True Believers
In a small town in the US, a person decided to open up his bar shop, which was right opposite an Indian temple.
The temple & its congregation started a campaign to block the bar from opening with petitions, when that did not yield any results, they went to the same temple and prayed daily against his business. Tonnes of "nariyals"(coconuts) were promised if by some miracle the bar didn't open
Meanwhile work progressed. However, when it was almost complete and
The belief in the temple and the number of "mannats" (promises to offer something when a wish is fulfilled) rose geometrically, till the bar owner sued the temple authorities on the grounds that the temple through its congregation & prayers was ultimately responsible for the demise of his bar shop, either through their direct or indirect actions or means.
In its reply to the court, the temple vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection that their prayers were reasons for the bar shop's demise.
As the case made its way into court, the judge looked over the paperwork at the hearing and commented:
I don't know how I'm going to decide this case, but it appears from the paperwork, 'we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer and we have an entire temple and its devotees that don't.'
That's what India has become a nation of believers of convenience.
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Fairy Tales:
This is another article sent in by a reader which re-enforces my belief that the current generation is a very mixed up one.
Why wouldn't they be, on one hand we now have sex education classes
So what do you think the children make of this:
Tarzan lives half naked – vs- pull up your jeans above your butt crack
Cinderella comes back home at midnight – vs – girls need to be home before 11
Pinocchio lies all the time – vs – telling lies is bad
Aladdin is the king of thieves – vs – thieves need to be jailed not made kings ( a myth in todays India)
Batman drives at 320 KM/h – vs – responsible road manners
Sleeping Beauty is lazy – vs – study or you'll be a bum
and My personal favourite
Snow White lives with 7 guys that too without being married to any of them –vs- monogamous marriage and till death do you part
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A long long way
Friends, yesterday my wife told me that I was blogging too much nowadays and if I wanted to write so much, perhaps the time has come for me to write the book which is inside me. (My lifelong ambition)
My life flashed back and I I thought about India, its citizens and how far we have come from my early days. Not many people will remember this but the first Indipatriot newsletter was written in 1999 during the hijack of IC 814 incident when I felt the outrage of an Indian who sees his minister escorting terrorists to freedom and the massive incidents of Govt. bungling that led to it.
The newsletter at that time had a small readership of approx 50 people and I wrote 2-3 articles after which it fizzled out. Life got in the way.
7 years later in 2006, I discovered blogging and picked up the pen again due to the outrage on the Alistair Perriera incident.
There have been a lot of brickbats and kudos on the way. I have been vilified and praised. My parentage and fidelity of my mother has been called into question sometimes.
Today the readership has crossed 25,000 plus and people are actually reading the articles and responding. Sulekha has showcased my blog multiple times including the latest one.
Recently, I was in heaven when one reader told me he had configured his office mail server to forward my mails to all his office staff and another told me he diligently forwarded my articles to his whole friends list the moment one of my articles arrived.
My moments of pride range from my personal experience article on drunk driving to an ironic one on phas gaye Obama to a tough one like ticket to ride for which I had to study the whole Indian constitution. Its been a long long journey but well worth it.
The tinder is prepared and I feel the embers crackling, the flame is near my friends, the flame is very very near.
To each of my readers, who have been a part of these burning embers, thank you and Jai Hind !!
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Appeal
Folks, I've been asked by India Against Corruption to ask if any of the readers would like to have a meeting in their area, gymkhana / club or any kind of general gathering where their volunteer could come and talk about the Jan Lok Pal Bill and how it will benefit the public.
I am a firm believer in the Bill and if any of the readers would like to have such a meeting in their area, please email me at theindipatriot@yahoo.co.in and I will put you in touch with the volunteers.
For more articles like this one , please visit http://theindipatriot.blogspot.com
let me introduce myself:
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I am an person of Indian origin residing in Mumbai who feels that the time has come to speak up or be silent forever. We all see movies like Rang De Basanti or Lage Raho Munnabhai and after walking out of theatre for the next couple of days the effect hangs like a halo around us. A few days later we go back to our old ways. This is my way of keeping the spirit of India alive.
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As they say" 100 mein se 99% beimaan phir be India hai Mahaan"
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My Mission Statement is:
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I am sending you this mail since you have at some time or the other sent me a joke, an interesting article or some other little snippet or or some friend who has liked my articles has reffered you to me or at the very least you have been a CC on such an article forwarded to me so I feel this may be of interest to you.
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I have started a blog under the name indipatriot and am sending you this article and the link to the blog http://theindipatriot.blogspot.com where you can read this and other articles. I would also request you to send me articles and other things you would like me to publish on this blog from jokes to spiritual articles all comments are welcome. The email address for sending articles to is theindipatriot@yahoo.co.in If you feel that this blog is not to your taste and do not wish to receive updates about the same, please send an email to the same address and we shall remove you from the mailing list.
Disclaimer This article is my personal opinion and is not meant to offend or hurt any person or any body of people. The matter is drawn from public domain and no copyright is knowingly transgressed. If any topic is found to be objectionable by you for any reason whatsoever, please do leave a comment and I will be glad to include a clarification in my followups.
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