An email extract - unedited.
Dr. Abd Kalam's (India's Past President) "acid" reply to every Indian....
Why is the media here negative?
Why are we in India embarrassed to recognise our strength, our achievements?
We are a great nation. We have many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them...why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at Dr.Sudarshan, he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in bad news, failures and disasters.
I was once in Tel Aviv reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck but the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in 5 yrs had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of the killings, bombardments, death were inside the newspaper, buried amongst other news.
In India we read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime... Why are we so negative?
Another question: Why are we as a nation obsessed with foreign things?
We want foreign TVs, shirts ..... We want foreign technology.
Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving lecture when a 14 year old girl asked for my autograph. I asked what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build this developed India. You must proclaim India is not an under developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.
You may say our government is inefficient.
You may say our laws are too old.
You may say the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
You say the phones don’t work, the railways are a joke. The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
You say our country has been fed to the dogs and in the absolute pits.
You say say and say. What do you do about it?
Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name =YOURS. Give him a face=– YOURS. You walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don’t throw cigarette butts on the road or eat in the stores. You are as proud of their undergrounds links as they are. You pay $5 (approx Rs60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 pm and 8 pm. You come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket only if you have overstayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity... In Singapore you don’t say anything. Do you? You wouldn’t dare to eat in public during Ramzan in Dubai.....you would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah.
You would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs650) a month to see to it that my STD and DID calls are billed to someone else. You would not dare to speed beyond 55mph (88khm/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop “Jaanta hai main kaun honn (Do you know who I am?) I am so and so’s son. Take your two bucks and get lost. You would not chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand.
Why don’t you spit pan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don’t you use examinations jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston? We are still talking of the same YOU. You who can respect and conform to foreign system on other countries but cannot in your own. You throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be involved and appreciated citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India?
In America every dog owner had to clean up after his pet had done the job. Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here? We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility.
We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of the bathrooms.
We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public.
When it comes to burning social issues like those treated upon women, dowry girl child and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? "It’s the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone fore go my sons rights to a dowry". So who's going to change the system?
What does a system consists of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along and work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of this land or we leave the country and run away.
Like a lazy coward hounded by our fear we run to America to bask in the glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight to the gulf. When gulf was war struck, we demand to be rescued by the Indian Government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.
Quote Unquote "Dr. Abd Kalam and many great leaders of India had actually given speeches like the above at length, but to the daft and foolish Indians its more akin to a tale told into one donkeys' ear and out of an another jackass's ass."
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Finders keepers...
My late father, knowing him being a bit "so n so" kinda person, had kept some old monies in his so called wooden "vault". Well! the other day, on the weekend, and not knowing what to do, I started doing some spring cleaning and stumbled upon what I like to believe was some kinda of a 'treasure trove".
Finders Keepers... hahaha
Finders Keepers... hahaha
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Randy Paush...
Before his death from pancreatic cancer, Randy Paush left behind his family a letter from his learned journey.
On Personality:
1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment
3. Don't over do; keep your limits
4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does
5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip
6. Dream more while you are awake
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present
11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you
12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
13. Smile and laugh more
14. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
On Community:
15. Call your family often
16. Each day give something good to others
17. Forgive everyone for everything
18. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
19. Try to make at least three people smile each day
20. What other people think of you is none of your business
21. Your job will not take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.
On Life:
22. Put GOD first in anything and everything that you think, say and do.
23. GOD heals everything
24. Do the right things
25. However good or bad a situation is, it will change
26. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up
27. The best is yet to come
28. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful
29. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it
30. If you know GOD, you will always be happy. So, be happy.
On Personality:
1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment
3. Don't over do; keep your limits
4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does
5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip
6. Dream more while you are awake
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present
11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you
12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
13. Smile and laugh more
14. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
On Community:
15. Call your family often
16. Each day give something good to others
17. Forgive everyone for everything
18. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
19. Try to make at least three people smile each day
20. What other people think of you is none of your business
21. Your job will not take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.
On Life:
22. Put GOD first in anything and everything that you think, say and do.
23. GOD heals everything
24. Do the right things
25. However good or bad a situation is, it will change
26. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up
27. The best is yet to come
28. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful
29. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it
30. If you know GOD, you will always be happy. So, be happy.
Monday, October 11, 2010
The Language of English...
Lets face it
QUOTE
"English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France .
We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught,
Why didn't the preacher praught.
If a vegetarian eats vegetables
What on earth does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways
How can the weather be as hot as hell on one day
And as cold as hell on another
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
It burns down
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
English was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
Which of course isn't a race at all...
