I get upset every time I go through the list of funny ads and see that the matrimonial ads rarely make it to the list. I feel most of the matrimonial ads are funnier than the funniest ads that we would have seen and suggest you go through these ads online or in newspapers; you will surely fall off your chairs laughing. But few days a go I found ads similar to these online albeit for a different reason i.e. for selling hair. One girl had posted something like “I will be cutting my hair…12.5 inches…silky…smooth…receive compliments for hair all the time…will cut it once the money is received!” This is a very good example of how internet is turning the tables in our normal life. On any other day one would go to salon have his/her hair cut pay for the service and leave, that was it. But now they are paid for doing the same thing! All you need to do is just upload a picture of your hair on site and let people start bidding for it. We all know how big this industry has become in south where devotees offer their hair and then it is exported to a number of countries. But earning money from selling hair online is something that I had never heard of. This whole thing does explain the logic behind Garnier’s tagline ‘Take care’ i.e. take care and get a good fare!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Crime pays and how!
Whoever said crime pays went to jail in Austria! Located in the city of Leoben in Austria is a jail that will put any heaven to shame. A look at it from outside will make you think of it as five-star hotel, it is that deceiving. We see how new buildings provide amenities like gym, indoor games inside their clubhouse and charge a premium for it. Here you have all these amenities and many more and that too at free of cost! The jail has a world-class gym, provision for indoor games, basketball court, huge jogging track and what not. I am just wondering whether Austria has done this intentionally as it features in the list of countries with least crime rates in the world and may be it is so bored of not having crime related news that it is now giving incentives to people to commit wrongdoing!
Just imagine having a prison like this in India. We will see lawyers fighting for (read against) their own clients to make sure that they get the maximum punishment. Highest paid lawyer will be the one who would request and convince the judge to give his client (criminal) the life sentence. Forget about criminals, common man who is so frustrated in India for want of basic facilities like water, electricity would prefer living in jail for rent. You would see all the anti-India organizations surrendering to the government, as instead of living incognito and run the risk of losing their lives anytime they would prefer the hospitality that this jail offers. I have no idea about the actual reasons of making such prisons in Austria but jails like these in India will certainly mark the end of all crimes considering the way most of the people are living here with no basic facilities in place.
Just imagine having a prison like this in India. We will see lawyers fighting for (read against) their own clients to make sure that they get the maximum punishment. Highest paid lawyer will be the one who would request and convince the judge to give his client (criminal) the life sentence. Forget about criminals, common man who is so frustrated in India for want of basic facilities like water, electricity would prefer living in jail for rent. You would see all the anti-India organizations surrendering to the government, as instead of living incognito and run the risk of losing their lives anytime they would prefer the hospitality that this jail offers. I have no idea about the actual reasons of making such prisons in Austria but jails like these in India will certainly mark the end of all crimes considering the way most of the people are living here with no basic facilities in place.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
The other side of literacy
Reading TOI is fun and literally so as you would rarely find some 'news' in it. Most of the times the newspaper is busy discussing, improving sex life of people! But after a long time I came across some news which combined its favorite topic sex with some really shocking news. The article that I am referring to talks about how Thailand, more known for its sex tourism is now becoming a tourist attraction but for some different reason this time i.e. for attracting married couples to improve or guarantee their chances of having a baby boy!
We talk about how big businesses always find a way around government policies to get permissions or to save taxes by exploiting loopholes in the existing system and how common man is always made the victim. But wait, the common man has become smarter and like others has found a way to get around the law in India which does not allow prenatal sex selection. As a result of this 1600 girls per day have gone missing in India from 2001-07 (source: UNPF). One fact that goes unnoticed most of the times is that the practice of sex selection is more prevalent in those places where people are literate and as a result more aware about the various treatments and facilities available like screening technologies etc. Someone has rightly said "There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling, and technology. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technology." This awareness coupled with some ruthless selfish doctors has created a very scary situation in India: we are running out of girls. I have had my share of GD i.e. Group discussion or group dogfight during my MBA to find a job. I don't want to go through the same process to find a girl. To support my argument (can't call it MY argument as I read it somewhere long time ago) let me just share some data with you all. I made list of top 15 literate states in India along with the list of 15 states having the worst sex ratio. Shockingly, there were nine common states in these two lists! This may not be the most conclusive evidence but certainly augments the argument made above regarding the relationship between literacy rate and sex ratio.
Whereas I do agree that there are many factors responsible for the present scenario, but at the same time no one can deny the link between these two factors.
We talk about how big businesses always find a way around government policies to get permissions or to save taxes by exploiting loopholes in the existing system and how common man is always made the victim. But wait, the common man has become smarter and like others has found a way to get around the law in India which does not allow prenatal sex selection. As a result of this 1600 girls per day have gone missing in India from 2001-07 (source: UNPF). One fact that goes unnoticed most of the times is that the practice of sex selection is more prevalent in those places where people are literate and as a result more aware about the various treatments and facilities available like screening technologies etc. Someone has rightly said "There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling, and technology. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technology." This awareness coupled with some ruthless selfish doctors has created a very scary situation in India: we are running out of girls. I have had my share of GD i.e. Group discussion or group dogfight during my MBA to find a job. I don't want to go through the same process to find a girl. To support my argument (can't call it MY argument as I read it somewhere long time ago) let me just share some data with you all. I made list of top 15 literate states in India along with the list of 15 states having the worst sex ratio. Shockingly, there were nine common states in these two lists! This may not be the most conclusive evidence but certainly augments the argument made above regarding the relationship between literacy rate and sex ratio.
Whereas I do agree that there are many factors responsible for the present scenario, but at the same time no one can deny the link between these two factors.
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