New find on Internet radio

While working at home I like to keep my internet radio turned on. I typically listen to "Radio Paradise". They have a nice mix of Pop and Rock music that both me and D like.

Discovered this song there yesterday morning. I am completely hooked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBSlLXGiL3M

The lyrics are can be found online of course along with the translation, but I copy the English translation here for easy reference (With a hat-tip to http://lyrics.wikia.com)

"Hypocrisy in politics,It’s not good. It’s not good. We don’t want any.
Demagogy in politics,
It’s not good. It’s not good. We don’t want any.
Dictatorship in politics,
It’s not good. It’s not good. We don’t want any.
Happiness, happiness for the people,
Love, love for the people.
It’s not good. It’s not good. We don’t want any.

Corrupt men in politics,
It’s not good. It’s not good. We don’t want any.
Schemers in politics,
It’s not good. It’s not good. We don’t want any.
Dictators in politics,
It’s not good. It’s not good. We don’t want any.
Respect, respect for the people.

Peace, peace for the people
Politics betrays its fathers
Politics betrays its friends
It’s also a machine of war
No pity for its enemies
He’s working for himself while saying that he’s working for us.
He tells us thank you while thinking that he’s the one who did it.

It’s not good. It’s not good. We don’t want any.

Hypocrisy in politics,
It’s not good. It’s not good. We don’t want any.
Demagogy in politics,
It’s not good. It’s not good. We don’t want any.
Dictatorship in politics,
It’s not good. It’s not good. We don’t want any.
Respect, respect for the people.
Peace, peace for the people.
Respect, respect for the people."

What does this mean?

Saw this at Surya's wedding's venue. What does this mean??

Could it be "It is NOT ok to snatch chains off ladies riding pillion on motorbikes. It is OK to stare at them"??

Snatches of bachelor existence

I had a gala time this week when I traveled to Hyderabad to attend Surya's wedding.

My work is hot. My wife is unwell. I need to be at home to clean-up and help out in the cooking. Indian weddings are a painful, boring experience with your friend whose wedding you are supposedly attending too busy and stressed out to talk to you. You are basically left to your own devices for the duration of your stay. To top it, I have not been home for almost two years now, and if I have to travel, I should have been doing my filial duty and going to Delhi!

I went because Surya is a close friend and because, his wedding is a cue for all my friends in that circle to land-up. It was quite convenient: Thulla and Frusthu were in Bangalore. Skroy was in Hyderabad itself. We have not met as a gang for close to nine years. All of us are married and half of us either have kids or are expecting them.

I had a torrid time getting to Hyderabad. The flight to Chennai was delayed by six hours and the Hyderabad connection was delayed by another four. I finally arrived at Hyd at one in the morning.

It was an awesome experience! Aside from the talking of course, we had three days of total physical abuse: In the three days, I must have slept collectively some twelve hours, drunk at-least 2-3 liters of alcohol in assorted dilution media, finished off half a dozen sticks of tobacco in assorted forms (I don't smoke in my normal life..).

While we all are responsible chaps at work, husbands, parents...we are at heart the same gang which used to sit up late at nights, comment about the female crowd, yak away and then as the sun rose went to give exams which we cleared with varying levels of ease.

Unfortunately, all guys in our gang are married now, so it is difficult to get another occasion to meet again. Probably we will need to invent a wedding now to sell to our wives and kids in order to meet and lead a snatched bachelor existence again...?

Hain!!!!!

Someone please tell me how good songs and effective air-to-air missiles are related!
If you did not quite understand the logic of that sentence, you are in good company. I don't understand this myself!!!

Married....

A few interesting things that can happen at your wedding:
1. You try to pull a grave (I am now a responsible guy) face all through the ceremony. It comes out looking worried and scared. Your wife is all smiles of course which leads to questions later on about whether there was a "difference of opinion" the night before..
2. You cannot eat during either the reception and and the wedding. Weeks later, while looking at the photos of the food you feel hungry.
3. You put in North-Indian customs. The wife puts in the Kerala ones. The priest decides to add in a few Kannada ones also. Everyone comes back slightly confused as to how many times we got married...
4. You wait for guests in the reception hall before getting in. The guests wait for you before they get in. Everyone gets late...
5. You lose the "mangal-sutra" just before the wedding. Rather you lose the key that keeps it in safe custody in a suit-case. When all burglary attempts fail, the brother-in-law sets a speed record to the nearest jeweller and back so that he can become the brother-in-law.

Oh well, I am married now. And I love being so....
(Notwithstanding what you say "Crazy"....)