Thursday, 14 June 2012
counterpoint: We,The People of India.....poor,righteous Indians....
counterpoint: We,The People of India.....poor,righteous Indians....: It never fails to amuse me how the poor in India are always right - legally and morally. It's always the rich man's son in the BMW who run...
We,The People of India.....poor,righteous Indians.
It never fails to amuse me how the poor in India are always right - legally and morally.
It's always the rich man's son in the BMW who runs over a sleeping slumdweller who must be wrong.
The BMW owner pays multiple taxes,road tax,parking fees,sales tax,octroi,excise duty,etc. and is driving on the road he paid for with his income tax and wealth tax. The slumdweller is sleeping free and illegally...yet he is right and adopts a righteous and injured attitude!!
Also,since when did stealing electricity and water from public supply lines not become an offence ??
It's always the rich man's son in the BMW who runs over a sleeping slumdweller who must be wrong.
The BMW owner pays multiple taxes,road tax,parking fees,sales tax,octroi,excise duty,etc. and is driving on the road he paid for with his income tax and wealth tax. The slumdweller is sleeping free and illegally...yet he is right and adopts a righteous and injured attitude!!
Also,since when did stealing electricity and water from public supply lines not become an offence ??
counterpoint: We,The People of India....sea-link to nowhere
counterpoint: We,The People of India....sea-link to nowhere: The Bandra-Worli Sea Link is the most useless and meaningless bridge on Earth: 1.It has a speed limit of 50 Kmph-the world's lowest bridg...
We,The People of India....sea-link to nowhere
The Bandra-Worli Sea Link is the most useless and meaningless bridge on Earth:
1.It has a speed limit of 50 Kmph-the world's lowest bridge speed limit!
This max. speed limit is well below the minimum speed limit on all Western countries' highways!
2.No overtaking on the bridge!
3.Speed breakers on the bridge!
4.Net distance saved - 4 kms. Cost of bridge Rs.1,600 crores!The worlds most expensive bridge per km.!
5.Bridge is still incomplete 17 years after work started!
6.100 meaningless road signs on the bridge! If you read each one you will definitely have an accident,as they are irrelevant,badly placed and their text matter is too small.
7.Dangerous dividers to separate traffic at the toll naka!
8.Several repair works already commenced !That too,in a dangerous manner!
9.No separate queues or discounts for monthly passholders,thereby discouraging the purchase of a monthly pass!
8.On the old route,which has churches,schools,shops,pedestrians:
-no speedbrakers!
-overtaking encouraged!
-no speedlimits!
-no repair work though it is sorely needed!
Plans for Worli-Haji Ali link are totally scrapped!!
1.It has a speed limit of 50 Kmph-the world's lowest bridge speed limit!
This max. speed limit is well below the minimum speed limit on all Western countries' highways!
2.No overtaking on the bridge!
3.Speed breakers on the bridge!
4.Net distance saved - 4 kms. Cost of bridge Rs.1,600 crores!The worlds most expensive bridge per km.!
5.Bridge is still incomplete 17 years after work started!
6.100 meaningless road signs on the bridge! If you read each one you will definitely have an accident,as they are irrelevant,badly placed and their text matter is too small.
7.Dangerous dividers to separate traffic at the toll naka!
8.Several repair works already commenced !That too,in a dangerous manner!
9.No separate queues or discounts for monthly passholders,thereby discouraging the purchase of a monthly pass!
8.On the old route,which has churches,schools,shops,pedestrians:
-no speedbrakers!
-overtaking encouraged!
-no speedlimits!
-no repair work though it is sorely needed!
Plans for Worli-Haji Ali link are totally scrapped!!
We,the people of India....with apologies to Annaji!
We,the people of India,vow to staunchly defend our birthright to a corrupt-ful and pirate-infested society...and we will fast indefinitely for our rights !
We,the people of India....pedestrian dogs
I often observe dogs and Indians crossing the road.
Indians cross far more stupidly and dangerously than dogs.
Indians cross far more stupidly and dangerously than dogs.
We,the people of India,....Its pious to be middleclass
It amazing how we in India glorify being just 'middle class'.
How many times have we read the following phrases,light-heartedly and carelessly flung into the middle of an otherwise intelligent article:
'the price rise will hurt the middle class'
'the middle class tax payer will be hit the hardest'.
'Coming from a middleclass family,I had not experienced...'
We all love to wear and flaunt our lack of class (our 'middleclass) on our sleeves.
How many Indians proudly announce that they are rich in an unapologetic manner? None.
We all love to hide behind that annoymous,fig leaf of the faceless mob-the middleclass.
At the time of writing this piece Mr.Ambani and Mr.Tata have just announced in an interview to Time Magazine that they are middle class. India applauds these two latest middleclass entries.
Till we are at ease with our personal wealth and not apologetic about it,we will continue to fluctuate violently between the two extremes of 'middleclass hypocrisy ' and vulgar displays of wealth.
By,
An upperclass citizen
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How many times have we read the following phrases,light-heartedly and carelessly flung into the middle of an otherwise intelligent article:
'the price rise will hurt the middle class'
'the middle class tax payer will be hit the hardest'.
'Coming from a middleclass family,I had not experienced...'
We all love to wear and flaunt our lack of class (our 'middleclass) on our sleeves.
How many Indians proudly announce that they are rich in an unapologetic manner? None.
We all love to hide behind that annoymous,fig leaf of the faceless mob-the middleclass.
At the time of writing this piece Mr.Ambani and Mr.Tata have just announced in an interview to Time Magazine that they are middle class. India applauds these two latest middleclass entries.
Till we are at ease with our personal wealth and not apologetic about it,we will continue to fluctuate violently between the two extremes of 'middleclass hypocrisy ' and vulgar displays of wealth.
By,
An upperclass citizen
https://www.facebook.com/
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