Matrimonial Investigation through Facebook

“All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental.”

I am starting this blog with a disclaimer which some of you will understand later

For last few days I am thinking about “Is Facebooking is fine for a person or it is an interference to privacy “ , prima facie it looks as if everything is at arm’s length, your old friends, your lost groups, following your passion through specified groups and so on so forth…. But these pros comes with cons, imagine scenarios like,

you don’t want to share your some specific photograph to people outside your group or friend list but one of your friend tagged that same photo or commented on it, woala now his friends can see your photo on his wall, take another scenario

One of my male friend don’t want to post his status as “Engaged” with someone but to his surprise his fiancée tagged him saying her relationship status as engaged to him, and everything is loose and open after that,  

I am more concerned about all those unmarried guys or girls wanting to be married who will be concluding up their love affairs and then start identifying the girl they want to marry (I am not writing women here because it’s very offensive these days to call a lady as women until the age of 50 which they never achieve before dying) and live a life with (because successful love marriage is a Hypothesis unto failure, it’s worth mention here that one of my close friend would not agree with this).

I can almost anticipate matrimony detective companies coming up which would focus on Facebook investigations. Companies with tag lines such as ‘Helping discover the actual Him/her’ or ‘saving your innocent (please notice the emphasis on word innocent, do u agree with me?) girls from assholes (a better word than DOG)

 I can imagine the girl’s parents visiting a private detective firm titled ‘Facebook Investigators’ called as F I in the subsequent write up and having a discussion such as this:

Parent: We are planning to have our girl married to a boy from Delhi (Delhi is infamous for all bad things). “The boy’s name is A Singh (Read disclaimer above). And we want to find out if he is a high-quality fit for our innocent daughter.

F I: Do you know his Facebook ID?

Parent: Yes our daughter has already started Facebooking (this word is not synonym of roombooking) with him. His ID is A.Singh and his email ID is A.Singh@gmail.com

F I: Thank you. Consider your job done. We will need at least 15 days. If we find him not good for your daughter, we will not just give you the proof of his past but also generate proof in the present.

Parent: How much will this investigation cost us?

 And suddenly emotional marketing of the detective agency starts and they will charge the unfortunate parents a fortune.

F I: just think about it for a while. How much will you be ready to give to ensure your daughter has a good married life?

And once the client party (parents) exit the scene, one MBA Fresher will be put on the job. He will immediately use one of his Girl IDs and send a friend request to A. Singh. Being already deprived of girls, the poor A. Singh will immediately accept it and fall into the catch.

The MBA Fresher will then go through’ A. Singh’s life history on Facebook and find out that he has changed his relationship status with different girls 3 times in the last four years. Based on the status updates and the comments, the MBA Fresher will also form a report on the kind of relationships A. Singh has had with these three girls.

With the report in hand, he will go to his reporting manager to discuss the future action plan.

Sir, A. Singh has had three girl friends in the last four years. And they were all very deep relationships. Here is the report.”

The MBA Fresher reporting manager will go through’ the report and finally look up and say:

 Hummm.. Good but we also need to show that he has not changed. Start chatting with him and get some proof of his intensions.

Will do sir. FYI, I will be using either Priya Singh or Neha Gupta’s profile for this assignment.

As you wish. You are my man

After the go ahead from his reporting manager the MBA Fresher will get onto the task of exposing A. Singh’s present intensions and start chatting with him.

Priya Singh: Hi Singh

A. Singh: Hi Priya, sorry but do I know you?

Priya Singh: Hmmm….does that matter?

A. Singh: clearly not. It doesn’t matter but it helps.

(How many times in a lifetime does a guy get a Hi from an unknown girl anyway?)

Priya Singh: You don’t know me. But I know you. I studied in the same college as you.

A. Singh: Is it? How come we never met?

Priya Singh: I was nervous to approach you. You were so popular.

(Who doesn’t want to hear that he/she was famous in college)

A. Singh: That I was. Which faculty you were in?

Priya Singh: I did B.E. Elex(short form of electronics, one of the engineers showoff words)

A. Singh: Where do you stay?

Priya Singh: I stay in Noida. And I know you stay in Delhi….your FB profile says so.

A. Singh: Yes, I stay in Delhi. Smart girl

(A.Singh kay SRK waley funday : A flirtooo specialist knows that girls like to be called smart & beautiful)

Priya Singh: Thanks. I was feeling lonely & getting bored so thought I might as well gather the courage to buzz you. Hope I am not disturbing me.

A. Singh: No…no…not at all. In fact, I myself am bored.

(A.Singh kay SRK waley funday : For trapping girl’s a smart man should never be busy)

Priya Singh: Thanks. You are a cute (again a trapping word) person.

A. Singh: Thanks. Is that your real profile pic? You look pretty.

Priya Singh: Yes of course.

Priya Singh: So…what else?

A. Singh: What do you mean bored?

Priya Singh: Ever since I have broken up with my Ex three months back, life has become dull. No thrills.

A. Singh: You have come to the right person.  (KL but no PD right now)

Priya Singh: What do you mean?

(Actual girls have to do this. After years of chatting a seasoned man starts suspecting if the girl comes easy)

A. Singh: Was just saying that I know Delhi-NCR region in and out. So you have come to the right person.

Priya Singh: Better. I thought you were meant something else…you know what I mean.
(During investigations, it is the job of the MBA fresher to lure the boy into the trap by giving enough hints)

A. Singh: I know what you mean. But I generally go slowly.

Priya Singh: How slow?

A. Singh: As slow as the girl wants.

The chats continue for around five days and in these five days A.singh starts feeling that he has known the girl for ages.

After Ten days, the Facebook Investigation agency sends its report to the girl’s parents. This is how the report looks.

