Before the tirade starts a word of thanks to all my pompous, self-obsessed countrymen. For it was them that had started me blogging when i had felt the urge to express my frustration and anger against them. Then over the years my friends and constant readers (god bless each and every one of them) convinced me that i had 'talent'...with the obvious outcome being i stopped writing those posts and concentrated on compositions full of samples of my 'talent'...with the expected outcome that this blog averages 4 posts a year.
BUT NOT ANY MORE. 'I can see clearly now the rain's gone' as Mr Whittaker had sung. 'I have seen the light' as Buddha said. And so here goes.
Huge hoohah in India with 2 issues - Sachin not figuring in ICC top 20 list of test batsmen and Mr Amitabh F Bachan expressing his disgust at Slumdog Millionaire showing poverty in India.
A big FUCK YOU to all of you.
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Jan 16, 2009
Nov 27, 2008
...and after it all
there will be a picture in the front pages of the dailies tomorrow of a local train packed like sardines with smiling commuters and the headlines will scream
THE SPIRIT OF MUMBAI!!!
THE SPIRIT OF MUMBAI!!!
Apr 16, 2007
Thank you Shilpa
What would I do without Shilpa guys? You may have read this post. But today she has given me another chance to write about something important, rather than posting 'delhi jokes' and 'bullshit tags' (according to one of my ex-friend's whom i have disowned because he is the wrong finger type). So here goes..
There is a huge ruckus about Richard Gere necking with Shilpa Shetty yesterday. And why should'nt there be? We are from the land of mughal and victorian slavery. We dont have sex. Some dirty bastards wrote the fucking Kama Sutra. Their bastard cousins sculpted the Khajuraho temples. Our widows shave their heads and eat veg to make themselves unattrative to 'preying males'. Our children fill up forms where there is no space for 'mother's name'. Our father (of the nation) slept with his nieces to prove that he was above the 'weakness of the flesh'. In all his greatness he went on record saying that he failed....
But so what? We are a nation that respects women. Where our country is our mother, where the mother and sister are goddesses, where words like 'behnchod' and 'motherchod' are more reviled than 'uncivilised' or 'uneducated'. But that again is not important..
What is important is that for the last 779 years we have conquered our sexual drive. We are a nation that believes, truly madly and deeply, that sex is BAD!! Our movies show swaying flowers when couples kiss. Our heroines get slapped around by 'manly' heroes and then go home and justify the fact saying that the its the responsibility of the woman in the house to maintain peace and harmony. 2.7665% of our women achieve orgasms, 97.2335% of those who dont, have some 'problem'. We are a country where a guy indulging in a screwing spree is a stud while a girl doing the same is a slut. We are a nation of 'men'.
So Richard..lay off man. Do your shit with the Julias of the world. In our country, even the whores are virgins. If they are not, it because they had been raped by an uncle or an office boss and they have been forced into that world. You can take your charms elsewhere...'it don't impress us much'.
Jai Hind.
There is a huge ruckus about Richard Gere necking with Shilpa Shetty yesterday. And why should'nt there be? We are from the land of mughal and victorian slavery. We dont have sex. Some dirty bastards wrote the fucking Kama Sutra. Their bastard cousins sculpted the Khajuraho temples. Our widows shave their heads and eat veg to make themselves unattrative to 'preying males'. Our children fill up forms where there is no space for 'mother's name'. Our father (of the nation) slept with his nieces to prove that he was above the 'weakness of the flesh'. In all his greatness he went on record saying that he failed....
But so what? We are a nation that respects women. Where our country is our mother, where the mother and sister are goddesses, where words like 'behnchod' and 'motherchod' are more reviled than 'uncivilised' or 'uneducated'. But that again is not important..
