The art of Advising

If giving advices is an art, then I am definitely that science student who writes a five page answer for a two marks question. Lots of words but very little sense.

Growing up, I had tons of people to advise me on things ranging from career choices to the choice of pickle one should ideally have. And now that I have grown up [citation required], I take immense pleasure and feel thoroughly responsible in guiding the young ones. In short, its my turn to bullshit now!

I've always seen 'ad' standing for advertisement in advice. Self advertisement to be more precise. "I never got married because I never found the right guy. Right guys are nearly extinct. I'm happy I made that decision. Tum bhi shaadi mat hi karo. Yes, I'm that stupid."

People always want others to do things the way they did because their way is the only right way. Also making sure not to mention the consequences, advising is like Facebook, you upload nothing but the best part. Imagine a cropped DP of a pretty girl and then think of the bigger i.e. cropped part of the picture.

 An illustration:

Uncle: When I was in 12th standard, I'd study Chemistry every day. Remembering organic reactions isn't easy. So should you.

Kid: But I'm a commerce student.

Uncle: I don't see a reason why you still shouldn't study Chemistry, son.

Not just uncles, one has always come across that college senior who keeps advising his juniors about the nitty gritty's of the 'college to corporate culture'. I have too. And I always wondered if all that bullshit is because he wants to feel important. Or just wanting to be listened to. Whether he actually used those skills to procure a job. Whether he's thinking 'LOL, fuck you too.'

 For some strange reasons, every second aunty you meet has her own unique solution to skin/hair problems. I don't think there's a single thing in our kitchens left which isn't a part of an armchair grandma/aunty's 'nuskha'.

Another illustration:

Aunty: Why don't you use my remedies? Apply honey and banana puree. Bilkul mere jaise baal ho jaayenge

Girl: That's exactly my point.

Taking advises isn't s much of art as giving it is. As Robert Downey Jr puts it, 'Listen to everyone and then do the fuck you want to'.

Forgive and forget?

So a couple of days back I overheard a conversation between two men about the Godhra riots. One of them said that the victims of the riots should forget what happened and move on now. No point in whining about it. As it is their departed loved ones are not going to come back. Anyway its going to take ages with all the court cases. They should rather celebrate the fact that Gujarat has seen such astonishing development economy and infrastructure wise. The CM has done so much for the state and blah blah blah. (I stopped listening after "state")

Apparently, its not just some middle-aged men, but many of whom I know (mostly students of my age) have the same opinion. I usually avoid arguing with them. There's no particular reason but just that I'm too lazy to prove them wrong by coming up with a spontaneous witty comeback. But not enough lazy to write a blog post.

Whoever thinks the victims of the Godhra riots should forget about the justice seeking affair(Justice? LOL) and join the "All hail the holy Gujjuland development" bandwagon, I just have one thing to say. Let me snatch away your blackberrys and iphones, smash them into pieces in front of your eyes. Buy you a dinner and ask you to forget about it since the damage is irreparable anyway. Let me see if you'd love to forgive me and forget about your phone.

Sketch: Led Zeppelin

Sketch: The Beatles!

I wanted to add a description to the picture but then I thought, the picture doesn't need any. :)