The REAL backward class - General Merit Category

Right..I think I have been very vocal about the whole caste system. I intensely resent the whole OBC category and reservations. It is extremely unfair and has been made without any concern for the rest of us 'cattle class'. It is basically been created by people who do not want to work hard for anything and will blatantly misuse the law for their own selfish purposes. Most of these law is not available to the people who desperately require it. Why I am so against this concept? Let me furnish a few examples to show the blatant misuse.

Disclaimer: I am against the whole concept of reservations on a caste basis. I am all for it if its based on economic background. So who avail it unnecessarily and unfairly automatically come under my wrath. It's not the people who I am angry at, it's the stupid law.

Class 10: Final Exam fees: Everyone in the GM category had to pay some 300 odd Rs towards the fees. BUT the OBC candidates had to pay Rs 10. Well, that's not what pissed me off, , what pissed me off was the people to whom it was applicable could afford far more than most people in our class could. They were very affluent, yet they chose to brandish their caste certificate and pay only Rs 10. Why? because they are cheap and selfish.

College admissions: After class 10 exams: Well, my sister got 91 % in her class 10 exams, she did not get into any of the lists put out by one of the most prestigious woman's college. She had to use the teachers quota to get in. Why? You need to go and take a look at the admission list to fully understand the discrimination. The first 20 names will be of GM category. All in percentages range from highest 97% to the least being 96.5%. Th next 20 names is for the OBC category, with the highest scorer being 65%. NOW tell me how do you feel, a person who probably does not deserve it, gets in the list purely on the merit of being an OBC candidate. I know people who fall in the GM category who are not doing good economically, this seat would have done them a world of good. But they are disadvantaged just because they are in GM

Medical seats: I know a friend, again a GM candidate who was studying for her MD. She choose one of the lesser known specializations just because the rest were too expensive and the competition for a merit seat is too intense. I think some 10% seats are for GM students across the nation, the rest are reserved and others are payment. Imagine lakhs of students taking that exams and only a few qualifying for it. No wonder institutes ask for impossible scores. When you are a GM student, you need to be either so intelligent that your IQ hits the stratosphere or so rich that World Bank borrows from you. It doesnt feel good when you score 98% in MD entrance exams and could not get through because an OBC candidate who has money and has scored 60% gets preference.

Banks and PSU's: Ask a banker in the GM category why he has not gotten promoted or has been transferred to a no name town in spite of their seniority and impeccable work record. 95% of the chances are that they would have been overlooked in favor of a colleague from an OBC quota. Powerful unions for the OBC and existing politics make it impossible for a GM banker to survive, unless he has powerful connections or is in the union. And most people in these quotas are not promoted on merit but mostly on caste hierarchy. It discouraging and demotivating.

There are many more examples and I can go on about it. GM candidates work hard to get where they are. Most of them are from middle class backgrounds and cannot afford to shell out vast quantities of money. Their parents do the best they can and help them get ahead in life, only to be met at each turn by the quota system.

The system is not just regressive, but an insult to India's intelligence. How can a country progress when the country's best minds are not given the opportunity. The law might have made sense at some point, but now it's just a ball and chain which is dragging down the people and the country along with it. This is the reason why most people under that category prefer to study abroad as they are given ample opportunities.

Is it a wonder when people think of getting an OBC certificate to make life simpler?

Photography

My sister, Meghna is a budding photographer. Well..you'd say, so many of them are these days..maybe..but I like her perspective on things. She makes you look at photos in a way you'd have probably not thought about. I love her photos, not just because they are my sister's, but also because it shows an amazing creative mind behind all the cartoonery.

Here are just a few some of her photos I love. For the rest visit here

An Award..