What is important is that for the last 779 years we have conquered our sexual drive. We are a nation that believes, truly madly and deeply, that sex is BAD!! Our movies show swaying flowers when couples kiss. Our heroines get slapped around by 'manly' heroes and then go home and justify the fact saying that the its the responsibility of the woman in the house to maintain peace and harmony. 2.7665% of our women achieve orgasms, 97.2335% of those who dont, have some 'problem'. We are a country where a guy indulging in a screwing spree is a stud while a girl doing the same is a slut. We are a nation of 'men'.
So Richard..lay off man. Do your shit with the Julias of the world. In our country, even the whores are virgins. If they are not, it because they had been raped by an uncle or an office boss and they have been forced into that world. You can take your charms elsewhere...'it don't impress us much'.
Jai Hind.
Mar 28, 2007
Enough!!
"The main problem is the system, not the coach, players, selectors...."
"What does this fucker Chidambaram think of himself? Look at what he has achieved.."
"I cant believe how Aajtak can call themselves a news channel..did you see..."
"I dont know what's wrong with these Jats/Kannadis/Bongs..dont you think.."
"Ray was better because..."
"Its not a question of good woman or good wife. What i feel is..."
AAAARGH!!!!!!!! I am sick of opinions, discussions and debates man! Just want to go to a secluded beach and lie under a beach umbrella with a good book, a chilled beer and a stray dog.
People talk so much.
"What does this fucker Chidambaram think of himself? Look at what he has achieved.."
"I cant believe how Aajtak can call themselves a news channel..did you see..."
"I dont know what's wrong with these Jats/Kannadis/Bongs..dont you think.."
"Ray was better because..."
"Its not a question of good woman or good wife. What i feel is..."
AAAARGH!!!!!!!! I am sick of opinions, discussions and debates man! Just want to go to a secluded beach and lie under a beach umbrella with a good book, a chilled beer and a stray dog.
People talk so much.
Jan 18, 2007
Those bloody racist goras!!
Look at what they are subjecting poor poor Shilpa to!! So what if she is getting 4 crores to sit in a room? And how does it matter if the whole concept of the show is to have people gang up on each other and eliminate contestants one by one? How dare they subject her to racist abuse?
So what if she is from bloody Bombay, filled with those bloody ghatis and shiv sainiks who want to throw all bongs out? And who can blame them? The bloody bongs are a bloody lazy and parochial lot. And they also want the Gujjus and Panjus out, because those baniyas control 85% of Bombay. And dont forget the bloody biharis and bhaiyas from UP who make up for 97% of the auto and taxi drivers and daily wage labourers. Come to think of it, throw out all the bloody kannadis as well. They make up about 98.2% of all waiters and cooks in the eating joints. And the bloody backward castes, throwing the city in disarray on Ambedkar's birthday or if someone damages his statue. And throw out all the kattus man..all of them are Paki sympathisers and harbor ISI agents in their homes.
And how dare the brits be racist towards us? Our culture goes back 5000 years when they were living in caves. All goras are fucking with each other all the time. Fathers raping daughters, mothers fucking milkmen..thats what they are. And dont get me started on the blacks. All of them are drug dealers. And all black males use their huge black tools to entice innocent white women and fuck them. And can you trust the bloody hispanics? All bloody illegal immigrants, stealing jobs from honest ctizens. And the bloody chinamen, all coming from Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Japan and all those Chinese countries and making china towns and creating trouble.
But, all that is besides the point. How DARE they subject Shilpa to racial abuse??
So what if she is from bloody Bombay, filled with those bloody ghatis and shiv sainiks who want to throw all bongs out? And who can blame them? The bloody bongs are a bloody lazy and parochial lot. And they also want the Gujjus and Panjus out, because those baniyas control 85% of Bombay. And dont forget the bloody biharis and bhaiyas from UP who make up for 97% of the auto and taxi drivers and daily wage labourers. Come to think of it, throw out all the bloody kannadis as well. They make up about 98.2% of all waiters and cooks in the eating joints. And the bloody backward castes, throwing the city in disarray on Ambedkar's birthday or if someone damages his statue. And throw out all the kattus man..all of them are Paki sympathisers and harbor ISI agents in their homes.
