Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Er Rational Notations.

Like, I think that there are two (best) innovations, which often help us a lot more in our everyday life are
1. Upper dipper switch of an automobile; not the switch, but its function! you flicker it once / twice, so as to convey your intentions to the driver of vehicle coming from opposite direction. Inventing a switch is OK, but firstly to think about flicker signalling is a Novel idea!
2. Serving a tea (local, eg ‘Shankar Vilas Hindu Hotel’) / chai in a steel waati! Notice that there are two waatis, with smaller one containing your chai, is placed upside down in a bigger one! Simple but effective with tremendous usage?! Tea doesn’t get spilled and one can make two cuttings from one full tea served ! That’s practicality & Logic, boss! Hats OFF…..

Like, I think that drinking age should be 18, instead of 25, as per existing law. Whatever happened to the Public Interest Litigation filed by actor Imran Khan (Aamir Khan’s nephew)? Or was it only a publicity stunt? Anyway, if we allow today’s youth to vote at the age of 18, then everything else should follow suit…

Like, I feel that employees of co operative banks like Saraswat, Shamrao Vithal, Cosmos etc & private banks like ICICI & HDFC etc are far more courteous (and smiling \ helpful \ look happy!) than employees working with nationalized banks like Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra & so on..

Like, I notice that driving on Saturdays, Sundays & holidays is more taxiing & frustrating for ‘seven days – regular drivers’; because, most people, who own a vehicle & do not commute to offices in their own vehicle, take out their cars on weekends. They are mostly occasional drivers & hence I find them NOT as fluent as other routine ones…

Like, I wonder about how the law is enforced…on one hand, we make private vehicle drivers & co-passenger to wear seat belts, but on the other hand, it is not mandatory & applicable for drivers of Fiat taxi, tempo, truck, bus & so on..

Like, how wearing a helmet is compulsory in Mumbai, but not in Pune / most of the other cities in Maharashtra…that’s public pressure…

Lastly, I observe that the queues outside Mandirs are getting longer & longer day by day and also, a lot more youth are found patiently waiting for their turn for lord’s darshan…
and we have segregated days as...Mondays are for Shankar bappa, Tuesdays are for Ganapati bappa, Thursdays are for Datta Maharaj / Sai baba / Swami Samarth / Shegaon Gajanan Maharaj and Saturdays are for Shani ji / Hanuman ji and ‘abhaksha bhakshan / apeypaan’ is taboo on these SACRED days. But look at the master stroke of this scheme! Wednesday (Vitthalacha diwas), Friday (Devi cha diwas) and Sunday (Surya cha diwas) are left out & conveniently ignored, so that we are allowed (!) to eat meat & have drinks on these days! All Gods / Goddesses are NOT equal, so it seems!
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Milind Kale, 18th August 2015

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