Bubbling Boom !

I maintain a couple of  blogs which is by design. The point being that I wanted to devote this particular blog to refelct on the beauty of life..hence the name BooOtYpHuL LyFe. The tweaking in the spelling also done with the intent of bringing in a bit of humour. 

The current post I don't know if it actually has any element of humour or even an element of optimism or even an appreciation of human spirit. But still I go on. More because most people liked it when I first put up a part of it as a caption on my GTalk. Here it goes: 

The problem with us Indians is that we are so fond of basking in hype and when that hype is not there we oursleves create it and bask in it. Facts matter so little to us. 

• A test series win our Australia can make us think of ourselves as world champions. No matter if it just comes just after a thorough drubbing in Sri Lanka just a month ago. 
• Just half a decade of 8% growth can make us think as a part developed world. No matter that countries that have grown at this rate for almost half a century are going bust. No matter that more people die in India of starvation and under the weight of their debts than elsewhere. 
• People continue to invest in stocks even with Sensex @ 20k. The joke is they expect it to still give bumper results. 
• Even middle class Indians get buoyant to invest in apartments spending upwards of Rupees One Crore. No matter all you earn is a just 5 digit salary. No matter the economic sense the decision actually makes. 
• A 3 feet something cube (Moon Impact Probe - MIP of the Chandrayan) lands on to the moon. The media reports it as THE thing. Agreed that it was an achievement of sorts. But the others have decades ago landed manned expiditions and brought them back to Earth too.  In contrast our achievement only pales. 

It is perhaps high time we learn the difference between BOOM and BUBBLE! Or may be just another facet of the colourful Indian psyche. That we can collectively as a society get so euphoric about nothing and go into collective mourning so often only to bounce back with a vengeance.