Wo Rat Bewdo Ke sath ( Philosophy Of Bewdes)

I have just experienced a really interesting Drink Session with my  friends in recent night out, which proved Bewdes are great  philosophers.

Since I left drinking ( no particular reason :p), I enjoy the Drink  Session seeing my friends doing  strange things after getting drunk.

I tend to have quantity of food on night out. ( Yes, a cheap date as  per my friend’s opinion)

It has struck me, though, that ‘getting drunk’ has recently become  very a la mode for Indian teenagers. This was not always the case, since this was my first  night out without getting drunk  and enjoying “Philosophy of Bewdes”.

Now I have many friends who wont meet me for a cup of tea or  coffee. They meet only to drink  whisky. 

Let me share the experience of how I got to know about Philosophy of Bewdes. Recently I have  been to house party where bottles of spirits are pilled on the table  and people drink whisky, vodka, rum, etc. ( jyada stock nai bas  yehi kuch 3-4 khambe for 6-7 people). If you say you are not drinking, you are considered lame. 

Now the party started. One friend said to me, “ Aj tera bhai gala gila karega bohot dino ke bad”.  Everyone raised their glasses full of whisky and said “cheers”. In  my group usually every peg they make is small, Philosophy behind  it is-” They want to play long inning (drink till the morning)”.

As everyone enjoying their drinks, suddenly one of my friend got a  call so he went to a gallery to  talk and after some 15 mins, when he entered he literally took  whisky bottle and started drinking  neat whisky from bottle saying, “ Are bhai shot hogaya” and ye hua and wo hua, bla bla bla. After some time he went to bathroom and  showed his “Kalakari” by painting walls of the bathroom with red  and yellow of vomit :p. Every group has some inebriated person that could show his artistic  skills in bathroom only, by drinking so hard. Philosophy behind it  is-” The speed at which you get drunk depends on how much you  drink, not what you drink. It is completely based on your stamina  and how you tolerate heavy drinking.”

After he lost his sense we tried to let him sleep, assuring him  everything will be alright tomorrow. 

And now the party came back on track, again everyone started  enjoying. Suddenly one said, “ Are kya ek dusre ko dekhake pi  rahe ho. Koi gana bina bajado. “, he put on lappy and played some sad songs. After 10-15 min one of my friend got emotional and said, “ Tujhe to pata  hena meri girlfriend ka story, she  cheated on me yar. I missed her so much, I cant live without her,”  Other friend replied, “ Are bhad  me gayi teri Girlfriend , puri utar di tune meri, She was a slut ,  forget her”. Philosophy Behind it is-” In every drink session getting emotional, talking about problems and regretting about bad  experiences is must. And many don't really bother about others      problems rather they want to  concentrate on drinking.”

Then one friend said getting hardcore drunk,” Are yar ciggi khatam hogaya he, chal bike pe jake  leke atehe”. And since i was the only person not drunk he took me with him. I said, “ Chal piche  beth jaldi jake leke atehe”. He said, “ Aj tera bhai bike chalayega,  beth piche”. I was shocked this was happening as he was the driver. My only option of survival, short of jumping out, was to stay  alert and act as backstreet driver, keeping my eyes glued on road.  He said he ‘ did this all the time’. Once we reached he was unable  to park the bike on slope. He said, “ Are mera 1st gear  ka  problem he dekhna bike upar hi nai jaraha.” I said,” Clutch to chod Chu***”. Philosophy Behind  it is- “ Not one Indian man I know who drinks and drives thinks there is anything wrong with it,  despite high profile cases of drunk drivers killing people in Mumbai being splashed over the front pages of the  papers on a regular basis.”

When we reached home safely, everyone was dancing on some  house mix. After some 2-3 hours when every one lost their senses all started sleeping. Then in morning its time to go home.  But big problem was “ The Hangover”. One friend said,” Are yaar dimag ke lage pade he.” Other  friend replied, “ Nimbu nichod ke pi panime.” Philosophy behind it is-” In our session we learnt  that black coffee and cold showers cannot cure hangovers. The only thing that can is patience – waiting for the alcohol to be removed from your system by your   liver. Nothing can be done to  speed this up. The way to avoid to getting drunk is to eat food when drinking, never drink on an  empty stomach, and put your drink down, don’t hold it, as you will drink less. And instead of  boozing, you should focus on dancing or chatting and other  activities at parties.”