And how dare the brits be racist towards us? Our culture goes back 5000 years when they were living in caves. All goras are fucking with each other all the time. Fathers raping daughters, mothers fucking milkmen..thats what they are. And dont get me started on the blacks. All of them are drug dealers. And all black males use their huge black tools to entice innocent white women and fuck them. And can you trust the bloody hispanics? All bloody illegal immigrants, stealing jobs from honest ctizens. And the bloody chinamen, all coming from Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Japan and all those Chinese countries and making china towns and creating trouble.
But, all that is besides the point. How DARE they subject Shilpa to racial abuse??
Dec 20, 2006
An apology to the Sachins of the world
I suddenly realised that I am in the same league as the Sachins, Sharukhs and Amitabhs of the world. For you lesser mortals this concept will be difficult to grasp, but its absolutely true, believe you me. Where previously the fingers used to fly over the keyboard, for the past 6 days I have been struggling to think of something to write about. And its all due to critics who dare to question my greatness. Me!! Nowadays, whenever I am about to penn something down, I stop and force myself to think whether the 'true meaning' will be understood by those pea-brained nincompoops. And i can understand how Sachin, about to launch into a cracking cover drive, checks it just in time and tries to guide it towards point and nicks one to the keeper. All the time thinking what Harsha Fucking Boghle will say if he missed the drive.
To all couch critics of the world...FUCK YOU TOO!!!!
To all couch critics of the world...FUCK YOU TOO!!!!
Dec 13, 2006
A revenge on Loky and Vikas
So..u dont like my poems do you? Okay then. Henceforth, all my boring posts (rants against the system, country, countrymen etc etc) will be in glorious verse.
So proclaimed Bhishma..and the heavens opened and the crows shat on his head.
So proclaimed Bhishma..and the heavens opened and the crows shat on his head.
Sep 26, 2006
Why I broke the vow
Yesterday was 'expats night out'. We have some consultants working with us on contract and we all went out for a couple of beers yesterday evening. And after having a sweet lime soda, I finally ordered a beer because of the direction the conversation veered towards.
You see, these guys are paid something between 500 to 1200 USD per day. So the topics under discussion were:
1) How to open accounts in Cayman Islands for taxation purposes
2) Whether to go to Thailand or Malaysia for the coming 2nd October long weekend
3) Whether or not to take the next contract that would pay 1100 GBP per day
4) How expensive it has become to buy a place on the Riviera
I drank.
You see, these guys are paid something between 500 to 1200 USD per day. So the topics under discussion were:
1) How to open accounts in Cayman Islands for taxation purposes
2) Whether to go to Thailand or Malaysia for the coming 2nd October long weekend
3) Whether or not to take the next contract that would pay 1100 GBP per day
4) How expensive it has become to buy a place on the Riviera
I drank.
Aug 4, 2006
Inevitably..
my cynicism triumphed. The past month was spent in hectic work, the drying up of posts must have proved that. It was a time when I actually felt I was doing meaningful work, part of a team of dedicated guys working together to surmount a major challenge.
it all came crashing down yesterday..wont bore everyone with the details...but i am finally convinced that we indians are generally a bastard race. and i have sworn that before i quit i will write a mail to Sam Palmisano our CEO, telling him exactly what's going and advicing him to take his shop elsewhere.
sorry bubai..couldn't come up with a positive post even this time.
it all came crashing down yesterday..wont bore everyone with the details...but i am finally convinced that we indians are generally a bastard race. and i have sworn that before i quit i will write a mail to Sam Palmisano our CEO, telling him exactly what's going and advicing him to take his shop elsewhere.
sorry bubai..couldn't come up with a positive post even this time.
Jul 27, 2006
Kotoi Rongo Dekhi Duniyay (Oh fuck! is there no end to the crap i see?)
