Beautifying Delhi ? Bull Shit
May 23, 2010 by rooturaj
Filed under Society and Nature
If you have been in New Delhi this would be a familiar sight. Every other pavement is now dug up. What was good was dug up too. They have been rendered useless for over 4 months now. What the hell is going on? Why are they flushing our tax money and screwing the pedestrian’s life ?
Look at the image below. This is just a sample. This is the scene right outside Patel Nagar Metro Station a pretty busy area in New Delhi. I will give you a short chronology of the “murky pavement affair” that has hit the Indian capital since the last 6 months.
this is our Road to Developement
- Govt freaks out as the Common Wealth games approach.
- Crappy and corrupted deals materialize in the name of Delhi beautification.
- As a part of the project mentioned above the Pavements are dug up. Filled with broken stones so that walking on them is – Mission Impossible.
- Then some idiot at high govt position gets another brain stroke and comes up with a different plan.
- Pavements are dug up once again and the whole filler content is dumped into the roads.
- They have been lying like this ever since. Probably they want to do it just before the game starts…so that it looks new.
I ask you who is managing this stuff? Brainless gits who cannot think 5 mins into the future are sitting in top places deciding the future of the National Capital. Who is going to pay for the re-work you morons? That my money you are flushing down the Delhi gutters. You store yours in Swiss banks while we toil the day on those very pavements everyday saving every penny to pay our tax.
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Does Adultery cause Earth quakes? BoobQuake2010
April 28, 2010 by rooturaj
Filed under Social Media, Society and Nature
One of my friends just shared a hot trend on social media – BoobQuakes. Incidentally it steams form the Iranian cleric’s remarks about adultery influencing earth’s seismic activity. (More on Yahoo)
Quoting form Yahoo –
“Many women who do not dress modestly… lead young men astray, corrupting their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes,” Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted last week as saying by Iranian media.
So Mr Sedighi who probably has done some deep research into seismic-sex is of opinion that jerks in society who cheat on their partners are responsible for the jerks on earth’s crust, that we call earthquakes.
One brave female blogger defied the preaching and called for a public bashing of this idea. This has eventually snowballed into BoobQuakes. There have been two BoobQuake rallies to prove Mr Sedighi wrong. Believe it or not after the Boobquakes hit the streets a 6.5 Richter scale earthquake hit Taiwan. Do you see any logic behind Taiwan people being punished for the immodesty of European and West Asian Chics?
Well here is the world seismic activity map(courtesy – http://www.iris.edu/seismon/). Most of the harsh quakes seem to be happening in the island and coastal regions. Do the sharks and octopuses have anything to contribute to our equation of illegal sex and earthquakes? May be it is the shrimps who live in the coastal waters. You might also notice that the deserted places are void of earth quakes too. No earthquakes seem to hit Tundra or Siberia or Ice Caps. So it has something to do with sexual activity.
Again what about the European countries where sex trade is permitted? They do not get as many Quakes as Indonesia does – the world’s largest Muslim population area.
Here is my final report on this issue.
Don’t waste your time relating Adultery to Earthquakes. If women could cause natural disasters by flaunting cleavage then men are doomed, but so are women.
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Mom I am not Ready yet | Womb Raiders forcing prenatal competition
January 11, 2010 by rooturaj
Filed under Gadgets, Society and Nature
Yesterday I saw the movie 3 Idiots. This is a true tale of India’s educational system. It is competition form day one after your birth. If you are in a metro city like New Delhi and Mumbai you know how difficult it is to get into a decent school. What right do we have to kill the colorful world of a four year old kid. They have to sit interviews and are bred to see their friends as competitors. (img Src : Santabanta.com)
While scanning through some of the products online at the CES 2010 I came across some weird ones. This particular device called “BabyPlus Prenatal Education system” has been intriguing me for the last few hours. Was it not enough that you are taking the fun out of kids at the age of 3. Isn’t Home work and ranking system a curse big enough? You want to ruin their lives even before they see the light of the world?
