The great Indian race

21Nov11

We Indians almost never see ourselves on racial lines. We have a far important division based on caste in which we are born. That is why it is so important that one marries into their own caste, so that the child can be readily identified for appropriate discrimination.

Having said that, it’s only the masses that are unaware of racial differences. The British, cunning little foxes as they are, put in a lot of effort to study the racial differences within the Indians(the Hindus especially). But their studies were often flawed and geared towards division of Hindus. Nevertheless, We have much to thank them for. I have no doubt in mind that Hindus are a mixed bunch of races.

So here we go, from what I gather there are mainly two races that make up the Hindu population:-

1) Aryan prototype (supposedly tall, light skinned, sharp featured, prominent nose, smaller eyes,  much like the Iranians, but very bright).

2) Dravidic prototype (supposedly short, dark skinned, rounder features, larger eyes,  brainy).

The general theory that makes round on the internet is North Indians are derived of Aryan prototype and the Southern ones are of Dravidic prototype. Except its a big fat lie. Heres a more realistic picture:-

1) The pure Aryan prototype is very small in number. Their numbers are concentrated in Punjab, Haryana and Kashmir (the Hindu ones). Our bollywood heroes are generally of Aryan prototype for some reason, (Hrithik, Ranbir , Raj kapoor, ).

2) The pure Dravidic numbers are also small but defintely much larger than pure Aryan prototype. These are surprisingly not concentrated in one region. Tamil nadu and Orissa I think have the largest of these prototypes. But make no mistake their  presence is there in all states. They are spread across the country and speak various languages. (Ex:- Any political leader of tamil nadu, take a good look at “mass” people from Orissa and even West Bengal, Andhra)

3) The largest in number are that which have mixed characteristics . Skin colour varies from dark to very light but features remain dravidic (Ex:- Milind Soman, Ajay Devgan, Kamal Hasan, Shahid Kapoor)

 

The women of India are generally, of Dravidic prototype (chubby cheeks, large eyes) even in Punjab and Haryana, unlike Iran where women have similar facial features like that of their men. Some examples:- Hemamalini, Maushami Chatterji, Priyanka Chopra, well almost every Bollywood actress. I cant think of too many female Aryan prototypes, but Nargis comes close. Sonam Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan, Vidya Balan . There arent too many. BTW Nargis is muslim and Soha is mixed.

The third albeit less prominent race in Indians is the Mongol prototype. Generally concentrated in West Bengal (Hello Didi) and North East. But they either follow tribal religions or christian. They are actually nice people but get discriminated against a lot because Mongol features are considered not-so-Indian.

The popular belief that all North Indians are of Aryan prototype is a lie. Most people have mixed features with a stronger tilt towards Dravidic prototype. To believe all tamils are of dravidic prototype is folly. Ironically Vidya Balan is a Tamil Iyer who comes closest to the female Aryan prototype.

I hope I have messed with your brains and beliefs enough. Have a Great Day!!!

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And then Roissy (in DC) died

20Aug11

Roissy is dead. No more roissy.wordpress.com. The guru who showed the path of light is no more. Guess it was long overdue. He wasnt writing much once he turned his blog from Roissy to Citizen Renegade. There were other writers who called themseleves members of “Chateau” who wrote most of the posts on that blog. I really miss roissy, he had a style of not offending people while being honest. His minions were quite not the same standard often being offensive. Well they still write at heartiste.wordpress.com and roissy’s old posts are still there.

I hope you come back some day Roissy to deliver more truth in your impeccable writing style.

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My Brand new Samsung galaxy s II

24Jun11

I have been owning the galaxy s 2 for nearly two weeks. I am so glad samsung considers India a priority customer unlike Apple whose products arrive nearly a year after the US launch. I am very happy with sgs 2. It’s amazingly fast. It takes very good pictures. Yes it does. It works amazingly with google maps. With my previous phone HTC Hero I had to wait forever to work with google maps. On this its lightning fast. I have decided not to root it unless I find a compelling deficiency that can only be filled by a custom ROM. Yes angry birds work very well and I couldn’t be happier about it. This phone nearly future proof for two may be four years. The only problem I have is the pink spot at the center of each photo. Please sumsung, make it go away. Please. Please.

Update :-after two three months, I have a sracth on my dear galaxy s 2. Right in the middle . Gorilla glass, my ass .

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All about hair fibres – Do they really work? A practical guide.

