I was reading “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius. He was a stoic Roman emperor in 170 AD who spent a lot of time developing thinking His “Meditations” is a collection of 12 books which were not intended to be published ever. They were notes for self improvement. The central theme of this collection is the importance of analyzing one’s judgment of self and others and developing a cosmic perspective. During the course of reading I chanced upon how Alexander, the great was coached to become one of the greatest human leaders ever. I discovered that he was mentored by Aristotle, who is widely regarded as the creators modern thinking process (logic) or philosopy. Aristotle’s intellectual range was vast, It covered most sciences and many of the arts. This included biology, botany, chemistry, ethics, history, logic, metaphysics, rhetoric, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, physics, poetics, political etc. What amused me most is :RHETORIC (छद्मवाद : झूठ बोल के ठगना ). Why does rhetoric amuse me ? Its a fraud, its a sorcery, its deception its unethical but is essential. Here is the formal definition : :Communication designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect, but regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content . Why did one of the finest leaders have to learn the art of speaking lies to persuade people ? Because it works. To succeed in leadership role, you need to lie convincingly and lie shamelessly again and again. I, because of my learning and grounding, most often can see through the rhetoric and wondered: Why big leaders lie so shamelessly and why do these lie succeed? I figured out late in life that majority of humans are low intelligence, low discretion and are struggling in their lives. They are working their backs off but their efforts are not bearing fruit. They are losing hope (Think of farmers who get no rain after 4 months of toil in 50 degree heat). To such folks, a demagogue promising 40 days of life enriching rain by doing a Rs 1 lakh यज्ञ (ritual) is a soopurr sexy hope. The demagogue just needs 100 such farmers to make a crore. So these demagogues (thugs) succeed big time in gettting power, money and often both. इस्लाम खतरे में है (ISIS), हिन्दू काटे जाएंगे (VHP), भैंसे छीनी जायेगी (नंदू), संविधान नोच लिया जाएगा ( Congis), 16 लाख account में आएंगे खटा खट , खटा खट , खटा खट. पाकिस्तान हमारे सैनिकों को मार डालेगा( संघी ), Coronil(रामदेव ), पुत्र दायी पातंजलि बीज, राम मंदिर पर फिर से ताला लगेगा(नंदू ) , नाशै रोग हरे सब पीड़ा जपत निरंतर… ( तुलसीदास) , 400 पार , इत्यादि से केवल ठगों को अपरिमित फायदा हुआ है , not to citizens. A discerning mind is capable of seeing through this sorcery and read the frauds. My previous blog post deals with the wicked use of rhetoric in 2014 . Our biggest problem is, we think that formal education or degrees empowers the countrymen to understand rhetorics. It does not. In 21st century India, the degree dhaari illiterates are not only the biggest consumers of rhetorics, they are the biggest spreaders of such ugly rhetorics on WHATSAPP.
How do you think the current and next generation can be taught to understand the scam of rhetorics?
She is beautiful by conventional standards. She begins to like the neighbourhood dude named Nahato.. She proposed to Nahato and wants to marry him,..
Her other neighbour Valdev who is a rogue, fatso and a bully doesnt want to accept it..
Valdev Putra – or Valde
He warns Umraine of desisting romance with Nahato.. Umraine doesnt listen… After a few days of contemplation, Valdev barges into Umra’s home and start brutally raping her… He also declares that any one who tries to stop the rape will be screwed royally..
Neighbours turn into chickens and rats.. This is how her neighbours, now metamorphosed into rodents, respond to Umra’s call of help
Choo-S-A : We will send humanitarian aid, some clothes so that Umra’s private parts are not in clear view of leeches all around.
Valdev has done an outrageous act.. Almighty will one day punish him..
Choo-ngland “ : Valdev has chosen a path to bloodshed.. ( We are not rushing in to help ) but will stop doing business with Valdev.
We will not take money from them.. We urge people not to do further business with Valdev..
Choondia : We want Valdev and Umraine to talk about it and resolve.. Now that “R” has happened , as per our sanskaar Umra should agree to marry Valdev.. We will come and do a great Naagin dance… We cant scream, yell or deride Valdev.
Choondia or Choonda
When he eats chicken, we chew on the bones he throws away.. Damn the rape, we are concerned about some of our parrots and peacocks who took shelter in Umra’s home.
We spoke to Valdev and he has assured that our birds will be given safe passage to fly.. Valdev is a jolly good fellow.. He’s a jolly good fellow..
So, while the rape continues unabated, the neighbours try to find their reactions which cost them the least….
One of the easiest and guaranteed way to become a billionaire in India, is to become a BAABA.