Womb Raiders (src:usposttoday.com)
This device produces a range of sounds that mimic mother’s heart beat. Their bull shit research shows this will make your baby more “interactive, responsive, relaxed and alert”. I might put it in another simpler way if you would like to hear. Your child will be “stressed, restless, pissed off and sleep less”. The mother has to wear the device two times, one hour each time. If you can hear the poor chap inside, it is saying – “Mom – I am not ready yet.”
If the mother’s heartbeat was that good for the fetus then the wombs would be the chest and not in the pelvis. Nature has had a longer time experimenting with us than these people. I am not against technology but something like this that is totally profit motivated and has the potential of deeply influencing out social setup should be controlled; better banned.
To end my rambling I say the power still lies with the consumer. Tell them what you want for your kid. They have a life of their own. Don’t force it upon them. Let them choose.
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Fraud Alert : Get Fake Experience Certificate : placemententerprise.com
December 15, 2009 by rooturaj
Filed under Business, Job Openings, Society and Nature
A mail lands in my mailbox claiming “Get Fake Experience Certificate from Genuene Company”. Do mark the “Genuene”. So if you plan to sue them they can say safely that we did not say genuine we said “Genuene”.
The mail had a link and just two lines. I decided to dig a bit and see what is the scam about. Once you arrive on the page the first half page is packed with Google ads. How interesting!
What they are selling?
Fake Experience Certificate, Fake Offer Letters, Appointment Letter, Salary Slips, Corporate Email Id, Experience Letter, Relieving Letter, Letter of Recommendation, Corporate ID / Access Card, Bank Statement, Increment Letter
My first reaction was – “bloody hell”. How can a company sell this openly? They have packages ranging from INR 10,000 to INR 30,000 for a combination or all of the above fraud documents. This company also claims to be registered and having a successful track record of 8-10 years. ( they are not sure, then how can you be ). You can also use these fraud papers to blackmail your current employer to claim higher salaries, so the company claims.
I received the mail form raj@placemententerprise.com and this is their website that the sick company imagines to be “excellent’. The website seems to be covering a whole range of crapy services. They need to design their own website first before claiming to design ours. They have posted their descriptive ads on various forums like NaukriSalah
I feel sad that in our country such businesses and people can thrive. Not just thrive but offer services openly. Of course this has to be reported. Instead of displaying their creativity in something constructive and entrepreneurial young people prefer to take the short cut to financial gains. I wonder if they ever realize it is a criminal action to forge documents even for job applications or claiming pay hikes. Not just that they are incriminating innocent job seekers they are exploiting their limitations.
If you can see a little ahead of your present, then do understand that even though you might be able to land a job or etch out a salary hike based on these false achievements you are putting your future at stake. You will remain in constant fear all throughout your career. Imagine four years from now and you are in a respectable position when your fraud is discovered. You will loose more than your job. You loose your self respect and reputation in industry. I don’t know how you will take it then, if it was me then……
here is the mail
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Forced beggary in Delhi | I see, I feel, I understand but I don’t Act
October 9, 2009 by rooturaj
Filed under Society and Nature
Forced Beggary in Delhi
Its 10 45 in the night and I am in an Auto Rickshaw waiting for the traffic to move. This semi clad and dusty girl comes up and holds my feet. She has eyes that could melt the heart of the biggest misanthrope. As my auto rickshaw starts to move she starts running with it expecting some thing from me. Normally I do not entertain such cases. You may feel my soul is rotten to the core. This is what I feel we must do to stop forced child beggary. But I could not stop myself today. The traffic was still bad and she was amidst it, running with the rickshaw holding onto my hands gently. As I reached out to my back pocket for my wallet she extended her hand and I gave her the first note I pulled out. The vehicle was already gathering speed. With my left hand I managed to get this snap as she took the money.
Why do you think will a little girl want to run around at a busy and dangerous traffic signal at 11 O’clock in the night? I know its poverty out there but is it not normal for a kid to be asleep at this time? She did not even say a single word through the entire drama. She was obviously tired with the days routine. And yet she has to continue; till the midnight or perhaps till the traffic dies out. Even the best of call centre workers do not feel like working late night how can a little girl do it on her own. I am not a supporter of violence but yes I would pay someone to shoot the devil who is behind this. Look at the kid, she wasn’t even able to keep her head straight. She was tired and wanted to sleep.
