Retrograde nation & doomed protest

               Year 2011, Anna and Kejriwal took us by storm and we saw a ray of hope. Even a cricket fanatic nation winning world cup didn't made to much of news as compared to protest(second war of independence) held by Anna against corruption and for Jan Lokpal. Second war of independence was laid at peace in graveyard by few smart move by some  very smart people , who has boon of ruling largest democracy of world without any fear as no law can put their shining fortune in slightest of jeopardy .

                 From Suresh kalmadi to Robert Vadra everyone is enjoying being born in a nation where with wealth and power everything can be twisted to one's comfort. Moral for youth -  "Lets get money or power as soon as possible as this is the only way to survive in largest democracy ", "One should get associated to some powerful personality of nation preferably MLAs, MPs, Politicians or may be few top brass bureaucrat","One can take risk of committing a crime as law and justice is always delayed or denied in largest democracy."

                 Year 2012, A girl was brutally raped sorry "gang raped". A protest held by common people and rightly captured by media. Media here includes news channels, news papers , twitter, facebook , internet etc.I have been following this incidence closely since the day it started . It was nice to see people standing united for a great cause and asking for justice, but important point to ponder over  - who were responsible for this crime?

• Police, yes to some extent , but it was a winter night and they are not paid enough to work so hard ? We pay taxes for our safety , but police only care to serve politicians or bureaucratic personnel [Their family is always safe and secure ]
• Rapist , who before this incidence belonged to our society . Did they had any fear before committing this atrocities ? I think "NO" or may be high alcoholic drive might have overran  their initial thoughts . Whom to blame for this - may be our slow judiciary process .
• was Girl herself , responsible as she had a dream of studying in  National Capital of largest democracy ? May be "YES", She should be aware of great law and order we have in place for common people.
• Political Class - "YES and NO", I am confused here and don't know whether they are responsible in any way, it has been tough these years making sure their Swiss bank account have enough for at least few generations to come.

              As a common man , I am left with two option, one either be a part of system and self sufficient to encounter these situation or search for a better place to spend rest of life. Another dilemma pops up- "Stop Cribbing ! Are we running away from our responsibility , why can't try and change this system yourself , its your nation after all ". Well in that case we have followed Gandhian footsteps of peaceful protest and result is wide known . Anything which can positively effect common people can't take  concrete shape in largest democracy as its no more a democracy . It's a nation of poor where they are ruled by few elite class.

               Intriguing about our freedom struggle, Shubhash Chandra Bose and revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh. what must have went through their mind before starting a violent revolution? Probably some uncontrolled situation like current situation, where common man had no option left. During independence struggle we were familiar with enemy , they had a face and motive , but now enemy is faceless and motive is highly undervalued. Even after 65 year of independence do we need Bhagat Singh again or what's the solution for a retrograding nation and doomed non violent protest.

This is firmly my opinion based on my observation in recent time.

Satyamev Jayate.

 Satyamev Jayate (Truth may prevail) - an insight of true India , diverse India , good India and bad India, a show hosted by Aamir khan who walked in  , not in Armani or designer wear but in plane and simple attire. Its a show which discusses social issues like female genocide and make sure audience see each face of coin and weight them by their own intellect.

Well researched , unbiased, and real show - thats what i call it after watching first episode. It changed my perception . Satyamev is a show which seems to be "hitting Bullseye" . Satyamev team seems to have done their homework correct. What most important that i like about the show is that , it waves out  Good as well as Bad India.( Bad India is basically not what we think is bad and viceversa.)  Our bureaucracy is definitely an issue but in the end its we who can change things around us. Show starts with discussion of the social issue and end with a solution which simmers the audience and gives a ray of hope to fight injustice happening around us. Through out the show, a good amount of work is reflected in form of facts and figure.Only one thing i am clueless  about - "tears" , it didn't looked real to me in some case.

From my experience , in society were we live hardly one percent of people is ready to do something which will directly or indirectly lead to betterment of society . People are bonked by self - satisfaction ego which stops them from moving one's bumps out of couch and do something good for society in whatever way he/she can offer. For them - who thinks its not "thier job" , Aamir came as  changing thought  or inspiration . He resembles true India. Hats Off to Aamir and team for such a inspiring show.