Osho painting by Marcelo Neira pc Fineart America
These bearded men amass colossal wealth in 7 to 8 years period. One such Baba as per Forbes is worth U$ 2.5 Bn They lead 7 star super luxurious lives, trap India’s poor, middle class the most. Their façade of being an ascetic is their magic fishing net. These babas generally, have 3 things in common..
Beards :They sport/ sported beards as a symbol of their detachment. This helps them portray abandonment of day today concern in pursuit of spirituality.
Material glorypromise : They use promises of economic resurrection, unbelievable gains as method to thug massive number of people. For childless couples, its can be a male child, for real poor its X.6 million as direct transfer to bank accounts. For frustrated folks – “Good days will come“.
Super luxurious lives : Behind their public facade of sainthood, they have their flying mansions, cavalcade of super luxury cars, rollicking and secretly narcotic sex lives.
Interesting part is: All these Babas, in general are just 1 economic expose/ 1 rape conviction/ 1 sex racket away from going behind the bars..
In my personal network, I got to know about one bearded baba who was called ” पुत्र दायक स्वामी (A son providing ascetic )”. Some-time later, I had a privilege of seeing this Baba in person. He was tall 5’10” approx, with a hair bun on top which made his presence slightly over 6 foot. He was muscled up like an athlete . The pectoral were rippling, the veins on his hands and legs rose above his muscles.
Childless couples used to seek his blessings to get an offspring. His minimum donation was Rs 51,000 / havan (fire ritual). 7 such rituals were expected to yield results So the baba’s over all fertility package was approx INR 3.5Lakhs( U$ 5,000)
The process involved calling the couples to a hermitage and perform a संतान प्राप्ति यज्ञ (child seeking yagya). 7 auspicious yagya were to be performed by the seeking couple with baba on different dates to get a child. Its said 20+ couple benefitted from his process. He soon became famous and his glory spread.
Indian fire ritual called Yagya pc twitter
When investigated, it was found that during the ceremonies, he used to insert some narcotics in fire which used to render the couple unconscious. Then he used to have sex with unconscious woman.
Over 7 such rituals, if either he or the couple were lucky, the woman used to conceive. His solid prowess established.. Babaji used to have great sex, to get paid for it till he was caught and jailed.
7 such babas in not so distant past made massive fortunes from their THUGGERY but ended up in jails.
One of the most notorious baba Asaram from Gujarat was Guru to another Baba described later
My conjecture is more such babas need to be exposed : The next 3 babas who need to be exposed and sent to grind the grain stones in jails are currently super rich, popular and powerful. The countdown is as follows :
#3. JhadhGuru (An alleged wife murderer who slipped through cracks in investigation). He has a flowing white beard. His idiotic theories on universe, youth and everything under sun mesmerizes Hoi polloi because he serves them in flowery English). He makes tons of money selling quackery. Has been a criminal developer of real estate in forest areas for his 150 acre complex . News laundry has covered Jaggi’s crimes with a good research.
However, he gets away with his crimes because he is big sycophant of Modi ( Invites him for inauguration of his monuments , openly supports is idiotic policies)
// Lot of gullible english reading Bhakts share his gas on whatsapp+ other social media
#2. JhaamDev (A Bhoga performer, massive food adulterer+ fake treatment seller)// Multi billionaire now, he runs a massive FMCG empire. He has cart blanche from govt to do as many economic offenses as he wants, as long as he doesnt get caught.
#1. Jhoothendra Noddy ( A termite and a corporate Trojan horse eating away the spirit of India)// A massive sorcerer who has helped his Tujju/ Khaarsi pay-masters amass $200 Bn+ in last 7 yrs. He runs massive advertising and media propaganda to nurture a cult of ZOMBIES. These zombies not only believe every gas he lets out but also spread it far and wide..
Which bearded/ non bearded Baba do you know about?
Can you tell the story in comments ?
What has been the biggest BABA shock in your family and network?
Can you share this so that our fellow countrymen do not get FOOLED?
I get highly irritated when business owners bootlick people in power, especially the govts. The current trend is to, incongruously add a dilapidated and irritating word “aatm-nirbhar” to all their advertisements or communications. It reeks of visible sycophancy and naked dishonesty.
