"I have found that, in the composition of the human body as
compared with the bodies of animals, the organs of sense are duller and
coarser. Thus, it is composed of less ingenious instruments, and of spaces less
capacious for receiving the faculties of sense."
—Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519)
Word
for the day
Avarice (n)
Insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and
hoard wealth.
Malice
towards none
BJP and Congress
are the same side of the same coin.
It is just that BJP
is currently in its Indira Gandhi (1971) phase, and Congress is BJP of 1984.
I just dread to imagine
"what would be the Ram Temple" for Congress revival?
First random
thought this morning
In spite of all the reforms in energy sector, and massive
reduction in petroleum product subsidies, and high dividend policy, ONGC stock
price is down about ~30% from its 2014 highs.
At the same time with all its attendant problems of low
growth and high NPLs, SBI is just 15% lower from its all time high seen in
2010.
Is it an anomaly in pricing or collective wisdom of
market is telling to go short on energy stocks like ONGC and Coal India.
Non Compliance - impediment to growth
When you see these pictures, what comes to your mind first.
Are these funny? Are these worth appreciating? Do they highlight
the quintessential Indian character? Do you care?
Now tell me—
·
Have you heard of anyone protesting or suing
Amir Khan for openly desecrating the historic Red Fort, a heritage building in
movie PK?
·
Did you find engineering students drinking
alcohol in college campus in 3 Idiot, acceptable?
·
Did you find Amir Khan riding a scooter in the
critical care ward of a Hospital acceptable?
·
Did you noticed that Salman Khan is romancing on
a motorbike without wearing a helmet?
·
Did you find this overloaded lorry in Fevicol
advertisement impressive or funny?
·
Did you ever thought of complaining about the
famous and celebrated Mumbai Dabbawallahs blocking traffic, causing
inconvenience to passengers in local trains, or you find it regular or rather
part of a great service to the nation?
·
Does the latest TV advertisements of Sporto
sportswear and CEAT tyres, that describes Indians as incorrigibly non-compliant,
offend you, or you would just laugh it off?
Last week I sent these photographs to 50 people, randomly selected
from my contact list, for their comments on these pictures. The mail was sent
without any preamble. The results of a second survey on Whatsapp are awaited.
No surprises there. None of the respondents pointed out any
problems with these pictures.
28 respondents just found the pictures funny and answered in LoL
emojis. 3 respondents said, Amir Khan is any day better than Salman Khan. 5 respondents
have asked who is the actor jumping the road divider and dancing in front of
the motorbike. Two of them also wanted to check whether there is Govinda
amongst the Dabbawallas' group seen in the given picture.
14 respondents have answered with just "???"
The respondents include professionals working with MNC banks,
large IT firms, infra developers, exporters and Indians working in foreign
countries as senior managers. 20 are women. All are in 35-50yr age bracket.
The point in case is that "compliance" does not appear
to be high on priority agenda of even most educated, wealthy and responsible
citizens.
In my view, this indifference towards civic and regulatory
non-compliance, and admiration for "Jugaad" is one of the top
impediments to achieving sustainable high economic growth in India.
The current government should be credited with identifying the
problems and taking some baby steps in direction of their resolution....to
continue.
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