Watching Sahara Samay now (i rarely get time nowadays to watch TV..whenever i do i make it a point to either watch a news channel or a 'lifestyle' channel..gives me something to write about..
anyway...sahara is covering a car for the past 1 hour which has 3 occupants..a girl who is driving, and 2 other friends..they are high, waving at the camera, and they drove their car right up to the PM's residence!! (as if its their problem, not the security agencies) and its still going on...
Now a very seriously concerned correspondent is linking the episode to the nuke deal that US signed today and the mumbai blast..
this looks promising..now they are trying to get cleavage shots of the girl who was driving as she is walking into the police station...
this looks good..logging off now..HAIL INDIA NEWS CHANNELS!!!!
anyway...sahara is covering a car for the past 1 hour which has 3 occupants..a girl who is driving, and 2 other friends..they are high, waving at the camera, and they drove their car right up to the PM's residence!! (as if its their problem, not the security agencies) and its still going on...
Now a very seriously concerned correspondent is linking the episode to the nuke deal that US signed today and the mumbai blast..
this looks promising..now they are trying to get cleavage shots of the girl who was driving as she is walking into the police station...
this looks good..logging off now..HAIL INDIA NEWS CHANNELS!!!!
Jul 18, 2006
Hail Democracy!
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action--
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
-- Rabindranath Tagore (1901)
It took India 105 years to finally disqualify itself on ALL counts among the parameters listed above. Whatever the situation we were in till date, at least the common man had a voice. Its not important whether that voice acheved anything or not. At least he had one. Not any more. The Indian government has banned blogs, logic being that these are being used by terrorists to communicate. So 18 blog sites, containing 'objectionable, anti-nationalistic' sentiments (like calling that sardar an arsehole) have been blocked. As Daltrey sang these lines..
'And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution'..
But guess what? You know how one can access the blogs (how i am posting that is)..there is a Pakistani site that has the hack to open blogs that are blocked in India, China and Iran. So basically, Indians whose voices have been shut because of Pakistan backed terrorist can now open their mouths aided by a site hosted by Pakistanis.
Bravo India Bravo!!!
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action--
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
-- Rabindranath Tagore (1901)
It took India 105 years to finally disqualify itself on ALL counts among the parameters listed above. Whatever the situation we were in till date, at least the common man had a voice. Its not important whether that voice acheved anything or not. At least he had one. Not any more. The Indian government has banned blogs, logic being that these are being used by terrorists to communicate. So 18 blog sites, containing 'objectionable, anti-nationalistic' sentiments (like calling that sardar an arsehole) have been blocked. As Daltrey sang these lines..
'And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution'..
But guess what? You know how one can access the blogs (how i am posting that is)..there is a Pakistani site that has the hack to open blogs that are blocked in India, China and Iran. So basically, Indians whose voices have been shut because of Pakistan backed terrorist can now open their mouths aided by a site hosted by Pakistanis.
Bravo India Bravo!!!
Jul 13, 2006
Sub chutiye hai.
I am thankful to the media. Thankful to the news channels, to the papers, to television..to everyone who somehow manage to save me at the last moment whenever it looks like i might shake off the comatose state and do something constructive. If you have read the last post you might have started getting worried that maybe finally i would wake up and do something..here's what's been happening over the weekend:
1) riots in mumbai becos someone painted thackeray's wife's statue black..buses have been burned, trains stopped and traffic disrupted...there's the Mumbai Spirit for you...2 days after the city was innundated and people waded thru shit to reach home.
2) surdies fighting amongst each other in ludhiana..akali dal faction fights...all the hockey stick 'interactions' live on tv
3) neighbors pouring ink over a 60 yr old professor because he is having an affair with his 22 yr student (covered EXTENSIVELY over 6 hrs in all news channels)
4) patient comes to AIIMS and docs are on strike..patient has 60% burns..not admitted..but reporters cover him, sitting outside the hospital, waiting for treatment..they dont take him to another hospital..oh no..they wait....and sure enough..the guy succumbs from his burns..and NOW, they are taking on the system and the administration.