PS: sorry about incorrect English :)

Link to Episode - 1 

Dream On - "CAT gone wild"

Aakash - a general category student , a male and a engineer too but he dared to write CAT 2011 in order to get into a reputed B-School of Country.This was the very first decision he took off his own unlike others which was biased by society and people around him. He started preparation since March in order to make sure he gives in ample hardwork to pursue his dream. Started off with weekends study, attending coaching classes in order to make sure he is in touch with subject everytime. Reduced regular weekend outings and other activities to put in more time and effort for preparation.
Being a optimist he never thought of rejection or selection but cared only to put in more of hardwork . VA was not his strong hold so he focussed more on VA as compared with QA. He was distinction holder in Math at school level and is math olympiad qualified for year 2004. In September he gave GMAT and score merely average with around 99%ile in QA which was of same level as was CAT 2011. After a month he took CAT and attempted 26 out 30 question , was rest assured of getting 95+ as he had practiced for 6 long months and was his strong area. Finger Crossed , VA he was unsure of his score and waited for result.


Results are Out. Aakash was fucked to limit as his QA percentile was merely 84.xx and VA was 92.xx . Clueless! he just looked at monitor and kept wandering what all "chutiyapa" he might have done in Exam . It was like in a moment all his hard work and effort gone leaving behind a big void to understand his mistakes . He went to surf pagalguy for all his queries and grievances and found a post by Coverner of CAT 2011 :

 "One has to understand how scores are worked out. If a candidate does well, it does not always mean his score will be excellent. Scores are relative"


" If there are any issues they are solved psychometrically."


"Normalisation :Different papers are set for different days of the exam. And all these papers have different questions, though some questions may be common. The performance to these questions help us know the difficulty level of the paper. So, all papers are brought to the same level of difficulty and scores are given accordingly."

Holy shit ! Some students who got in ninties last year just managed to get score in  single digit , does this is what he meant by normalisation and psychometric. Few question i would like to put forth to computer based CAT typo exams;

• How students will analyse their mistake if actual mark is not shown to them? In paper based exams atleast it was clear which mistake you did and whom to blame for?
• Normalisation: One topic might be easy for me and hard for other, one may be more effective in  first slot rather second but how these factors can be normalised
• Why can't transparency be manitained may be by sending students a complete details of thier question and answers.

What about Aakash? He understood that beating around bush is not gonna work . Whether you cry or argue on any forum , reality is that IIM has sole control and results are final and mandatory whether you are satisfied or not. Game was played and Aakash was out - HOW and WHY dosen't matters a lot now a days, Only things that matters is whether you are in or out. Gone are the days when hard work did paid off,  in modern scenario hard work must be accompanied with right execution and luck to fill in the voids which you can never be aware off. Aakash is still motivated for MBA but unsure about path to be chosen ahead.

Congrats to all the fellas who managed to get "in" and bell the CAT.

Airtel -- "Harass Yourself" - 2

                 So sequel has arrived [Airtel -- "Harass Yourself"] .  Nothing seems to had happened and things aren't getting prettier day by day. Just to summarize , i had billing issues  and registered a complain on 18th of August 2011(Complain no - 2459550) . Then , a lot has happened afterward here a brief summary  or rather continuation of events from last post.

• 10th Sep , After four days of continuous phone calls and mails finally connection was up . Thanks to Airtel
• 14th Sep , Got a call stating that "We (Airtel) are looking into issue and revert back in a week".
• 24th Sep , Got a mail that your complain has been resolved , but bill remains the same.
• I called them and got to know that original complain was closed and a new complain was registered, no clue why? On asking , they told regarding previous complain i was unavailable on phone so they closed . What the Fuck ! They didn't even bothered to drop a mail .
• 30th Sep , I went to Airtel and office and inquired  . Reply - "Sir, we are in process and will revert back in two days".
• Then i got few calls in next week stating that things are moving
• 3rd Oct, I got a call that Connection has been corrected to required plan and hence no false billing will be in coming months . Cool!
• 7th Oct, Airtel - "Sir, your waiver for false billing has been approved so please pay the bill which is close to 3500 rupees asap." . 
• 8th Oct, I went Online to pay the bill , and it showed bil amounting to staggering 30k .(I tried on till 12th but same figures.)
• 14th Oct , Connection was blocked due to non-payment

• Immediately,  went to  kormangala Office and enquired. thankfully i met a senior manager over their and he helped in restoring connection and once again assured that by Monday things will be sorted out.
• 15th Oct , Today I was in middle of something and suddenly connection was blocked once again. I called the same guy and he restored the connection again.

                 I even mailed to appellate at Airtel but no proper response . Airtel is busy with Grand Pirx and other important stuffs. Its  earned enough from the poor Indian market that they can neglect the issues of the Customer , rather i should tell they got a licence to  harass customers for no reason.

Seems all Airtel officials are busy with Grid Girls . Would like to request Airtel that , stop harassing your customers otherwise you will one day end up being  a company who would be manufacturing bikinis and pants in India which no one would use.

Why Should We Pay TAX ?