That is why When the stars are out they are visible
But when the lights are out they are invisible
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts
But when I wind up this poem
It ends." UNQUOTE
QUOTE
"English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France .
We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught,
Why didn't the preacher praught.
If a vegetarian eats vegetables
What on earth does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways
How can the weather be as hot as hell on one day
And as cold as hell on another
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
It burns down
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
English was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
Which of course isn't a race at all...
That is why When the stars are out they are visible
But when the lights are out they are invisible
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts
But when I wind up this poem
It ends." UNQUOTE
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Commonwealth Games - again
It is one thing to brag and be proud of what you have, but it’s another when you brag and look like dorks.
STOP telling the world you've the best doctors, engineers, lawyers, astro scientists or whatever when you can't even clean up your own stinking backyard...
STOP telling it is because of you our IT infrastructures are stable and working…
STOP telling you're able and capable of self-sustenance.
STOP hiding your daftness. Your hide speaks well of your lame follies.
If you at all need to preach...do so to your kind and NOT to the world. We moved away long time ago into virtual reality and you dumb rats are still professing the same old lame women's laments.
This is rather interesting...Indians claim the gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games are not to world standards... hahahahaha
Let’s see if you can do better...hahahahaa.
I wonder where the slumps and the die-hard famine stricken beggars from the Streets of Delhi go...
...in one game, the scores were more than the spectators.
If you're an Indian reading this….don’t be offended.. You're the offence to your well-being and stupidy.
STOP telling the world you've the best doctors, engineers, lawyers, astro scientists or whatever when you can't even clean up your own stinking backyard...
STOP telling it is because of you our IT infrastructures are stable and working…
STOP telling you're able and capable of self-sustenance.
STOP hiding your daftness. Your hide speaks well of your lame follies.
If you at all need to preach...do so to your kind and NOT to the world. We moved away long time ago into virtual reality and you dumb rats are still professing the same old lame women's laments.
This is rather interesting...Indians claim the gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games are not to world standards... hahahahaha
Let’s see if you can do better...hahahahaa.
I wonder where the slumps and the die-hard famine stricken beggars from the Streets of Delhi go...
...in one game, the scores were more than the spectators.
If you're an Indian reading this….don’t be offended.. You're the offence to your well-being and stupidy.
Monday, October 04, 2010
Husbands are now "hot buns"
Where did all those husbands go? Didn't the wives lodge police reports?
Now, try to harness this for digestion.
A kid or kids goes missing in the country, pictures and photos are splashed all over the country especially if it is a kid of a bangsa Melayu.
Ever since both the two lawyers-killers were apprehended over the murder of some millionaire entrepreneur, more wives have come forth asking the Police what happened to their reports on missing hubbies?
I mean when the complains were made for the first time....did the Polis DiRaja Malaysia even bother to locate these 'missing husbands'. They did not. Why?
Quote "India hilang ke, mati ke, peduli ape..biar dia pe mampus." Unquote.
Pompuan Melayu kena bunuh..hilang, satu PDRM pegi cari...Nice Police work.
No wonder the PDRM is filled with Melayu and not any other race.
1Malaysia mah....
Now, as more wives come forth reporting hubbies gone missing, I wonder what the PDRM did when the complains were lodged the first time.
Well done..PDRM..memang kudos to you.
"Cari jangan tak cari.....cari jangan tak cari.... lalalalalala"
Maybe PDRM should be renamed as "Polis DiRasuah Malaysia"
Now, try to harness this for digestion.
A kid or kids goes missing in the country, pictures and photos are splashed all over the country especially if it is a kid of a bangsa Melayu.
Ever since both the two lawyers-killers were apprehended over the murder of some millionaire entrepreneur, more wives have come forth asking the Police what happened to their reports on missing hubbies?
I mean when the complains were made for the first time....did the Polis DiRaja Malaysia even bother to locate these 'missing husbands'. They did not. Why?
Quote "India hilang ke, mati ke, peduli ape..biar dia pe mampus." Unquote.
Pompuan Melayu kena bunuh..hilang, satu PDRM pegi cari...Nice Police work.
No wonder the PDRM is filled with Melayu and not any other race.
1Malaysia mah....
Now, as more wives come forth reporting hubbies gone missing, I wonder what the PDRM did when the complains were lodged the first time.
Well done..PDRM..memang kudos to you.
"Cari jangan tak cari.....cari jangan tak cari.... lalalalalala"
Maybe PDRM should be renamed as "Polis DiRasuah Malaysia"
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