MNS - Did somebody just say Maharashtra NaistoNabood Sena??

                     Mi Marathi, Assi Punjabi, Main Hindi.......and on and on and on! People just find out newer and newer ways to arouse Sentiments of Mass Destruction. "United we live, Divided we fall" sounded so good in our schools, but as they say, it's easy to say and harder to achieve. In their lust for power toreros like Mr. Raj Thackray and all other pseudo Sons of Soil, subject people like us to a bullfight; a bullfight of hatred, jealousy and destruction. And the most heart-breaking part is that "educated people" like you and me, happily become an element of this maelstorm. (Yes, I am pointing towards those blogs and articles that justify these awakening activities going on in Maharashtra.)

                   

                     The what-so-called "awakening" of the Marathi Manoos credited to the Thackray clan who ironically enough, themselves belong to Madhya Pradesh (land of "Hindi people" as they put it), are actively squelching the spirit of people and the peace of our country.In this era of globalization common people like you and me are being segregated on geographical issues and used as pawns to fight each other. Subconsciously or consciously, we are being subjected to prepare a perfect recipe for a doomed state. Remember, how we criticize and mock when Shia and Sunni Muslims fight with each other. Today, I want to ask you the same question- "Are we any different?"

                  

                    Lots of students today go to U.S. for higher studies. One Soumya Reddy is shot dead and we swarm the United States with questions over security. U.S., a place where people from a different race; a race where many have a hardcore notion of superiority over Indians, is expected to congenially accomodate Indian students, giving them all superior comforts. Doesn't this sound bullshit? When you are not ready to live in peace with your fellow countrymen, men of the same race and similar culture, how do you expect people from a different race to pleasantly welcome you, when you are also being preffered over jobs that morally are their right. Salute them that they still give you a warm reception at their gates. Many would think that they do it because we pay them, but your chips dear, cannot rule on public sentiment. Learn something from them.

                        If Raj Thackray would have devoted half of his energy in driving out Bangladeshis instead of Biharis, the poor Indians would have hailed him as their God.In the bloodbath that these politicians initiate, nothing happens to them.Only innocent biharis, marathis and chattisgarhis suffer.Only people like Rahul Raj and Dharamdev Rai are lynched.

                      

                        Lastly, a message for all the Radical thinkers who think that North Indians have encroached upon aamchi Mumbai. Socrates once said:

     "Field and trees teach me nothing but the people in a city do."

                   Cities don't make people. People make cities.Mumbai did not make the Film Industry.The industry made it, what it is today. Also, it's a well known fact that Bihar and U.P. supply the best quality skilled labour. The lower class labour belonging to Maharashtra is known to be clumsy and lackadaisical. If you need evidence just try to find out what happened at Empress Mills, owned by Tata group, in Nagpur.

                    

                    And now we come to the Climax - for all the North Indians-Maharashtra-chhoddo people, I have some even more daring points to blow up your moral-right-over-mumbai arguements to smitherteens. RAMA and KRISHNA both were north indians. Rama was the suryavanshi prince of Raghukul, whereas Krishna was a Yadav from Uttar Pradesh.So, in case of moral rights, you (the radical beings) loose the right over god. Stop worshipping them and North Indians will kiss a good bye to Maharashtra.

                

                  Wait! Wait! Wait! It's still not over! Vithalla and Ganesh are still left.Lord Krishna, accidentally strayed into Pandharpur without the permission of Raj Thackray (I am extremely sorry on his behalf!) and stood over a brick, taking the name of Vithalla. He says he is very sorry and won't do it again, so please spare him and leave him. Also, geographically Ganesha resided somewhere in Kailash and was definitely not a marathi speaking native, so kiss him a good bye too......(No more Ganesh Chaturthi! Sorry to hear that!)  

                 You must be boiling by now, aren't you? Somebody just shunned you from getting close to that being, getting close to whom alone matters. This is how hate-politics is played. I don't want to hurt anyone's sentiments. I only want you to realize who the real enemy is. But if you still think that the Marathi Manoos' awakening is  necessary, then God please leave me deep in my slumber when "my" people begin to awaken!........Please!

Update: Where was Raj thackray and his naistonabood sena wahen Mumbai was bleeding???

Story of the Indian Average II - The Six Stigma

                           Ever heard of Six Sigma,the worlds foremost certification for efficient management, I bet you have! We have something thats conversely true for the modern indian society- the Six Stigma-the worlds foremost certification for disparaging an individual from choosing careers that should not be chosen (Note:According to social status and demand).A typical scenario is like this:

Indian Average: "I wanna do M.A. in English Literature dad"

Dad:"Are you out of your mind! What will you eat? You are not that poor in studies that you need to go into arts."

Indian Average: "But I like studying English.Maybe I'll get to go to Oxford one day."

