Will Not Vote For them.......

I recently went to a state capital (it is one of the oldest city, also "the golden city of the east") to attend my cousin's marriage. I suppose marriages all over the world are a big source of excitement but in India a sister's marriage is a different kind of a feeling especially for a brother. But this post is not about that....

I got down at the station. Furious hot wind blowing across, fyi, guess what hot wind is called in hindi- Loo (may be because if get caught in it, it has the capability to make you shit in your pants).

On the way to my destination you pass a bridge and till then the drive is pretty normal and not smooth as there is a market near the station and for that reason it is pretty crowded (I am used to it living in the NCR). On my way I saw something that was so damn pissing that it ruined my whole mood...

A long two or three lane road (it seemed pretty wide) and not even a single tree. The government has just freaked out really. Guess why have they cut the trees, because they are constructing a wall made from some special stone (which has been ordered in tons) around some stupid construction intended to beautify the city. I have not seen in my life such waste of money. And it is not just one building this is being done all over. I saw the same thing while going towards the airport. F***, F***, F*** I just hate abusing on my blog but it was like a bloody desert.

Uneducated people running a government of cracks and they are being elected by super cracks (including me) because the counter-part is an even bigger crack. I am sorry if I offended anyone but I am just that damn pissed. I feel equally responsible for it.

At times I really feel की कुछ नहीं हो सकता इस देश का (Nothing good can happen of this place) because the state of the country is so damn bad that even if we do change and start voting we don't have a good, leave good not even a decent option to vote for (no offence Mr. Karan Johar- I really appreciate your efforts).

I thought I would not write another blog on politics and politicians for a while but I just couldn't stop myself .

If you are an Indian living in India and have guessed the name of the place (I will not take names but you must be knowing it, if not just google), then judge for yourself. It is amazing what is happening in the name of beautification here.

Now that you have read this post, do remember these two things:
1. We are facing the great problem of recession.
2.We are facing the great problem of global warming.

ENTERTAINMENT UNLIMITED!!!... PART 2

Remember the shoe incident, well, it happened again this time on a normal candidate and guess who threw the shoe- a teacher who I think was super drunk. Also recently on my idiot box there was a piece of news showing people practicing shoe throwing on a dummy, trying to improve their throwing arm and aim. OMG!!!! right??

Moving on, another party released their manifesto (for all my good friends from other countries hold on to your chairs, in India we have already laughed our hearts out at this). The party's manifesto says that if they come into power they will abolish English medium schools, they will ban computers and (this you got to hear) they will take out all the modern machines used for agricultural purposes. You must be thinking, " You got to be kidding me". Well, I am not kidding and even though funny, this is not a joke.

The fun is not over yet, why they have said what they have said is because they think computer has increased unemployment and because of people passing from English medium, the ones passing from the mediums in regional languages are not at the same level (It is really amazing how uneducated people talk about education reforms). So, what they really mean to say is that two things that India is good at (IT and English) will be banned and we will not be able to compete with this world but definitely compete against one another. Good going, we now have one more reason to differentiate each other as if castes and religions were not enough.

So, In the end I would like to say this to,

The Drunk teacher: Way to go dude. I recently read this on a T-shirt "Reality is just an illusion caused due to lack of alcohol" not in your case though.
The people practicing shoe throwing: Thanks for taking my advice (refer- Entertainment Unlimited!!!- part 1)
The party with the manifesto: I think you are the ones feeling left out due to lack of education and if you really want to try and bring everyone at the same level provide English education to everyone. Raise the bar and not lower it.

The Political Downturn.........

To vote or not to vote, that my dear friends is the question............

Me: What's your plan for tomorrow??
My friend: I am planning to go and vote.
Me: What?? Really?? Why??
My friend: Because we should all vote. It is our right. You should do it too.
Me: Nahhhh... You go ahead. I will enjoy my holiday. What's the use anyways??
My friend: Well you go there and tell them that you don't want to vote for anyone. That way your vote cannot be misused.
Me: Really?? It still does not make a difference buddy. I do not want to vote for any existing candidate. Even if I go and tell them that I don't want to vote for anyone, who cares. Then if I vote for a person and that person wins because of my one vote, who cares really. To me it does not make a difference, cause it does not change my life one bit.

So, here is the problem......

You are a socially responsible person, you are way past the age limit of voting, you know you should start exercising your right to vote but...............

Every time there are elections you don't go to vote, you feel really bad about it but still you didn't vote in the previous elections and still you don't feel like doing it this time......

You would love to go out there to the polling booth and vote, really you would but if and only if there was a single party which actually led by example and if there was a single politician who made a difference to India and the people who live here. As of now our political system is going through a big break down with the political parties trying to gather awareness and votes through television ads, short films and even songs written on them, may be they have just accepted the fact that their actions don't speak loud enough or may be there have been no actions what so ever to talk about. It is something like watching a really awesome, thrilling, glorified trailer of a really bogus movie........

I hope the few good men left in the political scenario are put up at the right places in our political system.....

For now our political system is weak and the politicians are just too human. I say too human because they are still very selfish and to be a leader of a great country like India they need to have a bit of a streak of selflessness, they need to have a greater vision and more importantly they need to take actions....

In the end I would only like to say this.....

