Pranav Chavda

At this point, I am not proud to be a citizen of the largest democracy in the world.

Just got an email from PayPal indicating that the RBI (Reserve Bank of India), won’t let them continue to function here in the way they have been. Why? Hey, they’re the government of India, they don’t really have to make a lot of sense in order to block foreign companies’ businesses here and thereby abandon hundreds of thousands of their own citizens who depend on it to make a living — whether directly or indirectly.

This has happened only days after the Government of India threatened to shut down BlackBerry services and issued notices to Google’s Gmail and Skype.

This has happened for a second time this year, and I am disappointed, not at PayPal, but at the RBI and the Indian “System”.

In a democracy, I am supposed to have a say in these things. I don’t. I feel like I’m in China. I had Chinese food for lunch and then again for dinner yesterday and now, without a visa and plane ticket, I am there. In a country where the government is the master of it’s slave citizens.

I wanted a kindle ever since amazon launched it, and after waiting patiently for a couple of years, they’ve finally decided to sell it internationally – including in India!

Kindle now for sale in over 100 countries!

… According to the political compass. cool quiz to see where your economic and social ideology stands in comparison with famous historic and current political figures.

Smoking in a restaurant

There! I’m smoking in a “Public Place”
Fuck you , Mr. Ramadoss, Former Health Minister of India…

I used to blog a lot, on finaltag and here. haven’t blogged for months. I miss blogging!

India celebrated it’s 60th year as a republic today, and although I should be, that’s not what I am most glad about, what I am most happy about is, sadly, that no one bombed trains or gunned people down in the name of religion or whatever today.

now only if the forces and governments of the country can keep every day as peaceful as today.

Here in india, most big restaurants and coffee shops used to have open, ventilated seating for smokers and closed, more air-conditioned areas for non-smokers. This, however, didn’t stop the stupid fucked-up liberal government to ban smoking completely in restaurants starting today. The problem is, I can’t eat without smoking in between, so why don’t I just kill my self already? Hey, It’s my choice to smoke, bitches, and if I’m not harming you .. why the F can’t I smoke?