What is my aim... All I need is to earn more than my competing friends & relatives, get a fancy house, car .etc and bingo I’m settled. Then what??
Plan a) marry an orthodox lady who is chosen by my uncle’s uncle’s aunt
Plan b) find the love of my life within a long span of time …say 1-2 years for whom I’m prepared to give anything.
What about the affection & care two fools showered on me for 23 years. Damn them. They should be ‘flexible’ and mature enough to accept their son’s future.
Okay now with the sweet orthodox lady. Same as above except that the son’s wishes are made forcibly after marriage by the lady.
The Indian society calls for the slow poison which many people take. Some are adventurous and embrace a swift end. But everyone is infatuated to get a license for the bliss. But is it a bliss? My animal instincts strongly condemn this question.
“You know, our son is quite dull and to get a doctor seat by 2025 it will take 1 crore rupees”.
Hahahaha.. Now I have my hands full with the long term goal…
Friday, 4 April 2008
I love hypocrisy
I was awakened by the sudden shake of my father. “Konthai get up. Shankaracharya is giving a discourse. It is always good to start a new year with God’s blessings”. I yawned and nodded. Gave a blank look at the TV for 5 mins and went back to bed.
My family along with millions in India are closely associated with religious beliefs. But you can’t brand us as superstitious. We are clever bastards you see. I follow the code of conduct to some extent. I’m open to all religions unless I’m forcibly baptised... a friend to none which implies I’m a friend to all.
But I’m disturbed a lot in the temple…not by the Phallus but its worshippers. People preach, propagate and plead for the principles which they breach within the wink of an eye when they are out of the premises.
Keep the premises clean – but spit, vomit, urinate and defecate outside
Drop thousands inside the collection box – but don’t spend a pie for the person in need.
Don’t take meat during auspicious days – but get the animal kingdom on the plate for the rest of the days.
Talk about the society in India – but do the talking from a safe distance … and I’m quite far
You must respect another human being – but make sure the human is from your religion, caste, color & region.
Vulgarity has increased in Indian cinema – But you know ‘Virginity is not dignity, it is lack of opportunity’ is cool quote
I’m standing right in front of my pee and I’m complaining about the smell.
Why should I?
I’m not accountable for the act, you know …
Umh… I’m not the only one.
Everyone does it.
Why shouldn’t I?
I’m far better than the others who pee at the next person’s feet.
I comfortably choose one of the sentences above and continue my life.
My family along with millions in India are closely associated with religious beliefs. But you can’t brand us as superstitious. We are clever bastards you see. I follow the code of conduct to some extent. I’m open to all religions unless I’m forcibly baptised... a friend to none which implies I’m a friend to all.
But I’m disturbed a lot in the temple…not by the Phallus but its worshippers. People preach, propagate and plead for the principles which they breach within the wink of an eye when they are out of the premises.
Keep the premises clean – but spit, vomit, urinate and defecate outside
Drop thousands inside the collection box – but don’t spend a pie for the person in need.
Don’t take meat during auspicious days – but get the animal kingdom on the plate for the rest of the days.
Talk about the society in India – but do the talking from a safe distance … and I’m quite far
You must respect another human being – but make sure the human is from your religion, caste, color & region.
Vulgarity has increased in Indian cinema – But you know ‘Virginity is not dignity, it is lack of opportunity’ is cool quote
I’m standing right in front of my pee and I’m complaining about the smell.
Why should I?
I’m not accountable for the act, you know …
Umh… I’m not the only one.
Everyone does it.
Why shouldn’t I?
I’m far better than the others who pee at the next person’s feet.
I comfortably choose one of the sentences above and continue my life.
The fruit
In my friends Tamil term I was called a ‘Pazha Payan’ which translates to Fruit person.
Who is a Pazham (Fruit)
After some vigorous research, I found that one may be forced into this category based on the following:
If he is studious
If he doesn’t get involved in cool stuff like thani (alcohol), dumu (smoking), dopu (drugs) or sex chat.
If he doesn’t have girl friends or lovers or feels shy to speak to girls
If he is not a spend thrift
If he is a responsible person in life
If he is not a party animal
If he has peculiar qualities like adopting vegetarianism, punctuality, or cleanliness (subjected to discretion)
If he doesn’t have a carefree (mayira pochu) attitude
If he doesn’t have the talent to ridicule others
If he is an introvert and doesn’t have a huge community of friends
As u see my career and life has been devoid of spice and it is definitely not worth a blog. But why should I bother about others... let me try and stammer out MY OWN BLOG
Who is a Pazham (Fruit)
After some vigorous research, I found that one may be forced into this category based on the following:
If he is studious
If he doesn’t get involved in cool stuff like thani (alcohol), dumu (smoking), dopu (drugs) or sex chat.
