Adjudicated Parallels

There are a number of people in our society who can be termed as elitists. As and when some business or a trade flourishes, such a behaviour begins to take shape in their minds. The kind of boundaries around empathy, as to when to relate to people's emotions or give alms becomes almost redundant. As this cannot be categorized as an evil, the threat still looms large and can cause grave concerns to cohabitation. The primary cause of not giving alms to the needy or somewhat needy is a kind of elitism. This can be shown when people beg from you on the streets during traffic snarls. We kind of ask them, 'go find some work'. More so, we sneer at people when they are not belonging to our social status. There can be many such instances. But the world is made up of a number of units of society. One has to mingle with people according to these norms and become elitist themselves when the flock calls. Otherwise one risks of being the odd person out. The story being cut short: everyon...

 Victimhood is loved by the masses. Every now and then, victims come in people's thinking through a sinister idea of minting money and they oblige. People love this to such a degree that they lavish a lot of attention. Nonetheless, the effect is so shallow in terms of praises over time. No one who loves victims never help them to the point they are hurt. But only till the next fault of theirs comes to light. I witnessed this in our neighbourhood. The neighbour was discriminately used by her relative to help her in time of distress. In this case, the distress was the performing of household chores and even caring for the newborn son. This involved also cleaning the washable diapers. Even the whole family of the victim was doing this- all her brood. People started loving her and lamenting over her plight. But the fact was that she loved doing it as a token of love for her brother. She was uneducated too. This added to her being a popular victim. But later on, an issue cropped up invo...

It is a well-known fact --at least in some circles-- that people hover around those who are very popular and sinister in their dealings with others. But the veritable statement is the disciples of these people are around them only for their selfish gains. After these ends are met, such followers part the company. I know about a good acquaintance who was very manipulative and terse with everyone. Slowly, the company with the person dwindled and the man himself withdrew into a shell, nowhere to be found. This is a true incident with full of lessons. The fact that the trendsetter was a difficult person, lead to this situation. Admirers, as they sound to be, surround such people in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. What remains is a clear conviction that the approach to being rude and terse was wrong. Be in the news for the right reasons by being polite and no snubbing. The pain of being deserted doesn't stand a chance.

There are superiors at many of our workplaces. These people want to get the best out of us in everything we do. Though they may be nagging to us at times, their work is all the more necessary for our workplaces to get these going and in fine shape. Whatever field of work you are in, the best way to tackle these taskmasters is to do the right thing. This means that you should appear upfront and honest with clear conscience at everything they ask you to do or what they manage. I met a conductor who used to ask people to tender exact change for buying tickets on her bus. This she did as it was a trip during the wee hours of the morning- there was no change in currencies with her. Soon, I bought her the exact change on daily trips and she developed respect for me. The other people who didn't bring small amounts of currency for buying the tickets, were not lavished with such respect. Always do the right thing and please the ones in control. There is a great reward attached to it....

There exists a mezzanine level in a building as sure as the same in life's frailties and inclinations. Though people identify themselves with discrete longings and groups, this is prevalent everywhere. The observers just do not get it right. And this is sober. Not everyone is classifiable. To get this straight, imagine the rift between feminism and misogyny. Not everyone can be classified as a misogynist or feminist. It depends on the person whom he meets. He develops prejudice on these impressions. Later, on account of observing the oppression of women and their libertarian lives, he can be christened as a bit of both of these groups. There seems to be a clarity in such grouping. Never can people be labelled as such. There are various kinds of demographics they can be listed with. Hence, group people based on their individual habits and not on the discrete labels. These tend to beguile everyone into totalitarian principles. A broad-minded approach works.

The actors of any movie are not what they seem. In real life they are totally different. Imagine a person who takes the side of the righteous situation in any problem he or the society faces. The actor who does this may not live a righteous life. He may be used to some malevolent ways and won’t respect people, especially the commoner, living an abrasive life. This is especially true in movie actors` life and anything written about them in the print media or shown on the televised media is pure shenanigan- be it the bad image too. Sporting heroes can be different in that they are what they seem in reality. At least, they don’t act on their playing field or stadia. Buying from their endorsements is good especially in the areas they love like fitness supplements, endurance training or workouts. Both of these celebrities’ charisma is totally different. While athletic abilities have gained a common ground in both these people’s spheres --entertainment and sports-- the latter are...

There are many people who seem shady and do cheat for a living. They could be found in our everyday dealings. During purchases and dealings in our businesses if we find such people beforehand to be guilty, imagine what we could have achieved- more value for our money. This is possible through reading such people's body language. Keep a keen eye on their body language while buying goods from them. Throughout their dealings with you --while quoting a price-- look for signs such as rubbing their nose voluntarily. This they do most of the times while negotiating or quoting a price or after they have quoted too. More so, they even will breathe in as to stop a running or watery nose as if having a cold. Avoid such people and bring down the purchase quote drastically. To enumerate one scenario: I was purchasing a granite slab for the furniture that was newly constructed in our house. The person selling the granite was quoting 'wastage' included in his quote. Throughout usin...

Many people around are unaware of the repercussions surrounding the bliss they are in about crime. They think that if they remain watchful like the sentinels of prominent people, nothing untoward will happen to them. According to them, only gullible people are victims of such crimes. I was one of these people and an incident shook me out of my reverie. A brief narration follows: While traveling to my workplace daily I thought that a cell phone placed in the front pocket of my denims won't be stolen. But I was so wrong. One day while commuting in the bus, my phone worth ten grand was stolen and I could do nothing about it. This was because the bus in which the theft took place was changed by me to another in the course of travel. As trying to get to the thief was out of question, I reached home all decked up to face the music from my family- it was gifted to me by my siblings. Anything can happen to people anywhere in any region. Being blissfully unaware doesn't bode we...