Some where down the line, right at the bottom, this is all our fault............. If we had reacted a little earlier, if we were more aware then, if we had stopped these "good for nothing" politicians before they contaminated the whole system, may be this problem would have ceased to exist.....

May be even our future generations will think the same about us...

ENTERTAINMENT UNLIMITED!!!

So, for all of you who think that U.S.A. is a super power and the most weirdest and the most bestest (I think I made that word up) things happen there.... Well, I have only one thing to say to you.....

U.S. we are no less (hey that rhymes, lousy but still)...

Anyways, If you people didn't hear let me tell you one of the Journalists today threw a shoe on our Home Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram and he missed of course.....

Now this is what I call Westernization......

I suppose this is where Ram Sena (Pronounced- "Raam Say-na") people should come in and fight with the journalist for doing things the western way. Oh! Ya for all of you who do not know what Ram Sena is, well, they are the self proclaimed moral police of India who fight against Westernization and things like "The Pub Culture" and having girlfriends and boyfriends but mind you these people are not against Alcohol just against "The Pub Culture" (Going to the pubs and drinking- Specially Girls). I some how feel there is a political agenda behind it.....

Back to the shoe incident.....
Now, I will tell you what happens next. In all probability, the opposition will make an issue out of it. They will say that this is a shameful act but none the less they are happy that finally we are waking up and now we know which party to vote for....

Now, to the reason of the problem.......

Its election time in India. Elections in India are like reality television like big brother and big boss (Indian version of big brother) etc. The politicians are like contestants who try and degrade the other contestants and try to publicize themselves in every possible way. The latest example being the hate speech by Mr. Varun Gandhi a member of the opposition. I don't want to get into the details but I will say that the opposition and the ruling party both cashed in on it. The winner has to be Varun Gandhi as he got the publicity and came out, for many, as a fearless hero who is now fighting elections from jail.....

Its all a publicity stunt.... Isn't it?????

Lovely drama and amazing suspense. The best reality show......

Before ending this post I would like to say this to:

The Politicians: May be this applies to you- "लातों के भूत बातों से नहीं मानते " (Sense is beaten into those who don't listen to words)...

The Ram Sena- Get a life people...

The Journalist- Practice harder and Aim better the next time...

THE WITCH, THE LIAR AND THE WARDROBE

THE WITCH:
I am the white witch and this is my world. You can hate me or you can love me but none can escape me. My devilry is far beyond any cure and to fight me is folly, for you cannot see me and yet you cannot miss me if you come across me. I own the minds of everyone who lives in this world. I am the path, which you have to take to climb the ladder of success. In normal tongue I am called politics, you can call me whatever you want.................

THE LIAR:
I am the liar and I am a servant of the Great witch. I have served her for as far as I can remember. I tried fighting it once but it was to no avail. Then she offered me help and now has become an integral part of me. I don't think anything I do under her influence is wrong. Even if it is wrong I need her for my survival. I would be a no one without her. I see no one around me who is not under her influence. She is everywhere- in a work place, between husbands and wives, between brothers and sisters. She runs every country of this world. Earlier I was just a human and lived under her reign like any one else. Now I serve her every day, I am addicted to her powers. Now people call me a Politician....................

THE WARDROBE:
I am the magical wardrobe and I am open for everyone except any one with conscience. No matter what you were wearing before you stepped in but once you come to the other side you will have to wear white or black outfits when you appear in front of the world. The white one for the white lies and the black one as it is a symbol for everything that is dark. This is the uniform for the loyal servants of the Great witch. I am just a medium to her world.............

You might be thinking why is there no Aslan, well he did come in once. He was the only one to cross the wardrobe with a conscience, but only one cannot stand against the witch for she is dark and mighty. Now Aslan wears white and is the servant of the witch...................

Still there is hope, there might still be a Prince who can save us, because it is in the youth in which the power to over throw the witch lies......................

VENDETTA AGAINST HUMANITY

In Hindi there is a saying....

लातों के भूत बातों से नहीं मानते - people who don't listen to words, sense should be beaten into them...........

This seems to be the motto of the terrorist groups working in the various countries. This might also be the thinking of many people who want to remove these terrorist, still the leaders of this world in their respective countries are just trying to talk it through with each other. These acts are supposed to be acts of terror, but are they really being treated as one. I do not think so. The governments handle these cases as if any case of increasing traffic, road accidents (which if not worked upon might prove to be big problems as well but more on that later).

There are talks and more talks. Then there are meetings and more meetings and it seems as if in every meeting the only proper and solid decision taken is the venue and the timing of the next meeting. After each of these meetings a huge statement is made and that's it...........

A statement is made, the media creates a hype about the statement, the people think that finally something is happening and then there are counter talks but that's it. After this there is another act of terror, all the attention is diverted to that and the previous one is forgotten. Its almost funny. These poeple are not leaders, they are politicians, playing dirty politics with the people of this country.

While the fruitless actions of our leaders continue, the people who suffer are the ones which go to work at the world trade center, who go to The Taj Hotel in India for various errands and the people who travel by trains for their everyday work. We the misguided people retaliate for a brief period of time and then we all get back to our lives as they were.
But still...

As they say that life must go on cause I still feel there is hope. It is true that we need to take the necessary steps and measures but it is also true that light conquers darkness.

"An age is called Dark, not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it."


I hope we find the light..............