10Jun11

First of all let me make it clear. I ain’t bald. I have fair amount of hair. But I do suffer from what is known as “diffused thinning”. It’s like the hair doesn’t fall off at one or two spots but all over the head. It’s not much of problem except the scalp gets realllllly visible in harsh light.

It gave me such a complex, I would hesitate to go under harsh light. And then I discovered the magic of hair fibres. Yes, they do work. But they have their own conditions under which they work. If you are bald , or your hair is too much thinned out it doesn’t work. It works best for people with moderate to little amount of diffuse thinning . I really don’t think it works if your hair has thinned out way too much. It will just look like dirty black stuff on your head in that case.

Which product do I use? It’s called HairMax. Its costs 1800 rupees for a tiny bottle. But dont worry it probably will last two or more months for people with little to moderate thinning. I am very happy with this product.

How to use it? Now this is the tricky part. I almost gave up on this product thinking it yet another waste of my hard earned cash. All because I wasn’t using it properly and in proper amount. And nobody can help you with this. All those videos on youtube are bullshit. They can be used as a starting point. But there is a learning curve associated with these kinds of products. As for myself, I just sprinkle the powder exactly four times on the front of head after combing. I make the fibres settles down using the back of the comb. I comb lightly again, so the extra fibres fall off. I end up with a beatiful voluminous forlock with very little scalp showing even in the harsh light.

I do not use any hair spray just because I really dislike them. They make my hair feel dry and icky even if it doesnt look so.

So there you go guys and gals, have fun with hair fibres and please leave your thoughts in my comments section. I would really appreciate that. Thanks.

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Samsung Galaxy S I9003 vs HTC Desire HD

20Mar11

I am got my hands on these two beauties the Samsung Galaxy S (LCD version) and the HTC desire HD in Mumbai. I have a HTC hero but am looking to upgrade to a big-ass huge screen(4.3 inch) phone. The Desire HD looks perfect to me except I am really worried about the battery life considering it has a teeny-weeny 1250 mah battery. On the other hand the Galaxy S has a big huge battery of 1650 mah and it is also 5k-6k less cheaper than the Desire HD. However it has a slightly smaller screen at 4.0 inches. You may think it does not make any difference but trust me it does when you keep them side by side. The Desire HD has a wider screen precisely what I want as I mainly want to use the phone as a portable internet tablet. Damn HTC had to put in the tiniest battery for the biggest screen out there. What were they thinking really? At this point neither of them satisfies my most required criteria i.e big ass screen with a huge-ass battery. Perhaps I should just wait out for the perfect. Oh yes, I am looking forward to the Acer Iconia Smart.

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Motorola flipout India

20Nov10

I am considering this motorola flipout or sony xperia x10 to be my next phone. I own a HTC Hero but I am having problems with it (like the touch screen not working, etc) barely after a year. I will never buy a HTC again. I think they are a bit crappy at Quality Assurance. I dont want to spend Rs. 30,000. Only half of it. Yet I want dont want bulky cheap looking 3.2 inch androids from samsung like galaxy 5 or galaxy 3. I like the way motorola flipout is designed but I fear it might not be rugged. Also the camera probaly sucks.  The Sony x10 mini on the other hand looks great, has android 2.1 just like flipout and it has a better camera (and it also comes with flash). They are both priced around 15000 although x10 mini is cheaper these days at 13000 while flipout is around 15000…I am leaning more towards x10 mini. Heck I dont want to spend more than 15000 rupees this time. HTC hero has burnt my fingers real bad.

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MyPursuit of happiness

17Nov10

One would be mistaken that humans in general strive to be happy. All the hard work they put in is only to be happy and the make the ones they love happy. Right? No. Not really. Why is this myth getting propagated so much still? Because it masks what we really want? What is it that we really want? I can make a fairly good guess for most people. If your basic needs are not met, you are striving and living to make your life the way you think you want it to be. Your basic needs can be summarized as food, shelter and sex, all these in the very specific way that you desire. Until all these are met, yes your life makes perfect sense, because you don’t really think much beyond these parameters. What happens when all of the above has come full circle? Or you realize you cannot be fulfilled in one of the areas no matter what and give up the pursuit? After a certain point, there is no other goal other than to just get by. Live one day at a time.  It is true for most people. Hardly anybody might admit it.  But that’s what we start looking at some point in life. It may happen for most people at 40, the lucky ones at 50 and the really unlucky ones at 30. What we are probably looking for if fulfillment rather than happiness. The only way I can see a person fulfilled is if he/she is employed in a job of his/her liking. I cant imagine any other purpose in life that can keep me engrossed 10 hours a day other than a job that I really like doing. Right now, I don’t like what I am doing. It is hard to say I am 100% confident a job of my choice will fill the void I am facing right now. Because, I have often gotten what I wished for only to make me regret I wished for those things to happen. Things never turned out the way I thought they would. I dare not dream anymore. Most of my dreams turned out to be a nightmare. “Be careful what you wish for, it might actually come true.” Some wise man has said that already, I found it out the hard way. I am hanging on to my job, and whats left of my life. I don’t want to be proven wrong again by switching my career altogether  only to find even a job of my choice is not really what makes me happy. So I hang on. I wont make a move this time round. This one time, I have decided to let things fall into place rather than making them fall into place. I am too disillusioned to even try. God, your turn. The ball is in your court.