Whole experience for me just to watch and observe what they were doing. Indian teenagers  currently have social problems like binge drinking(heavy episode  drinking), drunken unplanned  pregnancies, and drunken brawls are commonplace. Luckily there  is a lot of focus on dancing at  parties, and many teenagers anyway don’t drink. But many of the modern yuppie aspiring elite  teenagers do drink. A lot. With increased wealth and money, comes a lot of new social problems,  and teenagers needs to brace itself for those. The perceived need  for Adidas, nike and ipods is  already accompanied by a perceived need for imported spirits, wine and beers. There is nothing  wrong with drinking booze, provided it is done in moderation.

But the shift might soon be from worrying about slums and the homeless on the streets to needing Counselor for depression, relationship breakdowns and alcohol and drug abuse..

Morale- There are two kinds of people I don't trust: people who  don't drink and people who collect stickers. 

(After Drinking) Are tu hi mera asli bhai he!!!!

If you’ve ever been drunk or been around a drunk then I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “Are tu hi to mera asli bhai he!!!” This phrase is commonly used when a person is intoxicated and is in the company of humans, dogs, chairs or mice. Any living or non-living thing becomes the most beloved in front of a drunk who’s full of love. But then there are the depressed drunk ("Bhai girlfriend ne chod diya"). And equally menacing drunk ("Bhai lagi padi he charo taraf se"), the frustrated drunk ("Bhai shot hogaya he").

Yesterday My friend just got admission in some engineering college. He asked me a question, “Can i smoke ,drink and have engineering as a career?” Since I am also an Engineer, to his serious question, I said,” Are tu hi to mera asli bhai he...!!! Yes of course you can, why not? one is career and the other is hobby. so i don't see any problem. And waisebhi ajkal engineering colleges ke aju baju baki kuch nai hua to bhi tapri hoti hi he.”

Why do people drink? Are they a connoisseur? No, they probably cannot even spell it or even pronounce it correctly after getting drunk. Do they like the taste? Probably not, since they makes that weird face after every big gulp of the whisky that goes down his throat by saying,” Ahhh aj gala gila kiya he bhai ne !!!” Is it a cultural thing? Definitely not, in a religious country like India drinking is more or less considered to be sin. Although that does not deter even the most pious of followers who duly spill a cap full of Old Monk on the floor and dedicate it to Bhole Nath. And after 2-3 pegs bolenge, “ Bhai ke liye koi joshila gana baja.”

The only reason we drink is to get drunk. That is the only reason why we heads to local bar after hard day saying,” BAR BAR din ye aye...BAR BAR me hum jaye.” and buys our favourite drink saying, “ Hamka pini he pini he hamka pini he.” When we get out of the bar having no sense and loosing all the sophistication, we say,” Ab ye sab mujhe SHOBHA nai deta, shobha se yad aya bhai ko SHOBHA dedo.”

We always try to pretend that we have great stamina.

“Bhai 17 pegs peene ke baad bhi main seedha khada tha banjo!”“Saale kabhi hamare saath baith ke piyo, hum sikhayenge kaise karte hain hold the drink.”“Dude I know this guy who’s like this tanker man. I mean I shit you not but he drank 11 bottles of beers in front of me and he was still fine.”

Sadly, for the common Indian drunk, this specific culture is not particularly embraced by the common public here. In lands outside of India they drink wine when they eat, they consider scotch to be a religion, cops drop the drunks to their home safely and women probably don’t get raped all the time by tipsy men. The situation in India is quite the opposite. Drunks here are a nuisance. Drunks here are ‘over-friendly’ to the extent that they molest women to show their love. Drunks here are looked down upon even if they are good drunks and become happy high after a few drinks. Drunks are not welcome here.

