Obama...ohh sorry Osama...Real or Fake???

After Obama’s successful campaign resulting into a widespread “rumor” that Osama Bin Laden, the famous terrorist who was supposedly the mastermind for the 9/11 attack has been killed and now the world is “almost” free from terror.

Ok…let’s discuss some interesting scenarios…supposing Osama is real and is dead now. Will it be correct to say that the world (read America) is free from terror??? Is Osama such a fool that he will not train a successor, equally strong to carry forward the legacy of Al Qaeda??? And if his death is faked by the Americans, which many people think is the case, then they are in grave danger for sure. According to a survey conducted by some private website, asking people about their opinion on Osama’s death, 67% believed that his death was faked and rest 33% believed that he is actually dead. Out of this 33%, 80% were Americans. This is height of optimism and belief…

And if were to believe a lot of rebels (for America) who are pretty much sure that this Osama figure is just like Michael Barbossa of Dum Maro Dum, fake….just one name of terror used by America for some purpose, which is beyond my understanding. And now that the purpose is over, they have mocked the death of a fake person. Someone please explain the brain dead Americans that this will not help anything, neither the rising unemployment, nor the rising gas prices, nor the wars and the tensions prevailing between countries. The American press (along with moronic Americans) has made the issue so glamorous just like a latest Lindsay Lohan’s tape and has pretended that Osama’s death (if legitimate) is of utmost importance for the nation and the world.

Let us just go back some time in 2001. The (in) famous 9/11 attack on American soil which moved the entire world right from the base, was supposedly the mastermind of Mr. (fake) Osama. If we glance through the website of America’s Apex defense organization – FBI’s list of top ten most wanted people, Osama (listed as Usama on the website, doesn’t matter whether you call him Usman or Ussain or Usama as long as the person does not exist) figures in there. Moreover, FBI has very recently (today itself) updated the status of Usama from active to DECEASED (after a long break of 6-7 days…what took them so long to change this status…after all Usama was one of the most hated and yeah the most wanted person in America). And most importantly, according to FBI, Usama was not involved in 9/11 attack, since this activity is not mentioned in the list of notorious activities by the honorable Mr. Fake.

Moreover, in 2008, in a poll of 20 countries, 15% believed that the US government itself is responsible for the attacks. And the same was conducted a couple of days ago and among those same 20 countries and the result was interestingly shocking. This time the % jumped from 15% to 45%. So, the scenarios have increased from a real and dead Osama; to fake Osama; to fake and dead Osama; to real and alive Osama; to death of clone of real Osama and what not.

After all these dramatic events, there is one man who has gained a lot. (If you guessed its Obama, then you are completely wrong) It is Osama himself (assuming he exists). What a popularity he has gained after these actions by his dearest friend Obama (name sounds similar isn’t it, maybe they are brothers…that’s why Obama is hiding his real identity) because from now on his death day (assuming he is dead) will be celebrated all around the world.

The Power of ONE...

When I was in school, my dad used to say “beta man lagakar padho, bas “ek” sal ki baat aur hai...phir to aish hain...zindagi ban jayegi” And the dialogue remained unchanged for the forthcoming years of my life. Be it the 12th class or the final year of engineering or the year after that to get into MBA or the final year at MBA or the first year at job. And I am still wondering that when will that “ONE” year end...feels like never...

India is predominantly a savings oriented country where even ONE Rupee was considered valuable by our forefathers, which is really the case...given the time value of money :) (1 Rupee of their time is valued much more than 1 Rupee of today). In today's era of 99 or 999 or 9999 and likewise, you offer the shopkeeper a 100 rupee note or 1000 rupee note and neither the shopkeeper returns the change nor are you expected to ask for it (or else you'll get a stern look). So has this one rupee lost its importance???

I don’t know because sometime back this happened...

Few days back, the toll charges on Gurgaon Expressway were increased from Rs. 20 to Rs. 21. A mere one rupee hike isn’t it. But this caused a colossal amount of problems to the travelers across the city. Traffic jams during the non peak hours were to the tune of 3-4 kms on either side of toll which amplified to as choked as 7-8 kms during peak hours. Here the same one rupee was responsible for people sweating in the traffic jam costing them 4-5 hours of their precious time and making them say some “serene” words to government and other fellow people. (No prizes to be won on guessing some of those “serene” words)

And then we had some very poor people……

Mr. Kalmadi, after the allegations of hefty bribes, said that he was deeply pained and constrained at the malicious campaign against him and the stories going around are far from facts. He promised that he would resign if proven guilty of taking “ONE” Rupee as bribe. Someone please explain Mr. Kalmadi that no one can prove that you took one rupee. Because you took much much much much more than that and the amount was so staggeringly huge that 1500 people (different assumptions can add to different number of zeroes) can survive their lives on that amount.

On one hand we have poor and deprived people like Mr. Kalmadi or Mr. Raja for that matter and on the other hand we had some prime ministers like Morarji Desai and Lal Bahadur Shastri, who used to draw minimal amount of salaries, sufficient enough to keep their and their families’ stomachs filled.

With changed times, seven digit salaries, major increase in purchasing power, changed spending patterns, innumerable options to spend, Rs. 1 or rather even Rs. 100 also has actually lost too much significance (my grandmother till date cannot digest that paani puri is now for Rs. 30 for five pieces, in their times it was Rs. 1 for 100 pieces). However, even now, crucial events like the toll hike comes up and I am compelled to mull over the advice of my progenitors about the power of 1...the mulling over doesn’t even end and we have our honorable Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh skipping the voting in his constituency; and the congress spokesperson defends the same simply by saying...“How does ONE vote matter”????? Does it really???????