The World is progressing...And fast at that...This is a watershed-Never knew that such a thing could exist..Wonder how it would work !!!

ritz

Attended a brilliant lecture by P. Sainath-accepted world-wide as asia's leading development journalist..His book "Everybody Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India's Poorest Districts" is based on the debt-ridden farmers' "pesticide suicides" in AP's Ananthapur district...More articles here and here..very interesting reads indeed
Made me think abt how cut-off we are from the rest of the country;let alone the world...the absolute lack of empathy for our fellow indians,not even batting an eyelid when we hear of another drought,flood,train accident or mass suicide...the heartlessness with which we shoo the beggar away,the easy way out taken by saying"what can we do to change all this?"..Where did we go wrong ?? We are the middle-class and are supposed to be moving this country thru the dark times..And all we care abt is our jobs,our five-figure salaries,our promotions,our next movie,dine-out or how i'm going to say it to the girl i love..
Not One unselfish deed in the 25 yrs of existence on this planet..not even one occassion where u made a difference..
Some of the best education in the world and all we are looking at is how we climb the inevitable ladder of double-digit growth to be part of the top 1% elite in this country..Who cares if it is over the backs of other ppl trampled in the melee !!
All the ideals,principles and gud sense that our parents tried to instill in us-out of the window !! Just "Show me the money" seems to be the only principle !!!
MBA education-my foot !! Mean Bastard at All activities more like it !!

ritz

Irfan Pathan-I rest my case...
Attitude and loads of it !!May not have worked in the end but now every batsman in the world will think b4 he takes him on !!
I have always beleived that an "attitude" more than anything else makes the other guy think b4 he talks to u and is automatically on the defensive...He's not candid then and is calculated in his approach-this robs him of his originality-the only advantage we possess, and U then need to just pick the mistakes he makes and win the debate..that's what i read in psycho books a long time back-works for me and as long as thats happening:GREAT !!
Might not be a gr8 crowd-puller with a lotta ppl avoiding u but who cares abt what others think when u know that the ppl that matter to u know you as u are...

ritz

Bryan Adams-not quite mayhem but close anyway...
Actually starting dancing(more like jumping !!)and i was not even high on any substance !!
Good bunch of friends this time round too...not quite the same feelings though...Last time it was as though bryan adams was singing just for "us"..
hmm...i guess,there r somethings in life that you want to re-live and hope it's as good as the last time...When it doesnt quite end up the way u want it to,u r disappointed..But,the silver lining(of thot) is:Maybe it was the "guy upstairs" manner of saying-"This is a different experience anyway-stop comparing it with the past and enjoy it while it lasts;forget the past and go with the flow.."

ritz