This is a regular sight in this place. In the day time these kids sell balloons and flowers. They and their families sleep on the pavements in makeshift tents that vanish during the day some how. They wait in their dreams for some rich drunk actor to speed over them in an imported sports car. Finally they will make the headlines, be famous and make some big money for their family to keep mum about the incident. Such is life around me. I see, I feel, I understand but I don’t act. May be I made a mistake giving some money to that girl. She would do it again. But …
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Unethical Travel Agents : Curse on Indian Tourism Industry
August 22, 2009 by rooturaj
Filed under Society and Nature, Travel Guide
I have been working as the TL for IT section of an Canadian travel chain. I learn new things about great destinations, cultures and people every day. I have not seen the world by I know lots about international and Indian destinations. I like the travel field.
Today I would like to share with you some of my experiences in Travel Industry which are not some thing I cherish. Let me introduce you to a particular travel outlet in New Delhi , right next to our India office where I work. This company does not have a name. They are called “Tourist Information Office”. That sounds like a government undertaking, right? So here starts a series of malpractices and negative marketing strategies to dupe foreign travelers to India . This company, “tourist information office”, has its goons, or executives as they prefer to call them, roaming the city scouting for foreign tourists. They have some attractive schemes for Auto Rickshaw drivers and cabbies. Any one who brings them a, scapegoat (read client) gets a commission. In the office expert goons brainwash and convince foreigners to buy tour packages or accommodation or transport at exorbitant rates. We call such people “Lapkas” or “Grabbers” and their practice is referred to as the “Lapka Trade”.
Unethical Travel Agents Harassing foreign tourists in India
Here is their typical modus operandi. In case you are not so familiar with such tricks and are planning a trip to India I hope this information will help you. You would save a lot more than just money.
I did mention the goons (Lapkas) who prowl the city looking for scapegoats(clients). Now these goons/guide/travel-gurus whatever avatar they may be in are pure idiots with barely some education and absolutely no ethics. They have a typical way of dressing that they feel is kool. It is a characteristic tight fighting dressing, a stylish (read weird) haircut, goatees and outrageous side burns, some imitation chains and bracelets and similar other accessories. Some of them are fluent speakers though most can just manage to string sentences in English together. Once in a restaurant one such guide asked me to help him find “Khajuraho” on the guests guidebook.
Loitering around , they would be keenly watching public spaces like Railway Stations, Restaurants, Markets etc. Once they see a non Indian guy or couple or group they would just pretend to be walking casually alongside them for some time or they will cross from behind and then double back before exchanging some greetings. “Hello Mam”, “Hi Friends”, “Hey dude” what ever they have mugged up. They start asking all shorts of question about your lodging, travel, places of interest with an occasional praise for your country or your shoes or hair style. One way of identifying such a Lapka from the conversation is to start some intellectual discussion. This gets them impatient and they would probably tell you that they can take you to a travel information office for more information. This is nothing but the Lapka headquarter where they are waiting for scapegoats like you. If you have already booked your hotel then these travel goons will remark bluntly that you have made a wrong choice and you should change the hotel immediately.
If you get into the trap and reach the “Lapka head quarters” I don’t think any one can help you further. They would sell you tour packages at exorbitant rates and force destinations upon you. You would completely forget your travel plans and end up wasting a lot of hard earned cash. I see them abusing tourists in open. Even though you would be sitting right next to them they would be talking ill and disrespectful of their guests in their local dialect. I warn ladies especially to be alert and avoid such people as you could be looted off more than money.
I hate such people as they bring shame to the nation and ill reputation to our business. There are quite a few of them in popular travel destinations across. We follow the principle of “Athithi Devo Bhava” that means “Guest is God” and such unethical practices are a disgrace to our motto. If you share the great Indian spirit and want to help spread the message then share or email this article.