This is highly prevalent among the trader and traditional communities in India. Recall that Ratan Tata, totally unsolicited, came openly in support, in writing, of highly catastrophic and idiotic Demonetization within a day of its announcement. //Check the PS 1 at end for his Quid Pro Quo
The case in current context is the full page advertisement done by Vedanta group, founded by Anil Agarwal. They not only did a full page advt but also came up with a sycophantic video
So much is the fear or greed is in minds of these business men about this govt that they have to mandatorily add Modi’s speech keywords in any advertisement campaign if not make a campaign using it. Even in personal communications, they keep parroting Nandu’s cliched words. This is done to extract govt favors in contracts and also to escape harassment from govt agencies like ED/ CBI etc
Before Padma Bhushan Chanda Kochar got disgraced and fell of from glory for her corruption, she painted every digital property of ICICI bank with Modi’s keywords ( Swachh Bharat, Digital Bharat etc). The Indian environment looks very Orwelian and the toady chants very much like ” 2 legs bad, 4 legs good“
This word “Aatm nirbhar” or “Self Reliance” was relevant 1950s. India, then had to import wheat, sugar, milk, paper etc.. We imported clothes, turbines for dams, automobiles, military equipment, steel/cement for homes, tape recorders, TVs. In short, we imported everything. Such were the times that ‘imported’ prefix meant good stuff. Pandit Nehru realized that this will keep India poor eternally. He pioneered self reliance not only in manufacturing but also in education ( IITs/ IIMs / NITs/ AIIMS , NIDs DRDOs, ISRO etc) . Surprisingly, there was no sycophancy of govt on these slogans by businessmen then.
In next 3 decades, various 5 year plans marched India towards self reliance. Green/White revolutions were planned and executed with very high degree of success. By 1970s India attained food grain self sufficiency. In 80s white revolution drove India to top of chart in dairy production. 1990s saw India become net exporter of wheat, steel, rice, tea, software, sugar, textiles, meat.
At the dawn of 21st century India became globally the largest manufacturers of bicycles, motorbikes, sugar, tea, toothpaste tubes( India makes 60 % of world’s total tube production). 21st century also saw India become one of the largest IT services exporter. Software services, BPOs, Medical transcription, Engineering services saw export grow at frenetic pace.
The rising exports grew demand for machines and technology which facilitated exports. Thus machinery, rare minerals, electronics imports rose. Other than a few advanced countries, India maintained a good balance of trade with trading and partnering nations.
This dependency on partners was not only good but also essential. It engaged nations in thriving relationships, just like it is between married couples. There is no aatm-nirbharta in relationship. There are complimentary capabilities and dependencies which provide the glue which binds and keeps the relationship going
Today, we live a highly connected and interdependent world. This dependence brings in highest levels of business efficiency by outsourcing. US is dependent on us for cheaper software services. We are dependent on US for software development tools. We lean on China for cheaper harvester bags for making COVID vaccines, the Chinese love Indian movies. The world is dependent on our Pharma companies and our Pharma companies are dependent on the world for patent rights/ processes, ingredients to produce drugs. We are dependent on Middle East for oil and middle east is dependent on us for nurses, software and spices. UAE is dependent on us for entertainment by Bollywood movies, we are dependent on them to conduct IPL when our domestic conditions are not congenial for sports.
Today our imports are approx U$ 390 Bn and lion’s share of import nirbharta is on China
Similarly our exports are U$292 Billion
Other than USA, we have an negative trade balance with most of our trading partners.
Imagine if everybody carries this obsolete “Aatm Nirbharta” like a fanatic or lunatic. The world will grind to a halt. India will be thrown back 7 decades. Most of India’s industry including IT industry would be dead in trenches. In view of interdependent world, this word “Aatm Nirbhar ” not only sounds grotesque but is also as absurd as perpetual motion machines. No country in this world, not even China is fully self reliant for everything.
In absence of funds of Softbank/Sequoia, there will be no flipkart, no Oyo, No Nyka or No Swiggy , no Zomato. In absence of Google maps there will be no Ola, no Uber. No laptops, no mobile phones, no internet banking, no Whatsapp. In absence of cryogenic engine support from West, no ISRO.
In an aatm nirbhar bharat there will be no amazon, no LinkedIn, no Google, no wordpress
There will be no Air force as No Sukhois, Rafales or Miraazes, Migs. No army, as no night vision goggles, no Kalashnikovs, no bulletproof armors, no big guns or communication equipments.
This demagogue brought back this ridiculous “Aatm nirbhar” slogan but he rides ” Germany nirbhar ” BMW convoys wherever he goes.
His election rallies are done in “Japan Nirbhar” Toyota range rovers, signatures are done on “Italy Nirbhar” Mont Blanc pen. Even his capability to see and read is nirbhar on Italian bvlgari glasses,
He eats imported Rs 50,000/kg mushrooms, uses a phone designed in California but made in China. His party loots corporate India via electoral bonds and uses it to buy Israel nirbhar spyware Pegasus to do jaasoosi (spying) on journos/ politicial rivals. This hypocrite is nirbhar on govt servants to even open his car doors or to carry his umbrella but ironically talks “AatmNirbharta”
He is aatm nirbhar(!!!) in, possibly in only one area(?). That self sufficiency is the cause for his abject mental state. He ran away from his wife many years ago.
