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December 1, 2014 BolteRaho Education, India, Unbelievable facts

41 Epic Sign Board Fails You Can Only Find In India

English is a ‘phunny’ language, and the sign boards you see around in India prove it. We bring to you 41 epic Indian sign board fails that will leave you ROFLing.

1. For the kinkier ones amongst you.

Epic Sign Board Fails You Can Only Find In India

2. You know, just in case the elephant doesn’t listen to you, or throws dirty water at you.

3. That is one bold way to protest against Section 377.

4. So you know where to go when you want to pick up hot girls.

5. They had contraception till sometime back. Now they just remove their shoes.

6. If you’re bored of wife-swapping, this is the next level.

7. For the nymphomaniac in you.

8. This is very much funny than we can take.

9. So they have child kating too. When are you getting your child kat?

10. Whose is that? Rajnikanth?

11. You know, like take away burgers and pizzas.

12. Don’t complain if it hurts.

13. Uh oh! Someone got a little too honest.

14. Free families, anyone?

15. Three polar bears please.

16. Because doesn’t every little girl want a frog?

17. Thanks for the offer but no thanks.

18. You know, if you’ve always wanted a taller wife.

19. Now don’t tell us you haven’t ever been to any dog wedding.

20. Oh sweet lord!

21. Because aren’t we all fed up of those pricy little pricks that just won’t allow us to visit them?

22. Chicken Sharma – for every Sharma, Verma and Chadha! Lally Pup sounds ‘testy’ too.

23. Woah! That is one hell of a menu. This is how far technology has come – Computer Juice!

24. Umm well, we can’t even disagree.

25. Best family in the world, isn’t it?

26. That’s honest.

27. You know because finding the G spot could be harder in the dark.

28. If you want to find a baling date for your goat, this is the place. Good luck!

29. We told you not to have too much of spicy food, didn’t we?

30. For all the asses out there.

31. That makes even gibberish easy to understand.

32. Look out for the man with a hairy lungi.

33. Try to understand that, without understanding.

34. Rs. 5 only. That’s quite affordable.

35. But isn’t prostitution illegal?

36. Can you decode that?

37. If you’re wearing them on the head, then it’s totally fine.

38. Now that was a detail the world didn’t really want to know.

39. Thakur, are you listening?

40. Free child, anyone?

41. Natural weathering can really do wonders!

Epic Sign Board Fails You Can Only Find In IndiaEpic Sign Board Fails You Can Only Find In India

November 14, 2014November 14, 2014 BolteRaho Education, India, Social

Children’s Day by ” Wandering Story Teller “

Tomorrow is November 14th which is widely celebrated as children’s day, here in India. This day essentially commemorates the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Since he admired children the most, his birthday is honored this way.

When I was at school it was a pretty big affair, with the teachers putting up programs for the school children and no classes whatsoever, essentially it consisted of song, dance and skit and then the distribution of chocolates.

Over the years it has become, for the lack of a better word, shitty. With facebook coming up in a big way all that you get to see are photos, newsfeed getting filled (over crowded) with people putting up photos from their childhood, seriously!? This is how children’s day is celebrated!!? Aargh! I can almost pull out my hair and scream in frustration.

In a country where there is so much wrong, all that we talk and do about is putting up photos.

This kid here, Mahesh, is one of my favorite kids, someone whom I love beyond words. There was a time when I was upset about something at school; I sat in a corner, quiet and sad. Within a few minutes he comes and sits right next to me, correctly guessing the reason as to why I was upset. We sat together in silence for some time and that was by far the most blissful time that I spent with someone. Whenever I meet him I ask him about his studies, if he does his homework on time and if he listens to classes. I call him my boyfriend and all he does is smile around and this smile is my most precious smile.

In a country with millions of children, most of whom have zero access to education, hygienic conditions and a safe environment to grow up, there are educated people like us who care more about selfies. It’s not bad to be obsessed with social networking sites but don’t we feel the pinch when we find little children begging on the streets? Somehow it is more comforting to put up our legs on the coffee table and discuss about the state of our country in the comfort of our homes instead of doing something about it.

To all those out there who are reading this, there are lots of things we can do.

Donate, in case you don’t have the time to spend, do donate. There are lots of ngos who work endlessly and tirelessly to make an impact.
If you are skeptical about the same, volunteer. It brings about immense joy to see and know that however small, you are working towards making a change.
If you neither can donate nor volunteer, buy a few things, a box of pencils and erasers or books. Just walk in to any government school and donate the same, the children here don’t have the resources to buy the same and these things come for cheap.
Celebrate your birthday, kids love cake and can’t afford the same, the kind of joy that shows on their face is worth the 400 rupees that you will need to spend/

Do things for your own selfish need, benefits of volunteering that I have personally experienced are-

Happiness, the wide smiles that they have on their faces when you walk into the class, the high fives, the oohing and aahing over your clothes, how 50 odd children will fight for your attention, convince you that there can’t be anyone prettier than you, playing and braiding your hair, though mobile phones become an instant source of attention.
You learn to appreciate life, looking at the condition of these kids all that you feel is grateful and fortunate.
The feeling that life is worth doing something.
Becoming financially conscious, I think of all the money that I have wasted away on frivolous things and mentally kick myself, just thinking of all the things that I could do for these kids.

June 28, 2014June 28, 2014 mharsha7 Education

UGC’s 180-degree turn

The deadlock between the University Grants Commission and Delhi University over the national education regulator’s directive to scrap the university’s four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) and replace it with the old three-year undergraduate programme has finally ended, but the episode left many students in the lurch. Had the stand-off been about the merits of the FYUP, things would have been different. Instead, it reflected an ad-hoc, callous and arbitrary approach toward higher education in India and showed the degree of derision with which we treat our universities and their decisions.

What cannot be overlooked is the fact that the FYUP programme was approved by the academic council and the executive council of the university, which are statutory bodies under the Delhi University Act of 1922, though it was not approved by the Visitor of the University — the President of India. The UGC has known about the programme all this time and in fact, as has been reported widely, it has maintained that universities have the right to choose the duration of their academic programmes.

So, the question to be asked is this: what prompted the UGC to take a 180-degree turn on this issue after one year? Did it discover some new facts that were not known to it in 2013, when FYUP was rolled out, to come to the conclusion that this programme is in violation of the national policy on education that provides for the 10+2+3 format? The answer seems to be ‘no.’ All material available in the public domain shows that many people, including some of the members of the UGC, had objected to the FYUP on this very ground when it was being introduced in 2013.

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