Yay!!...I won an Award..I would like to thank all the cartoons and Shruthi (she is a class of cartoon by herself) for making my blog worth reading. :) thanks guys. *Bow*


I would also like to donate this award to Meghna. Yes, irrelevant of what people think, she is human. Well, most of the times. (4 days in a month she turns into a slithering werewolf)

Things that bring happiness

OK..I am back..(trumpets and drum roll please). But today I am toning down my sarcastic self and writing sappy stuff. Yeah! yeah!...I am a woman and sometimes sappy stuff is good. Why do you think Brad Pitt sells so much, that's cos he makes women sappy. So there. Right! back to the post. I just wanted to write a few things that make me happy. Little things that bring joy and happiness and brighten a day and warm the heart

1: A late afternoon sunshine after a shower.
2: Smell of earth after rain.
3: The smell of a cake baking in the oven.
4: Dappled sunshine through the window on a lazy afternoon.
5: Smell of freshly brewed coffee.
6: The sound of breeze rustling through the trees.
7: An evening breeze while drinking a cup of coffee.
8: A cold icecream with hot chocolate sauce.
9: A butta/panipuri/samosa/bajji in the rain.
10: The sound of windchimes on a quiet day.
11: A hot shower on a cold day.
12: Snuggling.
13: A really good movie.
14: Early morning air.
15: Laughter in the morning. Makes your day so much better. Believe me.
16: A good joke. Laughing till tears pour down your eyes.
17: A good meal.
18: A good day at work. Yes. It definitely makes you feel good.
19: Sound of rain.
20: Chocolate. A good chocolate bar.

There are many more. But these are some that make most people happy. What's on your list?

And the title is....

Ok..the results of the poll are in... and the wining title for the Cartoon is
Princess of Absurdity

Music

A friend of mine, the infamous cartoon, Shruthi has another talent other than being a cartoon. She's an excellent singer. Here's a sneak preview of her heartbreakingly beautiful voice. With beautiful mixing from wiredbeats

http://www.wiredbeats.com/2009/08/18/puriya-dhanashree-by-shruthi-krishnamurthy/#more-311


Shruthi - Take a bow

M for? Mind Blowing... :)

Shruthi got tagged to do a post. AND she did not tag me at the end of it. Whatta girl. But I decided to go ahead and do the tag anyway. Here goes. The rules are you have to answer all the questions with the first letter of your name. Ok? ready?

1. What is your name: Maanasi. Yes it is. my name

2. A four Letter Word: Main

3. A boy’s Name: Master Manjunath

4. A girl’s Name: Meg Ryan

5. An occupation: Musician..No actually, I want to be a dancer, but it doesnt start with M.

6. A colour: Maroon. Like the big red bindi.

7. Something you wear: Deni'M'. hey. M is an important alphabet in that letter. otherwise it would have been just deni..how sad it sounds.

8. Food: Mosuru (yay!!..My love for this stuff is legendary. It was once claimed that mosuru, not blood ran in my veins.)

9. Something found in the bathroom: Medimix soap. It's there, even though I dont use it.

10. A place: Malleshwaram heheheheheh...

11. A reason for being late: Monday morning blahs and blues and bahs

12. Something you shout: Monkeys!!! Though Cartoons is a more apt term.

13. A movie title: Mungaaru male. ta ra ra ra ta dah!

14. Something you drink: Anything from Moet & Chandon ( I am classy, I drink Dom Perignon even if i dont know how to pronounce it exactly)

15. A musical group: Metallica

16. An animal: Monkey!!!

17. A street name: Malleshwaram 8th cross

18. A type of car: Mercedes

19. Something scary: Meghna being normal

20. Ice cream flavour: Mango (I like all ice creams, especially Rocky road from corner house)

I am tagging Mygana, Shwetha (either start a blog or do it in Facebook, but do it) and Poornima in this. Well monkeys…on to you.