Our philosophy is simple. We drink to get high. We love to get drunk. We feel that it’s a waste if we drink and not feel out of our senses. That’s what our real thoughts are when it comes to drinking. And for some reason we’re quite cool with it and don’t see any reason to change.We, the average Indian drunks, don’t want to grow up. Even 10 years from now we want to pee in our pants, drunk dial, get in car crashes, hump street dogs, and wake up with no memory of the previous night whatsoever. That’s who we are. And that’s who we will be. Always. Proud.

Before I end my blog i would like you to read a peom i found on internet  

Bewde Zameen par...!!  

Main Kabhi Batlata Nahin 
Bar main daily jaata Hoon Main Maa ... 
Yun To Main,Dikhlata Nahin 
Daru peekar roz aata hun Main Maa .... 
Tujhe Sab Hai Pata, Hain Na Maa... 
Tujhe Sab Hai Pata, Meri Maa... 
Theke pe Yun Na Chhoro Mujhe , 
Ghar Laut Ke Bhi Aa Naa Paoon Main Maa... 
Paua lene Bhej Na Itna Door Mujko Tu, 
Ghar bhi bhool jaun main Maa... 
Kya Itna Bura Hoon Main Maa... 
Kya Itna Bura Hoon Main ...Meri Maa.. 
Scotch main ,itna peeta nahi, 
Peg Se Seham Jaata Hoon Main Maa 
Chehre Pe Aane Deta Nahin 
Lekin kabhi ludak jaata Hoon Main Maa 
Tujhe Sab Hai Pata...Hai Naa Maa 
Tujhe Sab Hai Pata, Meri Maa ... 

Also a poem link for Engineers:-

http://www.mit.edu/people/mrbonk/engineers.html

Why don't girls propose to guys?

Yesterday, I was chatting with one of my friend. We had a long chat, and while chatting I asked her why is she still single. To my surprise she said that no one had proposed her till date. May be she lied, but from her chat I could make out that many girls don’t want to propose boys first, instead they want boys to propose them. 

For the same question one girl gives answer of same question by giving two reasons, the very first is, girls do not propose at first because they have a mind set that its only boy's work to propose at first. Second reason is they are scared of hearing 'NO' from boys for their proposal which makes them go through hell (After Effects) for many days and on other hand if girl refuses boy's proposal then it doesn't affect boys that much.

I was thinking for a while is that right thing to do?  And here I am with my own views on above question.

Few girls do share their feelings and approach boy, but many don’t. It is believe that boys need to be stronger, courageous and propose a girl, instead of girls doing that. The shy nature of girls, their self respect, and the fear of rejection make them to lack behind boys in loving someone. Social structure and society superstitions too stop them from taking such step.

If girls do propose any boys, it becomes a topic to discuss which makes them feel cheap to others; this too prevents them from taking such step. Most importantly, girls want boys to share their feelings and make them feel special. It is good that girls need to be more special, and they should maintain their self respect.

Though many might debate that girls and boys are of no difference, I feel that on an average boys are more dominating, capable, courageous, stronger and ahead in many things. It is believed in earlier olden days that men have to take step ahead of women and be superior. Now, with the course of time this has become the permanent characteristics of society. So, still boys have a choice to propose girls they love, and share their feelings.

Girls normally don’t share their feelings; hence they let their feelings subside within themselves. They are not exercising their rights and letting go away with their choice. It would only make them lose their choice, and they may land up with someone whom they don’t wish to stay forever.

Presently, where both girls and boys have an equal opportunity; don’t let your choice go away with fear of social acceptance. Feel free to express yourself. But, know what you should be doing, and do that at right time to a right person.    

But, if girls want boys to take initiative in sharing their feelings, and if boy accepts it then it has become a natural understanding, and can be considered as a part of mannerism. Let’s accept it then if you feel it is worth accepting.

So, Here’s the link “10 Reasons Why Girls Should Propose a Guy”

http://listdose.com/10-reasons-why-girls-should-propose-a-guy/

P.S. :- Don’t presume that I am waiting for someone to approach and propose me. Neither I am trying to influence anyone.

Relationship Status In Modern India

Much of this article relates to the metropolitan-fast-paced-urban lifestyle which often leaves less or no respect and regard for relationships.

