India PIN

The Postal Index Number - a unique location indicator throughout India.
So Fort, Mumbai - 400 001 is the same as
Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400 001 is the same
Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - 400 001.

It looks better than Fort, Mumbai - 400 001, Maharashtra, India, which is the most common format I have seen.

The funny thing is that for a postal employee, India - 400 001 is sufficient. He does not need to know Fort, Mumbai or Maharashtra. Just 400 001.

The PIN unites India.

It may not seem very relevant, but may I request my learned friends to put this unifying factor in use? I am not sure if these are practical tips, but the following people can definitely try:
* Overseas Indians, while referring an address, may use City, State, India - PIN format.
* Indians, while travelling abroad, may end their addresses with the suggested City, State, India - PIN format.
* Indians mentioning anything, mainly in electronic media, that is likely to have an international audience, may mention the address that way.

More suggestions are welcome.

Is it dirty? I don't notice.

I'm suddenly proud of my Indian brothers and sisters suddenly becoming aware of cleanliness!

More than 70% Indians throw rubbish outside their own home. Every tree in the rural countryside is adorned with plastic (polythene) adornments of myriad colours. And suddenly, they have become an eyesore at the venue of the commonwealth games?

I don't know a single person who has never bribed. But everyone that I know wants an honest politician.

Half the men in the country accept bribes (the remaining ones don't get them, not that they won't accept them). It's good that half of those don't even expect their children to be honest.

Half the earning population cheats on payment of taxes (the remaining ones crib that they can't cheat on taxes). OK, so my maths is not good. It might not be half, but 40%.

I read the recent blog of a friend who traveled abroad. He cribbed of the population and untidiness of the Mumbai airport. And he was extremely happy about the neatness and sporadic population of his tourism destination. But he does not mention that in India he gets a cup of tea for Rs 5, while abroad, he was sipping his favourite tea for USD 3. That the train ticket that he gets for Rs 35 in India costs USD 5 for half the distance - don't forget that fuel (there) costs a fourth of what it costs in India.

90% of the Indian people watching the commonwealth games garbage videos have never seen a cleaner place in the first place. For them, it looks just like any other street in India. They do not know that it should be cleaner. How do you explain the "tissue paper culture" to the average person who is keeping the venue clean?

I request the people to look around their own colony / society / neighbourhood. If the commonwealth games venue is even half as clean, rejoice. If the buildings there are leaking half of what your average roof, be happy. And if the washbasins there are working, be proud. After all, we did not import our contractors and sweepers, right?

Introduction.

Why bulls eye shot?
Imagine the closeup of the hole left by a bullet shot on the bulls eye of a target.
Then imagine a closeup of a sphincter. The external anal sphincter to be precise. I'm not saying you have seen either, but, imagine.
The resemblance is uncanny.
So, what I see as a perfect bulls eye shot, may look like a perfect asshole to you!

And then, relate it with this quote (which has appeared in a couple of movies):
Opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one.

So, my opinions. I share them with you. Even if they stink.

As time passes and my understanding grows, I see myself becoming increasingly pro-incompetence, pro-mediocrity, pro-corruption, pro-governments of any sort and pro-anything that makes a mockery of us as human beings in general, because these things are the most prevalent. They might seem sarcastic or humorous and my readers may choose any angle but my intention is to reveal how these vices alone can take humans ahead.

I believe that laziness is the mother of invention and greed is the prerequisite for growth. Among many other beliefs.

While I continue to be the average spineless and gutless citizen like everyone else, choosing to live with the myth that the pen is mightier than the sword, my ideal people are out there snatching the best out of others.

Welcome to my blog.
Dhawal G Nandedkar