Redirection -_-

Yeah, well, some people complained that they wanted to read the old posts ':|', so I am no longer redirecting the blog to my Wordpress blog.

Anyhoo, to catch up on the 'new' stuff, go ahead and point your browser here : http://thedrunksanta.wordpress.com/


I hope to see more traffic there, instead of here -_-

Update!

Finally its the time to move on to better and 'bigger' things, update your bookmarks, your 'Link list/Blogroll and your RSS feeds, please -_-

The Drunk Santa on Wordpress yeah I know I haven't posted anything yet, but I will by 4th of April, its the day my exams get over by the way. 

Why Wordpress? Because its a better blogging platform.

Falak and Shailja will be the co-authors hopefully, most probably. 

And yes this is the last post on Blogger, sadly, I guess. However this blog won't be deleted so don't go around deleting your comments like a stupid ass :\

I may even make this blog just redirect people to the new blog for some time.

So yes goodbye Blogger.

PS - Any comments/questions are welcome, if you want to comment on the new blog, that also is fine, theme suggestions are also welcome XD

PPS - If you find the blog fucked up before 4th, thats because I am playing around with the CSS don't start complaining about that.

PPPS - The image above is taken by me XD (Obviously -__-)

The Darker Side of The Stray Dogs

They are everywhere, specially in Bombay well, from the spooky lanes at four a.m to the main road in the afternoon, I am not really a big fan of dogs anyway, but stray dogs are a menace, yeah I may sound 'mean and insensitive and like a heartless monster' but if you do love those strays so much, why don't you buy a huge farm for them and breed them or something?

Stray dogs, not only bark when you drive fast they try to bite you, they piss on the tire of your car, even if its a BMW, and if you are on a bike or something they might actually end up biting you, I am not scared of the dog biting me, I am scared of the injections which one gets later. There are no dog pounds and nobody really wants those dogs, so what do you do? You poison them or something, but do they do that? No, they do not. I suggest putting them in a dog pound though.

My friend got bit my a stray dog once during the late midnight hours, and all he did was just walk by the dog. Its high time to take some action against them seriously, I mean you cannot possibly take the dogs to the court of law, where justice is given to 'like everybody' -_-.

The Supreme Court however is acting weird, if you can put people in prison for murdering why don't you put stray dogs in a dog pound for attempt-to-murder? Sure dogs are 'cute and cuddly' but have you anywhere in any developed nation seen a dog pissing on a lamppost without a collar? Its ridiculous on the supreme court's part to let people die of rabies, why don't we just let a serial killer loose too? I mean heck isn't it time to grow up and let people live instead of dogs? Because seriously, the dogs are not gonna pay any taxation like 'we' do.

Thanks to Rajeev Meena for the title.

PS - Next post will be on Wordpress, hopefully :)

1, 2, 3 And Sold to TATA!

Tata Motors (TATAMOTORS) for an estimated 2.3 billion dollars, has acquired the Jaguar and Land Rover brands from the automobile giant Ford.

Now the good part about it is, that an Indian company will own some very sophisticated brands in the automobile industry, so all the people who jump around whenever someone says anything good about India, should be jumping around now -_-.

Now obviously, I was not going to post about the 'positive side' of the story, so here is the bad part, A) TATA is a bad name for a company, how in the world can anyone call a company Tata? It's like calling a brand Bhagchandani -_-, sure Ratan Tata is the only 'classy' business left and the only businessman with a vision, but dude, why the hell would one name a company after their surname? Doesn't TATA mean Bye? TA-TA? :| Imagine a British man walking in the Jaguar showroom, and looking around at a particular Jaguar model, sure he sees the Jaguar logo but he sees a "T" above it, even though Mr.Tata has said that they will retain the brand images, and continue building the brand image. B) Nobody in the world would trust a car made by an Indian company, it is a hard to digest fact, but heck it is a fact. I mean if you buy Honda why would you by Tata at the same price? And I sure as hell know that they won't cut down prices of cars. Hell, even I would buy a Japanese brand car instead of an Indian brand one. C) How many Jaguars do you think Tata can sell in India? Yes, it has 200 other countries to sell, but seriously people here aren't gonna go around buying a car which is more expensive and less herd of (Remember the common man doesn't even know what Apple is, and he thinks that all mp3 players are iPod's, so he won't really think he is buying a Jaguar, he will think he is buying a TATA, so he will go buy Indica or something -_-)

However, the Tatamotors stock on BSE didn't really do so well the next day, the high it made was at 689.00 It actually went down :| That could also be because of the bad markets and also because people don't want Tata to make Jaguars and Land Rovers now, seriously whats next? A local American teenager calculating 43 X 52 without a calculator?

