I am convinced that in my next birth I will come back as an Ant... I simply knock them off or throw water on them whenever I see them...

I am slowly settling into my new house... already neighbours are rearing their silly heads ... irritating... I am not much of a peoples person when it comes to this.... I am slowly building up my furniture ..... I got a new chest of drawers which I have always lusted after.... and a centre table which looks antiquy enough for me to feel nice.... I am sure it was made in the backlanes of Ghatkopar and sold in chor bazaar... but what I dont know cannot kill me....

 

I see the Amercian election process and I am amazed at how professional it seems..... I mean the whole thing does not reek of any sleaze or grime... everybody is well dressed including the participants who are just listening... the candidates all speak perfect english (the yardstick for sophistication I suppose), their wives speak even better than them, the children are well dressed and appear by the side of the candidate... and whether photoshopped or not the entire family looks good.... and the speeches are rabble rousing.... bright words, stinging lines and catch phrases, and all about loving one's country.....

Now move to the Indian scene.... while the top leaders are all well dressed there is a sense of chaos.... frankly I cannot relate to the Indian political campaigns.... for one there seems to be no structure... they are too many people areound.... and all of them somehow look like thugs... there is no inspiring speech given by any leader of repute.... people are just left wondering what happened in each election campaign...... and who to vote for... there is no insprising speech or any inspiring leadership.... I am left fumbling about what each candidate stands for....

 

ok... am I really way off mark or just missing the point.... but it has become an election issue that Obama signed the equal pay for equal work in the year 2011?? I mean this is a law that assures women are paid the same for the same work.... and now that is touted as an achievement of the Obama government (and it should be)....

My first reaction is... I mean this is United States of America... supposed to be the leader in terms of freedom and liberty... and they are signing the equal pay for equal work only now?????? I mean India has had that law for more than 30 years... ofcourse implementation might be really bad in India... but at least on paper we have had that law... if a woman were to seek a remedy she would have statute to back her up....

In many ways when I was living in America, i saw many things which are backward.... for instance the bible belt is not as open as we would be made to believe... they are opposed to gay rights, womens reproductive rights, women's rights perse and ofcourse racism....

I got perplexed by this dichotomy....