(excerpt, from The New FORTUNE List by Nisha Susan) If wishes were consciousness- raising games, we’d send our ministers to play the Monsoon Game and cry in a dark classroom. The game is certainly less arbitrary than the Tendulkar Committee that set this poverty line.
The genius, the bullshit that is unimaginable bullshit. In India so true. Why the Mother@*^%$#*&s? Its India related, and we know our stats. Right. Right, Han-ji, henji, hai, ho. voi. Avois, avois. Kit zata maca. (essentially, a groan-- mother, mother, whats happening to me. Konkani) Have no worries about me, I am calm as shit. The band goes Dhanchika ding, danchika doom. Just using the earthy language of my youth learned while growing up with those who mattered. My bhas** from the behind the BPT buildings in Wadala, Mumbai -- where shit shone way better than any shit eating grin, that many encounter while clamoring for that photo oops--OP. With who? Not a regular Robin Hood, Chikory pot, bonkan bot (finger up the bum) Ajood*** in a hurry, Jelebis*** in a tizzy. Now this a BP with an L after it, (Below Poverty Line) Nonsensical verse this may well be with a faint intent to corrupt some of the finest friendly minds Could be worse, so: Count you annas, your OOpees, do your vipassanas, and other esoteric asanas. Build some reactors--nuclearize the 5000 year and counting civilization then babble cultural and cognitive -- its all energy, its all What? Postmodern?! Really Right, Han-ji, henji, hai, ho. voi. Avois, avois. Kit zata maca. The wind section goes pemrepem, pemrepoon. Have a ball, without balls. Forget Football. Push against any corner. Burn people up, if not with fire then eminent domain, failing which prod your chakras, sadhanas, Just call it maya -- suggest illusion! Yeah its all an illusion to someone. Right. Right, Han-ji, henji, hai, ho. voi. Avois, avois. Kit zata maca. The band goes Dhanchika ding, danchika doom. Yell Saguna Brahman, Yell Nirguna Brahman The band goes boompek, boompek. Yell, Christ died for our sins. http://www.flickr.com/photos/venantius/84995394/in/set-1814960 He seems to be floating! We are a trancendent people baba. The monkey watches all baby. ** (language, mai bhas--mother tongue in Konkani) *** enema **** a Persian Indian sweet (vjp) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The New FORTUNE List The Planning Commission has set the poverty line at Rs 20 a day. Earn more than that and you are not poor. Oh, and if you live in a village, don’t earn more than Rs 15. The ‘Rich’ Indians Respond http://tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=hub040611FORTUNE.asp ++++++++++++ venantius j pinto