A 50-50 reaction on 33%

It’s a women’s world. The privileges enjoyed by the women of 21^st century were dreams of the last century women. Today, they possess a power to run the entire nation. They don’t live on the mercy of men.

India, the country that is seen as a men governed nation, has taken a step that has been recorded in the history of the world. Assuring women a whopping 33% reservation in governance at all levels. Be it the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Vidhan Sabha or local elections.

The reservation has received a mixed bag of responses from the entire nation. While some women consider it as an important step towards the empowerment of the Indian women, there are some who believe reservation makes the women look weak.

The bill is yet to be presented in the Lok Sabha and will have to survive the 95% male population, who already consider it as a threat to their political career.

I was sitting with mom when I heard about the bill and took no time in questioning her on the issue. To my surprise, she was hardly interested in it. For her, the rising Dal and Bhindi prices were more important than the 33% reservation.

After a few minutes her attention shifted from her unbalanced monthly budget to the big thing. Thanks to the Indian media who made the 33 % reservation their 100% broadcast material.

Now here’s what she said. “No matter who gets elected, men or women, the politicians will remain corrupt”. Well that was a bitter truth. She continues “What’s the use of 150 odd women in the parliament and a million getting beaten up on the streets everyday? The country needs great women like Indira Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu and Sonia Gandhi. They came into the system without any privileges of reservation, but made a difference. Where as women like Mayawati, Vasundhara Raje and Jayalalitha have successfully ruined the image of women.” So for her, reservation, or no reservation hardly makes any difference. They are equally bad as compared to the men.

Woof! Look at this woman, that’s what my mind said after being bowled by her opinion. I know even you must be awe struck.

The debate has just started. It took the bill 14 years to get a nod at the Rajya Sabha. And what lies ahead is a marathon cum wrestling match with the opposition.

The nation is yet to make a unanimous decision on the reservation. But what made me really think was this thought. Suppose the bill passes, and the parliament sees 33% women audience. Will there be a further demand in the coming years to increase the women quota to 50 %? My experience says women always want more. Rest I’ll leave it on you to think. At the moment, I can just assure you more drama over the issue.

Here are a few tweets/updates that made me laugh.

• Live example of Women Reservation- Bobby Darling. 33 % woman.

Thanks to the women reservation bill, the MP’s will be regular to the parliament.

Not-so-random things about me.

After bitching about God and the Indian Tax system, I have finally thought of writing few random things about my personality, behavior, attitude and unique things of my life.

1. I like watching movies alone. Yes, you have read it right. Your vision is 6/6. I’m quite unplanned and watch movies on weekend when I’m free or bored of the idiot box. No matter how clear TataSky is, it’s hard to replicate it with a 2-3 hour of entertainment at a movie hall.
2. I have good number of friends, who are good for nothing. When I’m free they are busy and when I’m busy, they don’t disturb me.
3. I can’t drive within the speed limits. On my way to office, I know the points where the Delhi traffic police would be standing with speedometers, so I escape from them at a slow speed and speed up to 130 KM everyday. And don’t worry; I have not crushed anybody till date.
4. I don’t smoke. I don’t booze. I have never got tipsy. And I’m a creative person who can very well promote and de-promote both of them.
5. I’m addicted to milk. Yes…laugh it loud all you boozy people. No pun or double minded talks. I like Amul.
6. I wish I had as many girlfriends as my friends think. But at present I’m in a steady relationship.
7. I have met quite a few celebrities last year. Minissha, Sohail Khan, Ria Sen, Raghu, Rajiv, Bumppy (Now the director of Roadies), Ashutosh (Roadies 6 & Big Boss 2 winner), Shraddha & Vishal (Splitsvilla 1 winners) and Ranvijay. I have a craving to work with Minissha. Just can’t get over it.
8. It’s hard to judge my mood. It changes faster than the weather of Mumbai.
9. 2009 had been very good for me. I have excelled at work, but still devoid of appraisal.
10. Sleeping is my passion. That doesn’t mean I sleep passionately. I can skip a late night party, but not my sleep. Waking me up at 6 in the morning is like waking me up in the middle of the night. Although I do get up early when I have to think.
11. I like working on weekends, but from home or at home. Mommy’s tea and a pen in my hand can get real kickass ideas. Tried and tested formula of mine.
12. I faint when I give blood for tests. I don’t know why it happens. Last time happened in May or June, when I had typhoid. That is the prime reason for not donating blood.
13. I envy people with expensive cars, guys with more than one girlfriend and the one’s who are younger than me and earn more than me.
14. Anger gets the best out of me. I have always performed well at work or play when I’m in the anger mode.
15. I have failed in 10th standard in English. So pardon my mistakes, if any. But kicked everyone’s butt in 12th and topped my class. And today I’m a copywriter.

There is a lot of stuff to tell about me. But I don’t want to loose your attention. So, signing off with just 15 bullets on me.

