PAY-TROLLed

It's no surprise that you have got the Idea behind the post ( I assume the readers of my Blog to be smart). I won't brush you through the recent hikes in Petrol prices nor provide a report on the resentment of the affected. We are here to be Optimistic. Yeah! It's the only weapon of a common man to survive in this dreadful world. Now coming to the core issue of this post - Petrol !!

Are you wondering why did the Govt. make such a move ? Neh ! Not to fill the loss of big shot companies. The Govt. has got some great vision. ( Justice still is blind-folded) The hikes bring in huge change in this modern era.

1) No more buses, houses, offices, and for that sake anything burnt during a National/Regional/Mandal/any other local body BANDH will be burnt anymore owing to the high price of petrol which agitators can't afford.

2) Suicides rate will be coming down, as the "Successful Suicide Index" suggests that 67% of the suicides have been successful when Petrol was the agent. ( Death rate due to Heart attacks might go up after every parliament session on petrol finishes. But we ignore the side-effects at this point)

3) People from the cycle manufacturing Industries are to get good food and wages. The hike in the cycling sector is estimated to be in several multiples of Inflation. (Good News !!)

4) Kids are given a whack on the back while found inhaling the air from the petrol tank (as many of us did with no restrictions during 90's). Parents believe that the kids are absorbing 5% of petrol which is around 4.1 Rs/ltr. This protects the kids from harmful effects of aromatic Hydro-carbons.

Several benefits have been observed by the hike in fuel prices. Hence don't get misled by the irrational blame on the Govt. It thinks a lot about the common man.

P.S: For those who took it to heart. Bazingaaa !!
P.P.S: For those who don't know what Bazingaa is - Can't help. 

Auto Driver - The economist

When some FB posts happen to you in reality, you are struck with awe. Many of us would have seen the pics of auto drivers having radio, first aid kits.. etc. on FB flooded with likes. Now something strange and something really enriching happened this morning.

The best way I describe my awe is by putting the conversation as it is. (Depending on my memory to rephrase the words ;) ) Although the entire conversation was in telugu, for the convenience of the readers I would put it in English.

Me: Bhayya !! To dwarkanagar, 3rd lane ! Will you ?

AD: Ofcourse.. Rs. 40 pls.

Me: Common bhayya. I take an auto every morning and I always pay 30 Rs.

AD: Its okay give me 30. Get in.

(Got into the auto. After a while, "Its okay" he said "its okay" it means is he compromising on the fare? )

Me: Bhayya !! if the fare was only 30 then why do you raise it to 40 and then pretend as if you are losing on the money ?

AD: Sir, When branded showrooms double their prices and offer a 50% discount why do you all big people stand in a queue to bag everything??

Moreover, I need to make my calculations. I would not find any passengers for about a couple of Kms. from there because of the construction work going on there and I cant afford the extra fare on myself right?

( I never knew that there was a construction work going on around that place, It started the day before though. So, I reassured myself that I wasn't such ignorant ;)

AD: Sir, Have you seen the price of oil. If oil being just an expenditure in your lives is affecting you so much. Think of us, we have oil as our life.

Me: ( emotional :P but was curious to listen to this guy).. achha !! but you have your unions and you fix the fare according to the rates right?

AD: Yes we do ! But how many factors do we account for ? Aviation giants like Vijay Mallya couldn't account for all the factors affected by oil.. how could we ?

Me: (Not a word for some seconds.. and a feeling of Oh teri !!! ) Damn !! you know the crisis of Vijay Mallya.

AD: Sir, 20rs. for 20000 crores news. ( points to India Today magazine folded with oil marks on it kept on his deck)

Me: ( Damn !! I spent 4 years with a wish to read the ET for an hour a day, Paid monthly bill to paperwala and sold the same for 1/20th of the price to another paperwala) So, Do you think Kingfisher will fly in profits ?

AD: Kya sir !! No paisa, Bank acc. seized, Staff resigned and Mallya cant fly. how will kingfisher ?

Me: ( Should I ask one more question and he definitely would make me feel a miniature) Accha !! bhayya. Do you read this for fun or awareness or you prepare for anything.

AD: Mazaa aata hai bhayya !! I am not the part of the administration but reading all this stuff makes me think about the country. Sometimes I wonder If I had been put into the administration I might have brought some change, at least to this city. And every city put to proper function, as a whole would make the administration smooth.

Gave him 40. Got down. Asked his name. Told my name. The whole day was pleasant with a feeling of something good about this country.

Aaaah !! This is why i LOVE this country. proud to say "maa tujhe salaam" :)

Come-On Aptitude Test

The two hour and twenty minutes never seemed as deciding as it did on the D-day. If not for FIFA would have never stared at the screen for such long time while comprehending the contents at the same time. A matter of 60 right clicks (Not the right click used to refresh your desktop when you have nothing to do) would have got me there where I could update a status on FB and get 100+ people hitting the like button. (Aah!! addiction).

Solved the problems in which silly kids made mistakes of messing up with the numbers and coming out with wrong answers. Got them right almost all the time. But what when the country’s best school messed up with the ‘+’ and ‘x’ sign. On top of that I have no place to hide my Engineering certificates and claim to be of non-engineering background. Even if I succeed in doing that I can never ever afford for a sex change operation. Dodging all the imaginary routes I land in reality where none of the above seems to be a possibility neither does my possibility of entering into an aai aai am.

The computer screen at workplace is such different from that I saw on the D-day. It’s dull. I want the timer to tick rapidly. I want to submit the resignation as soon as I can. I want to take innumerous breaks. I want to peep into others desk to see what the hell is keeping them so much engaged. My brain stops analyzing the contents on the screen. I fail to read any instructions on any of the documents. Most important of all, I never wait for the result of the work I did today.

For the moment, it’s just like searching for a black CAT in a dark room. I would rather prefer breaking the door open than wasting time catching the CAT by its nose.