5) guy threatens immolation over some fucking issue (i am least bothered, dont even remember)..time and date fixed. media reaches there, cameras on, guy immolates, dies, cameras rolling, 3 days of debate, lamenting the system.
6) bombay blasts..people walk home, smile on camera, people staying overnight at stations, food getting served, picnic atmosphere..BOMBAY SPIRIT!
FUCK INDIA! WE ABSOLUTELY DESERVE WHAT WE HAVE. CONSULTANTS!!! MAIL ME.
1) riots in mumbai becos someone painted thackeray's wife's statue black..buses have been burned, trains stopped and traffic disrupted...there's the Mumbai Spirit for you...2 days after the city was innundated and people waded thru shit to reach home.
2) surdies fighting amongst each other in ludhiana..akali dal faction fights...all the hockey stick 'interactions' live on tv
3) neighbors pouring ink over a 60 yr old professor because he is having an affair with his 22 yr student (covered EXTENSIVELY over 6 hrs in all news channels)
4) patient comes to AIIMS and docs are on strike..patient has 60% burns..not admitted..but reporters cover him, sitting outside the hospital, waiting for treatment..they dont take him to another hospital..oh no..they wait....and sure enough..the guy succumbs from his burns..and NOW, they are taking on the system and the administration.
5) guy threatens immolation over some fucking issue (i am least bothered, dont even remember)..time and date fixed. media reaches there, cameras on, guy immolates, dies, cameras rolling, 3 days of debate, lamenting the system.
6) bombay blasts..people walk home, smile on camera, people staying overnight at stations, food getting served, picnic atmosphere..BOMBAY SPIRIT!
FUCK INDIA! WE ABSOLUTELY DESERVE WHAT WE HAVE. CONSULTANTS!!! MAIL ME.
Jul 4, 2006
With apologies to none
A very close friend of mine, a regular reader of my blog, a guy totally opposite in character to me has been increasingly concerned regarding the sheer negativity of my attitude (in life in general and in this blog in particular) and cynicism. His standard question to me after one of my monologues is 'Is there anything in life that you like'? Agreed with him completely..until yesterday, when the 'Madness' post proved too much for him and he send me a link to a blog of a couple who blog together, sharing their favourite songs, travel plans, inform the readers how they miss each other and how they enjoyed their family function.
Here is my response to that..and to everyone else who feels that way about me:
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ok..let this be a litmus test between your optimism and my cynicism. if u know them and follow their lives let me know what happens..not what they write in their blog but what actually happens (if u get to know about it that is)
and by the way..i am sorry but i hated the blog..reminded me of sooraj barjatiya..he will be happy in bombay..with his hindi love songs and walking thru waist high water with floating shit. i found the blog totally depth-less, in total disconnect with the real world.
by the way..i have had a great life...people who know me know how much i love life..thats why i try and collect experiences as varied as i can possibly can. i dont know anyone personally who has as many good memories as i have. when i die it would be without regrets. my blog is a place for all the other things in life..all the fuck ups and all the crap that is making this world a screwed up place. the REAL world is somewhere between the blog you sent and my blog.
its anybody's choice what their reading material should be like. an electric shock or a sugar coated sleeping pill. and that's all right with me.
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Here is my response to that..and to everyone else who feels that way about me:
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ok..let this be a litmus test between your optimism and my cynicism. if u know them and follow their lives let me know what happens..not what they write in their blog but what actually happens (if u get to know about it that is)
and by the way..i am sorry but i hated the blog..reminded me of sooraj barjatiya..he will be happy in bombay..with his hindi love songs and walking thru waist high water with floating shit. i found the blog totally depth-less, in total disconnect with the real world.
by the way..i have had a great life...people who know me know how much i love life..thats why i try and collect experiences as varied as i can possibly can. i dont know anyone personally who has as many good memories as i have. when i die it would be without regrets. my blog is a place for all the other things in life..all the fuck ups and all the crap that is making this world a screwed up place. the REAL world is somewhere between the blog you sent and my blog.
its anybody's choice what their reading material should be like. an electric shock or a sugar coated sleeping pill. and that's all right with me.
