Sep 1, 2011

Bribery Culture of India - Must read




Corruption in India is a cultural aspect.
Indians seem to think nothing peculiar about corruption. It is everywhere.

Indians tolerate corrupt individuals rather than correct them.
 
No race can be congenitally corrupt.
But can a race be corrupted by its culture?
 
To know why Indians are corrupt, look at their patterns and practices.
 
First:
 
Religion is transactional in India.
Indians give God cash and anticipate an out-of-turn reward. Such a plea acknowledges that favours are needed for the undeserving.
 
In the world outside the temple walls, such a transaction is named- 'bribe' .
 
A wealthy Indian gives not cash to temples, but gold crowns and such baubles. His gifts can not feed the poor. His pay-off is for God. He thinks it will be wasted if it goes to a needy man. In June 2009, The Hindu published a report of Karnataka minister G. Janardhan Reddy gifting a crown of gold and diamonds worth Rs 45 crore to Tirupati. India's temples collect so much that they don't know what to do with it. Billions are gathering dust in temple vaults.
 
When Europeans came to India they built schools. When Indians go to Europe & USA, they build temples. Indians believe that if God accepts money for his favours, then nothing is wrong in doing the same thing. This is why Indians are so easily corruptible. Indian culture accommodates such transactions morally. There is no real stigma. An utterly corrupt Jaya Lalita can make a comeback, just unthinkable in the West.
 
Second -
 
Indian moral ambiguity towards corruption is visible in its history. Indian history tells of the capture of cities and kingdoms after guards were paid off to open the gates, and commanders paid off to surrender.
 
This is unique to India.
 
Indians' corrupt nature has meant limited warfare on the subcontinent. It is striking how little Indians have actually fought compared to ancient Greece and modern Europe.
 
The Turks' battles with Nadir Shah were vicious and fought to the finish. In India fighting wasn't needed, bribing was enough to see off armies. Any invader willing to spend cash could brush aside India's kings, no matter how many tens of thousands soldiers were in their infantry. Little resistance was given by the Indians at the 'Battle' of Plassey. Clive paid off Mir Jaffar and all of Bengal folded to an army of 3,000.
 
There was always a financial exchange to taking Indian forts. Golconda was captured in 1687 after the secret back door was left open. Mughals vanquished Marathas and Rajputs with nothing but bribes. The Raja of Srinagar gave up Dara Shikoh's son Sulaiman to Aurangzeb after receiving a bribe.
 
There are many cases where Indians participated on a large scale in treason due to bribery.
 
Question is: Why Indians have a transactional culture while other 'civilized' nations don't?
 
Third -
 
Indians do not believe in the theory that they all can rise if each of them behaves morally, because that is not the message of their faith.
 
Their caste system separates them. They don't believe that all men are equal. This resulted in their division and migration to other religions. Many Hindus started their own faith like Sikh, Jain, Buddha and many converted to Christianity and Islam.
 
The result is that Indians don't trust one another. There are no Indians in India, there are Hindus, Christians, Muslims and what not.
 
Indians forget that 400 years ago they all belonged to one faith. This division evolved an unhealthy culture. The inequality has resulted in a corrupt society,
 
In India every one is thus against everyone else, except God and even he must be bribed.

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Fir Khada Kaise Hua


Ek Bar Santa Ki Eyes Mein Kuch Problem Aa Gayi, To Uska Eyes Ka Operation Karna Pada.

Operation Ho Gaya To Santa Ne Socha Ki Chalo Paisi Bachaye Jaye.

Doctor Ne Uski Aankho Ki Patti Kholni Shuru Ki, Aur Pucha

Doctor: "Kaisa Dikh Raha Hai Ab Aapko?"

Santa: "Doctor Saab Mujhe Kuch Nahi Dikh Raha"

Doctor Ne Uski Aankhein Saanf Ki Or Fir Pucha.

Santa: "Dr. Saab Kuch Bhi Nahi Dikh Raha"

Doctor Ne Kuch Socha Aur Apni Nurse Ko Kaha Ki Apne Kapde Utare, Fir Santa Se Pucha.

Santa: "Kuch Nahi Dikh Raha Ji"

Doctor Ne Nurse Ko Bra And Panty Utarne Ko Kaha, Aur Fir Pucha.

Santa: "Nahi Ji Sab Kuch Kaala Kaala Hai"

Doctor Ne Nurse Ko Kaha Ki Santa Ke Samne Jake Apne Boobs Hilaye Aur Choot Mein Ungli Dale.

Nurse Ne Esa Kiya, Doctor Ne Fir Santa Se Pucha.

Santa: "Doctor Saab Sach Mein Mujhe Kuch Najar Nahi Aa Raha"

Doctor Ne Santa Ko Zor Se Thappar Mara Aur Bola.