A small little whatay poet ditty

dont blink
cos the glasses will clink
and the cockroach will slink
away
but the link
will be the fling
you had with chandler bing
and we'll all sing
a soooooong

ting ting tidi ding

The new rules of Pictionary

There's this another cartoon I know. Actually she is very well known cartoon. Most of us think she deserves a title. Like the Queen of nonsense or similar such terminology. So I'll run a vote at it and we can vote for a title. Suggestions are most welcome. So...This cartoon and us were playing pictionary and then the DC. She taught us a whole new angle to look at it. Some of the things we learnt are:
1: Never ever take anything at it's face value. There's always a complicated way to guess things.
2: Always mistake a noun for a verb. If not anything, at least it'll make the game more interesting.
3: Always draw something that looks like something else. If you draw what you are supposed to draw, then people will guess it right.
4: If they cannot guess action words, do the action by wiggling you bottom or make faces. It always helps your team guess right and win.
5: Never think in linear direction while guessing, always think out of the box, and if possible, out of the galaxy.
6: Even if you have guessed the word halfway, dont let it out, make it difficult by guessing non related terms. This is purely to challenge your intelligence and your team's patience. What's a game without some good verbal sparring.
7: While playing DC, always make signs that have .00001% of being guessed. That's the only way your team will learn.

If you follow these rules, it’s almost guaranteed that your team will never win, but if not anything; you team will certainly be completely entertaining.

The poll is on the top right. DO vote.

A day in the life of a cartoon

Well..Everyone keeps calling this friend of mine a cartoon...She is very upset..she says rightfully so. She says there is a reason she has become this way. The people she meets everyday and talks to and spends time with have forced her to become like this. It is survival the cartoon says..in the big bad world of mad people, this is how she survives. She illustrates an example of a typical day in her life and beseeches us to understand her predicament.

The morning:
Cartoon wakes up to * tring tring* ,
Cartoon :'Hello'
phone person: 'hello..hello..helooooooo...helloooooooooooo'
Cartoon: I can hear you, please dont scream
phone person: 'ok....listen..I will not be able to pick you up today for the car pool, there is a costume fitting and I have to upgrade my superhero outfit. I am sorry, you need to get to work on your own. bye.' *click*
Cartoon: 'whaaa....????' ok.

At work:
Cartoon: Hey! morning!..
Cake man: oooohhh!! nice outfit..suits you. The colour brings out your eyes. Where did you get it from?
Cartoon: *completely bedazzled*. Oh! thanks. I got it from the same place I got others.
Cake man: explaining a party at home. 'We had like the best gold and silver'. I wore some swanky stuff. My mum fed me, she looked gor-ge-ous. Everyone was like..'man! you look good, have some cake'. I had quite a few. I photographed them. Look, I have even put markers so that you differentitate between sunrise marshmellow and dark knight cakes. oooooohh..wait wait,...i even got presents..i put them all on a table too. Look..cartoon..look..did you see my beuuuaaatiful shirt?'
Cartoon: *numbed in the brain* eh? nice they are. I'll get back to work.

Evening at home
Cartoon:'Ok, mum, i'm going to the neighbor's house'
Mum: 'Ok, dont fall off the terrace this time'
Dad: 'And also the staircase'. Do not think it's a slide. ok?'
Cartoon:*thinking why she'll do that* and promptly rolling down the neighbor staircase and hurting a lot of useful body parts.


The above example clearly demonstrates that cartoon is the sanest in the all the conversations and should not be judged by the discussions she gets invariably drawn into. So she's not a cartoon but a normal unanimated human.

P.S. The above incidents are not a part of any dream and concern real conversations with real people.

Queue monsters

Hello...Today I am going to narrate a few short stories. Most of them are true and are personal experiences. After you listen to them, you'll know the horror I have gone through. But I do believe that I am not alone in this. I am going to talk about - Queue monsters. Yes, you heard right..the queue monsters. They are everywhere, from your daily supermarket to the movie ticket counter. You cant avoid them. Here are some monsters, in no particular order of monstrosity

- At a bookstore recently - The I'll intimidate you monster - I had given two items to be billed. It was almost done when this guy comes up behind me and starts dumping things from his cart over my head and starts demanding that his items be billed. Right! dude!..I am not in love with the billing guy that I am standing and staring into his eyes. I was here before you, so haul your frame out of my space and stand in queue.

