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Let me see what it promises.
Or not.
LISTEN TO ELDERS!
Thats what I have not done.
*bangs head against wall*
WHY DIDNT I LISTEN TO MY PARENTS AND OTHER ELDERS WHILE GROWING UP?
*grumbles that things would be a lot less awkward had he done said listening*
All you youngsters(that includes you BLACKI),listen to your elders(me included) when we say, uhm, “listen to elders”. I have learnt it the hard way.
Mind it.
What you can do to not get beaten up by your fellow countrymen!
1)Stay where you are born! No silly! I dont mean the bloody hospital or nursing home.
2)Talk in your mother tongue. ENNA RASCALA?
3)Be vigilant against the Western Influence.
4)Mind it *UNIVERSAL LAW*
5)Dont paint or sculpt disgusting and perverted stuff, even if you are just imitating the stuff you see in monuments which are our cultural pride!
6)Celebrate Valentine’s day the same way you celebrate any working day ( from a student’s perspective of the latter : do NOTHING)
7)Behaved decently in public ( no kissing and other romantic stuff, but breaking windows, setting fire to anything that can be burned and beating up your fellow countrymen is OK)
Alternate title : 7 habits of highly successful* people
* = people not beaten up in their lifetime
DISCLAIMER : THIS IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST. IF ANY OF YOU GET BEATEN UP INSPITE OF FOLLOWING SAID POINTS, INFORM ME. I’LL WILL PUBLISH THE SEQUEL.
“When I was your age, there was no TV/computer.”
“When I was a kid, my parents were not as liberal with me as I am with you. *Mind it* “
“My parents never pampered me the way I am pampering you.”
“You want a bike/car? When I was young, I used to travel 28435 kilometres by bus. Or walk! *Ominous look*”
“Why do you need a cellphone? When we were in college, we did not have cellphones.” (one of the chief reasons for banning mobiles in college. “If I didnt have one, like hell you will be allowed to keep one”)
People who oppose the Western influence on Indian youngsters may say -
“When I was your age, I did not have a girlfriend.” ( “I didnt get any in college,so I am not gonna allow you to”. Of course, it could mean, “no girl ever wanted to be my girlfriend”. Hmm, I could actually empathize with such a guy.)
And of course,
“I miss the good old days. Things were so much better than they are today.”
Yes, too bad things arent the way they used to be. We could all be dressed in animal skin and go
CAPTAIN CAAAAAAAAAAVEMAAAAAANNNN
I left for Coimbatore last night(Feb 21st) on the Cheran Express. I have travelled many a time on said train and my comfort level is quite high.
Yesterday, my sense of security was shattered by the extorting eunuchs(or hijras) in the train.
While I have encountered them often(and paid them each time) when travelling to Bangalore,Goa,Pune, I have never seen them on a Chennai-Coimbatore train.
It is the worst thing for something bad to happen at the last place you would think it could happen. Its not that being forced to pay them money is something new. Its just that whenever I had to pay them, I used to think(and take comfort in that) these things never happened inside Tamil Nadu.
And this time, when I gave them 10 rupees, they said that there are 10 of them and forced me to give 10 more. I suppose I should be grateful that they did not demand 100 rupees or more (what a stupid world).
I cant believe that this kind of extortion has become commonplace. And I think its definitely weird that whenever they come, you cant find a security guard closeby.
Something has got to be done about this.
Because of this.No other reason ( I prefer delusion to cold hard reality).
I suppose the people who go around doing such distasteful stuff(distasteful IMHO) do it because they have no chance of doing “distasteful” stuff(distasteful in their not so humble opinion).
[quote] “We are deadly against Valentine’s Day. We are for civilized love and affection.” [/quote]
Does he mean “dead against” ? Or that Terrible Valentine’s Day has no hope against them? Knowing these fellows, they may believe the latter as well.
They may be for civilized love and affection, but what about civilized behaviour on the streets?
[quote] “Sena activists sent out a diktat against Valentine’s Day celebration and threatened to beat up couples found celebrating their love.” [/quote]
Perhaps threats of thrashing were made civilly.
Another excerpt: this taken from here
[quote] “An attempt to burn effigies of “Man and Woman” by Thevar Thesiya Manram was foiled by police, who arrested 17 members of the association.” [/quote]
Well, what do you know? I thought these kind of protests were reserved for “Man and Man” and “Woman and Woman” (I understand Earth/Fire/Wind/Water/Heart…I mean,one of Earth/Fire/Water had such elements which shocked our moral society!)
But “Man and Woman”? Then we may as well as ban all movies/tv shows/books, not to mention exiling everyone but bachelors and spinsters(non-dating of course).
I suppose all that is left for the remaining people is “Me and Myself”, which, quite frankly, gets boring after a while.