Doctor: "Bhonsdi Ke Kuch Bhi Nazar Nahi Aa Raha To, Tera Lund Kaisi Khada Ho Gaya Hai?"


Thought to Ponder About - Why is No one Happy?




Yesterday, I was driving, and the FM radio went off for few seconds. I thought, I should have an iPod. Then suddenly I realized that I have not used my iPod in last 6 months. And then, more things, Handy cam in last 2 years, Digital Camera in last 2 months, DVD player in last 1 month and many more. Now I can say that I bought that Handy cam just out of impulse, I have used it twice only in last 4 years.
 
So, what's wrong and where? When I look at myself or my friends I can see it everywhere. We are not happy with what we have but all are stressed and not happy for the things we don't have. You have a Santro, but you want City; You have a City, but you want Skoda. Just after buying a new phone, we need another one. Better laptop, bigger TV, faster car, bigger house, more money, .I mean, these examples are endless. The point is, does it actually worth? Do we ever think if we actually need those things before we want them?
 
After this, I was forced to think what I need and what I don't. May be I didn't need this Handy cam or the iPod or that DVD player. When I see my father back at home. He has a simple BPL colour TV, he doesn't need 32" Sony LCD wall mount. He has a cell phone worth Rs 2,500. Whenever I ask him to change the phone, he always says, "Its a phone, I need this just for calls."
 
And believe me; he is much happier in life than me with those limited resources and simple gadgets. The very basic reason why he is happy with so little is that he doesn't want things in life to make it luxurious, but he wants only those things which are making his life easier. It's a very fine line between these two, but after looking my father's life style closely, I got the point. He needs a cell phone but not the iPhone. He needs a TV but not the 32" plasma. He needs a car but not an expensive one.
 
Initially I had lot of questions.
 
I am earning good, still I am not happy,...why ?
 
I have all luxuries, still I am stressed.... ....... why ?
 
I had a great weekend, still I am feeling tired...... why?
 
I met lot of people, I thought over it again and again, I still don't know if I got the answers, but certainly figured out few things. I realize that one thing which is keeping me stressed is the "stay connected" syndrome. I realized that, at home also I am logged in on messengers, checking mails, using social networks, and on the top of that, the windows mobile is not letting me disconnected. On the weekend itself, trying to avoid unwanted calls, and that is keeping my mind always full of stress. I realized that I am spending far lesser money than what I earn, even then I am always worried about money and more money. I realized that I am saving enough money I would ever need, whenever needed. Still I am stressed about job and salary and spends.
 
May be, many people will call this approach "not progressive attitude", but I want my life back. Ultimately it's a single life, a day gone is a day gone. I believe if I am not happy tonight, I'll never be happy tomorrow morning. I finally realized that meeting friends, spending quality time with your loved one's; spending time with yourself is the most important thing.
 
If on Sunday you are alone and you don't have anybody to talk with, then all that luxuries life, all that money is wasted. May be cutting down your requirements, re-calculating your future goal in the light of today's happiness is a worthwhile thing to do. May be selling off your Santro and buying Honda City on EMIs is not a good idea. I believe putting your happiness ahead of money is the choice we need to make.
 
I think, a lot can be said and done but what we need the most is re-evaluation of the value of happiness and time we are giving to our life and people associated with it.
 
Think about it.

A Bit of Humor


A Blind Lumber Man



A Blind Lumber Man
 
The foreman at the lumberyard needed a replacement for an employee who just quit;
and while he wasn't eager to hire the blind man (because of the obvious risks involved), the blind man begged for the chance.
"You'll see," he said. "Just put me in front of a pile of lumber. I sniff the lumber and know what type it is I will stack it accordingly."

So the foreman agreed to give it a shot.
Positioning the blind man in front of a stack of wood, he asked what type it was. Ahhhhhhhhhh..." said the blind man, taking a deep breath. "Pine, twelve-foot," and stacked it in place.

The foreman was surprised and repeated the test with oak and redwood, fir and mahogany, but the blind man didn't miss once.
Then, getting a sly look on his face, the foreman called up to the office secretary.
"There's a blind man applying for a job and I don't want to hire him.
He says he can tell what kind of wood we have just by sniffing it.
I want to confuse him.. come back here, take off all your clothes and lay on top of that pile of wood."

The secretary stripped naked and draped herself across the wood.
Sniffing furiously, the blind man then looked puzzled. "Gee, I don't believe I've ever smelled wood like that before... let me take another sniff."

He went closer and sniffed the wood again.
"DAMN, I have no idea what that is... can you turn it over?"
The secretary turned over.
The blind man went near the pile of wood and took another deep sniff.
"Well?" the foreman asked. "What kind of wood is THAT?"
"Hmmm..." said the blind man, "I'm not sure, but near as I can tell, it's the shit house door off a tuna boat."