Burden of Tax

It is painful. An average Indian spends most of his income in taxes rather than Texas. We pay tax on our annual income called the Income tax, service tax on the things we eat and buy, CAS and education tax, value added tax, and the list goes on…
Tax is government’s right. The progress of nation rests on the revenue generated through it and various PSU. But with India’s slow progress there has been a rapid rise in the number of taxes livid on us.
After deducting a fixed amount of tax from our Income, why do we have to pay various taxes like education tax, toll tax, and value added tax? The income generated is being used for constructing roads, flyover and dams. And we pay Toll Tax for crossing the bridge, flyover constructed from the revenue generated by tax.
Why an extra education tax when I have to still pay the school fees? Where do the thousand & crore of rupees go? Why are there fewer roads and more bumps? Why a queue in front of banks and still beggars on roads?
And I bloody can’t find the person who invented Entertainment Tax. I pay tax on what I wear, I pay tax on what I use, I pay tax on what I eat and I also pay tax when I laugh. Is it really my country!
I would not be complaining until I realized that I fear the policeman who gets salary from the tax I pay. I bribe the traffic policemen who get salary from the tax I pay. I fucking pay Road tax for the car I drive on the roads made by my money.
Every Indian is being robbed off everyday in the form of tax. Our foreign reserves are rising like the fuel prices and still our country’s balance sheet shows outstanding loans and fiscal deficits. And we still say “Jaya He” with the same pride and zeal of belonging. What an emotional fool sirji??
At the end I would like to thank the Government for not implementing Oxygen Tax.

I'm not what i want to be

I’m not what I want to be….

I’m not someone who walks on the earth and calls it the moon walk,

I’m not the one with the most beautiful eyes in the world,

I’m not the one with a dimple on my face,

I’m not the one with 6 or 8 packs,

I’m not the one with 15 Grand Slam tittles,

I’m not the fastest one on the race court, land or water.

I’m not the one who reached the skies,

I’m not the one with windows.

I’m not the one born with a silver spoon.

I’m not what I want to be….

I’m a man with dreams in my eyes,

I’m the one waiting for an opportunity,

I’m the one looking for the mentor,

I’m the one waiting for the fortune to turn my way,

I’m the one wanting to be the ONE.

I’m an ordinary man looking for the extra ordinary me….I’m not what I can be.

If the mind answers…

My life would have been micro short if God had connected the tongue to my mind. I have come across many situations where my mind said the truth and my tongue lied.

For example are the few situations where my mind yelled something, and the tongue whispered something else.

1. My girlfriend says, “You don’t love me anymore”. And my mind said “Finally, she has woken up. Good morning. Honey!”.

2. When I was 12 years old, my dad said “Children of your age can fly airplanes and you cant even wash your face properly”. The mind answered it quickly “Dad, Bill Gates is younger than you” but thank god it was pin drop silence at the top and dad continued.

3. “Why are you late?” said the boss. “How come you are early today” answered my mind. And I don’t want to mention the bosses name.

4. I always find it funny when people ask questions to which they can never get genuine replies. One of them was asked by my teacher in standard 11^th “Why haven’t you done your homework?” The reply in my mind was” Your subject is too boring”.

5. The landlord said ” The rent of the place has been increased by Rs. 2000/- only, from next month”. I didn’t say “Seems like your wife has robbed off all your money”

6. Lastly a situation where my friend once said me “I had a fight with my girlfriend and have broken up”. My mind was happy and had lots of thanks giving messages ready for him. The best one was “Thanks buddy. I'll keep her happy in your absence”.

At last, I just want to thank the almighty for the accurate wiring of my body.

The Height of Heights

Height of cost cutting: Requesting a beggar to return 50 paise of the 1 Rs. you give him.

Height of recession fear: Boss coming to office on time.

Height of laziness: Adopting a child. (Courtesy to the person who sent me this SMS and gave me the idea to write many more heights)

Height of Advertising: An anti-aging cream for a new born.

Height of Silence: While watching porn in your room.

Height of traffic: Reaching office when everybody is leaving for home.

Height of Gtalking: Ignoring people if they don’t make a (dhing) sound before talking.

Height of corruption: Weeding anniversaries.

Height of lie: Advertising.

Height of spying: Checking pockets of the invigilator.

Height of storage: A lady having stomach ache for 1 day.

Height of torture: Ram Gopal Verma ki AAG.

Height of luck: Getting married to a virgin in 2020.

Height of Bad luck: Getting robbed thrice before you reach the police station.

Height of abusing: Dropping a catch of Afridi on the first ball.

Height of idleness: This post.

I’m not writing this post from the peak of Himalayas. If you like the heights, then please leave some more heights for me to answer. Or i'll have to spend more time finding the heights rather than answering them.

Warning: Dumb headed need not leave their height in the comment book.

More heights to follow as it is, The height of heights.