- At a supermarket - The I am your mother monster - I was second in what seemed like a long never ending queue. The people in front of me looked like they had billed the whole supermarket. Anyway, was waiting for my turn, when a Northie lady came huffing and puffing (sorry to be specific, but these are the worst kinds) with her fat progeny. She just pushed through to the front and started emptying her cart. The person in front of me politely told her that he was here before her. She pretended that she dint understand humans. It was only after the employee pointedly avoided billing her items did she curse, yell and go back and stand. I think I still have marks from being pushed around by that lady.

- At a ticket counter - The Size does matter monsters - I hate the bloody multiplexes. They are overpriced, overdone and they rob you blind. Give me a Cauvery theater anyday. Well, we were standing in line, waiting our turn when these gaggle of annoying girls, again, predominantly Hindi speaking Northies arrive to give me a headache (man! it's like a conspiracy). They were loud (clothes and voice ;))and they just pushed their way through to the counter. Everyone let them go, just to save themselves a headache I think, but I was mighty annoyed. What's with these women thinking that they can push their way through. Sheer size and numbers I suppose.

- At another self service restaurant - The impatient monster - Was waiting for my order in what seemed to be a slow day for the restaurant, with very few people. Waiting time would have been 5 mins tops or the loo break.Whichever is fastest. The girl behind me is shuffling her feet, muttering loudly about the long order I had given and it's wasting her time. Right!! It's my hobby to order vast quantities of lunch and waste other people's time. If I had so much time in the world, I would have gone to a real restaurant, not the self service fast food joints. So child! wait your turn.

There are many many more. From cutting queues in libraries, to holding up a whole bunch of people with haggling. From pushing the person in front of you to abusing. But most of the latter happens in places which are extremely crowded like the railway stations. Not like the incidents above, most of which happened in high market,'educated' spaces with 'educated' people.

So any other monster stories anyone else has?

Oh so weird! - Sroooti's tag - Tanker full of weirdness

Well..I have been tagged by Shruthi to do this tag. She's jaabless or she will be if her baas finds out what she does. heheheheh...She has 7 weird facts aaand she says I need to make up more. How can I possibly? I am not that weird. pramise. I am sane and normal. Or atleast I think what I do is normal
Ok, I will try....Here goes

1: Nails - I dislike nail colour. I do paint my nails, but the fancy lasts a whole day, next day onwards, I feel my nails looks diseased and they will fall off. And I second Shruthi in whatever she says.

2: I dont like traveling by autos. I travel in a lot of them, but I prefer traveling by metro (Well, It's always good to dream ;))

3: I dont drink aerated drinks. I do dip chips in them and eat though. I honestly believe the mail that said a tooth will dissolve if put in coke.

4: I like powercuts. Mostly if they are late evening. For once I can do the talking without TV for background noise.

5: I like reading up on serial killers. I also love shows related to crime and forensics. No...not to get ideas..but dont give me ideas :)

6. I like all stuff related to hauntings. I am very very scared of horror, but I'll still watch it.

7. Though I dont think the fan will fall on me, I think it'll fall on someone someday...Like the sky is falling syndrome.

8. I am shy. Really. Honest.I am.

9. I always try new things out in restaurants and almost always dont like them, but I'll still try. That way, I can always tell you what to order and snicker when you dont like it.

10. I dont like getting wet in the rain. I feel cold and I dont like feeling cold :P . So there.

So I think these are weird. I may have more but I can assure you that I dont think they are. The monkeys may....but who believes monkeys anyway..heheheheheh

And I am going to tag Pranitha cos she's been MIA for a while and because I want to bug her.

Total Timpass

Following Cartoon 3's blogsteps, I have also decided to publish another gtalk conversation. If you do not understand, then i cant help it. You don't understand that in the randomness of it all is a great philosophical theory.

Disclaimer: Any reference to any person living/dead was intentional. If you recognize yourself and are hurt by the mention, then it was'nt you at all, it was someone else.
Some conversation has been deleted. We do not want to sound boring. So only interesting bits are put in.