PS1 : Rotten Tata received Rs 500 Crore loan from Gujarat BJP govt at interest rate 0.1 % per annum , the first installment of which would get due 21 yrs after the first car rolls out from the plant. Rotten Tata in return paid BJP party fund with Rs 700 crores worth electoral bonds, the highest ever amount paid by any one officially.
Vanity is rampant among us and growing at monstrous rate across the globe
There are various forms of vanity which have been legitimized and commercialized to hilt. Face vanity leads the pack, predominantly among the women. Lets look at how its done in different forms.
Lips: Common women, on social/ important occasions put lipstick on. Professional women put it on everyday. Its an essential part of their clutch or side bags. They compensate for lack of redness in their lips by those of pigments. People looking at women with lipstick know, its fake but its become a part of social norm. Most men, I think, are ok if the women do not paint their lips. This vanity is most avoidable but is perfectly legitimized highly leveraged by cosmetics industry. Globally the lipstick market is worth U$ 8.2 Bn
Hair : Hair vanity industry is also one of the largest. From wigs, to hair augmentation to hair transplants to hair dyes (Now euphemized as hair color), this industry is colossal U$ 75.06 Bn. Men like Amitabh Bachchan have gone fully bald. He uses wig manufactured in London and sold to him at price of Rs 2 Crore a piece. In his show profession, its acceptable to have a fake hair than appear bald and he is not courageous and confident like Rajnikanth about his self body image. Rajnikanth appears bald headed and full grey in public but with fake wigs in movies. It’s acceptable because Tamil folks won’t accept a bald, greyed, wrinkled man in 60s as their action hero. The pic on right shows how he really looks . The one on left is with vanity wig.
Jitendra, an 80s romantic film star was asked why he stopped working in movies while his contemporary Amitabh continues to rake in moolah. He said that in his real life he lives with dyed hair. In movies, he will get elderly man roles where his hair would have to look grey. This double painting job would create unmanageable paradox in his life. People can make out the fke wigs, fake color, fake augmentation but folks do use them. So, in a nut shell, hair vanity, though avoidable is also heavily monetized ( U$80 Bn annual market) and legitimized in society
Boobs : This is one of the costliest and most secretive part of vanity industry. Flat chested or small breasted women in showbiz get boob job done to titillate men and get their sexiness enhanced. Some use falsies in bra, some use push up bras to cast that booby spell.
Most folks who are not targeting these women sexually, dont care about the size of boobs. A kid too wont care for boobs as long as she gets her milk from the nipples or from some other source. While almost all women in Indian film industry ( Sushmita sen, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif) in last decade have got their boob job done none of them admit in public the silicon implants which reside in their boobs. The most dramatic enhancement has been done by Aisha Takia ( See below )
To a greater extent Shilpa Shetty
The vanity is very expensive. Its U$ 2.76 Bn annual market. this too is non-functional and unnecessary.
Brain : To me, more important than appearances, are the brains of people and their behavior. I am not aware about established vanity in brains. Speeches written for politicians is one form of vanity. Carrying a Macbook to impress a client is another
Is there an equivalent of wigs or lipsticks or dyes for poor brains which one can just buy and use?
Do they work ?
What form will mental vanity take?
What are ways in which people can put on ’make up’ for lack of intelligence or smartness?
How fake would they look if they put up brain vanity ?
Can brain vanity become as socially acceptable and widely commercialized like lipstick, hair dye, boob job or heels ?
Is it a big billion dollar opportunity?
I have one example of a horribly failed brain vanity.
A man with ABSURD understanding of mathematics trying to explain algebra, like an idiot, making a complete ass of himself at a public forum in Canada.
Once the vaccine comes out, this is the order in which I think, categories of people should get vaccinated in India . This post is a mutation over comedian Atul Khatri’s post .
1A. Doctors, medical workers and frontline staff.
1B .The grocery store folks and those who sold food on streets/
1C. E Commerce Delivery folks including food delivery folks who kept Indians fed
2. Police Staff, Security guards and everyone in the Armed forces and their families
3. All migrant workers and their families
4.. The Farmers , the milkmen who kept producing so that we can live on..