The bees of thehive

thehive is the name of my multi-starrer ad agency. The characters are introduced in descending order of age. Before I begin, one must agree to the point that every person is smart and dumb in his or her own ways. And must take pride in whatever he or she possesses:

1. Ashim da: I bet there will be a million mistakes in my posts if he reads it. No matter how experienced a writer is, he will have something to learn from him. He has worked with many newspapers and has influenced life of many with his writings. He has retired from the main line writing and is now with thehive to help everyone with their piece of writing.Tag Line: Jiyo saar utha ke.

2. RP Singh: Jo bolle so nihal. He is the busiest Bee of thehive. Be it booking of a room, sorry hotel, in any corner of the world to getting a ticket for elections from BJP, he does it all with a silent click of his cellphone.
I have come across many suds in my life, but he supersedes all of them in all aspects He is the second most eldest person in age and the second youngest at heart (I’m the first).
Sassriya kaal
Tag line for him: Singh is King.

3. Sushil Pandit: I better be careful here. He is the BOSS. We both share one thing in common, both have been to MICA. Me as a student, and he, as a faculty for Media planning.
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. Wonder why he dint try his luck at KBC? Oh I got it; he was a crorepati even before the game was conceptualized.
Sometimes you might get lost in his ocean of knowledge, because when you are discussing the North Pole, he’ll make sure you know the South Pole better than the north and even the different kinds of poles.
Last and the most important aspect of his life; he is the only person who can take out money from the politician’s wallet. He makes ads for BJP for all the elections in India and has a bad failure rate.
Tag line for him: Just do it.

4. PC. DAS: Dadoo!! As we call him. The three super stars including Sushil and RP are childhood friends and have shared many things together in their journey so far.
Working with Dadoo has been thrilling, as he strictly adheres to deadlines and is quite a short tempered person. Fortunately, I have never been at the receiving end.
Like me, even he hates to drive slowly. I mean Car!
Tag Line: Take it easy.

Now the fun part

5. Vishal Sharma: Don’t go by his looks, he is just 36. He is bald and humorous. He is the lifeline and laughter line of our office. Even a dead will come alive with his pranks and spontaneous jokes. But that’s just the fun part of Vishu, his brilliance exceeds his humor. It requires heavy balls to keep clients like Moolchandani’s and Agrawal’s in your pocket. And he does handle such complex clients with lots of simplicity.

Tag Line: Broadcast Yourself.

6. Deshpal: Everybody looks out for him every month. Everybody loves him, enjoys his company, and wants to see him on the 1st of every month. He is the Accountant of thehive.
Tag Line: Money hai toh Honey hai.

7. Radhika Dhawan: She is the Creative Director for copy. You can’t see her face properly in picture, nor do I get to see her so often. She comes once in a week and sometimes even once in a month. You just need two things to be a copywriter, one a Copy Book and second, a few months of working with her.
Tag line: Think hatke.

8. Abhay Vir: He is a copywriter, an art director, a techno freak and a hard disk of technology. He knows 72 softwares. Yeah! blink your eyes and read it again, its 72. He is a copywriter with a zing of art in him.
Another interesting thing about him is his age. His skin lies about it. He is 31 and a father of one, but looks twenty one.
Tag line: Doo bund zindagi ki- This one was decided quite early.

9. Debashish Mondal: His fingers have shrinked while churning out creatives for BJP and other clients. He is the backbone of art department and spends more time in office than at home. Girls always surround him at work and he takes immense joy in it.
Tag line: Chivelry is not dead. (Only for WOMEN)

10. Rajat Sethi (RS): Party and RS go hand in hand; but the Rs. never comes out of his hand. He is the official CD for ART, but has never been a time when he really bossed upon us. Hope this settles his anger for the opening line. Thanks for giving us the freedom RS.
Calling him a buddy won’t be justified with the difference we share in our age and experience. We strike a good chord at work and play and hopefully it will remain in tune forever.
And last but not the least, sir we are never late, it is you who is early.
Tag line: The king of Good times.

11. Anurag Goel: He is the most hard working person in office. He sits idle the whole day and makes sure that the creatives deliver the work on time. Like every client servicing person, he opens a-new-rag (Anurag) every time.Expecting a brief from him is like expecting a man to be in labour pains. And expecting him to bargain a deadline with client is expecting a guy to deliver a baby. But what I like about him is the way he carries him self and he never gets angry. Truly, a gentleman’s trait.
Tag line: Sardard ki goli.


12. Yamini Chandra: I tell you about this girl. We have been in relation since a few months and it seems we have spent years together. She is hot. Our relationship is beyond words and is becoming rich day by day. I’m blessed to have a woman like her in my life. And before you think more about us and run your wild imagination, let me tell you that she is my Art Partner and not my life partner. This one is for you yamini: The world around me is spinning 24x7. Can I hold your hand????? Tag line: A diamond is forever.


13. Ritika Gautam: She is one step ahead of Anurag.
Tag line: Dobara mat puchna.



14. Mukesh Lekhwani: I'm the youngest person in office. I cant praise myself so i leave it on the people who visit this blog to write a few lines for me in comment book.