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Jun 30, 2006
Humanity
Read this and be ashamed. This is what we have achieved over a million years of evolution. What went wrong? What circumstance can drive a man to do this to his fellow man?
I, of course, have all the answers. If u ask me about africa (please ask me) i think it went horribly wrong when the white man came and tried to civilize the continent. When i was in Nigeria i had read Chinua Achebe where he had described how the social structure of a village is destroyed when a missionary comes with his concepts of religion, democracy and western society laws. Read 'Things Fall Apart' if you get the chance. It will give you a different picture of what 'civilization' has done to the human race.
I think the word 'humanity' should be scrapped from the dictionary now..or at least, redefined.
I, of course, have all the answers. If u ask me about africa (please ask me) i think it went horribly wrong when the white man came and tried to civilize the continent. When i was in Nigeria i had read Chinua Achebe where he had described how the social structure of a village is destroyed when a missionary comes with his concepts of religion, democracy and western society laws. Read 'Things Fall Apart' if you get the chance. It will give you a different picture of what 'civilization' has done to the human race.
I think the word 'humanity' should be scrapped from the dictionary now..or at least, redefined.
Jun 2, 2006
Fear Factor
Generally dont watch it but yesterday's episode was so gruesome that I just couldn't flip the channel. Usually, people are made to eat ants or lie down with a million rats or spiders or perform similar intellectual asks. Yesterday, the grand prize was a year's free mortgage for which the participants (4 mother and son pairs) had to perform these simple tasks (fastest pair wins):
1) From a murky water filled blocked kitchen sink (drain blocked with hair and garbage) take out a set of keys using their mouths.
2) Open a glass cage filled with vipers with these keys and take out a box (first one has to unscrew a couple of screws holding the box. everyone got bitten).
3) Open the box and transfer 6 scorpions from the box to a bowl...using their mouths.
4) From a bottle of spoilt rotting milk transfer the contents of the bottle to a bowl using a straw.
5) Drive a low sports car alongside a 12 wheel truck at 60mph and 'undertake' the truck..that means cross the truck from underneath and overtake from the other side.
Each of these had to be done by BOTH the mother and son, separately. And ALL of them did all of this, no one failed to complete the agenda. The winner was decided on time. The expressions on the mothers' faces were to be seen to be believed...but they did it all.
I guess mortgage is important to these guys. Personally...i would rather pay my EMIs.
1) From a murky water filled blocked kitchen sink (drain blocked with hair and garbage) take out a set of keys using their mouths.
2) Open a glass cage filled with vipers with these keys and take out a box (first one has to unscrew a couple of screws holding the box. everyone got bitten).
3) Open the box and transfer 6 scorpions from the box to a bowl...using their mouths.
4) From a bottle of spoilt rotting milk transfer the contents of the bottle to a bowl using a straw.
5) Drive a low sports car alongside a 12 wheel truck at 60mph and 'undertake' the truck..that means cross the truck from underneath and overtake from the other side.
Each of these had to be done by BOTH the mother and son, separately. And ALL of them did all of this, no one failed to complete the agenda. The winner was decided on time. The expressions on the mothers' faces were to be seen to be believed...but they did it all.
I guess mortgage is important to these guys. Personally...i would rather pay my EMIs.