Dad:"bada aaya shakespeare ki aulad!(Look here comes the heir of shakespeare!)How are you gonna survive.Nobody will marry you.Ye ladka khandaan ka naam kharab karega.(This boy will spoil the name of the family) What will people say!"

Indian Average:"But......."

Dad:"You are going into Engineering and that's it.No more arguments."

                              And then starts the vicious cycle.........a cycle than can stretch over 6 continents.I would be wrong in saying that everyone wants to go to America but a majority does.I don't want to criticize them, no, but I just want to know what they learn from America, rather, the Americans.They learn how to earn money,they learn to flirt,they learn to walk naked on beaches of Acapulco,they learn everything that they shouldn't, but are unable to learn what they should.They don't learn the feeling of respect towards their motherland,they don't learn to raise their voices against injustice,they don't learn to have social responsibility.Remember, that America too was once an under-developed country.They developed because of collective responsibility.In the past 60 years they have reached Mars .Even after 60 years we are still unable to wipe the tears of the poor.This is the principle difference between us and Americans.

                         Coming back to the Indian average guy and the Six Stigma.I call it a six stigma because our society tends to attach a social stigma with anything and everything.The first victim is you.If you want to pursue arts or any other hatke profession,the social reaction will be "ohhh him.......he is a good for nothing.......pursuing arts somewhere." (Another cultural learning we need from America is dignity of work and labour.)

                          With this we can understand the perspective of being average.We have to understand that everyone is a performer in one task but average in others.To get the best out of people we have to recognize their talent and not just degrees, a task in which we horribly fail.For developing a country we don't need intelligensia, but dedication.People caught in the wrong jobs or the wrong career cannot dedicate themselves for the benefit of the society.To an extent parents are also responsible for this.For social status and standing we tend to nurture and be nurtured by them, in a dream to get to foreign lands.If we want to see India as a developed country we have to stop this readymade outlook.Growth cannot be achieved in the lap of luxury.Go to the USA, Europe, Japan, etc........learn their qualities, learn the dignity of labour, learn how vocational courses can be more important than engineering or doctory,learn what social awareness is and apply it. If passion drives profession,profession becomes a bliss.True efforts never go waste and half hearted efforts never count.Unfortunately,the thing's bitter to speak and hard to achieve, but still not impossible.As an M.B.A aspirant myself,I have thought over the issue.It took 6 months and a job-offer rejection for me, to figure out what I wanted to do and why I wanted to do it.

                                 Now is not the right time to disclose anything, but soon enough I will and believe me, the task may help us shape a better future.Stay tuned .Chow!

                

Story of The Indian Average

                         Many of you must be thinking about this silly name, "Me,Tea & Society", aren't you? This is not just a name, rather the definition of my life ......the life of an average person who's  shuttling between his dreams...ahhhh no!....not dreams...ummm....visions! yeah visions,this sounds good! so, shuttling between his visions, a sometimes friend and sometimes fiend society, and (his armory) cups of tea. 

                          This blog will give you  a peek into the life of an average person.........(average person??? Who wants to know about average people?) his thoughts, his ideas (afterall I am the writer of this blog).Well, my friend if you would have understood what average is, you would have become Gautam Buddha by now.He died, or should I say, became immortal teaching us the art of becoming average.Let's just try to have a look what the Indian Average is:

                          When you are in India, being average is as good as being dead.Every single person and every single parent views his son/daughter as the avant garde heir of their family lineage,(preferrably settled in America). People, like you an me, are sucked into a grotesque gruelling machine, known as "Career".I am not discouraging you to pursue a career....no! no!......not at all! What I am talking about, is the career that you pursue on behalf of your parents, and also for the society that you live in.

                          The typical life track for educated Indian teens, professed and implemented even before their birth is:

                       School->Junior college->engineer->MBA or MS ->America->Life Successful!                                             (If any Americans are reading this,probably now they will understand why every tom,dick and harry from India comes to their country for education.Note for Indians:Sorry mates, no offence!)

                          Why America???........well, you don't remain average after that.You become a Non-Resident Indian man. You get all the good girls to marry plus big dowry plus status plus resplendent visages of your parents, and that's so fucking cool! Afterall, for us (excluding a few imbeciles like me!) Money is God and America is Heaven,and we all want to leave for the heavenly abode,don't we?(LOL!)

                           What we forget, is that in this rat-race, we gain the world but we loose ourselves.The pursuit of intelligence makes us loose the innocence.In the world of cut throat competition we become a mercenary,who will slit the throats of anybody and everybody coming between him and his success, but it will be just a matter of time before somebody comes and slits his own throat.Rather than earn and learn we earn and burn, and the ones who don't are the imbeciles like the ones in the bracket.This is the story of the average Indian.........a good-for-nothing of the society.