5. Sonu Sood
6. Meme makers and folks who made us laugh during the pandemic
7. Great journos who brought Sr epidemiologists to advise us right and those who went to containment zones to bring the stories of affected
8. The internet service provider folks who ensured that many of us were able to WFH and earn our livelihoods
9. Rest of India
10 Politicians
Bhakts /Sanghis don’t need any vaccine as they are already blessed, protected by their Supreme Leader Nandu and they also have Coronil from Ramdev Thug
Every once in a while comes a stupid theory from a fraud business Guru & the entire corporate world starts parroting it brainlessly. Such word pollution gets beyond tolerance
Some funny examples follow:
1. Fortune lies at the base of pyramid : The richest fortune 500 cos. make no fortune selling to beggars. Apple (Trillion $+ company) sells to < 0.001% of humanity (NO beggar at the BASE). BerkShire Hathway has richest investors as its customers.
Those who try to sell to beggars at the base of pyramid have to produce low priced, low quality products. These businesses attract some of the worst professionals. Ratan Tata tried to sell NANO to the base of pyramid. Last year 1 unit of Nano was sold as against 18,000+ of XUV500
Correct approach : Fortune lies in endeavors which maximize your cash surplus each hour, each minute, each day, each month, each year. Rest all is HOKUM and gas.
2. FAIL FAST : This is one of the stupidest fallacy and has caught fancy of many..You start your endeavors with a mind tied to failing . You can throw all your resources in drain and fail fastest.. Say you have $1,000 in your account . You can I spend it in next 1 hour on facebook ads, get no paying customer. You have failed really fast.
Correct approach : Succeed fastest with existing resources. Think how spending $1,000 can get you at least one $1,500 paying customer in shortest time say 2 days.
What other such gases do you find irritating and fallacious ?
Despite his reputation as a motor mouth or gutter-mouth, our Napoleon is unable to utter a single word on Rafale deal.
Nandu is in deep abyss where, if you are not a gobar brained Bhakt, there is no defense. We as humans like our heroes to survive , so, here I am with 5 ways which can help Nandu survive and live on. These are time tested and practical methods which tower over useless denials.
#5 Find a scapegoat in PMO : This is a trick where for a few 100 or 1000 crores, a senior IAS officer will own all the blame. This was used by Anil Ambani in 2G scam where MD, CFO and GM of Reliance took the blame and were in jail for 2 yrs. Anil Bhai remained free. This trick works and is very practical. All he needs to bait an officer is a Loksabha ticket to his wife or son.
#4 Offer BIG fortune to Hollande to retract : Hollande’s political sun has set . U$ 10 billion plus can be good temptation to retract his statements. Motaa Bhai ( $5 Billion), Gautam Bhai( $3 Billion) , Ratan Bhai($2 Bn+) can surely make numbers. Francois Hollande ( pron France -wa Olaa) has negligible chance of making next 10 billion. So , this can bean irresistible offer he cant refuse
#3 Launch a ratha yatra from Delhi to Ayodhya : A motorized rath and 24×7 TV channels is enough to raise pandemoniums. Citizens can be bombarded with its charisma . Once a few 1,000 folks die and riots break out, who will care for 50,000 crore of motaa maal in Rafale. More polarization == more consolidation of stupid Hindus. Remember that it was Ratha-yatra which propelled Sanghis from 2 to 85 in first place.. Its time to do its digital social media viral remix. A dead Sanghi’s daamaad can do ” Chinta – ta – chita -chitaa” rowdy dance on road and bhakts will definitely go Zhinga laala.
#2 Declare Emergency in the nation : Nandu has been a great secret admirer of his nemesis – Indira. He fashions himself to be a male Indira Gandhi but has may be < 3% of her guts or acumen. Not withstanding this, he can just whatsapp ” Desh Khatre mein hai ” to a Sanghi disgracing Rashtrapati Bhawan and lo – emergency is declared. In emergency, one can talk/write/speak only what Nandu or Sanghu wants you to. A 2 yr of general public torture will make people forget Rafale-Shefaal and Nandu can be as much a Mr Clean as Rajiv Gandi was.
#1 Silently and quickly runaway with 10+ suitcases : Jet-lie has consistently helped Nirav Bhai, Mehul Bhai and Vijay Bhai in their post scandal resettlement. His turn key solution includes pick, pack and ship 10 large suitcases, a citizenship in some Caribbean island, immunity from extradition and guaranteed non traceability. A 10 suitcase package roughly can accommodate 2,000 crore+ of wealth comprising diamonds, large denomination currency, real estate ownership documents. This is the most practical solution in my view.
In my limited thinking as a designer, these appear as the most feasible alternatives.
Can you think of some more executable plans? Please add them in the comments below:
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