Apr 25, 2006
Nightmares
Delhi has suddenly started giving me nightmares. All of a sudden, a hydra headed monster of infrastructural problems have raised its ugly heads. There is no water and no power. Power cuts happen at times like 11 PM, 4 AM and sleep has become a struggle (coincidentally, i am reading King's Insomnia now). And after tossing around at night, you can imagine my mood when I come to work. Had a fight in office just yesterday, and I am sure this will be one of many more to come. I think I will have a heart to heart with my boss soon. Dont think I will be able to survive this for long.
Amidst all this, can you imagine what nightmare I had last night? Vinod Kambli has been recalled, and that too as an opener. There is a huge debate in the media, and a disgusted Sourav has announced his retirement. I mean seriously guys, isn't there a limit as to what extent this game dominates our minds?
Amidst all this, can you imagine what nightmare I had last night? Vinod Kambli has been recalled, and that too as an opener. There is a huge debate in the media, and a disgusted Sourav has announced his retirement. I mean seriously guys, isn't there a limit as to what extent this game dominates our minds?
Apr 24, 2006
Comfortably numb
"The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb."
- Roger Waters
For the past 2 years I have worked as an island. Office is a place I somehow survive for 8 (sometimes less) hours a day. I dont interact with anyone, shun attempts by people to strike up friendships, work only to meet targets and nothing beyond. For the last 2 years, I dont know the names of any of my colleagues who sit around my cubicle.
The last 2 years has also seen the biggest growth in my career.
I am totally confused.
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb."
- Roger Waters
For the past 2 years I have worked as an island. Office is a place I somehow survive for 8 (sometimes less) hours a day. I dont interact with anyone, shun attempts by people to strike up friendships, work only to meet targets and nothing beyond. For the last 2 years, I dont know the names of any of my colleagues who sit around my cubicle.
The last 2 years has also seen the biggest growth in my career.
I am totally confused.
Apr 13, 2006
As usual, I was right
Remember this post and Loky's optimism? I had given him 3 months before he changed his mind. It, in fact. took him 3 weeks. Here's what he said yesterday:
1) He is sick of Kannadis
2) He is sick of the infrastructure issues
3) He is sick of the inefficiency of the people around him
4) He wants to go to some onsite project soon.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! MERA BHARAT MAHAAN!!!
1) He is sick of Kannadis
2) He is sick of the infrastructure issues
3) He is sick of the inefficiency of the people around him
4) He wants to go to some onsite project soon.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! MERA BHARAT MAHAAN!!!
Rantings and ravings (censored)
Statutory warning: Explicit language. Skip reading if you are too cultured
Bangalore is shut down because Rajkumar died. People have burned vehicles, blocked roads and closed markets. The so called silicon city of India, hub of the new face of india, home to the most 'happening' population of India. Tum sab kannadio ki !!&&**%. When I was in blore, there was a 7 day riot because Rajnikaant had come and during a speech, someone from the crowd abused him. This started a riot between !!&&**% Kannadis and !!&&**% Tambis that shut down the city. What the !!&&**% is the problem with these rasam guzzling !!&&**%? And the media! If this had happened in Kolkata, the channels and papers would have been full of how bandhs have ruined Bengal. When it comes to Bangalore, its 'genuine and spontenous outpouring of grief'.
Sehwag said 'Ganguly is history'. !!&&**% doesnt remember those days when Ganguly voluntarily broke up the most successful opening partnership (between him and Sachin) so Sehwag can open. !!&&**% does not even have the performance platform from which people like Dravid can dare to speak from.
Salman's lawyer has said killing a black buck is equivalent to killing cows, pigs, goats, fishes and chicken for eating. I am sure he will get a lot of support from the !!&&**% cow belt and from that !!&&**% Maneka. In India, the concept of animal protection is ludricious. So we have wild elephants destroying crops and forcing people to starve and people multiplying more than rabbits and eating up all forests. Maneka pass a one family one child law first u !!&&**%.
US has sounded a warning to Brazil to control deforestation in Brazil. Those !!&&**% are the biggest consumers of power. Cities are lit up 24 !!&&**% hours a day, heaters are on 12 months a year, they have started screwing up the Antartic for oil exploration digs and they dare lecture others.
