Critics Call:If God was a Banker

If God was a Banker........

I read the title and presto added the book to my queue.Isnt the title exciting enough to make you anticipate what could God have done in the Global eco Crisis?Isnt it like the title that draws parallel to our school essay topics 'If i were the president...'?How idiotic of me to think of it that way and there are reasons to support my absurdity.Firstly, Ravi Subramanian got his novel published in the year 2007 when the world scenario was so bright and sunny and I-bankers were the most sought after blue-eyed guys,so the timeline rules out my first false impression.Secondly,'If God was a banker....' was written in that schoo-essay-type the poor author would be left with not much choice but to say that such a financial breakdown would have never occurred had God been a banker.Putting this into perspective Vatican has included financial greed as one of the seven sins in the era of globalisation.

Coming to the bestseller 'If God was a Banker',I liked the book because it was an easy read,helped traverse the corporate life of a banker, had a personalised touch with the various aspects of organisational politics,frauds,sexual harrassment that any individual working in the corporate can relate to.The two protoganists Swami and Sundeep's characters through the entire story helps you realise that success can be achieved but which way you choose to achieve it is all that matters.I disliked the book because at a point the story becomes very predictable,some cases are thrown overboard ,too sleazy and the ending left me utterly disappointed.The last lines remain with me though ' Life goes on as usual but one only gets smarter by the end ......'

By the end of it i realise its much easier for an IIM graduate to get their work published(Namely,Chetan Bhagat(IIM-A),Ravi Subramanian(IIM-B),Rashmi Bansal(IIM-A).......) and another interesting finding is narrate personal anecdotes and make it to the bestseller list!!

All is fair in love and cultural war

One simple question-Who own's a nation's culture?Is it our multi-faceted government,is it our efficient police force or the already burdened lawmakers or is it our desi taliban (Sena,Sene,MNS)?We talk of globalisation,modernisation on one hand and on the other hand we give impetus to the self confessed moral policy makers.Recently,there have been grim incidents such as the one in the mangalore pub where young females were molested by the lumpen vigilates,adding to the woes we receive irresponsible statements from home ministers of states and after all the headlines and media attention there seems to be no logical end to this farce.

The inaction on government's part to protect its citizen has left one overwhelmed.One day the vigilates will ask you to put hoardings in their mother tongue and you will obediently put up with them,then they will ask women not to enter pubs,clubs or maybe any entertainment place wherein women are most suspectible to interact with men which doesnt seem quite right in the eyes of the self styled moral guardians and you listen to that too with the fear that you will be thrashed in public.Then one day in the name of this culture drama they will ask women to stop stepping out of the house.Alrite,Thats alarming now.Nonetheless,Its too late you gave them the liberty and now it's time to lose yours.

The drama will unfold again on the valentine's day.We need to watch now how reasonably our police force acts on this front or as always adopt the 'We are on our own' aphorism to protect ourselves. Our culture doesnt belong to them and so do not allow them to live in this false belief.They think they can own it but nobody can.No one person.A culture is more spirited than all of us.It calls for liberation not vindictiveness.

Portrait

I was gifted this sketch by my friend ,may be i dont find any resemblance to it but its symbolic reflecting me,myself and I.Something i would love to Flaunt :O