If he doesn’t have girl friends or lovers or feels shy to speak to girls
If he is not a spend thrift
If he is a responsible person in life
If he is not a party animal
If he has peculiar qualities like adopting vegetarianism, punctuality, or cleanliness (subjected to discretion)
If he doesn’t have a carefree (mayira pochu) attitude
If he doesn’t have the talent to ridicule others
If he is an introvert and doesn’t have a huge community of friends
As u see my career and life has been devoid of spice and it is definitely not worth a blog. But why should I bother about others... let me try and stammer out MY OWN BLOG
Educated ?
I did my schooling in a school, which wasn’t a good one among the locals. Not because of its staff or the infrastructure or the culture inculcated in the school. The reason was it wasn’t good enough. The students did not get enough marks to get into a respectable engineering college or a medical institute.
The fact was half of my schools students barely wore slippers and could hardly afford a fee of 1000 Rs per year. In my opinion, my school was a really the best institution. It didn’t take in students who were from rich families with a very high so called “IQ” and prove to the outside world that it had generated the top 3 ranks in TNPCEE within the zone. But it did provide the first time graduates for many families and in my opinion, that is true education.
By the way, what was TNPCEE? Was it brain crackling exam? No a horse shit.
A Tamil Nadu student’s IQ was determined by his parents in his 12th standard by this test. If he scored well and got into a good college, he is a brainy guy among the lots and his ‘career – path’ changes (in the eyes of his parents). It was a rat race and did a memory based test of trash which they called it as Science and Mathematics.
I really doubted if students really understood what E=MC2 meant, even though it was an important 5 mark question in the Physics paper. Personally I knew nothing about mechanics, optics, quantum concepts, electronics or relativity. I got through the paper with ease.
I chose Computer Science engineering primarily because I knew how to set wallpaper in Windows 98 in my 11th standard. Believe me... that was one of the dreaded practical exam questions one can encounter. This level of training was to groom students who were supposed to be future programmers of fortune 500 companies. I concentrated on subjects in which I can score marks more easily and get a good percentage. I did not indulge myself in tough subjects like ‘C programming’, networking or software engineering principles.
The fact was half of my schools students barely wore slippers and could hardly afford a fee of 1000 Rs per year. In my opinion, my school was a really the best institution. It didn’t take in students who were from rich families with a very high so called “IQ” and prove to the outside world that it had generated the top 3 ranks in TNPCEE within the zone. But it did provide the first time graduates for many families and in my opinion, that is true education.
By the way, what was TNPCEE? Was it brain crackling exam? No a horse shit.
A Tamil Nadu student’s IQ was determined by his parents in his 12th standard by this test. If he scored well and got into a good college, he is a brainy guy among the lots and his ‘career – path’ changes (in the eyes of his parents). It was a rat race and did a memory based test of trash which they called it as Science and Mathematics.
I really doubted if students really understood what E=MC2 meant, even though it was an important 5 mark question in the Physics paper. Personally I knew nothing about mechanics, optics, quantum concepts, electronics or relativity. I got through the paper with ease.
I chose Computer Science engineering primarily because I knew how to set wallpaper in Windows 98 in my 11th standard. Believe me... that was one of the dreaded practical exam questions one can encounter. This level of training was to groom students who were supposed to be future programmers of fortune 500 companies. I concentrated on subjects in which I can score marks more easily and get a good percentage. I did not indulge myself in tough subjects like ‘C programming’, networking or software engineering principles.
In london
It has been 6 months since I came to London. I'm basically a computer science engineer having little interest in computers or technology. What the heck am I doing here…. You know I’m not the only person asking this question. Thousands of young graduates from India do the same. The reason is simple. We choose the profession which is profitable, which yields more money, which can make us go to foreign countries. Foreign countries in the sense, any country other than India even it economically on par with it. For people like me, the grass is always greener on the other side.
So you are wondering, I’m giving another mindless lecture on ‘Brain-Drain’
So you are wondering, I’m giving another mindless lecture on ‘Brain-Drain’
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