Injuin Halloween..

New post.. will keep it short.. as people have complained missing their office buses coz of the long posts.. ok buggers read it @ work.. stop blaming me for your lazying habits..

so what prompted a reaction today.. well ya.. Happy Diwali blokes.. We kinda had a celebration of sorts @ work today.. 11 am. to 1 pm., supposedly the most productive hours of a persons life were taken away and were spent in a frenzy called Diwali get together.. @ work during business hours, loud squeaky music, queues which looked like 1000 people long, fire breathing comparators, tossing between Raju Shrivastava and Shahrukh Khan, so much raw energy, blokes doing fashion shows, singing competitions.. man this was some event.. extravagant..flaunting our culture to the Fullest.. the kurta the jeans the sneakers.. women were even more heavily made up and dressed.. best part was people were changing dresses in between.. felt like ole college days..

but dono why .. something seemed eerie.. oh ya the in numerous Amrikus who were finding the whole thing something between amusing and irritating.. their hour of lunch was being extended coz of this endless line.. some of them wanted to complete that book over lunch.. some other wanted to chat with their team mates over lunch.. and the ultra busy ones had a small informal meeting over lunch.. okay.. not 2day.. u cud hardly hear urself speaking.. today eating wud be @ desk.. JHALAK DIKHLA JA .. EK BAAR AAJA AAJA AA BHI JAA... i met quite a few folks coming back with their lunch in hand nodding and smiling.. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN FUN POST WORK.. ya of course such fun after work is even more welcome.. ended up misplacing their subtlety for sense of appreciation.. while during the whole mad cow show did we ever bother to realize that we might be creating unwanted trouble for other coworkers... no pls. dont misunderstand.. to be honest i dont give a damn if u do, but the whole sense of discussion would be lost if you do.. I dont disapprove the festivities, neither i mind the high spirits.. but dont see a point troubling others coz of my festivities.. and come on lets appreciate the concept of space..

evening was having discussion with some fellow intellects.. i was told that 2day was really happening.. aah.. to my point of view, i was told that people were appreciating our culture.. fella.. u see 4 ppl dancing with u.. what abt other 2500 who r getting troubled but not even complaining..arguments presented ranged from challenging people of other culture to show their strength and organize something that grand, to cribs of people wearing makeups and masks and coming on Halloween.. well i hope people of other culture dont take up the challenge, wont like more extravaganza .. lets keep it simple.. we work we go home.. we have project parties to gel with the team once in a while.. lets not get into the strength showing culture flaunting mindset.. for the Halloween part, folks all those people did was to apply make up on their faces, wear some strange costumes and come to work.. Look @ them smile @ them, dont like them dont look @ them... They were passive, non intruding, high in their own spirits.. never got into anyone elses space.. The pinnacle of the argumentative nature of the discussion was "Both US and India are democracies, people have their freedom"... Folks .. "UR FREEDOM ENDS WHERE MY NOSE BEGINS.." what is the astro semantic message in these lines making it so very noncomprehending..in lighter spirits i call this Injuin Halloween..

Same day went to a friends place, saw a photograph of an elderly oriental man in the living room, who hardly looked related to them, until he called himself Sanghai Singh.. so the inquisitive soul in me asked, and was told some cult guru, i kinda gave him a wry sheepish smile, but deep within was kinda convinced that we folks are truly coming out of classical mindset of the GREAT INDIAN CULTURE.. ok might be slowly but atleast we have started appreciating other beings and their right to coexist.. I might not have said it .. that was cool mate.. ok pass it to ur wify .. as it was her brainchild.. :)

Interesting day of sorts... had some friend mentioning something abt taking a few decisions according to the herd.. the subtlety was kinda very naive but hard hitting.. kinda reminds me of these lines..

bheed mei chalte chalte hum muskaan kho baithe hain
kya pata kis gali hum apni pehchan kho baithe hain