Post Quota Regime – India In 2017 – A creative Insight.

How would india be in 2017 ? Tha is in the Post-Quota Regime ? Lets have a Look

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Interviewer : So Neeta tell me who’s the new education minister in Kerala ?
Neeta : Dhae…Dhaeee…Dhaeeee…B..DhaeeBee (she says Devi)

Interviewer : Neeta, who won the world cup cricket in 2002 ?
Neeta : Auj..aauj..traa…Lee…aaa Auj-trea-lia (sounding Australia)

Interviewer : Neeta, what is Sodium Chloride ?
Neeta : Chaa..chaa..chaaltu..chaaltu (sounding Salt)

Who is Neeta ? Yes, You wrongly guessed it !!

Neeta, is a 2 year old kid (from General Category) who is seeking admission in Lower KG for the academic year 2018-19. And interviewer is a principal of a Reputed school. All Neeta has to do to get a seat is to be updated on all possible GK in the world and pay 3 lakhs Rupees donation.

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CAT admissions for IIMs A,B,C A-1,A-2,B-2,C-2,L,I,K,…P,Q,R,S,T,W,Z,Z-1,Z-2
(Just 55 more new IIMs to be expected by then)

Professor : Arun whats ur CAT percentile ?
Arun (General Category) : 99.999999999999999
Professor : How many nines after ninety-nine ?
Arun : 15 sir !!
Professor : 15 ? Good. Ok. You are waiting list 23. All the best !!

Professor : Pallavi, whats your CAT percentile ?
Pallavi : 99.999999999999998
Professor : How many nines after 99 ?
Pallavi : 14 nines and one eight
Professor : Hmm..difficult..waiting list 2056. good luck. prepare better next year.

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Mckinsey doing Campus Interview in one of the 55 IIMs

Mckinsey : So Kumar, tell me whats 7*3, I repeat, Seven multiplied by three.
Kumar : 7*3 ? I mean..err..eerr…mm…mmm…is it 19 ?
Mckinsey (among themselves whispers) : I thinks its quota person
Mckinsey : Next person please !!


Mckinsey : Yes, Vivek, whats your full name ?
Vivek : Vivek Iyer
Mckinsey : SELECTED !!
Obvious because Vivek would have had atleast 23 nines after 99 in his CAT percentile.

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A new proposal by the then HRD Minister, Yudhistir Singh

Yudhistir:

“We, here by propose to introduce a new reservation Bill in the parliament for seeking 7.23 % reservation in every educational institution in India for General Candidates. General candidates, as per the recent statistics are deprived of higher education these days General Category constitute of 43.44 % of youth and it is really important that for India to be a super power, It should be more socially responsible and pay more attention to the upliftment of these deprived categories. “

And the then Finance minister Q.D says :

“Reservation based on caste creates imbalance and causes income inequality. And all reservations should be based on Social & Economical parameters. "

Ps- And in 2017, would obviously lead to higher reservation for general category :-)
So, whats your take ? Good day !

A Cute Ghazal & A Pretty Maiden

"Aisa Kya hain teri angudayee main, Too mujhe roz naya lagtha hain.
Yaar too sabse juda lagtha hain - Husn waalon ka khuda lagtha hain. "

angudayee - Stretching
Husn - beauty

This couplet compares a ghazal with a pretty young maiden. Both have the same features.
Whenever a girl does her morning angudayee, she looks newer. Different from yesterday.

Similarly, the more you elaborate (stretch) a Ghazal, she gets a different look - a different feel & a different feel. Different ways of elaborating a ghazal gives a new look to it daily.

Another point is that- Both a Ghazal and a girl - they have lot to be explored with in them. One can never understand a ghazal and a girl fully. A lot of research could only reveal a part of them.

The Eternal Realization of True Love - The Taj Mahal.

The Taj Mahal- Its the token of love. Ok lets think why/how. Who in this world would ever take pains to build such a big, beautiful and elegant structure like TajMahal ? That too as a Token of love ? Just for remembering your wife ? That too Spending so much of money and Time ?

The love here - It is not the short-lived fascination or fantasy which happens before a marriage that dies out after the birth of two or three children. Its not the feeling you receive when you boy-friend mails you. Its not the joy you receive when she presents you a birthday gift.

It can be more explained with the word "Obsession". Its the love deep inside your sub-conscious mind. Not even in the sub-conscious mind. Much more deeper than that. Its when You live for her. You breathe for her. You Sing for her.

If you are working for ATK or E&Y, and if you take two hours of your time in the evening to take her out on your wedding day - Its love. Just love. If you take a holiday on your wedding day and spend your time with her - Its deep/sincere Love. But If you just think of her and her alone - Its obsessive Love. And when you cross the line of Obsession, It becomes Divine. Something that is only imaginable. But seldom practicable.

Any love which results in Consummation - Its not divine. Its tangible. Divine love seldom results in Consummation. Its intangible. For understanding the divine love, we need to be musicians, poets, singers and lovers - all together.

"Mumtaz tujhe dekha - Jab Taj Mahal Dekha
Phir aaj ki ankhon se - Guzra hua kal dekha."

"Oh Mumtaz! I see you - whenever i see Taj Mahal. Its you. And with Today's old eyes, I see our eternal and nostalgic past". He sings this after the death of his beloved. From inside the prison.

Shah Jahan, As we all know, was incarcerated by his son, Aurengazeb. Upon Shah Jahan's request, he was put in a prison from where he could see only the Taj Mahal - Or Mumtaz - to be precise. After her death, He wanted to incarnate (embody) the eternal beauty of Mumtaz. And Taj Mahal was born. Only Taj could do justice to Mumtaz's beauty. And only Shah Jahan could perceive her beauty fully.

The song composed in Lalat (Lalit) has all these feelings engraved deeply in it. It has both threevra and Komal Madhaymams. And Another wonder here by Naushad sahab is the transposition he does by taking Komal "Ma" as "Sa". After doing this ,when you continue the same lalat with its Original Sa, It becomes shubha - panthuvarali which can invoke the feelings of acute agony or despair. This combo of Lalit (The sharp Kama) with Shuba Panthuvarali (Agony) lifts the song to a new dimension. Hariharanji added his mesmerizing ghazal expertise to it.

Its a divine love. Pure & Unconditional. Have you experienced it ? If not, a part of it could be
felt from here :

www.glamsham.com/music/movietracks/05/tajmahal_mumtaz.ram