The Twelfth Black Hole - Invitees ONLY - Page 84

Originally posted by: AllThingsNice

Chalo..signing out now. See you guys mostly on Monday now.

Pari is Disappearing Beauty and Heema chooses to abscond when I am there.

Merry Christmas Heema 🤗 🤗 🤗 🤗 Much love to your family too. Please hug the kids on behalf of a Maasi they know nothing about!

Happy holidays!

Originally posted by: AllThingsNice

This is my grouse. Or maybe you can call it my dilemma. We need to keep talent here but then people run away for better opportunities. If everyone goes abroad, how will things get better here?

Don't get me wrong, Heema. People have a right to choose. Every single cousin of mine is in the US. They are doing very well and have met with success that they would not have found here. But if everyone who can make a difference leaves, how will things improve here?

1Aggressiveness .

Passive-aggressive and hostile behavior.This upsets people. You can sense it on the roads, in shops, in cinemas, in offices.Indians who have spent time even briefly in the West are able to sense the offensive nature of India better. Non-Indians are plain shocked. Any interaction with Indians can get violent within moments. The aggression is mostly verbal, but just as bad as physical hostility.This makes people want to leave and never return.

2Unchanging politics .

There are ( what I know )six national parties on the Election Commission's roster, 54 state parties and 1,392 registered unrecognised parties. There are 39 parties with members in the Lok Sabha, 29 in the Rajya Sabha [mostly the same as in the Lok Sabha]. Yet, when you try to reach the parties with a problem, it's remarkably the same everywhere. They all have a jaded air. They all think they know more. They all jump to it when you're willing to fund.

The narrowness of Indian political parties is like a sledgehammer blow when you actually face it. It drives people away.

3.Anti-everything families

Such attitude is passed down from generations. Families could be anti-women's progress, anti-Muslim, anti-Christian, anti-Hindu, anti-meat eaters, anti-free thinkers, anti-anything. The first chance youngsters get in such families, they leave. Mostly on grounds of further study. Few return after they complete their course.

4,Timid governments

It is astonishing how deeply this affects Indians. The tame nature of Indian governments seems to rob them of self-esteem. It is often the first thing that comes up in conversations with friends and family living outside India. Governments barring those of Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi have done so little in India that even minor routine administrative decisions appear to be important. This creates a sense that anything goes in India. It makes people defensive and they see no hope. Consequently, many Indians rush to leave. Living outside India makes them grateful for being able to leav

5. Inert justice

All else being equal, this is the killer. Millions of cases pending in Indian courts [Supreme Court, high courts and lower courts together]. Indians who have had to be in court seem lacerated by the experience. It creates a conviction that India is an unjust nation. This is enough for people to seek citizenship of other nations. Indians living in the West, principally the UK and the US, speak of how they can trust the system there. Indians in India can't

6.Scary schools

This is one of the top three worries of India. Schools and teachers employed by them seem to be seriously short on integrity and skill. It makes parents so fearful that they'd rather leave than risk disaster in India. Those that stay behind, students and teachers, rarely have attractive qualities. It's so bad that diplomats of other nations posted in India almost never educate their children in any Indian school. Progress, if any, comes purely from individual industry. Like the auto driver's daughter in Mumbai who topped the all-India chartered accountancy exam or kid from slum topped board exam and so. Many other examples .Fact: No Indian university is in the world's top 200. So they leave.

7.Yearning youth

Even worse than the level of education is the fate of youngsters who come through the system. Hope and enthusiasm pull them through, but once they start looking for jobs, it hits them. Management students work at call centres, engineering graduates slog it out in IT jobs, and IT behemoths mostly offer data entry and marketing jobs. All of this is soul-destroying. The result: Youngsters spend time and energy looking to leave India. The lack of avenues breeds resentment and they leave.

8.Measly money

Those who do get jobs hate their fate, instead of looking forward to a life of fulfillment. So miserly are employers that Indian professionals can't wait to leave the country. I know of talented chefs and journalists who have spent lakhs of rupees trying to leave India. One chef I know was offered Rs 9000 a month at a five-star hotel. He felt insulted and is seeking to leave at the earliest. Journalists are offered paltry salaries or none at all in the interiors. In many states, owners tell correspondents to attract advertisements so they can take home commission from them. A career in films, too, can be heartbreaking for the young. All of them leave.These are strong reasons why Indians look to leave India because India is a fair weather nation. You can live here only if the going is good.

9,10 . I better stop now otherwise No one will read it .

Originally posted by: AllThingsNice

Wow Heema...both nephews with you! Even Raj does not cry for Mama? He's still very young, right?

Originally posted by: AllThingsNice

My parents are leaving for Mysore tomorrow. There is a wedding in the family. I get to be all alone until the 17th! 🥳 There is no emoticon for jumping around with joy!

I know I sound like a prisoner who has suddenly got freedom! But it is not that...I have never been all alone in my own house in Bombay. I have travelled alone, lived alone etc. but never in my own house. Looking forward to it. 😃

Heema, I don't know if you liked him much, but Shashi Kapoor is no more I've spent some time in Prithvi Theatre. He used to come and watch some shows. Have seen him up close and truth be told, was a fan of a select few of his movies. Basically, the ones he produced.

http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-making-of-shashi-kapoor/article21265255.ece

Signing out now. See you tomorrow or on Wednesday.

Originally posted by: Heema22

In us people get only x max and 31 off and half day off for Xmas eve and New Year's Eve , that's all . Shwetha you have long break which is unheard of .

No one 😭 what happened to you all .? 🤗