The World Economy is falling down... falling down... falling down...

I happened to be transported back to my Kindergarten days with a nursery rhyme I heard from a sweet kid's mouth... But then, I was transported back to today. I thought that I can play Anu Malik with this rhyme. So, I come up with:-

The World Economy is falling down.. falling down... falling down...
The World Economy is falling down.. We are BLOODY helpless...!

And it's useless patching it... patching it... Patching it...
And it's useless patching it... We're in DEEP DEEP shit...!

Yes, dear friend. That, unfortunately is, the truth. Whether you accept it or dismiss it, it's the truth... and it's a grim one.

You'll kick, scream, curse, push me to say this to you. You'll wonder what a depressing man I am... Sadly, it's not about me... It's about YOU! So, Please read carefully the lines which come ahead.

You'll most probably be surrounded by 'The Christmas Mist'. This is the ,morphine, of life. You know when is Morphine used? When a Soldier can't take the pain, he's injected morphine so that he dies with a smile on his face. Yes, Christmas is the Morphine for a humans. We eat, drink, make merry, anticipating that the next year will bring us all that we couldn't get this year. Ironically, this was the thought in our mind last winter too!
So what do we do? We want to fulfil the promises we made last year. We want to achieve the status we aspired for last year. We want to make our family happy. So what do we do? Out comes a credit card and we buy happiness. Kehte hai ki "There are somethings money can't buy. For everything else, there is... Credit card". Honestly speaking, today you can buy anything and everything.

I remember Alfred Hitchcock, playing a cameo in his much celebrated movie 'Psycho' says, " I don't buy happiness... I buy off un-happiness".

So out comes the credit card, happiness is bought, un-happiness is bought off... and off you go into another loan! Do you even realise the gravity of the situation? NO! You're ignorant till trhe time the bill will come to your house in January. Tell you what... You'll be afraid to open the envelope, because you're afraind to admit  you're in a debt!

Look at India today... Onions 80rs/kg! Lehsun 300rs/kg! Petrol 63rs/litre! People are cribbing about these things... they don't realise the shampoo they purchase is 700rs/litre! The cold cream is 900rs/kg! The fairness cream is 1270rs/kg! Wake up and smell the fucking coffee!

The situation is the same all over the world... The governments have put up their hands! They can't do anything. Of Course, preventive measures are being taken... But the virus has already spread! The European Union has decided to spend less and tax more. In the next year, UKites will be paying 50% of their income as taxes. HALF OF THEIR BLOODY HEARD EARNED INCOME WILL FILL THE GOVERNMENT'S TREASURY! VAT is increased to 20% implying that 1/5th of the MRP of a product will fill the Government's coffers.

The USA chose to print more... That's what happens in India. Only difference is that their currency isn't counterfeit!

So what happens after you celebrate your 'Christmas and New Year'? January arrives... and so does the January Depression! People now realise that the only thing that's changed is the Year. Also, THEY'RE IN DEEPER SHIT than before!

Statistically, according to months, maximum number of suicides take place in January. Now you know why? Credit Card bills, office stress, marriage stress, children's stress, EMIs to pay... Oh did I mention? Now you have Home Loans for 25 years. It may sound convenient to you, but do you realise that by agreeing to such conditions, you pay back 1.8 times the amount you've taken! Naah... you couldn't care less. Coz you're happy paying EMIs every month for the next 25 years.

You say your job sucks. You can't bear the quarterly closing. You tell everyone you want to leave it. Really? You can't even think of it because no other company is allowing you in. You're afraid you'll be kicked out from here... So you work long enough not to get your as* kicked out! Right? I can see you nodding your head.

So, now that you see the problem (hopefully?!), you want to know the solution (again, hopefully...)
Honestly speaking, there is no solution. Life's going to continue as it is. Generations will come, generations will go... They'll live their life as you lived yours. If you really want to make a difference... Get a money making machine for yourself, which, of course, gives you legal money... Plant a tree of money and see money grow in abundance for your coming generations. And how do you do it? Not by saving! A wise man once said, "Never save in a medium that depreciates!" In my dad's time, he earned 304 rs. and managed the house decently, yet had excess to spend on cabs, movies and everything else. Today, I blow up 500 bucks in my birthday celebrations. Now what to do?

Invest wisely. Yes, have your investments secure. Not only in stocks, but mutual funds, insurance, property, government bonds and every other LEGAL means of investment.

And if you can't even invest wisely, just get a (legal) money-making machine for yourself... ;-)