April 01. All fools day. I didn't want to fool you, by not writing today !
It was fun those days. Some prank or other will be played. To whom you know. By whom you know. People used to enjoy it. It was like a celebration, with out knowing what this day stands for. Asking somebody to rush to hospital as so and so met with in accident, offering soap pieces nicely cut wrapped in chocolate cover, Informing somebody there will be electricity power cut that day for 20 minutes - ideas to fool somebody were many.
But today we don't fool anybody purposefully. We are neither fooled by anybody intentionally. Do we need to ? Does anybody have to ? Can we think of a hypothetical case that can make people believe?
Day in day out we are getting fooled, whether we like it or not.
I just got up in the morning with the news that there is no water in the sump. Little water in the overhead tank also. Fooled myself, by way of taking a "semi-dry" bath. News paper is not delivered, later realised it is because it was Ugaadi yesterday, nothing interesting to happen on new year day anyways. Went out to bank to deposit a cheque, I do that "karma" once in a while these days! From a distance I could make out that there is no much rush. Yes, "Today Holiday", fool proof board is hanging infront of the bank. Yesterday was holiday, beginning of Kannada new year, today might be a holiday for the closing of extended financial year - to take stock of whom all they fooled and who all fooled them as well.
I would feel fooled today, if I didn't get fooled more. I am sure more events to follow as day progresses.
I am yet to get over by yesterday's hang over. With my relative I had gone out for house hunting in Bangalore city, around Wilson garden area. For him to take one on rent. Seeing each house within in his budget, I realised that I am living in heaven. Paying such huge amount of money, people are getting nicely fooled in those rental houses. A girl student, living alone in a 1BHK house, on the fifth floor. The whole building is erected like Kutub minar, on 30x30 ft area, where even ground floor itself must have been illegal as per corporation norms ! And one has to climb up those stairs, no lift in the building, through that 2 ft narrow stairs. I am sure there would be some sort of traffic arrangement to indicate that if somebody is using the stairs, others need to wait till he reaches the destination. Two people can not pass through that stairs at the same time. And that girl was fuming at the broker. It seems during rainy season, the water gets trapped on the open terrace happily goes into her house. Many items were damaged, including her PC laptop, as every thing is kept on the ground. Even if one wishes, he can not carry a table to that floor. Probably what ever furniture needed, would have been kept on top upfront, then the building would have constructed around those furniture after that.
I can go on writing what I saw about people getting fooled in the name of a house. I should mention this fellow, though. When broker knocked, he opened the door. There was no floor visible in that only hall he has. I presume he was sitting in the mattress kept in the middle of that 10X10 ft hall. All other things are laid down on the floor, so handy for him. Books, laptop, heap of clothes, corner pooja space with Anjenaya swamy, plastic bucket two of them, shoes and chappals in the other corner, Tortoise mosquito coil put out half way through in rusty stand. I just put my head in to see around that hall. I felt presence of a little bit of air around - barely sufficient for one person to survive. I felt very bad, wanted to take a deep breath. But did not. I didn't dare to take a deep breath, if I had done that that poor fellow would have got suffocated.
I realised one thing. Finding a house for rent is not easy, it would take months together to get an ideal one, which satisfies most of my needs. But then, this one is very easy. Divide my house in to 10 or 12 units and try to give out for rent. With in a week all units will be occupied !
House is just an example. There are many ways one is getting fooled almost on a daily basis. Sadly, "April 01" lost all its significance ! To fool somebody on this day, do the reverse - no fooling ! no "ullu banaving" is the idea, at least today !
It was fun those days. Some prank or other will be played. To whom you know. By whom you know. People used to enjoy it. It was like a celebration, with out knowing what this day stands for. Asking somebody to rush to hospital as so and so met with in accident, offering soap pieces nicely cut wrapped in chocolate cover, Informing somebody there will be electricity power cut that day for 20 minutes - ideas to fool somebody were many.
But today we don't fool anybody purposefully. We are neither fooled by anybody intentionally. Do we need to ? Does anybody have to ? Can we think of a hypothetical case that can make people believe?
Day in day out we are getting fooled, whether we like it or not.
I just got up in the morning with the news that there is no water in the sump. Little water in the overhead tank also. Fooled myself, by way of taking a "semi-dry" bath. News paper is not delivered, later realised it is because it was Ugaadi yesterday, nothing interesting to happen on new year day anyways. Went out to bank to deposit a cheque, I do that "karma" once in a while these days! From a distance I could make out that there is no much rush. Yes, "Today Holiday", fool proof board is hanging infront of the bank. Yesterday was holiday, beginning of Kannada new year, today might be a holiday for the closing of extended financial year - to take stock of whom all they fooled and who all fooled them as well.
I would feel fooled today, if I didn't get fooled more. I am sure more events to follow as day progresses.
I am yet to get over by yesterday's hang over. With my relative I had gone out for house hunting in Bangalore city, around Wilson garden area. For him to take one on rent. Seeing each house within in his budget, I realised that I am living in heaven. Paying such huge amount of money, people are getting nicely fooled in those rental houses. A girl student, living alone in a 1BHK house, on the fifth floor. The whole building is erected like Kutub minar, on 30x30 ft area, where even ground floor itself must have been illegal as per corporation norms ! And one has to climb up those stairs, no lift in the building, through that 2 ft narrow stairs. I am sure there would be some sort of traffic arrangement to indicate that if somebody is using the stairs, others need to wait till he reaches the destination. Two people can not pass through that stairs at the same time. And that girl was fuming at the broker. It seems during rainy season, the water gets trapped on the open terrace happily goes into her house. Many items were damaged, including her PC laptop, as every thing is kept on the ground. Even if one wishes, he can not carry a table to that floor. Probably what ever furniture needed, would have been kept on top upfront, then the building would have constructed around those furniture after that.
I can go on writing what I saw about people getting fooled in the name of a house. I should mention this fellow, though. When broker knocked, he opened the door. There was no floor visible in that only hall he has. I presume he was sitting in the mattress kept in the middle of that 10X10 ft hall. All other things are laid down on the floor, so handy for him. Books, laptop, heap of clothes, corner pooja space with Anjenaya swamy, plastic bucket two of them, shoes and chappals in the other corner, Tortoise mosquito coil put out half way through in rusty stand. I just put my head in to see around that hall. I felt presence of a little bit of air around - barely sufficient for one person to survive. I felt very bad, wanted to take a deep breath. But did not. I didn't dare to take a deep breath, if I had done that that poor fellow would have got suffocated.
I realised one thing. Finding a house for rent is not easy, it would take months together to get an ideal one, which satisfies most of my needs. But then, this one is very easy. Divide my house in to 10 or 12 units and try to give out for rent. With in a week all units will be occupied !
House is just an example. There are many ways one is getting fooled almost on a daily basis. Sadly, "April 01" lost all its significance ! To fool somebody on this day, do the reverse - no fooling ! no "ullu banaving" is the idea, at least today !
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