For the TV watching Indians (who actually pay attention to things other then Miss Kapoor's sob stories) this phrase ("Jaago Re") may sound familiar, unless of course you are still sleeping... and if you are its time to wake up and smell the tea leaves...
The other day while channel surfing my remote buttons jammed as a young man and his friends flashed across the screen distributing free "chai" to people, apparently in order to wake them up.. the punch line was "agar aap election ke din vote nahi kar rahe ho to aap so rahe ho"... the much inspiring ad suggested that we should log to a particular site and register ourselves in order to become more responsible citizens of this country...
As an aftershock of being a witness to such a stirring phenomenon my lazy, good for nothing, indifferent, typical Indian conscience took a sip of that tea and ordered my finger to open IE and type those inspirational words in the address bar and hit the enter button.. I was anxiously waiting for the site to load and awaken my dormant morals to make me an assiduous part of the Indian Society..
I stared at the black screen patiently watching the moving green dots to reveal my destination.. but to my horror and disappointment all that appeared on the screen was a message that said "Site under Maintenance"...
Apparently the People who have taken the responsibility to wake us up are sleeping themselves... unfortunately this is the irony of modern India.. I don't blame them Indian hai bhai... sab chalta hai... I am sure the site will be operational soon and I realy hope its a big success cuz its a good cause but please next time make sure that your product is ready of consumption before you start advertising it...
