Sunday, February 03, 2008

Why horlicks?

one of the stupidest things that i have seen being launched in recent days is the women horlicks! women please don't conclude before reading completely that i'm a sexist! I'm not by any degree of knowledge a nutrition specialist but i find this marketing gimmick very funny.now what can u think of next.. say women maggi noodles or women's nescafe !! this ad reminds me of an old saying - u can fool some people all the time, all the people sometime but not all the people all the time ! though i agree the energy requirement of both sexes might differ but not to such an great extent that a family would have to buy three horlicks now, a normal horlicks , a junior horlicks for the kid and a women horlicks. thank goodness there's no teen aged daughter in the family or else the management guy sitting out there would have come up with a " teen horlicks" but this is not the end of it. in sometime there will be more varieties coming up..daily horlicks for every day of the week, horlicks for old people, horlicks for IT professionals ( of course they need higher energy levels)
God save the world from horlicks!!
did u just say horlicks for Almighty???
Not Kidding!!

I'm not the most updated man in the world but one thing that hasn't been able to escape my attention or knowledge has been incidents involving small teen aged kids using firearms to kill their schoolmates.it's a very sad thing to let happen in a modern society like ours. kids resorting to these acts are not a good omen for the future generations. unlike popular belief kids have a lot of stress to combat. often bullying when not dealt in primitive stages leads to aggressive adulthood.now a kid who sees an opportunity to this long wait of distressing makes good of it often without putting any thought behind it.the solution lies in creating a platform where a kid can distress himself , express his woes and reclaim his self esteem. advocates of those who believe firearms are the cause for it, i beg to differ! for a kid who can plan of killing anyone can also draw inspiration from bollywood flicks can use something as common as a kitchen knife to kill his so called " tormentor". firearm is a medium but the culprit is the mind.children need to be respected and should be taken seriously.also ensure if your kid is not under any such stress he is also not doing it to others.good parenting will help solve this problem. and of course people who own firearms please do not let it be accessible. weapons are to protect not to kill!