Same day A. Singh parents get a call from the girl’s parents that they aren’t interested in pursuing the relationship.

After dinner, a miserable A.Singh logs on to Facebook and finds that Priya singh has removed him from her friend list. But wait now Priya Singh is friends with one of his Facebook friends Biru Rana (Read disclaimer in the start)…..talks are ongoing.

Lokpal bill vs Jan lokpal Bill - a logger jam

The Jan Lokpal Bill, also referred to as the citizens' ombudsman bill, is a proposed independent anti-corruption law in India.

The word Lokpal was introduced in 1963 by L.M.Singhvi, M.P. during a debate in Parliament about grievance redressal mechanisms. His son Dr. Abhishek Singhvi is now the head of the Parliamentary Standing Committee reviewing the bill.

The prefix Jan (citizens) was added to signify that these improvements include input provided by "ordinary citizens" through an activist-driven, non-governmental public consultation.

The Lokpal bill was first introduced by Shanti Bhushan in 1968 and passed the 4^th Lok sabha in 1969. But before it could be passed by Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha was dissolved and the bill lapsed. The Subsequent versions were re-introduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005 and 2008, but none of them passed. The bill was inspired by the Hong Kong Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC).

In April 2011, civil activist Anna Hazare started a movement by commencing an indefinite fast in New Delhi to demand the passing of the bill. The movement attracted attention in the media, and hundreds of thousands of supporters of all ages and creed. Following Hazare's four day hunger strike, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated that the bill would be re-introduced in the 2011 monsoon session of the Parliament.

Accordingly, a committee of five Cabinet Ministers and five social activists attempted to draft a compromise bill merging the two versions but failed. The Indian government went on to propose its own version in the parliament, which the activists rejected on the grounds of not being sufficiently effective, and called it a "toothless bill".

Now there are two versions of the bill one is Lokpal bill proposed by parliament which at the current state has lots of loopholes and does not serves the purpose. The Lokpal cannot, under the proposed Bill, investigate any case against the Prime Minister in the arena of external affairs and defense

Second one Jan lokpal Bill, proposed by activists lead by Anna hazare, aims to effectively deter corruption, redress grievances of citizens, and protect whistle-blowers. If made into law, the bill would create an independent ombudsman body called the Lokpal (protector of the people). It would be empowered to register and investigate complaints of corruption against politicians and bureaucrats without prior government approval.

Some important features of the proposed bill are:

1. To establish a central government anti-corruption institution called Lokpal, supported by Lokayukta at the state level.

2. As in the case of the Supreme Court and Cabinet Secretariat, the Lokpal will be supervised by the Cabinet Secretary and the Election Commission. As a result, it will be completely independent of the government and free from ministerial influence in its investigations.

3. Members will be appointed by judges, Indian Administrative Service officers with a clean record, private citizens and constitutional authorities through a transparent and participatory process.

4. A selection committee will invite short-listed candidates for interviews, videorecordings of which will thereafter be made public.

5. Every month on its website, the Lokayukta will publish a list of cases dealt with, brief details of each, their outcome and any action taken or proposed. It will also publish lists of all cases received by the Lokayukta during the previous month, cases dealt with and those which are pending.

6. Investigations of each case must be completed in one year. Any resulting trials should be concluded in the following year, giving a total maximum process time of two years.

7. Losses to the government by a corrupt individual will be recovered at the time of conviction.

8. Government officework required by a citizen that is not completed within a prescribed time period will result in Lokpal imposing financial penalties on those responsible, which will then be given as compensation to the complainant.

9. Complaints against any officer of Lokpal will be investigated and completed within month and, if found to be substantive, will result in the officer being dismissed within two months.

10. The existing anti-corruption agencies [CVC], departmental vigilance and the anti-corruption branch of the [CBI] will be merged into Lokpal which will have complete power authority to independently investigate and prosecute any officer, judge or politician.

11. Whistleblowers who alert the agency to potential corruption cases will also be provided with protection by it.

Today when I am writing this blog, Lokpal bill prepared by parliamentary committee was tabled in parliament while all the activist of Anti corruption movement are not happy with what has been proposed in the bill.

100 percent marks

India has always been home to High academic expectations wherein a degree qualification often leads to respect in society. The classier the scope of education, the better recognized amongst peers and family has often been the case in the country. However, rocketing requirements to be even considered for such degrees is raising concern in a society where rejection can result in grievous results.

Every generation should seek to greater heights than the previous one. The higher secondary boards which operate in India seem to have taken this literally, as every year the scores of students seem to be skyrocketing, with some of them hitting the sky. That so many students score a full 100 per cent in several or even all their subjects could indicate that finally we are dealing with an army of geniuses.

In another 20 years or so, we can perhaps expect that all the Nobel Prize Winners will be Indians.

Of late, there is a growing tendency, both in the media, Parents and their children, to take a swipe at the entire system of education. The latest disagreement resulted because one college declared 100 % as cut-off and some students who got 90 % and above in their Class XII examination are finding it difficult to get a college of their choice.

So why this all is happening, one of the main reason is corporate world and even PSUs where for preliminary selection you need 90% marks (not applicable to SC/ST they can attain Government jobs at 40% marks, and our constitution talks about equal right, what a joke!) or you need to have 80% consistently from the 10th standard onward, so for getting a job good in a so called big name company with a nice package requires marks in the range of 100%

It's not that a total change of the admission process is needed. But it is the society, its value system and perception that have led to the present dissatisfaction. In an environment that values marks more than development of personality; it is not 'learning' but 'scoring' that gets glorified.

So as rightly said by Amir Khan in the movie 3idiots Don't Run Behind Success, Run Towards Excellence.....Let Success Follow You