? Yes of course. I have traded my daily run for high-def sitcoms and movies that dont deserve to go anywhere near my mind. I have traded my evenings and weekends for mindless video game violence. I have traded enjoying people and going places for SHOPPING.
I have traded doing anything for doing nothing in comfort.
I don't wake up in the morning coz I have things I want to do. I wake up in the morning coz I have to.
So am I rich enough not to worry about money. No fucking way.
I just have stuff and lots and lots and lots and lots of it.
This is my life. I am owned by my stuff.
This changes today. FUCK STUFF. |
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| November 02, 2007
, 11:49 AM |
| Love this babe. Very very cool : Hip Hop Violin |
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| July 16, 2007
, 6:09 AM |
| Life should be big. I feel my life is not big enough at the moment. |
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| May 16, 2007
, 3:46 PM |
ICC World Cup 2011 Schedule
ICC has decided to shorten the duration of the World Cup for 2011 which is welcome news considering that the 2007 World Cup seemed to go on forever. As per the new set of rules the schedule shall be limited to the following events:
1) Opening Ceremony
2) Photo Session
3) Several exhibition matches towards charity for cricket.
4) Presentation of the World Cup to Australia.
Other News: It is rumored that the ICC is planning to rename itself as "Charity for Cricket" shortening it to "CC" from "ICC". Further evidence is pending on this. Betting however has commenced and the odds are currently in favor of the renaming.
To make your bets contact your local BCCI selector today!!
FREE Unicorn rides for bets over 1 lakh rupees!
Disclaimer : Most events and entities in the post are fictional...especially Unicorns and BCCI selectors. |
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| April 17, 2007
, 8:05 PM |
| Seriously, women need to learn to hate one man at a time. |
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| November 03, 2006
, 2:07 PM |
This moved me today : The Conscience of a Hacker
I wish I could write like this. This was written by Loyd Blankenship on January 8, 1986. The man had an amazing ability to express.....a skill that is drowning in the big words and complicated sentences of a billion web pages. |
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| October 12, 2006
, 2:25 PM |
| I choose to live because I don't know any better. |
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| September 18, 2006
, 3:01 PM |
Growing up pretty much sucks. From a kid's point of view, the biggest benefit was that you didn't need permission to eat chocolates, ice-creams and whatever you wanted.
Now I realise that you gotta take permission from yourself(and your bulging 'prosperity') for that kind of thing and that just is way much harder than throwing a fit. Sigh! |
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| November 15, 2005
, 12:54 PM |
Since the drought for ideas/inclination is still on in my head....here is something I received as a forward. Please outline what you would do. People who have received this forward please refrain.
The Bathtub Test
It doesn't hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to time, and
this should help get you started. During a visit to the mental asylum, a
visitor asked the Director what the criterion was which defined whether or
not a patient should be institutionalized.
"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a
teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty
the bathtub."
So which one would you use to empty the tub? |
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| September 23, 2005
, 8:53 AM |
Crash
This is the most important american movie made this year. The understanding, sensitivity and the way issues are handled in this movie is just phenomenal. There are no sides taken. No hype, no melodrama and definitely no "moral of the story". Incredible movie and one hell of a way to depict how the mind works. Please do not miss it. |
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| September 14, 2005
, 12:56 AM |
| Watch Layer Cake. Very stylish. Good plot. Very cool. |
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| August 17, 2005
, 2:19 AM |
hiiiiiigh hopes...he's got hiiiiiiiigh hopes....dadada dadda da da dadda daaaa
Next time you're found, with your chin on the ground
There a lot to be learned, so look around
Just what makes that little old ant
Think he’ll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, can’t
Move a rubber tree plant
But he’s got high hopes, he’s got high hopes
He’s got high apple pie, in the sky hopes
So any time your gettin’ low
’stead of lettin’ go
Just remember that ant
Oops there goes another rubber tree plant
When troubles call, and your back’s to the wall
There a lot to be learned, that wall could fall
Once there was a silly old ram
Thought he’d punch a hole in a dam
No one could make that ram, scram
He kept buttin’ that dam
’cause he had high hopes, he had high hopes
He had high apple pie, in the sky hopes
So any time your feelin’ bad
’stead of feelin’ sad
Just remember that ram
Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam
All problems just a toy balloon
They’ll be bursted soon
They’re just bound to go pop
Oops there goes another problem kerplop
- Lyrics by Cahn/Van Heusen. Performed by Sinatra and countless others. |
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| August 11, 2005
, 4:07 PM |
| You gotta realise, that even if a God does exist, we are all just a statistic in his book. |
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| July 23, 2005
, 10:13 AM |
Idiots!
After careful consideration and approaching the problem using a complicated reductionist approach I have come to the conclusion that all humans are idiots. The theory itself is too sophisticated for this post however let me explain the basic logic behind this using a few syllogisms.
LOGIC 1:
All idiots deny that they are idiots
All humans deny that they are idiots
Therefore all humans are idiots
Now if you have to disprove this theory you have to admit you are an idiot. After using considerable thought and using another piece of reductionist deduction, I have concluded that no human will admit that he is an idiot unless he is an idiot. I have concluded that based on the following logic:
LOGIC 2:
Nobody has anything to gain by admitting that he/she is an idiot
Only an idiot does not realise that there is nothing to gain by admitting that he/she is an idiot
Hence all people who admit that they are idiots are indeed idiots
So it follows that you are an idiot if you admit to being one. Now since the subset of all people admitting that they are idiots is thus proved, to be indeed made up of idiots the conclusion in LOGIC 1 still stands.
Now there is another profound conclusion I have reached. Although it might not seem relevant you will realise the genius of it only after considerable thought which I am sure you will pay because you are an idiot. The logic goes like this :
LOGIC 3
Only an idiot would try to disprove something as enormously useful as LOGIC 1
All theories made up by idiots are flawed
Therefore LOGIC 1 cannot be disproved
Bottomline: We are all idiots |
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| July 19, 2005
, 2:25 AM |
"Holy inferiority complex, Batman! How low is my self-esteem that I'm the sidekick in my own fantasy!?"
- J.D. (Zach Braff) dressed up as Robin in a fantasy he is having in the sitcom 'Scrubs'
LOL. This show is FUNNNY. |
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| June 30, 2005
, 2:50 PM |
Now really Mr.Bush...
1971 : US pushes China to attack India
(From declassified US administration transcripts)
2005 : US needs a new stooge in Asia to check China
(From rumors on international diplomacy...let's see.)
So can we trust US rhetoric on democracy? Not really. Like policies of every country of the world including the middle-east, it changes with the people in power and what they can make everybody believe. When you have the kind of wealth and arsenal US does, diplomatic manipulation comes darn easy. Making it look right is as easy.
I must say China's communism does scare me, although their capacity for development because of just this communism is quite amazing.
Now the thing that surprises me(kinda...a little) about USA is they actually released those Nixon transcripts in spite of the kind of content in them (US pushes China to attack India, the then US Secretary of state Henry Kissinger calls Indians 'Bastards' and Indira Gandhi a 'Bitch' in conversations with Nixon etc etc). |
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| June 26, 2005
, 10:48 PM |
Quota for Andhra Muslims sparks controversy
It's not like that we have divided the country enough, so now let us really fuck ourselves.
The primary goal of 'reservations' has been long forgotten...and there isn't a single politician out there with the balls to reform the reservation system to a
one based on financial backwardsness. If you have to keep it at least put it to some use....but really it not their fault. We are a stupid people.
Message : 50% reservations is enough you bastards...look a little beyond your vote banks. |
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