Let's blame it on THEM

I was reading my Economics textbook and I came across a sub heading called 'Economic Drain', it stated and I quote "Deliberate transfer of India's wealth and resources to England by the British government of India with out an quid pro quo between 1757 and 1947 left India a poor country."

Er, so you are blaming the Britishers because your country is poor? Woah, I mean yes they 'ruled' us and 'humiliated' us, but don't these guys realize the positive aspects of them ruling over a very religious country? Remember Sati? Sati happened to be a ceremony wherein the widow would burn herself alive when her husband died. Those 'rulers' abolished that, can you imagine the sex ratio if that was still legal? And then comes Dowry (Meena zindabad/Hail Meena)/Dhaej, where the parents/guardians give money (not necessary in cash) to get the guy ready for marriage, however that practice is not yet totally abolished but the situation is much better now, I think.

So yes the Britishers took our money and then we faced the Economic Crisis of 1991 where the government didn't even have the money to import stuff for two weeks (says the government) so the RBI had to mortgage the gold reserves, BUT lets not blame it on our government/the finance minister/the stupid economic policies which didn't let private companies 'in', lets just blame it on the people who left 'ruling' this country over forty years ago (in 1991 i.e). It's like a girl dumped you and she got married and she has kids and is now dead, but you are yet unmarried and blame her for fucking up your life.

I am not saying that the Britishers should come back and rule us again, but I am saying that the Indian mentality sucks, I mean heck we all suffer from these digging up old stories and blaming other people for our faults syndrome. Getting over is not hard, but you need to try, this is not what you should be teaching people who don't even know what the truth is, you can't publish that shit in a textbook man. Its like publishing the existence of man according to the Bible and not according to Darwin in a science textbook.

So yes, moving on, there is no bread in my house, those fucking Britishers! (Just making my point -_-)


PS - According to the same textbook the government is a body which does not endorse/force/believe in any religion, so that means the Indian government follows atheism? :|

Woohoo

Its been around five-six months since the blog came into existence. Below, are some of the details of/about the blog.

Statistics :

1. 4000+ hits from October 2007. [Yeah, I know, quite less -_-]
2. 400+ returning visitors.
3. Most of the people reading my blog are Indians. [I LOVE INDIA! Woohoo -_-]

The Transformation :

From the insignificant rants to posting about politics, religion and economics, this blog admittedly has changed, maybe for the good. From ranting about my hair to ranting about how government needs to get its act together. From just one author to now, three authors, three different types of authors, Shailja who posts more about the things which she witnesses around her and other mature/teenage topics , Sumit who hasn't posted anything yet -_-, and me, "who suddenly became punk" - School friend.

Future Plans for the blog :

I already have registerd the domain name on Wordpress, most probably this blog will be shifted there, by April. And when I say shifted, I don't think I am gonna post all the 80+ posts there.

Comments of the usual readers when asked what the like or/and dislike about this blog :

Rajeev Meena:-

Likes : well-written,well-chosen topics,Always criticizing something/someone,Straight to the topic. Dislikes : Why don't you write one post daily :@ :@.And write thodi lambi posts XD

Response to the dislikes : I can't, its not like I don't try, and yeah as far as the short posts go, its because most of my posts try to keep it brief, but what the heck, from now on hopefully you will get long and regular posts.

Tamanna Sharma:-

"I dislike the fact that most of the posts are too intelligent for me to understand them. But then again, that's just personal. :P Otherwise, the blog's pretty good, if you ignore the random Quote by The Queen. -.-"

Response to the dislike : So, maybe I should start posting less intelligent stuff, and trust me 'you are not alone' XD

Shruti:-

" Like = Quite good for a 16 yr old! Dislike = Always anti-Bombay,Maharashtra,India,etc ... which, i obviously HATE! (I WISH DOUBLE CAPS LOCK EXISTED) and that has now stopped me from reading your blogs any further."

