The Young India

Kartikey Sehgal

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Two drunken policemen pointing AK-47′s threatened to march a colleague and me into a shack for “some fun.” We got away untouched, so why bring up the matter? I didn’t want my boss to think that my gender was a liability. (source)

but of course woman, it is. Secularism is your enemy. Righteousness in suggesting, that, all men are essentially good, everywhere, in-all-parts, draws on short-term emotions.
Of morality.
Of goodness.

It draws immediate praise, and certified fan-following; attention—of the …

Kartikey Sehgal

In the previous story, I had said that men should not get consumed by a woman’s sweet words (not always). Natural manipulation is acceptable to a certain level, beyond which it is poison for man. (The definition of ‘level’ deserves a separate story)

If a woman, while serving food to you, nags you and assumes superiority through the act of serving, then it is acceptable to walk out of the scene without a goodbye. Let her come to the table and see it …

Kartikey Sehgal

The ‘conservative’ fathers end up marrying off their daughters to morons that their daughters would have otherwise chosen for themselves.

It is not expected that the conservatives know better about human behaviour than the ‘others’. They are conservative because they are expected to be conservative. Fathers asked their sons to be conservative because, well, that’s the way to be, or because that’s the right way of life, or because that’s the job of a man. Their children are told that keeping your women …

Kartikey Sehgal

Talented people are often alone and relegated to lower ranks in a social group.
Unless:

• They are conventionally good-looking
• They behave like they are conventionally good-looking
• They are very rich/powerful
• Brilliant women are a part of the group

Otherwise, they are ‘respected’, a term that has come to differentiate the talented from the ‘others’. He becomes an ‘other’ who is talented, and who may not pose any immediate threat to the position of the ‘haves’.

I was scheduled to attend three of the …

Kartikey Sehgal

The modern man thinks that he is free because he can change between jobs; leave an organisation, join another. However, even slaves wanted to be transferred between masters. They didn’t want to sit idle. Slavery gave them food and security. They also compared notes. Who ate what and who got treated well.

What has actually changed is the perception of slavery. ‘I am not bound to any one company’. But you are. How are you going to otherwise survive and if you do, …

Kartikey Sehgal

While reading a document on ‘Women in Hinduism’, I noted the sentence:

“While today we normally assume that the ‘husband is the breadwinner of the household’, traditional Hindus say that it is Devi Annapuurnaa who is the presiding deity of Foodgrains.”

Of course. This is how it works. A man goes to earn food for himself and his family. To what man would Devi give food? To a man who is honest and hardworking. And what is this idea of praying?

Take this …

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Love is nature’s ploy for reproduction; lust is nature in crisis.

It is possible to love one woman for the rest of your life and there are many such women available.

Women are marketeers when it comes to marriage. They make a man believe that he wants it and his time will run out.

Marriage is a compromise for men. Women just have to decide between options.

A man (man) remains a man despite the allurement of beauty. The affections of …

Kartikey Sehgal

Owing to the female mind’s impulse to test eye shadow and blush (cosmetic) on my face when I was in a hurry, I walked out of my home forgetting to wipe out the colourful powders from my face.

Few men looked at me. It’s not that I was looking funny; men, as is their nature, will look at anything that reminds them of women.

Many times, their inquisitiveness about your well-being and work-life is actually a ploy to know about the women in your life.

When men ask one another “so what do you do?” they mean to ask how many women you work with and if they are desirable.