Its that time of the year again, when, willingly or unwillingly, everybody talks MONEY. The mornings start with prayers asking the mighty one to bless you with more money (health takes a secondary slot for once) and ends with you lying on your bed scrutinizing your bank statements. The workplace is the discussion ground about new policies, taxes, slabs, interests, medical bills, HRA, inflation, budget and probably everything a commerce student studies in his 11th class. Such is the fanaticism that even the girls talk about money saving. Its that time of the year again, its March, its the end of the financial year.
The only people who make merry at this economically energy sapping time are the financial companies. Financial companies - a generic term for every institution linked to money; insurance companies, banks, investment banks, all partners in crime. A survey has shown that the maximum number of ULIP, SIP and other such schemes are launched during the last quarter. The time when the common man (me) is at his vulnerable best as far as the greenery is concerned.
In a country where the Rajas, the Kalmadis are stashing crores of rupees in foreign accounts fearlessly with no one to stop them, the common man acts like an absolute idiot. Producing genuine medical bills for the medical reimbursement, genuine LTA proof for LTA reimbursement, a proper HRA slip with just the slightest of manipulation. And after all this, sleeping in fear or rather getting insomniac due to the nightmares. What a dumb dud a common man is. But the fact of the matter is that this is how the life processes. The poor (a common middle class man in this case) is always squeezed and the honorary citizens (Rajas & Kalmadis) enjoy that squeeze.
But we are Indians. We have a billion Socratic population who dwell in the pools of ethics and principles just because our culture says so. But when it comes to individual mindset, each and everybody knows that ethics and principles do not stand a chance in this mean cut throat world. Amongst these, all those who are able to break the cultural shackles are able to rise in life and they go down in history as Legends (Rajas & Kalmadis).
The rest remain gagged in the bonds of ideals and are commonly known as Common Men.
The only people who make merry at this economically energy sapping time are the financial companies. Financial companies - a generic term for every institution linked to money; insurance companies, banks, investment banks, all partners in crime. A survey has shown that the maximum number of ULIP, SIP and other such schemes are launched during the last quarter. The time when the common man (me) is at his vulnerable best as far as the greenery is concerned.
In a country where the Rajas, the Kalmadis are stashing crores of rupees in foreign accounts fearlessly with no one to stop them, the common man acts like an absolute idiot. Producing genuine medical bills for the medical reimbursement, genuine LTA proof for LTA reimbursement, a proper HRA slip with just the slightest of manipulation. And after all this, sleeping in fear or rather getting insomniac due to the nightmares. What a dumb dud a common man is. But the fact of the matter is that this is how the life processes. The poor (a common middle class man in this case) is always squeezed and the honorary citizens (Rajas & Kalmadis) enjoy that squeeze.
But we are Indians. We have a billion Socratic population who dwell in the pools of ethics and principles just because our culture says so. But when it comes to individual mindset, each and everybody knows that ethics and principles do not stand a chance in this mean cut throat world. Amongst these, all those who are able to break the cultural shackles are able to rise in life and they go down in history as Legends (Rajas & Kalmadis).
The rest remain gagged in the bonds of ideals and are commonly known as Common Men.
Common working men in India are just a bunch of cheap labours that are hired to cater to the needs of the 'Legends'. We - the common man - are their sources of income. Laundering and bilking us are their lunches and dinners, "respectively".
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