Image Credits:
www.annonline.com/delhi-travel-guide/gifs/cannught-place.jpg and mooncostumes.com
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Celebrating the 62nd year of Indian Independence
August 13, 2009 by rooturaj
Filed under Society and Nature
On the 15th of this month India celebrates the 62nd year of Independence . 62 years of economic struggle after a long 200 years and more of freedom struggle. I live in the national capital and Independence Day celebration in New Delhi is a different experience altogether. Euphoria intoxicates the atmosphere as days countdown to independence day. This is second time I am celebrating the national holiday in capital. This year things are different with terror strikes like 26/11 in Mumbai, the recession and finally the swine flu.
the spirit of India
The image best describes our feeling while celebrating Independence Day. We are free but our wings are not so strong to take us high into the skies of development. Terrorism still plagues our freedom and it symbolized by the barbed wire. The bird you would notice is choking (not singing). That is because Economy is strangling and euphoria in the air is poisoned with swine flu scare. When we are advised to stay away from crowds and use masks and I wonder what would be the scene at Red Fort this year. All dignitaries will be having surgical masks on and the public would have handkerchiefs on their faces. It would probably be a tough job for security people if there is some anti-national lurking in the crowd. The marching battalions will also be masked as we can’t risk our defense to fall prey to swine flu. Security is beefed up in the city hence we cannot park our cars in the parking lots. Shops close early so we cannot shop.
But even then the Great Indian spirit lives on and we are all set to celebrate our 62nd independence day. Long live the Indian Spirit. Vande Mataram.
Credits: I thank Mr Mohd Saqib,(graphic designer) my friend and colleague for the image. He translated my thoughts into image with ease.
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Planning your funeral? Be careful.
August 2, 2009 by rooturaj
Filed under Society and Nature
Today while doing the usual rounds of one of my favorite blogging portals I came across a discussion titled “Have your planned out your funeral?” Damn, why the hell should I? I am just 25 and if I mention that to my mother she will scream so loud that it will cause the next tsunami in Bay of Bengal. Even then I read through the discussion where it seemed people had made elaborate plans about their funerals. Some have even decided the exact song to be played and the right brand of wine to be served. Some wanted a party to be hosted where the theme would be Gothic. I felt obliged to respond as I could not stand so much creativity without contributing my own.
I posted :
“I would like to be entombed in a cryonics capsule till I rise again”
You are free to form you own ideas by analyzing my state of mind and labeling me crazy or psycho or A***H***.
Not all were weirdos on this discussion. One 22 year old girl sagely stated that she wanted to be buried and wanted a plant planted over her so that the space does not go waste and she serves manure to the plant. How touching! I felt like getting down on my knees and saying “Oh Angel. Make my life. Be my wife.” Sorry that was a short term nervous break down. So this is what the westerners plan for their post mortal days. But being an Indian I have to think about the repercussions of such action during my mortal days. I assure you such plans will not go down as naively as you plan.
Now consider the girl (above angel whom I fantasize to have proposed) to have been an Indian. Let’s say she became a doctor and then married a surgeon, had 3 kids and finally died peacefully at the age of 79. Oops I just narrated a life in one sentence. Yeah now back to the story. After she dies her family mourn her and then finally lay her for the eternal rest. Honoring her noble wish they plant a Neem sapling over her grave so that she can manure it for some time. So simple story and yet so touching. There is a tear bead forming in the left corner of my right eye.
the tree on the grave
Hey I am yet to build the climax. Let’s go 6 years ahead in time after Neem tree was planted on our protagonist. ……….. Now there are red flags and ornate hangings on the tree that has grown huge, thanks to the manure. People who pass by fold their hands and bow their heads. Old ladies form far off villages come seeking cure for their incurable diseases (because they can’t pay for it). The tree is now considered locally to be the ultimate asylum for childless couples. Maniram, the greengrocer, claims with confidence that the Neem leaves taste sweet to those who believe in the Divine Lady. In case you do not know Neem leaves actually taste bitter. Some can swear in the name of the Spaghetti Monster that they have seen or heard the divine presence on the full-moon nights. Mothers now tie small twigs of the great plant to their daughters wrists as that will shield them from dangers unknown. They are now planning to construct a temple next to the tree as the local priest, who was largely jobless, received a divine message during his alcohol induced slumber.
We are back to current time. All that I narrated above is not pure imagination. It does inculcate some aspects of Indian society, its beliefs and its colors. But I would still like to hear from you if you would like to be remembered this way after death. Feel free to comment.
