When I was in college, a class-mate of mine once remarked that ‘privacy was a western concept’. He was justifying the act of defecating in the open, a unfortunate inevitability in most Indian villages. But what about men in cities who are struck with a great and sudden urge to pee when in the vicinity of a blank and stinky wall. Nothing can articulate how WRONG this state of affairs is, better than this world bank video does.
So with the elections just around the corner, we are soon to be bombarded with ads and campaigns that, from a higher moral ground, urge us to caste our precious vote. Sure, one must vote if she or he is informed and has a definite preference towards one particular party. But must there really be a moral or legislative obligation do to so. Should we vote just to make full use our universal franchise. Must we vote because it is the ‘right’ thing to do?
But it isn’t obligatory in India to vote. And this video makes a convincing case that often problems are not solved through democratic decision-making – especially in a country like ours where political structures are far too convoluted, if not complex, for the common man to grasp. Only the knowledgeable and the well-informed are really in a suitable place to make those decisions and perhaps they should be the only ones allowed to. That said, there is no shame in not knowing what the right answers are.
That’s a sports newscaster with an opinion. Take that Mr. Arnab Goswami, you tw*t. These are the issues you should get personal about and launch into a rant: not when some guest on your show responds acerbically to your guileless questioning.
Stories of the debaucherous lives of our superstars are plenty. Whoring, brawling and adultery are rampantly practiced but are never shunned, if not lauded, in dressing rooms. Probably because they are a ‘man’s place.’ All it takes to be ostracized though, is to admit that you’re gay.
Every week we hear bout another parliament session being adjourned because of unruly behavior by our ‘respected’ MPs. This week it was Telengana. Next week it will be something. With the election nearing, this is something we hope our politicians are watching. because, as the video says , ” the youth are watching you.”
I usually hate motivational speeches videos, passionate ‘do-something-good’ posts and ‘free-hugs’ movements. But I love some good stunts. And beautiful landscapes. And speed. It reinforces the idea how how much there is to see and do in the world.
It’s not just the #superbowl truther who is demanding that 9/11 be re-investigated. Hollywood director Oliver Stone tells this reporter that there were a lot of damning evidence uncovered in the 9/11 investigation but the government never went all the way.
Go you anonymous truther. Don’t let people forget 9/11 or the farce of the investigation that followed. And it deeply effects all of American on Non-American. it’s the biggest lie of this century and as conscious, educated, thinking individuals, we demand the truth. or at least an honest investigation. And stop calling yourself ‘the greatest nation of the world.’
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