Wednesday, February 23, 2011

It feels good to run away from reality...   There's nothing like it...    

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Debauchery- thy name is India

Don't misconstrue the caption of this post. I'm not calling India, a country of drunken orgies and that the people here involve in gratifying themselves sexually. Though in fact we gave the world, the kamasutra, this post has nothing to do with it.

I'm trying to insinuate towards the more archaic meaning of the title, which is "Corruption". India would now be called a veteran, if the United Nations do make a sport out of it. Or if the Olympics committee adds this sport to their gamut, we would bag nothing less than a gold, (maybe they'll add platinum just for us) because right from a chaprasi to the government babu, everyone's a foul.

What caused this unpleasant situation?   I mean, can nothing be done without a bribe or influence. It seems we are at the Mercy of this Mercenarians(if i can call them so). There's a very old maxim- "Silence is Golden", but the present breed goes by this one aphorism- "Screw silence, coz Money Talks".

All this while, i've seen corruption first-hand (well, we all have...  else we aren't Indians!!!!), right from getting a simple khatha and encumbrance certificate so that we could sell our house, to my 'Rejection to represent a team, due to lack of an influence letter (or so to say, sifaarish)'. But still abetted this dread, else seriously no soul in the office will do your job. As a consumer, if you want to get something done, you'll have to shell out money. If you are not ready to pay them, be rest assured that you'll have to run more than your normal errands to get the job done in the first place. And well, ultimately end up paying more, due to sheer exasperation.

They all say that to solve a problem and extirpate it, we need to go to the roots of it, and destroy it from there. But this problem, is so deeply intertwined with the whole system of our nation, that eradicating it completely is unthinkable.

With this post, I just hope that with our generation, we all can at least try to stop indulging oneself at such malfeasance acts (grass-root level).

An earnest appeal- "Say no to corruption. Even better, if your at the receiving end of the dreaded courtesies."  

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Extraction- continued (part-III)

"What is the problem?", enquired SHEELA. She could descry that something was troubling our Saar. It was as if Rajni divulged all his emotions out to her, through his eyes. "You've got the key right?", she asked again, trying very hard to not look into his peering eyes. "Yes, but its not my type", said rajni. "OK, so what is your type?", SHEELA asked. Rajni didn't reply, he was trying to solve this puzzle. SHEELA repeated her question. This time, her tone was less flirtatious. "int is my type kanna." "I can typecast it, but that would make it so easy", he thought to himself. "You know what is perfect in our number system?" he asked SHEELA, trying to get the answer out of her. She looked blunt. "Squares. Perfect squares." he said. "Now imagine a square with the side equal to 7.14142843. What is the area it would enclose?" he continued frustrating her with such rhetorical questions. "Its Area 51" rajni exclaimed, showing his triumphant glee to her.
SHEELA- "So what now?"
Rajni Saar- "Next stop, Area 51". 

Both of them embarked on the journey, one that would save mankind. (Yes, i'm a chauvinist. And no, i'm not a pig ;) )
SHEELA- "So, what's going on? What are you really after?".
Her face was glowing with the sun's rays falling directly over it. Rajni was scared that it may tan her beautiful skin (which was by the way, neatly waxed with veet)
   (What???  I get paid for endorsements you see ;) ;)  Can't a guy make money around here?? ) 
Her hair seemed to be falling over her face, gently caressing her, as the mild breeze played its part. All of the nature's elements blended in perfectly, making the creator proud of his creation. God, rajni wished to stop the time, to bask in her sheer innocent beauty. Timeless he thought.
If not for her radiant smile, Rajni wouldn't have revealed the gravity of the situation to her. But he knew that she deserved to know what they are into now.
       Rajni- "Well, it all started with a call. I was told that a few eclectic organizations from different nations are conspiring in an evil machination to take over the world. God knows, who they are, what the scheme is and how they are going to execute it, but i intend to stop this."

SHEELA tried hard to stop staring at him, and to make sense of what he said. Clearly she was in awe of him. The feeling was mutual.
       SHEELA- "So, we just know that we're after something. But don't exactly know what we're after?" Her gaze was quizzical.
       Rajni- "Well, at least we know where to look. Its a start nonetheless!! Hope that Area 51 holds the answer."
       SHEELA- "Oh, know what, I've heard a lot about the place. They sell these amazing pastas there."
       Rajni- "What???  NO!!! You must have surely mistaken it with cane crush!!!! "
( once again, cheap ads;  but sarcasm all over it;) )

AREA 51:- Next scene.

The area was cordoned off with electric barb wires. Anyone coming into contact with it, would surely be killed. There were heat sensing cameras (Yes, spider cams were there too!!! ) that kept a constant watch over the entire area. Rajni waited for the night, because he could use the darkness and could easily blend in with it, creating a perfect camouflage. And also, he'd feel cold at night, thereby throwing off the heat sensing cams. His plan was that he would get in first, shut down all the cams and the main power supply to the fence, so that SHEELA can walk in without any hassles. Soon night approached, and he went on with the plan. In no time, both our Saar and SHEELA were inside.

All the rooms inside were securely locked. They needed a rf id to authenticate the individual entering.
       Rajni- "Wait here, i'll come back in a jiffy." And he was on his way.
After sometime, she could hear someone running towards her. She could only get an hazy visual of the person and so prepared herself to attack, if it were someone else. But it was Rajni, holding an rf id tag.
       SHEELA- "Where did you get that from?"
       Rajni- "The Chief proctor gave it to me. Nice chap. He only charged 500 bucks from me, but said it would take a month. So i had to build a time machine, go forward in time, get the id, then travel back in time and here i am :) "
       SHEELA- "OK!!!"
Rajni saar then quickly opened a room, amazed at what they found there. There were these huge plastic see-through containers filled with a fluid of greenish-yellow hue. These containers had the bodies of the eminent personalities that lived, preserving them perfectly. They walked across the containers of Adolf Hitler, Abe Lincoln, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Babe Ruth, Michael Jackson  and many more.
       Upon looking at one container, Rajni mumbled - "Poor Princess. She did not know what hit her!!".
       SHEELA- "WHO?"
       Rajni- "DIvisive ANAlysis, who else!!! She was overtaken by other efficient techniques."
       The next container left both of them perplexed. There was Rajnikant himself in it!!!!!





                                                                                             - to be continuueeeed.....





P.S: Humble apologies to the crude allusions made in this part. No offense meant. May their souls r.i.p...