Vivek is taking his wife to Vaishnodevi. Saale ko bola upar pohuchke ek friendly push de dena, saala gussa ho gaya. Take decisions and become pro-active, else stop cribbing.
Buss.
Bangalore is shut down because Rajkumar died. People have burned vehicles, blocked roads and closed markets. The so called silicon city of India, hub of the new face of india, home to the most 'happening' population of India. Tum sab kannadio ki !!&&**%. When I was in blore, there was a 7 day riot because Rajnikaant had come and during a speech, someone from the crowd abused him. This started a riot between !!&&**% Kannadis and !!&&**% Tambis that shut down the city. What the !!&&**% is the problem with these rasam guzzling !!&&**%? And the media! If this had happened in Kolkata, the channels and papers would have been full of how bandhs have ruined Bengal. When it comes to Bangalore, its 'genuine and spontenous outpouring of grief'.
Sehwag said 'Ganguly is history'. !!&&**% doesnt remember those days when Ganguly voluntarily broke up the most successful opening partnership (between him and Sachin) so Sehwag can open. !!&&**% does not even have the performance platform from which people like Dravid can dare to speak from.
Salman's lawyer has said killing a black buck is equivalent to killing cows, pigs, goats, fishes and chicken for eating. I am sure he will get a lot of support from the !!&&**% cow belt and from that !!&&**% Maneka. In India, the concept of animal protection is ludricious. So we have wild elephants destroying crops and forcing people to starve and people multiplying more than rabbits and eating up all forests. Maneka pass a one family one child law first u !!&&**%.
US has sounded a warning to Brazil to control deforestation in Brazil. Those !!&&**% are the biggest consumers of power. Cities are lit up 24 !!&&**% hours a day, heaters are on 12 months a year, they have started screwing up the Antartic for oil exploration digs and they dare lecture others.
Vivek is taking his wife to Vaishnodevi. Saale ko bola upar pohuchke ek friendly push de dena, saala gussa ho gaya. Take decisions and become pro-active, else stop cribbing.
Buss.
Feb 9, 2006
Finally some sense?
There have been many occasions when people have done something significant after getting the idea from a book or a movie. 9/11 was one such example. I am now reading Tom Clancy's 'Sum of all fears' where he has given a new twist to the Israely-Arab conflict. A Palestinian protestor, inspired by Gandhi and King, convinces the leaders that passive resistance is the best way. An Israely police captain, unused to such tactics loses his head and orders his men to shoot rubber bullets into the crowd in which a man dies. A CNN correspondent covering the event comments 'Finally the bastards have smartened up'..The entire world sides with the Palestinians for the first time and Israel lose their moral ground (their only ground in this conflict IMHO). That's as far as I have gotten to.
Anyway, this looks like something like that. This is the first time these guys have done and said something sensible. Its high time the west came down from its high moral ground and practised what they preached. I would really like to see leading western papers extolling the virtues of 'freedom of speech' publish cartoons about the holocaust and Vietnam. How about some research into who screwed Virgin Mary? Or maybe about Amercian Indians living in conservations, about what happened to Blacks after Katrina (no I wont say 'African Americans' because I dont believe that calling someone 'Black' is derogatory in the first place). How about some screamingly funny ones about Hiroshima?
Anyway, this looks like something like that. This is the first time these guys have done and said something sensible. Its high time the west came down from its high moral ground and practised what they preached. I would really like to see leading western papers extolling the virtues of 'freedom of speech' publish cartoons about the holocaust and Vietnam. How about some research into who screwed Virgin Mary? Or maybe about Amercian Indians living in conservations, about what happened to Blacks after Katrina (no I wont say 'African Americans' because I dont believe that calling someone 'Black' is derogatory in the first place). How about some screamingly funny ones about Hiroshima?
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