Vendetta.

Irony, Irony…

Hang on for a moment and look at the world around you, what do you notice? A bunch of Ironies in each and every aspect of it…

Most people want something, but their representatives want quite the opposite. For some strange reason I find it very hilarious when Rajdeep shifts from his energetic tone and accepts defeat in front of the whole country almost every night, “But sir, the Poll results seem to be pointing something else…”

If you belong to one of the (“So called”) socially backward classes please do not consider these as my personal remarks. I am just trying to make some general statements… Before we delve with the nitty-gritty’s of the issue, I want to make it clear that I am not attempting to either support or discount the concept of reservations, it’s the inherent incoherence that I want to point at.

Switch on your television these days and all you can see is hundreds of young people dressed in their pristine aprons shouting and desperately trying to make their point heard. Not a new phenomenon one might say, “It is the same old tamasaha, Medha Patkar did it sometime back too”. But isn’t there an anomaly in the entire event, a Hunger strike by a veteran (at the art of it) caused so much uproar in the system making so many political, bureaucratic and theatrical personalities reach for her to convince her and make her withdraw, where as a Hundred medicos striking didn’t get much attention beyond the electronic and print media.

Why are our politicians so oblivious of the situation? Till date, I haven’t heard a single politician coming out in the open and commenting (leave alone supporting) the issue. The answer might be simple but is it easy to digest? What is happening to all the mandate of the students and community that is protesting? Their representatives who should have been talking on their behalf seem to have held their peace and let things happen.

“This government does not seem to understand peaceful protests, all they need are people like the Naxalites and the Maoists” – An agitated student who was manhandled by the policemen in Mumbai. Though this was an emotional statement, it can be an eventuality considering the levels of frustration in today’s youth.

“People should not be afraid of their Governments, Governments should be afraid of their people” - ‘V’

Long Time...

Long time…
For patrons who, despite my sloth or rather inability to add any new posts, continued to visit by Blog… I promise to be more regular in enriching your lives with my little tales of sorrow…

… It’s been 2 long months since I used my numb fingers to key in anything on this Blog. It was due to the new phenomenon that predominantly gripped the software junta, Orkutting. Am not sure whether I am the first person to coin this word but yeah, I am sure that it’s pretty much engraved on every young person’s mind. If you are someone who haven’t heard about it then may be you should get your Carbon Dating done… Who knows you just might be older than what you think you are!!!

I really don’t relish dissecting behavior of the masses but this one aspect seems pretty obscure, why is there a sudden surge in the interest of people in Orkut? Do we see a pattern emerging? Or it is just a mass hysteria? As I was told by a psychologist, most of the humans’ feelings can be attributed to Hormones, and so does this sudden desire to display one’s personality and know about others … Now, it’s a matter of debate on which one of the hormones is causing this imbalance. From my observation I understand that it has got something to do with an amalgamation of adrenalin and estrogen/ testosterone … Well the basis, as one might ask, is my observation…

Most scraps, sparing those serious/personal ones who for all I know shouldn’t be on the scrap book at all, can be classified in to 2 categories…
1) Hey, What’s up? Types…
Very informative, the response to these scraps can be of specific interest of Stalkers…. My personal favorite.
2) Can you be my dear friend? Types…
Hilarious… It clearly displays how some people can completely kill their ego and conscience to get to the opposite (or in some cases same) sex.
“hey, we were born in the same year, can we be friends?’, “Hi, We share the same last name, can we be friends?” and this is the clincher, “Hi, There are many ships, but the best ship is Friendship… Will you be my friend?”

I believe that what you score on your scrap book or your friend/ fan list is directly proportional to the quality of your photograph… People don’t seem to give a darn about the person behind it; all they need is a photograph which is appealing. So, what does one do when he realizes that he’s not an Orkutable (read as Marketable) material. Simple, he/she either changes the photograph to one of a good looking person’s. The key here is to select a person who is both disturbingly good looking yet not very well-known.

And if you have to please someone with your (pretentious) sweet words, Orkut provides for it too… through the testimonials. Of the 100s of profiles I have been through not one person had to say a bad thing about his/her friend. Well, even if they did, they usually kept it well hidden under the creamy layer of ostentatious praises…

If you’ve started thinking that I am completely digressed… May be I am, Courtesy Orkut!