           Every earning citizen of this nation , need to pay taxes which has to be used to develop nation and cement bright future for coming generation. We need to pay road tax , water tax , housing tax and many  more  taxes in order to make a bright tomorrow for ourselves and our fellow country men .

           Where dose this huge amount goes ?? It goes to Switzerland or  other foreign countries (Madhu koda bought some company in South Africa). Now a days,  politicians are using it to make parks embedding their own statue. Ironically , alive person building statue of own and that too from people money which we pay in form of taxes . Sushri Mayawati - CM of Uttar Pradesh and Epitome of Selfishness and Self-Proclamation  has recently inaugurated Rs 685 park in Noida  .

             UP , An  Indian state with highest population is starving for basic amenities and other small resources . People are having a tough time earning bread and livelihood .In contrast CM of state so called dalit leader and leader of poor is using the money needed by them for her selfish needs . This summarizes  the pathetic condition of poor and dalit residing in UP. People commit  scams , but are carefull that no one knows about it, but she has fear of none . Seems their is no authority to check Mayawati. Here problem starts. Witnessing this, a common people will think twice before honestly paying taxes or part of his/her hard earned money which will be anyhow  misused . Therefore it result in advent of corruption (and lie) from grass root level.

              When we talk of corruption , we often get this remark that corruption lies at grass root and to make nation a corruption free we need to curb corruption at that level. But , people making this counter argument ignores the fact that corruption at low level result from corruption at top level . The best example is Mayawati and her recent achievements. She desires to be Prime Minister , desire to be messiah of poor but on grounds of .."false acclaims tightly held like a mirage ".

               Aam admi suffers in either case . Aam admi should decide whether he has to suffer from his own money or others money!

Airtel -- "Harass Yourself"

Old Logo , but worth putting here

               I did a worst mistake , and got a Airtel broadband connection . Promised to install every thing within four working days , but anyhow they took around two week to install connection when frequently inquired and coaxed. I was having 1099 unlimited plan. On a lazy sunday , got a call "Sir, I am from Airtel , you as a privileged customer, can upgrade your connection to 1199 unlimited  with speed upgrade from 1 MBPS to 2 MBPS and FUP to 25GB from 15GB  " . I nodded giving them licence to harass . So from 5th July i was getting speed of 2MBPS. Things were smooth . Suddenly , a series of historical event took place.

• On 8th July , got a SMS "Dear Customer, You have reached 80% of  your high speed limit . After 100% your speed will be will be revised as per your plan till the end of this bill cycle ". 
• I called airtel and enquired about my FUP and was cheated as it was 15GB only not 25GB, but airtel personnel assured that things would be taken care off.
• Bill cycle is 5th of every month, by 10th August bill for July was not generated , on 11th i checked online and bill was around 19k ! Holy Shit.
• On 11th , i went to Airtel Office in Kormangala, Bangalore in person and did inquired. Person over their told(giggling) . "Sir, u have 1199 unlimited plan , bill seems to be false and let final bill come at your place by that time things will be sorted out". I was convinced and came back.
• On 18th August , got bill amounting to 19k, immediately i went to same office and inquired, they registered complain (complaint - 2459550) assuring that within two days problem will be solved.
• Meanwhile , nothing happened and by mistake didn't get any call or mail.
• On 21st August i again went , and was told that in another two day they will call me and fix the issue.
• Meanwhile , i tweeted to @Airtel_Presence " and got a response  [ 22nd August @aquarius_vishal Hi! Please mail us ur concern and contact details at airtelpresence@in.airtel.com for us to get it checked. Regards."]
• Nothing happened , on 26th i mailed to 121@airtel.in and tweeted again and all in vain.[@aquarius_vishal Hope you have mentioned that in your e-mail. Team will get back to u on this. Regards.]
• Meanwhile , i got some SMS from Airtel for the month of August

"Kindly note that unbilled amount of internet usage for your airtel fixed line & broadband  no. 08041659517 as on 19-aug'11 is Rs 9139(excluding rental and discounts) This is nearing the usage pattern of your last 3 months usage"

"Kindly note that unbilled amount of internet usage for your airtel fixed line & broadband  no. 08041659517 as on 24-aug'11 is Rs 15378(excluding rental and discounts) This is nearing the usage pattern of your last 3 months usage"

"Dear Customer, You have reached 80% of  your high speed limit . After 100% your speed will be revised as per your plan till the end of this bill cycle" [24th August]

• Again after mailing and tweeting got this response

Thank you for writing to Airtel.

This is with reference to your e-mail regarding the billing issue
towards your Airtel broadband connection 08041659517.

Please be informed that we are in process to resolve the abovementioned
concern at the earliest and will update you accordingly with its
progression activity latest by 06th September 2011.

