Are we gonna go back to Barter System...?

Coz, If we are... then sheesh... sheesh... I would hate to trade all my favourite things for something more important like food... 

The wall street is on fire... Dalal street is on fire... and even as Sachin Tendulkar passes the 12000 mark in the runs glaore... market doesnt care and keeps dropping down...like rain did two years back when Mumbai got flooded. I never thought that the countries that prided themselves to be on the top would be down and out and How....

The market indicators are not that strong... The RBI in its quaterly review did not make any change in the important rates. So the market as of now...is going down and down. Our dear FM is trying its best to make sure that people do not panic...but panic is like fire in the dry woods... it blazes like hell.

I know that I am writing nothing new... the News is all depressing.... But then I am hoping that soon, markets will rebound and that I am able to write good news...soon enough. Till, then, I would suggest that, the only way to make sure that we do not revert back to barter system or worse a communist society we should stick to what our FM is saying. Lets try and keep faith for some time...!!! And ofcourse Hope for the Best...!!!

In the light of Matters...

I got the following e-mail, today morning.... The mail made so much of sense that I had to share it on this blogpage...!!!

An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred recently in the United Nations Assembly that made the world community smile.
A representative from India began: 'Before beginning my talk I want to tell you something about Rishi Kashyap of Kashmir, after whom Kashmir is named.
When he struck a rock and it brought forth water, he thought, 'What a good opportunity to have a bath.' He removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water.When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished.
A Pakistani had stolen them.
'The Pakistani representative jumped up furiously and shouted, 'What are you talking about? The *Pakistanis weren't there then.*'
The Indian representative smiled and said, 'And now that we have made that clear, I will begin my speech.'
*And they say Kashmir belongs to them………………………………………..*

In the name of wanting to own more land... how fair is it, that innocent lives are burned to death, and the living souls in the valley have been charred and marred by voilence...!!! In the game of pur politics, as usual its the people who are the losers...

"When will enlightment dawn...?? When will peace... come...!!!??"

Long time...!!! Sheesh...!!!

No, I have not abandoned blogging...!!! As a matter of fact I even started writing a post on the 15th of August, but apparently, the whole long weekend thingy stalled it. Nevertheless, I am back.

Its ust been busy weeks. The internship ofcourse is the one that is keeping me busy, but other than that, I have lately been writing on The Wall Mag. That is because I have become a member there.

Ans since nothing that interesting has been happening... coz, the usual political honchos are fighting with each other to grab power..and despite the crude losing some fire... the inflation is not ceasing to ebb... It was a pretty depressing range of topics to write on.

Today, I just dropped in to say a Hi...!!! But I promise to come up with a post very soon...!!!

Cheers...!!!

And the Deal will come through...Finally...!!!

I have never watched so much T.V. .... especially the continuous coverage of politics for almost 8 straight hours...

But I think that the effort was worth the satisfaction that most of the people got. Ofcourse as promised the trust vote was everything that a hit movie can be... there was action there was drama and finally the satisfaction.

But the drama that was carried out by the BJP MP's made us a laughing stock of the world... but alas, in politics the who thing about national interest died with the leaders who died after the independence.



The stars of the grand finale were Rahul Gandhi and Omar Abdullah. Where Rahul Gandhi's speech talked about the plight of the poor and how the energy security is going to help the poor.. his speech also reminded me of the politicians who really believed that they can make a difference. He in his speech said "A powerful nation thinks about how it will impact the world and a not so powerful country think about how the world will impact it. However, it does not matter which government runs the country, what matters is how we think about our position in the world."

He further talked about how the Indian population is 70% of youth and that infrastructural growth will help the youth. Also he emphasised on the point that the everybody regardless of the political party they belong should build the nation together.



On the other hand Omar Abdullah, talking on behalf of the Muslims said that, Its not the nuclear deal that is against the Muslims its poverty, hunger that are against the Muslims. He went on to further add that he is not a part of the UPA but he is not averse to the deal because he understands that its in the interest of the nation.



Admist, all these impressive speeches, Lalu Prasad Yadav added the fun element in the House. His speech spared no one...from commenting on the rift between the left to the fact that the BJP is not really against the deal but wants it happening when they are in power. Not sparing Mayawati also, he said that all of them including himself want to be the PM, but he is in no hurry unlike the others.



The drama took a drastic turn when one and a half hours before the PM was to address, BJP MP's threw bundles of notes on the floor of the house claiming horse trading. Then demanding resignation of the PM on moral grounds.

Later, when the PM was to address, he was not allowed to do so. So, he submitted his speech in written to the speaker. Never before in the past four years, have we seen our PM making such remarks. He lashed at the opposition like never before and for the opposition leader Mr. Advani he said " In his ripe old age, I don't expect Mr Advani to change his thinking. But for his sake and for the sake of this country, he should atleast change his astrologers, who can be more accurate"



And finally after 8 the UPA government won 275 votes in the parliament.
The first reaction by Nichols Of CPI was that the nuclear deal was not such a big issue. Its hypocritical and the entire nation is laughing at the left for making a fool out of themselves and making the country go through terrible times.

Now that the Trust vote is over and the Nuclear deal is going to come through...lets hope that the country gets what it was promised.

Cash for Votes....

