US congressmen would be going to school to learn 'bout constitution soon per constitution 101. The reason being, politicians do not understand constitution. Do we all agree that it's only applicable to US? It would be a sheer lie if we say Yes. Knowing a constitution is definitely not a requirement for becoming a politician, is it?
Being an auditor, a thought immediately came across what if we put a preventive control in place? After all, selecting a bad person and then trying to educate him/ her doesn't make a sane sense. I mean to say what if all inspiring politicians have to pass an examination on their knowledge about constitution of India or probably a psychometric test for finding out what's going on inside their politico mind?
The test at the bare minimum would ensure that all politicians are educated but would also let us know what kind of leader we are selecting. After all there has to be an interview and selection process before any organisation starts paying you money.
Besides an exam, there has to be some more controls (some of them may be rationalized later):
1. The results should be monitored by an independent private agency. That agency may be an MNC where FCPA like regulations play a big role in governance.
2. The results should be made known to public so that smart decision can be made (at least in the urban areas).
3. If possible, their KRAs should be set and they should be appraised like every normal working human being. Misbehaving politicians should be sacked. Please see some of the videos here for refreshing the memories:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXvw0Jtjfk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI2p4xWWioo
4. If possible, English language should be given due importance cos if globalization is a food for any nation, English is its mouth. For fun, see this video which i saw recently through FB (although from our neighbors)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNvV3VqHjw0
These thoughts may be naive and not sure if something like this is possible, but still thought of committing my thoughts in a post for remembrance. =) May be something better would happen in future. Amen!
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Everything sells!
An year back MTV premiered a useless (i can say it after watching two seasons of it) TV programme called "Jersey Shore", which soon became The most rated show in MTV's history. If you've been fortunate enough not to have heared about it or seen it, then let me throw some light on the subject.
It's a reality show, where 8 Italian-American "unknown & practically unemployed" youngsters - Four men and Four women (claiming to be in their 20s) are living their life under 24*7 camera surveillance. To be distinguished from Bigg Boss or Big Brother, they are allowed to go out of the apartment, interact with public and do whatever (literally!) they want to do.
All of them work during day (on rotational basis) and party at night without fail. As it is shown, the only purpose of their life is to:
1. Find an opposite sex partner and bring him/ her back to the apartment (or crib as they call it) for hook-up
2. Gym and Tanning (freaked about tanning, to the extent of getting skin cancer) for boys
Besides these two activities, there is a third most common activity is 'house-hold barney. That's it. Period.
All crew members use extremely high quality abusive language all the time (bare minimum Four letter word in a sentence). Thus, the show is able to add few new words/ phrases to the American english. Some of them are (filtered out):
All the erstwhile ''unknown and unemployed" crew member now earns minimum $ 30 grand per episode. Not to mention, they've been invited almost daily at premier pubs/ bars and night club for appearance - huge money. Each of the member has earned millions of dollars in a year. Like celebrities, some of them have introduced clothing and cosmetics brands, have got ad contracts, have been hired by another TV shows.
To top it all, the Jersey Shore crew appeared in Barbara Walters show (ABC TV) as one among the most fascinated people in US. Even the crew was highly surprised! :-\
But the wise people of US continue to say that this is not what a youth of US is all about. However the reality is quite bitter. Unfortunately, the youth wants all the fun (probably a relief from saddening and darkest recession in US history).
The show had a successful season 2 at Miami beach, although the name of the show remains Jersey Shore. A point to highlight for season 2 - principles and values remain the same so nothing has changed from season 1. It's still a big hit. With all this great news, MTV is all set to begin the Season 3. Believe it or not, Jersey shore has managed to get registered in the history of US television.
Caution: This show can be highly addicted! :)
It's a reality show, where 8 Italian-American "unknown & practically unemployed" youngsters - Four men and Four women (claiming to be in their 20s) are living their life under 24*7 camera surveillance. To be distinguished from Bigg Boss or Big Brother, they are allowed to go out of the apartment, interact with public and do whatever (literally!) they want to do.
All of them work during day (on rotational basis) and party at night without fail. As it is shown, the only purpose of their life is to:
1. Find an opposite sex partner and bring him/ her back to the apartment (or crib as they call it) for hook-up
2. Gym and Tanning (freaked about tanning, to the extent of getting skin cancer) for boys
Besides these two activities, there is a third most common activity is 'house-hold barney. That's it. Period.
All crew members use extremely high quality abusive language all the time (bare minimum Four letter word in a sentence). Thus, the show is able to add few new words/ phrases to the American english. Some of them are (filtered out):
- Grenade: Ugly woman
- Landmine: A good looking woman only until you find a woman prettier than her
- Smoosh: Hook-up
- Diarrhoea in the stomach: used for the one who cannot digest news (equivalent of pet me ghaddhe)
All the erstwhile ''unknown and unemployed" crew member now earns minimum $ 30 grand per episode. Not to mention, they've been invited almost daily at premier pubs/ bars and night club for appearance - huge money. Each of the member has earned millions of dollars in a year. Like celebrities, some of them have introduced clothing and cosmetics brands, have got ad contracts, have been hired by another TV shows.
To top it all, the Jersey Shore crew appeared in Barbara Walters show (ABC TV) as one among the most fascinated people in US. Even the crew was highly surprised! :-\
But the wise people of US continue to say that this is not what a youth of US is all about. However the reality is quite bitter. Unfortunately, the youth wants all the fun (probably a relief from saddening and darkest recession in US history).
The show had a successful season 2 at Miami beach, although the name of the show remains Jersey Shore. A point to highlight for season 2 - principles and values remain the same so nothing has changed from season 1. It's still a big hit. With all this great news, MTV is all set to begin the Season 3. Believe it or not, Jersey shore has managed to get registered in the history of US television.
Caution: This show can be highly addicted! :)
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