Here are few of the scraps I got recently
1> hey kya bhai kya haal hain...online??? (Same question 3 times in 4 days)
2> How r u?Kya chal raha hai?
How is life and what r u doing>
Kabhi kabhi scrap kar liya karo yaar?
(Same scrap sent to 87 ppl using some software, I don't know whether it was for me or not)
3> congrates for your commitment ??
(Was it a surprised question or congratulation or both?)
4> bhai bhul gaye kya ?? mail nahji scrap nahi phone nahi ........
kya ho gya hai .. ishq vishq payar var huh .......
(This dude spoke to me on International phone call for 1 hour previous day)
5> hey congrats !!
(Congrats for what? )
6> hey hello how r u?
Kya kar raha hai.
Tujse ek favour kaha tha wo bho nahi kiya yaar.
Maine tujse US universityies ke bare mein batane ko kaha tha .
Ya koi link jahan hum search kar sake .thik hai.
chal bye TC
(US University ke baare mein. Not for a friend :( )
7> hi dost how is u its long time seeing u meeting u interacting with u...........i hope u are fine and doing well in ur life
missing u
(Some crazy dude sending it to entire college, such scrap is usually followed by "Check out my new photos scrap" )
And people wonder why I don't reply to there messages.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Life is too short....
...to hold grudges on anyone for the long time. We all commit mistakes and get into fights. Sometimes we are wrong and sometimes other person is wrong. Sometimes both the parties concerned are wrong. While its not always easy to admit to our mistakes and say sorry but we can at least leave the matter and move on. What pisses me off is some people don't want to move on and still hold the same grudge against you years later.
I have often gotten into fights with people. Maybe thats because of my jackass attitude. But most people have forgiven me and some people simply did not care. However, I have still not come to terms with people who continuously keep harping on the past.It leaves me flustered all the time.
I know I have moved on...I hope that annoying person does that too.
I have often gotten into fights with people. Maybe thats because of my jackass attitude. But most people have forgiven me and some people simply did not care. However, I have still not come to terms with people who continuously keep harping on the past.It leaves me flustered all the time.
I know I have moved on...I hope that annoying person does that too.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Paradox
Life is full of strange facts. However paradoxical they might seem you have to admit to things the way they are. I recently discovered another one. Without delaying any further I will lay it out here right away.
If you compare India with most of the First world Christian countries, you will notice many behavioral differences. One of those many differences is attitude towards quick fixes. Indians are known to be sucker for quick fixes in many aspects of life. We believe in acting first and resolving the issue temporarily and not completely eradicating it. Take a look at any aspect of life. If we build roads we don't think how the traffic would shape up in next 20 year. We just think that it should be broad enough to work for now.
How to solve the problems of poor farmers in India?
Thats easy, give them subsidies and relief packages in current fiscal year instead of implementing a long term policy.
How to have a world class cricket team?
Simple, hire a high profile coach instead of spending money on domestic cricket structure.
How to make a powerful military?
Again, buy some sophisticated weapons from Russia and Israel instead of building our own.
It can argued that most of these quick fixes are politically motivated and Indian population has got nothing to do with it. I disagree. Most of above mentioned things happen becoz we get too excited at some of the smallest of things ( or quick fixes ) and ignore the larger context. It takes us few minutes to say Indian cricket team is best in world after we win one series abroad. We proudly start talking about India being outsourcing hub without considering the fact that 30% of out population is under poverty. Even our education system usually prefers marks scored in final or last exam to an aggregate score.
All this is strikingly in contrast to some of first world countries like US, UK and Australia. The people there are a lot more skeptical about any new change. There are usually long and meaningful debates on policy changes so that issues doesn't arise again in future. Even the road and city landscape is developed keeping future growth in mind. If you see the USA education system there grading system is cumulative using 4 point scale.
