Before you proceed reading the article , I want you to know that this article is not intended to prove anyone right or wrong but its just my analogy on human psychology.
Buyer: "eerulli hege? "( How much is onion ?)
Seller:" embattu rupaay kg saar" ( 80 rupees per kg , sir)
Buyer:" yella kade yepattide. yepatt hakondu ond kg kodu " (Its 70 everywhere. Give me at 70/per kilo)
seller: "ayyo illa sir, bekadre combo deal togoli , arvattige hakodtini " ( No , its not possible. But we have a combo deal . You will get it at less than 60)
Buyer: " Haagadre combo deal-e togotini , yenadu?" (then I will take that . What is the combo deal?)
Seller: " 37560 ge ipad with retina display , idar jote ond kg eerulli, haage free items. Olle dealu sir . Fast moving item-u" ( for 37560, you get an ipad with retina display, a kilogram of onion and other freebies. Its a good deal and is a fast moving item)
You thought its a joke . It is but the irony is it's reality too . And we the buyers especially in the 21st Century end up buying ipad when we had plans to buy just a kilogram of onion. I am not saying its just others , I do it all the time. Recently I had plans to buy a good camera. I always thought it's just dSLRs are for show off. But when I saw an offer on a dSLR without second thoughts I wanted to own it. This greed took over me and I decided to shell out a little more to buy an better on instead. I don't know if it would have made difference had I not bought this! With all the pain of taking it around like a baby is too painful. I am sure this must have happened to you too.
You might say no ( or even noooooooooo ) but we do buy loads of things round the year that we hardly use. It might be because we think its a cool offer or I am getting it at a cheap price or everyone says that product is amazing, so why not own one? I know you are still saying no , but remember the last time you bought your phone just because CNET and other online reviews said *amazing features*and all your colleagues and friends owned one. My question is are you going to use at least half of those * amazing features* .No , you don't and you know it too. You might say 'I am using at least half of those features' . I am pretty sure you would have found a phone with those features you use for cheaper price which CNET did not give 'WOAW' review!
It's just not with electronic goods but also cars , clothes .....uff what not ! At the end of the day everyone wants to own amazing things , whether they need or not! And yeah its mostly to show others than us having a satisfaction for ourselves . You might still say , I get satisfaction by showing off . After spending so much , you should at least get that if not find any use. And with some people , they would postpone buying something more important as they would have gone over their budget to buy something they never wanted.
How much more garbage should we buy to impress others ? When I look around in my room with these thoughts , I see most of things that I hardly use. I remember I was very excited when I bought them. They were the most hyped things at that point of time . I stopped using them when the hype went down( or something else took over). These things are neither a junk to throwaway nor something I would use . Probably I will find a day to use them , till then I have to keep it safe.
I have started to clean my room and my thoughts.Have you ?
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My thoughts over this article came from an article published in the Mint newspaper. The writer had several facts and figures to show that rural India has started to spend more on non-food materials , especially electronic goods.The article went on about the growing thirst for technology even in rural India . The point that caught my mind was something else and it led to this article . Talking about Mint , its a great newspaper . No ads , no spicy stories nor unwanted cine drama. I love one of these columns called Claim check where they find relevant facts if a statement made by a public figure is true or not . If you are not satisfied with the writings of your Newspaper or even better want to read a analysed and researched article then buy your copy of Mint today :-)
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My parents used to say this so many times during our normal dinner time conversation. Having grown up around people speaking English, Hindi and Marathi, my sister and I didn't really appreciate the beauty of this phrase when we were kids. But there came a time in life when this hit home really hard. Now I try to use this phrase in normal conversations with people who don't even have a clear idea of what Tulu is. I want everyone to know about this and other Tulu phrases; not only are they beautiful, they are freaking intelligent.