“I will love you all my life

Always be by your side

And I will give you all I have

Cause you gave me peace and joy….again, again, again….”

-Jennifer Lopez

Love, the word itself strikes a million chords in our hearts. For each one of us it rings a different bell, for some their crushes, for others their boyfriends, and for some — their parents.

It is a very surprising web of emotions and love it is that binds us to other humans. The relationships are the foundations of our emotional and mental stability. No one can remain in isolation from other human beings and it is these various relations that help us survive and enjoy the life that we have been blessed with. A relationship is a deep emotional bond with another individual. The tendency to form a deep emotional bond to another individual is a universal feature of human life.

Modern relationships are very different from those in older times. A man need only accidentally see a woman in a mode of undress and he would be obligated to marry her. Attributes such as purity, virginity, and celibacy were requirements for an unmarried woman. It would be quite difficult to find an adult female today who possesses these traits — at least in metropolitans. However, an advantage to this freedom ensures that a man and woman today need not enter into marriage just for the sex. It seems to hold true also, that a relationship which suffers through unsatisfying sex doesn't last. Which now is just about a breakup – not a divorce [even-though the breakup can be equally heart wrenching at times]. “Gone are the days where you dated in high school or college and then he slapped a ring on your finger after graduation.”

These days’ relationships have an all-new meaning. They are short-lived, meaningless, at times only physical, and lately use and throw relationships seem to be the raging trend. Short-term relationships such as flings, one-night stands have become so common that the true essence of love seems to be lost somewhere. There is nothing wrong with having a no strings attached relation, but the emotional consequences (how much ever you may deny) that one has to bear are not justified. For today’s youth love is blended with lust and in this process they give up their morals, ethics and consciousness. We need to be careful about whom you have repeated intimate contact with – we are likely to form an attachment to that person. And once an attachment is formed, it can be very difficult to break. Without realizing this, individuals today are gallivanting around without giving their actions today a single thought. Love, soul mates, all these things seem to be of the past. And the worst bit remains that the realization quotient in people has become zero.

It’s this attitude that ‘it’s all about me, what’s good for me’ a bad thing? We’re all so selfish nowadays, and it seems to be having an effect — adverse. Depression rates are higher than ever. Ridiculously high expectations often render the relationship baseless.

It seems today that (women especially) are always trying to find the ‘perfect’ man ‘for them’. Are we all blind? Nobody is perfect. Yet we all are so ready to just give up, drop everything and quit when things take a bad turn. We don’t work on relationships any more. If someone slips up, we deem them ‘not right‘ for us, and we move on. Insecurities in modern relationships create fertile ground for infidelity and relationship “jumping”. Every woman wants an Edward Cullen and every boy a Bella [or the perfect on-screen couple]! With the equality of the sexes, Men can now look at women as capable and strong entities, capable of providing for themselves and others, women can do it all. When he no longer is “having fun” or enjoying the relationship it is just too easy for him to move on and start afresh, leaving the woman behind to be the responsible one and the male feeling no sense of guilt, because, hey, “She can take care of herself”.

Our relationships today are headed for a doomsday scenario if the present status continues. We have stopped valuing them and caring about them, forgetting in the process that relations are very delicate. They need to be handled with love and care and be nurtured with affection combined with warmth and fondness.

We have to understand that love abides in everybody and we have to learn to respect and value people. As individuals we need to understand other beings around us to live a peaceful and better life. Love teaches us to value, to care to forgive. And it is this beautiful feeling, which connects everybody. In this fast paced world that we are living today where love has lost it’s meaning, we need to recreate it and its passion. And endure in making the world believe and feel that there is nothing more beautiful in this world than to love and be loved.

Eleven Minutes ( Story Of Prostitute) by Paulo Coelho

Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

Bold subject…even bolder narration…still there is no object of obscenity in the whole book.

Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho sails smooth like a stream in plains, a candle in calm weather and a kite in favorable wind.