The objective of this post is not to compare different cultures and asking which one is better. It is however to bring to notice one strange peculiarity about the religion followed by the above mentioned countries. Reading about Judas Iscariot and subsequently talking to a friend who follows Christianity and is quite familiar with Bible, I found out that Jesus before crucification pardoned a criminal who repented for his sins and thus he went to heaven. So the Testament (Old or New, i don't know ) says that even if you have been sinner all your life but if you repent for your sins in the end you go to heaven.(This piece of information is as told by my Christian friend )
This notion is quite opposite to notion of Karma we have in Hinduism. Hinduism says that you have pay for all your sins in your lifetime. It doesn't matter whether you repent in the end or not.
If you still haven't been able to grasp where this is all leading to , lets summarize everything in this paragraph. Going to heaven according to Hinduism warrants that all your sins are accounted for which means taking look at all the things in past and deciding the best course of action for a future.On the other hand Christianity takes a shorter route, going to heaven requires you to just repent your sins at the end which is more like a quick fix.
In short, quick fixes and short sighted policies should have been Christian phenomenon and not an Indian concept but sadly it is not so. Had we followed the concept of Karma in our government policies we would have been in much better position I think.
Disclaimer: The above mention opinion are strictly part of author's ramblings and are not meant to offend any religion and are definitely not intentional. The author's minuscule knowledge about the religions makes him just another weirdo in blogosphere and doesn't warrant a backlash in form of angry comments.
If you compare India with most of the First world Christian countries, you will notice many behavioral differences. One of those many differences is attitude towards quick fixes. Indians are known to be sucker for quick fixes in many aspects of life. We believe in acting first and resolving the issue temporarily and not completely eradicating it. Take a look at any aspect of life. If we build roads we don't think how the traffic would shape up in next 20 year. We just think that it should be broad enough to work for now.
How to solve the problems of poor farmers in India?
Thats easy, give them subsidies and relief packages in current fiscal year instead of implementing a long term policy.
How to have a world class cricket team?
Simple, hire a high profile coach instead of spending money on domestic cricket structure.
How to make a powerful military?
Again, buy some sophisticated weapons from Russia and Israel instead of building our own.
It can argued that most of these quick fixes are politically motivated and Indian population has got nothing to do with it. I disagree. Most of above mentioned things happen becoz we get too excited at some of the smallest of things ( or quick fixes ) and ignore the larger context. It takes us few minutes to say Indian cricket team is best in world after we win one series abroad. We proudly start talking about India being outsourcing hub without considering the fact that 30% of out population is under poverty. Even our education system usually prefers marks scored in final or last exam to an aggregate score.
All this is strikingly in contrast to some of first world countries like US, UK and Australia. The people there are a lot more skeptical about any new change. There are usually long and meaningful debates on policy changes so that issues doesn't arise again in future. Even the road and city landscape is developed keeping future growth in mind. If you see the USA education system there grading system is cumulative using 4 point scale.
The objective of this post is not to compare different cultures and asking which one is better. It is however to bring to notice one strange peculiarity about the religion followed by the above mentioned countries. Reading about Judas Iscariot and subsequently talking to a friend who follows Christianity and is quite familiar with Bible, I found out that Jesus before crucification pardoned a criminal who repented for his sins and thus he went to heaven. So the Testament (Old or New, i don't know ) says that even if you have been sinner all your life but if you repent for your sins in the end you go to heaven.(This piece of information is as told by my Christian friend )
This notion is quite opposite to notion of Karma we have in Hinduism. Hinduism says that you have pay for all your sins in your lifetime. It doesn't matter whether you repent in the end or not.
If you still haven't been able to grasp where this is all leading to , lets summarize everything in this paragraph. Going to heaven according to Hinduism warrants that all your sins are accounted for which means taking look at all the things in past and deciding the best course of action for a future.On the other hand Christianity takes a shorter route, going to heaven requires you to just repent your sins at the end which is more like a quick fix.
In short, quick fixes and short sighted policies should have been Christian phenomenon and not an Indian concept but sadly it is not so. Had we followed the concept of Karma in our government policies we would have been in much better position I think.
Disclaimer: The above mention opinion are strictly part of author's ramblings and are not meant to offend any religion and are definitely not intentional. The author's minuscule knowledge about the religions makes him just another weirdo in blogosphere and doesn't warrant a backlash in form of angry comments.
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