Response to the dislike : I'll quote Falak here, actually "Blindfolded patriotism", but I am sorry if I did hurt your sentiments, and please don't sue me [even though we live in a free-speech-democratic country]

Shayontoni:-

" what i dislike - the fact that i haven't been blogrolled yet."

Response to the dislike : Don't go all Neerav on my ass, you will be blogrolled, SOON -_-

Falak:-

"Like: Everything.
Dislike: I don't really know?, the fact that it's hosted on Blogspot and it still has a personal rant-blog feel."

Response to the dislike : Same, I was thinking of moving it to Wordpress, I will, soon, as I have mentioned it above. The personal rant-blog feel is gonna remain for a while I suppose, but yeah.

Mohit Sharma:-

" I have read bits of it and i liked what i read."

Sofia:-


"I like the blog because it is well written.Also,because i kinda identify with the point of view of most of the topics..and even if i dont..i am adequately convinced of the point of view of the author.And yes,I also learn a bit about the share markets and the like.:P"


^_^
And I assure you that you won't see me telling you the details of the blog and indirectly telling you that my blog does rock, for a well, long time. Obviously as always criticism is welcome.

Holi: The Festival of just Colors?

Holi. The festival of colors is almost here. Don't worry I won't blabber about how the festival originated etc like a 5th grader. This post is more about the other ways in which Holi is celebrated. I'm sure everyone has heard of Raves.

But in India too? Yes you bet in India too. India as it is has quite a history in mind alterations. Lord Shiva is THE God for the 'high' population as he was the only God who always remained stoned. So the tradition continues. A couple of raves happen every year. They are extremely hard to organize but they do happen. The other name for rave is Outdoor. This year's rave is in forests, in Sohna, which is about 50kms from Gurgaon. Gurgaon, is one of the most developed areas of the NCR with offices of the largest companies, factories & BPOs. Its not in Sohna but on the highway. These parties are extremely well organized & the guest list consists of the richest elite people & you'll usually see most of your dream cars in the parking of these raves. The invitee receives a Map, guiding him to the rave. The map is more like a treasure map, like 9.2kms from this exact point you take a right turn etc. Acquaintances tell me that last year, it took a good part of 3 hours to reach the venue. In the party, there are usually massive speakers all over the place, live psychedelic trance & bright psychedelic colors. You find yourself dancing with the most addicted persons with dreadlocks, the weirdest clothes & a horde of rudraksh. The decorations consist of posters of 'om' or lord shiva & for snacks there is chips, chowmein & eggs, & refreshments include only and only hard drinks & of course the hottest guys/girls with the most intense vibes ever. Vibes by the way, are not superficial, you will feel something different in the air around these people. They are spiritually super charged. The drugs at the raves begin from Hash Super creme, mushrooms, extacy to LSD. You ofcourse have to pay for it. You see people with chillums to people licking of a drop of LSD off someone's palm. Don't freak out its normal rave routine. You'll see girls & guys swaying to the music all by themselves, people meditating in the middle of the dance floor, a lot of drugs & even drink spiking. Well, spiking may seem wrong but it is natural in a rave. Rapes are rare though. The only positive point. A rave normally lasts for 12 hours+. Slowly people in their hungover state, drive out & find their way home. Sometimes a rave gets busted, it usually gets announced a couple of hours in advance but people are too high to care & end up getting caught. Getting caught does not mean your life is over, it means you'll or your parents will just be left with a lot less balance in your/their bank account. The police is always interested in the raves because of the elite rich crowd which attends it. Business men, Government representatives even film stars attend these raves. Even the actress Kim Sharma was seen in one of the Delhi raves once, my source of information, Kim's niece who is a good friend & a lifetime addict herself. Neha Dhupia, & other models are among the other names. Its not like the authorities don't know about it, usually the organizers prefer to be on the safe side by bribing the police in advance but when they don't, the rave gets busted & all the rich people pay. None of the raves have been publicized because none of them have been reported. The rave in Ramgarh, in Rajasthan had policemen enjoying the rave with the crowd. Pushkar, in Rajasthan is a regular spot for raves. The police take the bribe & forget about it. The raves have been going on in Delhi for decades now. Even foreigners, Israelis, Russians, Afghanis etc fly in to attend it. This is the current drug scene of the capital of the country. Don't you just hate the system?