Thursday, August 16, 2012

MyDictionary

Job /dʒɒb/ noun:
1. A daily process which requires one to work for someone else from nine to five thereby preventing the former from thinking of his/her own success in life.
2. An engagement that acts as a barrier to one's creative and out-of-the-box thinking process.

Problem /ˈprɒb.ləm/ noun:
1. A disruption in smooth and easy-going life.
2. An event which when seen negatively causes more pain, while a positive outlook may open gates to several life-changing solutions.
3. The only situation when the brain gets to do the real R&D work: a welcome change from the monotonous daily routine procedures.

Internet /ðiˈɪn.tə.net/ noun:
1. The modern-day convenient substitute of a joyous trip to a building referred to as library.
2. One-stop solution for the assignments and projects due tomorrow.

College /ˈkɒl.ɪdʒ/ noun:
1. A place where like-hormoned teenagers come together to find solutions to their hormonal problems in generally destructive ways.
2. The only place where the student learns much more than what is prescribed in the curriculum.

Girlfriend /ˈːl.frend/ noun:
1. A non-reliable investment in which the investor is not guaranteed of the desired returns. Stock markets are generally considered safer than these decisions (made during desperate moments).

CtrlC-CtrlV /kənˈtrəʊl see kənˈtrəʊl we/ verb:
1. An action of stealing the authorship of an original written piece which is in the electronic form, by quick and strategic use of left hand fingers.
2. The act, even though sinful, does not generally cause any degree of guilt to the doer.

Texting /ˈtekst.ɪŋ/ verb:
1. A cheaper substitute for making a call to communicate everything unimportant and insignificant.
2. An annoying form of this action is also called forwarding, where the doer does not type the content, she just 'forwards' the received message to you, just because she 'has free messages'.
3. A lot of doers find it 'cool' to rape the english language while performing the act.
Example: "I luv ol ma frenzz soooooooo much!! :) :) :) :D :D"

Facebook /feɪsbʊk/ noun:
1. A medium of showing off of his/her relationship status.
2. A very efficient method of stalking the female users who desire the male perverts to look at their 'cute' photos.
3. A medium of sending your friends pigs, sheep, goats etc for apparently no specific reason.

Newspaper /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪ.pə r / noun:
1. A tradition of cutting down of millions of trees to spread information: some good, some bad, some useless , that too, late by one whole day.
2. The product which is still not being abandoned just because of the users' habit. An outdated medium which should have been replaced by the electronic counterpart, decades ago.









 

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

I'm black, you have a problem with that?


"Paiye 'gorapan' sirf saat dinon mein!!"
"Fair and Lovely, nikhri twacha ke liye"
"Fair and Handsome, mardon ki fairness cream"

Why, only the fair like you, can be handsome? What's wrong with being dark? I don't have a problem with that! I was born dark and would not want to change it with your stupid 'fairness' cream (it doesn't work anyway :P). Why are you always behind me wanting to see me fair? I love my color and would want you to accept my shade, no matter how 'shady' I am! Why can't you accept the words 'black' and 'beauty' together? 


It's not my fault that I got my father's dark chromosomes instead of my mother's snow-white ones. Even if I had a choice, inki-pinki-ponki would've been the method of selection back then, for I was unaware of all this 'coloral discrimination' which I was going to face!
Those dark heroes and heroines are ainvayi made to wear a thick layer of make-up, just to satisfy your need to see everyone fair on screen. See, how fair Bipasha and Kajol have become now! 

You can always change your religion, language or even sex, to overcome the discrimination based on the corresponding factor. But you cant 'convert' into a fair person overnight, can you? I don't have a choice here. I would've gone to Jantar-Mantar to protest against the khulle-aam discrimination going on everywhere: ads, movies, serials, day-to-day life: just that the venue is not free these days: some people want to help me get a drivers' license without bribing the RTO, which is a good thing..I can wait...

What is even more sad is that even the constitution does not protect us! Either stop thinking of it as a disability or give us 'dark' quota seats in all the government offices and educational institutions. Enough with the humiliation and rejection. I seek support from the Human Rights' Commission for fighting for the cause. And why is the media not taking this up? Not even Aaj Tak?

And for the information of all you people who make fun of us out there, "No, we didn't get the color because of over-exposure to the sun", "All blacks are not south indians", "Our kids need not be born black. It's more complicated than you think: a permutation-combination problem", "No, this is not called 'racial discrimination', when I say black, I don't mean the apartheid black", "Yes, we try everything from fairness creams to gharelu nuskhas to become fair, but we do it for you, your mentality is to be blamed here".

All I am asking for, is a little bit of your tolerance to our color, understanding the fact that it is not in our hands. I do not expect sympathy, but respect. Accept us as your friends, boyfriends, sons and daughters. Give us a fair chance to live and succeed in our lives, so that we could be stinking rich and afford those fairness treatments!