Be there, n make a Difference

hmm … interesting topic …

Let me try n present both views of this topic …

Ayes first …

Restrictions are necessary to impose so that youth can be kept in control. There are many types of restrictions: legal, moral, ethical, individual, family imposed, etc…etc…

e.g. Restrictions regarding marriageable age, age for voting, age for consumption of alcoholic beverages, smoking and other tobacco products, restrictions for monogamy, individual restrictions regarding behaviour and living, conversational restrictions like not uttering cuss words during normal and formal conversation, etc…

These are good as they chart a person’s life on the good path … the path approved by and generally followed in the society in which we live. These make a person likeable and approachable in the society. These make a human being. Not having any restrictions would create havoc. Imagine a situation wherein people behave as they please with no fear of rules, regulations and laws. No bindings, nothing … a situation akin to “jungle raaj”.

Society demands its own rules and regulations to be followed and youth are a part of the society and the future responsible citizens of the country. They are the ones to guide the nation’s course. If youth are not restricted, then in today’s world of shrinking borders, we can see teenagers flaunting pistols in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other … not to mention the multitude of rings of smoke. No restriction for coming back to home on time, behaving cordially, education for atleast 18 years of life … the very imagination is enough to raise one’s hair on end.

Hence, restrictions are necessary for youth to be accountable.

Opposing view …

Restrictions restrict a person’s imagination. Restrictions bind the free human mind. Restrictions set the borders beyond which the mind is prohibited from wandering. Restrictions restrict the mind’s leap.

Had there been restrictions to innovate, the wonderful and life-changing inventions would not have been possible. People would not have thought beyond the obvious. There minds would not have ventured outside the ordinary fearing the restrictions. Of course, everything has a good and bad side to it. But, it is for youths to self realise as to what extent they can go to follow their will … and how they want to lead their lives. The freedom should not be mistaken for absolute anarchy.

It is for youths themselves to guard their appearance and behaviour and living so as not to offend the general sentiments of the society but restrictions do not go anywhere in guaranteeing this. You cannot stop a young person from following his peer into a entertainment place just on the pretext of restrictions. It is for that young mind to decide what is good and what is not so good for him.

Responsibility is necessary to inculcate among the youths but it cannot be imposed by means of restrictions.

Phew … I can’t believe I’ve written so much … so, now that my brain is highly exhausted because of this over-exertion … let me allow it to relax a bit … you can post your views till my little brain gets up and blogging …

I had once written about the “kadak” experience of Tea at Tapri and how the taste is just awesome …

Probably sardarji ne mera post padh liya and the thing went straight into his head. The tea’s taste (which was once just tooooo good) has since been on the downslide … not to mention the quantity of milk as well.

Maggi still remains amazing (so far, touchwood !!!) 

Today, what compelled me to write this post is the harrowing experience which I had for my routine breakfast at office … kande pohe …

Hmm…it so happened that the usual tapri at which we have breakfast and tea (yes, you guessed it … we have long shifted from sardarji’s tapri) was closed … which is quite common these days … ( although i dunno why that tapri wala closes his tapri almost every third day … but, that might become the topic of another post )

Hence, we had no choice than to try out other options … and sardarji had once told my breakfast mate, Madhura, that … “Hum aajkal pohe bhi rakhne lage hain ji.” Probably, sardarji realised that majority people in Panchshil Tech Park have kande pohe as their staple breakfast. So, as part of our trial n error, we went their and had sardarji’s pohe.

And now, I am in a fix as to what to write and what not to write in “tareef” of the pohe. Since I am falling short of words, forget phrasing a complete sentence … hence I will resort to goliyan … here goes …

• Cold
• Looked stale
• Taste (if any) was absolutely pathetic
• Priced at 10/- INR
• Pohe were presented in Thermocol plates with plastic spoons ( after hearing the price, one thought which immediately flashed into my mind was … ye thermocol plate aur plastic spoons ka price bhi humse hi wasool raha hai … grrrrrr )
• goliyan = bullets

An important thing which I consider my moral duty to inform you all is that there are muchhhhhhhhhhhh better tasting kande-pohe available at host of other tapris for 6/- INR.

And have I mentioned that sardarji has employed one more person apart from his kid ( oops … sorry … of course sardarji hasn’t ‘employed’ his kid on the tapri … wo baccha to us tapri ka bhaavi owner hai … he is gonna inherit the fortune made by sardarji in this tapri business  )

Also, sardarji has purchased the neighbouring tapri … i can sense some expansion plans here … So, if you are wondering why I’ve given the topic of this post as Quick Money … let me clarify …

Going by sardarji’s pricing policy … he is easily getting almost 50% profit in the total sales of pohe alone ( yeah, howsoever “bhangaar” the pohe might be … there were still some takers ) … and also, there are other items as well, besides maggi, tea, sandwiches, rajma chawal, chana chawal, aloo paratha and other things … and with the onset of summers, he has started keeping “shahi lassi” and cold drinks as well … I won’t be surprised if someday he starts limbu sharbat as well … (over) priced at 10/- INR

Itna profit at so less quality will quickly enable him to “royal bhalle bhalle” till the end of the road …. !!!!!!

P.S. Just some food for thought : how far is one justified at earning huge and multiplied profits by offering under par products ???