Election

The Indian election system is probably like a masala Indian flick. There's tragedy, comedy, emotion etc., The most tragic part is that no matter how many people vote, the nominees are still the scum of the society. The votes are for the best at being bad. If that ain't tragedy then I don't know what is. Every one is in for the money even the supporters of the political party. A friend of mine went to sign in for Lok Satta party and got a good dose of lecture from his elders. "That party won't give you anything. You might have to pay to support them" was the essence of the lecture.

A very memorable scene during the last election happened during the day of polling. A woman was crying ('grieving' could be a better term) at some loss. She was asking the police to provide her justice. She complained that everyone from her village got Rs. 1000/- for voting while she wasn't given any. She kept demanding justice from the government. Now thats comedy for you. The tragic part is that these poor people don't even know they're screwing the lives of everyone.

"Where do you see yourself in five years?" is the question HR people usually ask. Lets ask ourselves "Where do we see ourselves in five years?" In the last five years I've seen people of my economic group losing there hopes of buying a house some day. I've seen them pay more taxes everyday. Seen kids saying all the wrong things and doing all the wrong stuff. Realized a five year old is not only capable of learning new words but also the foulest of all words and that too with his parents support. The kid in the said case had great parents. His parents had become rich recently (thanks to the real estate boom). Now they have enough money to get 'uskoda bandi' (skoda). They don't believe that they have to be good to anybody anymore. They can do anything. This is the state of our state in five years. Now make the projections for the next five years.