So here goes: Conversation between Cartoon 1 and Cartoon 2.

Section 1 : Award Ceremony

Cartoon 1: cartoon 2

Cartoon 2:yes temme.. sweetheart

Cartoon 1: wat sweetheart miss me????

Cartoon 2:very much..

Cartoon 1: wat u doing?

Cartoon 2:work :(

Cartoon 2:lol... how mean

Cartoon 1: naanu mean..neenu crocodile

Cartoon 2:aiyoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Cartoon 1: neneu mosale

Cartoon 2:pj queen

Cartoon 1: thank u thank u

sniff sniff

i am very honoured by this title

Cartoon 2:oh ho!!! honoured bere!!!

Cartoon 1: i thank my family,who are my inspiration

Cartoon 2:lol

me me me

??

Cartoon 1: to make jokes and be the butt of them

artoon 2:hehe.. sad you are!!!

;)

Section 2: Kannada Premigalu

Cartoon 1: someone on facebook

it says u have to say something in kannada

Cartoon 2:lol

Cartoon 1: heheh

Cartoon 2:God you are jobless

Cartoon 1: makkale.. sumne thanks heladalla... doddavrge swalpa ghowrava kodbeku.." hehehehe...

Cartoon 2:omigosh !!!! fultoo tp

Cartoon 1: Thoo...Kettu Wasne! haha

Cartoon 2:who's face book is this.. or rather whereis this

Cartoon 1: Wadhe kotthini kalsule.....

it's another community in orkut

u need to be a part of it

Cartoon 2:oh oki

Cartoon 1: elrigu gaanchali jaasti ee deshdalli

Cartoon 2:heh

Cartoon 1: E topic bombatagide ! Kannada nanna usiru !

Tarle nan maghane !

Cartoon 2:abbhhaaa!!!! kannada premi

Cartoon 1: yup

it is kannada ppl are so much cooler community

Section 3 : Kannada Premigalu - Continued

Cartoon 1: i like that nin kundi tumba chennagide thing

ta da da da hadaa

Cartoon 2:me too.....!!!

Cartoon 1: that was me singing

Cartoon 2:oh... wow.. good i am not around.. hehe

Cartoon 1: wait i'll call u and sing

koti mukha

Cartoon 2:hehe

no no i love you

Cartoon 1: dogale tale

Cartoon 2:wat does that mean

Cartoon 1: loose tale

dogale=loose

Cartoon 2:hhe oh

lol

Cartoon 1: see full tp

Cartoon 2:fulttoo

Cartoon 1: hogi mari tolakondu baa hogu

Cartoon 2:aaytu toldu.. ehhe

Cartoon 1: what is toldu?

dogale

Cartoon 2:toldu is to wash

Cartoon 1: so u wash ur face?

or washed ur face?

Cartoon 2:every two hours...

else i'll fall asleep hehe

Cartoon 1: volle hudugi

devaru olledu maadtare

Cartoon 2:hehe.. please stay away from that community

Cartoon 1: nin colleguege helu kundi tolko antha

Cartoon 2:aiyo!!!!!!!!!!! maanu!!! people over here think i have gone crazy cos am laughin like crazy'

Cartoon 1: really!!!!

Cartoon 2:really!!! jeje

hehe

Cartoon 1: tell them kai kaal kundi tolkondu banni antha

Cartoon 2:rofl

Cartoon 1: illdiddare kuppetottilli haaktini antha

Cartoon 2:pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez

abbbhha!!!!

Cartoon 1: what abha??!!!

Cartoon 2:cant hold back myself anymore.. am laughin uncontrollbly jeje

hehe

Cartoon 1: ayyo mugu surittidiya?

varusuko

Cartoon 2:haha

Cartoon 2:aiyo maanu pleeeeeeeeeeezzzz ppl wanna look into my comp now!!! lol

Cartoon 1: ayyo

ok

Cartoon 2:hehe they went away!!!!

And so on it goes...