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A milestone

02Nov10

I complete 9 years in the IT industry today. The ride was like this

hopeless-bumpy-smooth-smooth-mild hitch-smooth-death n back-struggling n miserable-fun fun fun-hopeless.

So we started with hopeless and right now i see no hope. no end for my current problems. I feel sick about it.  But  i reliaze it cud have happened to anybody. I never thought I cud be one of them. Why? Simply cause I expected better than average protection from God because He created me a bit,  OK a lot, weaker than others. And that protection he did give till now. Suddenly He has withdrwan it. I am left to fend for myself. If this continues I know I cant go on much furthur. I need the protective bubble without which I am practically dead. I have begged God, Yelled at Him, Sweared at Him to thrown me a lifeline. Whether he will save me? I do not know. All I do know is Left to myself I am eventually gonna die one way or another. I am not strong enough. I rely on pink sleeping pills to calm me down at night. Miss this pill one night and I go completely nuts. I cry when I am alone at my own helplessness. I cry for a better life, for a job that can give meaning to my life.  I curse and yell at God hoping he would listen. He hasnt so far. Will he listen? I know not. Will I die as one more statistic of mental wreckness? Only Time will know. For now, I have resigned to fate.  I can struggle no more. I am done.

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Its not a choice – always

12Oct10

I am officially down in dumps. My job has taken a nose dive. I have no contact with my Friends. My family is in a different city. I am 31(fast approaching 32) and single with no hopes of ever being a couple. I am forced to come with explanations as to why I am not married yet. I am a loser right, 30s and single and all? For what? I don’t know.  Is this the result of choices I made? Some of it, yes. With the other part I had no choice. I had to sacrifice my career for “having lived a life”. I lived my life the way I wanted, paying a price in terms of a career with no goal in sight. I feel my career is coming to a close…this one anyway. Is it time for a new career? Perhaps yes. But I am stuck. Of all the choices I have made, I never thought about consequences. I was young and I didn’t have anything to lose. Or so I thought. I hesitate now. I am much older and perhaps wiser. I would not risk a career change unless I hit the real low point which I haven’t…yet. How will this unfold for me? Am I gonna get through this? Will I succumb to life’s challenges ? Will I stand up for myself for once and brave my way through this deep shit swamp? I do not know. Most importantly I do not care. I have nothing to live for, to aspire for. I never thought I would acknowledge this. But here I am, sitting in a place I don’t know shit about with a job that’s gonna start soon and suck sooner than that. If there is one thing that can probably save my life is some decent job, with a decent environment. All I can do now is close my eyes and pray..that I make through this. Peace.

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Going the distance

04Oct10

A rather worn out Drew Barrymore and a very adorable, youthful looking Justin Long star in this best ever romantic comedy. Sorry Barrymore, you just look kinda old.  But on the bright side you are funny as hell. Loved your foul mouth. And Justin Justin Justin, I never knew you before. I assumed you were around 26 from your looks in the movie. Google tells me you are quite older at 32 years of age. You don’t look a day over 26. Fantastic hair, twinkling shiny eyes. I am assuming you are one of those late bloomers who look horribly ugly and skinny  well into their mid twenties and then miraculously start getting sexier by the day. Yet the old hag and the handsome monkey made an oddly adorable couple, I guess that’s what they call chemistry. Very good chemistry and biology. And all those dicks, pussies and fucks that drop out so effortlessly from their mouths are what makes this movie so enjoyable.Its very honest and does not pretend to be anything more than funny romantic it is. Lots of funny stuff involving dry humps, penises, vaginae and well..you get the point.  It does get a little to stretchy and boring during the later part of the movie but that should not be a huge bother. The first one hour or so more than makes up for the latter part.

Three and half stars for you. Enjoy.

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