Meanwhile, you may contact the undersigned regarding the concern
highlighted by sending an e-mail directly at
airtelpresence@in.airtel.com.

Regards
Airtel Presence (Airtel Customer Service Team)
Bharti Airtel Ltd
airtelpresence@in.airtel.com

• On 7th Sep, got a call from Airtel that i have not paid bill . I informed them about my complain and asked them whether i can talk to the concerned manager. He confirmed that complain has been fixed and i would be formally informed soon.
• In evening , around 5pm ADSL was down and Airtel blocked the connection when i was in middle of a very important online assignment . No Internet when i require it the most.
• I again went to Kormangala office, Airtel inquiry team was busy wooing new customer for broadband and was giggling when we told our problem. Height of customer harassment. I on top of my voice explained them the problem and asked him to call his manager. Mr. Manager heard the concern and assured that connection would be up in 1-2 hours.
• At around 10 PM , 7th Sep we checked the connection and gave a call to Mr.Manager .
• Thankfully he lifted the phone after 2nd ring and told that by 8th morning it will be up.
• On 8th Sep , 10:30AM i called Mr.Airtel Manager and was assured that he will revert back in half an hour . Again a lie and harassment.

          Airtel , claiming to be caring for customer , has started harassing its customer mentally in recent times. I am not the only one who is suffering but one among many.

I am still waiting ....for a solution or atleast my connection to be up - a deja vu ?

Fastest growing billionaire in a poverty stricken Nation.

                 A Common youth  has picture perfect of Dhirubhai Ambani, Tata's and few others as fastest growing billionaire in India as their role model . Let me acknowledge  one of most fastest growing billionaire of recent times. He is from Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh)  and very low profile personality. Too tough to guess ?? ...Robert Vadra ..heard of , You might have, yes i am talking about Priyanka Gandhi's husband and Sonia's son-in-law. His meteoric rise in last five year has been inspiring and  not much talked about even in media . Any Media person listening, you are missing a spice of a news or it is to be ignored ?

                  Priyanka Gandhi , daughter of Late Mr. Rajiv Gandhi fell in for Robert Vadra  around 1997 . This marked a important turning point in Life and Career of Robert as well as Vadra Family. Robert Vadra''s brother , sister and mother met with different accidents and lost their life in early decade. In 2009, Robert's father committed suicide , reason still not clear.

                Robert's family had a business based out of Moradabad. He owned a Jewellary designing firm Artex since early decade. Surprisingly since 2008 , his business has expanded  manifold. He owns hotels(Hilton) in Delhi, a major stake in 2G Scam hit firm Unitech and DLF.  Robert's family had a business based out of Moradabad. He owned a Jewellary designing firm Artex since early decade. Surprisingly since 2008 , his business has expanded  manifold. He owns hotels(Hilton) in Delhi, a major stake in 2G Scam hit firm Unitech and DLFRobert Vadra’s entry into the real estate business has been accompanied by a partnership with the country’s largest realty firm, DLF Ltd, a staggering feat by any standards (The Economic Times, 14 March 2011). Hitherto known for the export of faux jewellery and handicrafts, the 42-year-old Vadra quietly switched lanes in 2008, buying up land in Haryana and Rajasthan, a 50% stake in a leading business hotel in Delhi, and attempting to enter the business of chartering aircraft, a quantum jump that certainly merits an explanation.

                 Vadra seems to have floated a number of companies, some of which have received unsecured loans from the DLF group companies, including the Bombay Stock Exchange-listed flagship DLF Ltd. Readers may recall that during investigations into the Spectrum Scam, the CBI found that a number of non-entity (shell) companies had received and passed on unsecured loans that ended up in Kalaignar TV! It believes these were bribes received against the sale of spectrum at throwaway prices, and that the loans would ultimately be cancelled as ‘bad debt’ and the slate wiped clean. Thus, Vadra’s receipt of unsecured loans certainly merits a probe. Not only this he also owns a Antique showroom back in Italy .  When asked about joining politics , he says - "I want to be remembered as Entrepreneur and Businessman" . Well said Robert , you are inspiration for many UNMARRIED entrepreneurs  . 

               Seems its all family business, One does some Scams , his wife step-in and overshadows scams (like Bofors). Wife is making sure that her Son steps into Politics with all guns blazzing (famous Ravi Shastri idiom :D), so that he can rule the nation comfortably for decades to comes. On the Other , She is also making sure that her other son and her family becomes financially stable enough to live lavish life in coming decades. All in a family.Happy Family! 

Media / News Channel ..Listening??

References:

1) Economics Times 

2) Youtube  (Video has been removed, anyone can view from US/Europe proxy)