Since I was in search of better book to read. Then I came across this book of paulo Coelho.  It’s been a decade since this novel of Paulo Coelho, whose books are believed to have a life enhancing effect, was published and I think it is too late to write a review but I am still writing this because more than the name of the author, it is a good literary work that needs to be promoted and it is the responsibility of a voracious reader who comes across some real good work of words, to pass on the words of wisdom or advice to the the avid readers, the inquisitive minds that hunt for knowledge, worth exploring.

Eleven Minutes is a story of a prostitute (really…I don’t think so) or a dreamer (who dares to dream something unimaginable to people of her kind) or a believer (who never stopped believing she can achieve what she aspires for) or a learner (who welcomes new thoughts as one welcomes life), or I am not sure as she was everything for me…a mother…a teacher or a guide…a beautiful, vulnerable… sometimes helpless girl.

I won’t reveal the story as I don’t want you to miss the magic the story will spell around you and if you have already read it then there is no need either.

All I would say is read this book if you haven’t read it yet and discover the sacred love that is born and bred in the most ignoble place on the face of earth.

Paulo Coelho through the protagonist, a prostitute named Maria, conveys the message that no matter what you are and what circumstances you are into, dream your way through hard times without letting your hopes and endeavors die.

Take away from Eleven Minutes

Dreams do come true…live your dreams and endeavor to realize them.

About Paulo Coelho (Source: Wikipedia)

Paulo Coelho (born August 24, 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum and France’s Légion d’honneur.

Girls under restriction

          We feel proud saying there is no single profession where we can’t see girls. In every profession women are at the utmost position from conductor to entrepreneur.  They are changing the conscience of male dominant country like India, that they also can do anything that men can and suddenly ……..something disgraceful, shameful happened in the place which we used to call safest place in India for girls. Yes I’m talking about Mumbai.

          A girl who is photo journalist by profession was gang raped in Shakti mills near mahalaxmi station in Mumbai.  And we got different reactions across the country while observing the impact of incident happened in Mumbai.

          Similarly another girl was trying to catch a train from kurla station and suddenly some random person groped her. At first she was utterly confused but the time she comes to know train already passed the station and she went home mutely. A girl from ahmednagar stays in pune for education. She got annoyed by the wanton and mischievous boys around her colony that used to tease her when she was returning from college. And after complaining, police did not take any actions saying don’t get outside after 7 otherwise something bad will happen.  I think for this advice police officer should get Nobel Prize for peace. What rubbish. It’s their duty to protect her, but No.

          Numbers of eve teasing cases are increasing day by day. It does not have any limits and exceptions over time and place. At least Local trains have different compartments for men and women, but girls say condition in bus is more horrible. Anyone comes and does something and run away and in time we come to know that person got out of the bus. One day while travelling in a bus, a lady stopped the bus and dragged the conductor itself to police station. Everyone was getting late but no one said anything.

          One day I asked my friends that how many of them never experienced the eve teasing. But unfortunately no one said they are safe in their hometown.  One of my friend said,” every girl is a victim of eve teasing one or the other way but she never confront it considering what people will think and its always about losing respect when you say you are a victim.” One friend told me she carry knife while travelling long distance.
Rape and eve teasing is not new in our country. So the girls are been restricted to be at home before 7 in evening.  Therefore they hardly have seen the world after 8 in evening.
If there is any event in college till 9 or 10. Then girl’s parents usually come to receive them or boys and girls together go home in a group. And the girls who stay far never attend such events in college.

          Seriously! If today any girl says she want to go alone somewhere then her parents start scolding her saying you have not seen world yet. That’s why many girls got habituated going somewhere in groups.

          But these restrictions are frustrating for those who are like “GYPSY” (indirect meaning- traveler). We have to face and protect ourselves from those wantons. We ourselves have to keep that “Mumbai spirit”.

          After the incident many girls got vigilant, alert and cautious. It is not like before this incident they were not alert. But the fear has increased in their mind. It is true that girls got disturbed because of the incidents such happened one after another. Recent incident happened in Shakti mills was not new to us but unknowingly it happened in our city.
And that’s why many girls have restricted their working hours and started roaming in groups. Which concludes that when we call ourselves we are modern and developing and keeping our girls under restrictions.

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