I figure my own manifesto must have influenced them so much that they decided to rip off my acute wit and intelligence. Then again, their agenda really sucks, while mine reflects our time.
A cycle. On a political party's flag. They're practicallygiving me bait.
The SP chief, Mulayam Singh Yadav, revealed his party's manifesto for the general elections yesterday with all this shit:
- Curbing of English medium schools, and in all generality, English itself. This is probably a direct repercussion of the fact the entire party is vastly uneducated. And because they've probably took one cocaine sniff too much.
- Curbing of...and hear this...COMPUTERS. They feel, and I directly quote, that "the use of computers in offices is creating unemployment problems. Our party feels that if work can be done by a person using hands there is no need to deploy machines." So he's just talking PCs, not laptops, right? Because if I get up in the morning and don't have access to coffee or the internet, I'll probably go down to Lucknow and shoot this guy in the head.
- Banning of agricultural goods. 'Cause they feel the employment rate during the harvest season is declining and therefore banishment of tractors, motors and those Transformers like equipments that sow, glean, harvest and thresh crops on their own is the ideal way to go about it. At this rate, only high-profile businessmen can afford basic things like food.
- Oops, too late. Apparently, they're cutting down high corporate salaries. This, in simpler words, mean more taxes. Socialist, much?
- Setting up of unemployment allowance schemes for farmers and rural workers. So Mr. Yadav. There's this thing. It's called the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme. And it works (somewhat) since it follows the policy of "if you want cash, you need to work for it." Are you going to be banning working for farmers now and just pay them free cash? That'd work well for votes, but at the end of the day, when there's no food left in India, you might end up pondering over how f-ed up this idea is, while you slowly starve to death.
- Stock trading? According to them, it's just plain evil. An entire parallel economy thrives on the stock market alone for brokers, insurance people, speculators, corporates and middle men. So I have a question for Mr. Yadav. Why are people so stupid sometimes? Why?
- Curbing of mall culture. Are you f-ing kidding me??!!
I'm guessing this announcement was ended with a "we'll take you forward into a new era."
There's a name for it, losers. It's called the stone age.
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6 comments:
Allow me to first congratulate you on this article that you have written. Not only does it bring out the vital points a voter should know about , it also shows off your sarcastic sense of humor [which i like]. However there is something that pinched me today in the blog and that was the very first point itself. The samajwadi party as you say wishes to reduce english speaking schools in the country, this foolish yet bold declaration of theirs was not what really troubled me though. It was the fact that you associate speaking the English language with education. I have been living in India for some time now and let me assure you that hindi medium schools do exist. Of course my disappointment was short lived, the excellent writer that you are.
it would also be excellent if you put your references onto your blog especially in political cases like these it would lend a lot more credibility to your work.
Thank you! You're really making me blush now :)
In all technicality though, English is the only language that unites the entire country, as all english-medium schools advocate it as a primary language while the others mostly include it as a 2nd/3rd language. Regardless of how much our education system stresses on the promotion of regional languages to maintain out cultural sentiments, English is the only common language that holds us together and we should appreciate that,even if it didn't originate here. And curbing the promotion of English will do nothing but set us back further in terms of regional differences. But thank you for your arguments, it'll help me think more when I write...
And yes, I should probably include references next time. Duly noted :)
hi again, and sorry to keep dropping in comments like these. as a blogger i know it must irritate the hell out of you to have someone criticize your work. i would only like to offer one more correction, i never said that english should not be taught in schools or reduced, nor do I advocate instruction only in regional languages , all im saying is that the ability to speak english should not be taken as a sign of knowledge and or intelligence ... [eg. you may want to read chetan bhagat's book 'one night at a call center' to see what im talking bout]
LOL I never said I don't want you to criticize my work. I actually thank you for that. I just wanted to put across my point as to how I appreciate you advice but also why I'll be sticking to my point of view.
Yeah, I've read the book. I also find it somewhat awful. Then again, my tastes are more into Shakespearean/Historical work, so I can't blame Chetan Bhagat.
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a funny as that is ... i was not commenting on the intelligence of the said author , but on certain portions of the book ... i think you know which. i thought the book was extremely readable and well written ...
P.S. : shakespere ... REALLY!!!!
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