In an utterly disgusting turn of events that unfolded about an hour back in the Lok Sabha, Indian politics have touched a new low.
Three MPs bought wads of thousand rupees notes in the parliament alleging a bribe by the opposition party in order to abstain from the trust vote.
The house following the revelation has been adjourned till 6pm.

Today, I am ashamed to be an Indian. Not because of the poverty, not because of illiteracy...not because of the so called cultural differences... I am ashamed of the very people who represent us on the international podium. Today as the whole world watched... what the politicians did not abstain to do was, make a fool out themselves and out of the very country whose power they want to seize. They completely put us the common person at shame for being a part of a country where the very people who rule us are as corrupt as the dirt in the Yamuna. The Yamuna can still be cleansed but these politicians cant be cleansed.

Today, as the muck is out in the open... its not a disgrace to either the ruling party or the opposition party its a disgrace on the face of the LARGEST DEMOCRACY of the world... its a slap on us along with the politicians... that we never make the right choices.
The time has come to throw away the Godly status that we have given to the politicians of our country.

Realise now- That we need to make the right choices to put the right person in the Lok Sabha...to make sure that the leaders that we have are trustworthy to be put in house of people. To make sure that they talk about national issues than about issues of personal egos.

Its time that we start cleaning the system...before it completely puts us to shame in front of the whole International Community.

Who is going to win... Finally?

The reports that I have been reading seems to indicate that the general category will soon be converted into the reserved category...(I hope that this never comes true...!!)

Mayawati is eyeing the post of the PM. And the assets that were evaluated by CBI at 96 crores and more is being utilised by her in pursuing her dream to the post of PM. She buying..literally buying the support of the MP's against the government. Its weird how money can change hands and the fate of our country. 

As the MP's will be voting tomorrow, I am going to sit and wonder that when our constitution makers drafted our constitution they must not have realised that the spirit of nationalism that they possess... is not going to be a part of the coming breed of politicians.

And therefore even the legal system is quite on the len-den of money to rig the trust vote. The law can interfere after the voting. Its like the police coming in a bollywood movie after the whole fight is over. Therefore- the concept of precaution is better than cure does not exist at all. The chance of this changing is so so slim that I cant even hope for it. Why would the legislature pass a law that is going to harm their earnings...!!!

Its such a sad situation, that nationalism and policies in the national interest have been put behind and personal agendas are being pursued in the veil of the coming trust vote. In India alot is left on God.

And I hope, that God saves the country where he is worshipped the most.

Lets hope that people who really care win...else.. its going to be another elections....where we will end up making bad choices...!!!

Controlling inflation.... our own way...

The inflation did come down a little... but its still pinching our pockets.
I recieved the following email as a forward... and I thought that maybe it will be helpful to pass on the message...!!!


A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the Kirana store he pays Rs. 12 a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he normally buys two dozens at a time. One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to Rs. 16. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are Rs. 22 a dozen. When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "The price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly". This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. He checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices.

The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business. The huge egg farms sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors. With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The distributors then have to raise their prices to the grocery stores. And on and on and on. As the man kept buying eggs the price kept going up.

He saw the big egg trucks delivering 100 dozen eggs each day. Nothing changed there. He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs. Then week before Diwali the price of eggs shot up to Rs. 40 a dozen. Again he asked the grocery owner why and was told, "Cakes and baking for the holiday". The huge egg farmers know there will be a lot of baking going on and more eggs will be used. Hence, the price of eggs goes up. Expect the same thing at Christmas and other times when family cooking, baking, etc. happen. This pattern continues until the price of eggs is Rs. 60 a dozen.

The man says, " There must be something we can do about the price of eggs". He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs. Finally, the man suggested only buying what you need. He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.

The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe wouldn't need any all week. The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg farms that he didn't have any room for eggs would not need any for at least two weeks. At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs. To relieve the pressure, the huge egg farm told the distributor that they could buy the eggs at a lower price. The distributor said, " I don't have the room for the %$&^*&% eggs even if they were free". The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price of the eggs if the store would start buying again. The grocery store owner said, "I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buying 2 or 3 eggs at a time. Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price, the customerswould start buying by the dozen again". The distributors sent that proposal to the huge egg farmers but the egg farmers liked the price they were getting for their eggs but, those chickens just kept on laying. Finally, the egg farmers lowered theprice of their eggs. But only a few paisa. The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "when the price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the dozen." Slowly the price of eggs started dropping.
The distributors had to slash their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers. The egg farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher price than they were selling eggs for. Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while. And those chickens kept on laying. Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing away eggs they couldn't sell. The distributors started buying again because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the lower price. And the customers starting buying by the dozen again.

Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry. What if everyone only bought Rs 200.00 worth of Petrol each time they pulled to the pump? The dealer's tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tanks. The tank farms wouldn't have room for the petrol coming from the refining plants. And the refining plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from the huge tankers coming from the oil fiends. Just Rs 200.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill up the tank of your car. You may have to stop for gas twice a week, but the price should come down. Think about it. Also, don't buy anything else at the fuel station; don't give them any more of your hard earned money than what you spend on gas, until the prices come down..." ...just think of this concept for a while...................please pass this concept around....reaching out to the masses ...the world ..... let us put an end to oil rich countries fleecing the poor and developing countries …..


Do you think...that this will work....???