Does Watching Adult Movies Can Lead You to Divorce?

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He may have been the world’s most wanted terrorist at the time he was killed, but it turns out Osama bin Laden was also a typical man. Evidently, bin Laden had an “extensive” stash of Adult Movies at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, according to officials.

There’s no way to know if the Mrs. — or the three Mrs. he was evidently living with — approved of it or even knew. Most people are secretive about their Adult Movies habits. Perhaps they may have watched with him although that’s doubtful; although more women are watching online Adult Movies than ever — some 13 million American women were checking it out at least once each month in the first three months of 2007 — they have yet to come close to guys. Women tend to favor cybersex chat rooms — we like to talk — while men go for the visuals.

Face it — if there’s a man in your life, he’s most likely watching Adult Movies and if you’re a woman, you’re most likely not too happy about it.

A lot of women get tweaked by Adult Movies in part because they think their partner is comparing them to Jenna Jameson and other Adult Movies stars; we can be competitive — or insecure — when it comes to other attractive women, and there’s just no way most of us are going to have perfect assets and bottom, and the sexual responses a Adult Movies star does. Nor are we necessarily going to be open to all the positions and, uh, broad-mindedness of Adult Movies stars (although I’m guessing few of us would turn away, say, a Brad Pitt-George Clooney threesome; I sure wouldn’t).

Polls show that we’re pretty evenly divided on whether Adult Movies is just part of the package when it comes to men and if it’s demeaning to women. We’re also equally divided on whether Adult Movies is bad for relationships, although if you’ve been involved with someone who’s lost interest in having sex with you because he’d prefer to satisfy himself to some online Adult Movies, you’re pretty clear on the damage it does.

Still, that’s a small percentage of Adult Movies watchers. The majority of people view their Adult Movies watching as some good, not-quite-so-clean fun, according to researcher Alvin Cooper, who heads the San Jose Marital and Sexuality Center and conducts seminars on cybersex addiction. Only 15 percent of the respondents to Cooper’s study said their Adult Movies watching actually led to behaviors that interfered with their lives.

But what if you happen to be married to someone in that 15 percent? Is that a good reason to dump him? What about the “recreational” Adult Movies watchers?
If you read many of the online advice boards, it seems that a lot of women are fed up with their partner’s Adult Movies watching and wonder if they should get a divorce.

According to research by Patrick F. Fagan, senior fellow and director of the conservative Center for Research on Marriage and Religion, P**n*g*aphy is a “quiet family killer.”

Not only does watching Adult Movies contribute to infidelity, but a spouse’s Adult Movies obsession was a factor in 56 percent of divorces, Fagan says.

Divorce attorneys tend to agree with Fagan’s findings. At a 2003 meeting of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, two-thirds of the 350 divorce lawyers noted that the Internet was playing an increasing role in marital splits, with excessive online Adult Movies watching contributing to more than half of the divorces. According to Richard Barry, president of the association, “P**n*g*aphy had an almost nonexistent role in divorce just seven or eight years ago.”

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Others aren’t so sure, but know something’s amiss. “The attention paid to the connection between Adult Movies and infidelity doesn’t translate into anything like a consensus on what that connection is,” writes Ross Douthat, a senior editor at the Atlantic, in “Is P**n*g*aphy Adultery?” “But if you approach infidelity as a continuum of betrayal rather than an either/or proposition, then the Internet era has ratcheted the experience of P**n*g*aphy much closer to adultery than I suspect most Adult Movies users would like to admit.”

But is the problem Adult Movies itself or a guy’s obsession with it? Or is there something else going on?

No man in a healthy sexual relationship would choose Adult Movies over bonking his flesh-and-blood partner, says San Francisco Bay Area sex therapist and America’s War On Sex: The Attack on Law, Lust, & Liberty author Marty Klein.

Emphasis on “healthy.” So, if a guy’s watching too much Adult Movies — whatever “too” much is and who gets to decide that — a couple now has an out; they can say he has a “Adult Movies addiction.” “If a wife claims that Adult Movies use is infidelity, if a girlfriend claims that Adult Movies use means he isn’t attracted to her, a disease is a good place to hide,” Klein says.

So what typically happens is she puts her foot down — “Adult Movies or me!” — and he promises that he’ll stop watching. And some guys actually do stop, Klein says.

“The rest will do what they did when they were 14 — they’ll do it in secret, feel bad about it and hope they won’t get caught. And so a life of lying about sex continues. You can imagine what that will do to the couple’s closeness.”

I imagine that’s how many couples find themselves divorcing over “Adult Movies addiction.” What about you?