WHAT IS A LIFE WITHOUT IRRATIONALITIES......

As of now......mid-terms are over (2-3 days back)......SDM and Advertising projects second phase to start soon....

So actually findin no break.....got a Sunday....rested in peace.....wanted to go out...out to the beach...but paln failed...its ok.....went out for dinner.....wat a tandoori chicken.....after such a long time.....

Projects are on...life is on.....life without work nowdays seems bore.....feeling of emptiness kinda stuff comes around.....

the weather here in Bhubaneswar has been amazing......rains...rainbows.....and the most orangish sky u might have ever seen........

Have been seeing movies also.....Troy conquered and went around the world in 80 days.....

Till here everything is fine....

But now what follows is the list of life's irrationalities formulated by me...with some contributions from a few frnds:

1- Irrationality of the Buying Behavior: When one goes in a shop, and looks around not intending to buy anything…..and if the salesperson doesn’t pay attention , one ends up buying just to gain attention

2- Irrationality of Planning: Plans are made and strictly not followed

3- Irrationality of not legalizing prostitution in India: Prostitution - such a big industry (illegal) in India - govt. officials involved in it....big corporations use it.....so why doesn’t government make it legal and earn money as tax from it....in that way even people in govt. involved will not be arrested...since there would not be any illegality involved in it.....

4- Irrationality of efficient markets: According to Efficient market hypotheses at any given time, security prices fully reflect all available information. but do they truly reflect the behavior or the future trend the co. mite follow.....

5- Irrationality of trust in knowledge: Why don’t people realize that the middle man they use in dealing with stock market doesn’t know much more than them...he has same info as you have....and since its your money he is investing he has no risk......so why do u listen to him.....

6- Irrationality in Prices of Telecom Stocks: why are telecom industry shares so low priced.....when it is expected that there will be consolidation....and after budget 74% FDI should have given the telecom scrips a big push - still their scrips remain at low price....

7- Why do people run after a particular stock which is on a bull run knowing very well that only more demand for that stock can make it fall.....and they will even buy that stock at a really exorbitantly high price – eg. - IT Stocks.....and when the market crashes, why do they cry - they would have realized market cannot sustain such a run......

8- Moreover to above one - why didn’t the investors sell the stocks when they were initially falling.....were they expecting the stocks to reach back to the peak from which they had fallen - crazy is how u can term them.....at least a graph plotted could have told them.....market is stabilizing n readying for a fall.......

9- Finance people have a perception...that using their concepts of Financial Management and all the fundas....they can outdo others (what they might think of as lesser mortals) in the game of investing....well I don’t feel it works......

10- The biggest dilemma in today’s society is that a student performing average is always told that what will he do....people say he cannot do anything....why is such discouragement given to him......why do people express shock if he gets into one of the top institutes for studies.....why still remains....no one can ever understand......

11- why does censorship in movies exist - if people dont wan to see the movie - den they will automatically make it flop....eg. Girlfriend.....

12- why do parents from a very young age try and push their children to a particular career - even if they might not be mentally suited for it......especially prevalent in doctors - and doctors should be better at understanding this psychology part - children have their own lives - why force them to carry on your legacy......

13- why does society not approve of inter-society (caste, religion n all) marriages - mostly love - let the time take its own course in deciding how couple finally lives......

14- Advertisers are one of the biggest irrationalities to happen to us - after media - why do they simply not tell the facts about the product which will make it sell.....why do they have to go overboard generate over expectation and flop goes the brand....

15- Does technology drive us or it drives our expenses......People changing their mobiles every few months, almost every house has the latest gizmos - without thinking whether they will use it or not.....and most of them are wasteful expenditures.....

16- Why is Business Ethics taught in Business Schools - is it followed out there in the real life - everyone will most probably follow what is the company policy or do the stuff they think they can to earn money - eg. Whistle blowing.....no one does it for social purpose....but mostly for personal gains - in which they might sometimes fail......

17- A situation is like: an investor was considering on investing in a particular stock....but did not and it has gained in value over a period of time.....HOW DOES THE INVESTOR RESPOND TO IT? HE THINKS HE MADE A LOSS.....BUT WHEN DID HE MAKE A LOSS....HE DID NOT BUY IT.......

18- If we consider when people are bidding for investing on land.....these will obviously be taken away by Builders (in most cases)...where they cannot....they just cannot.....I think why don't these builders form some kind of cartel to invest and then distribute within themselves.....this way they will not take the price so high by fighting between themselves....an individual investor will be looking at very few spots for investing into....he will not take any random plot if bidding is done based on individual plot, he will choose on some criterion....so builders forming cartel and getting plots at low rates can actually be quite a successful strategy.....they will have a pretty good increase in profits and as such they are normally tight for cash....

19- Stock market investors who are in it for short term gains - (I am not sure) might carry MEMORY OF PAST - meaning that a particular stock they invested a few days back and the stock fell.....but now there is a rumour (a strong one) that it will soon be rising....HE WILL NOT INVEST IN IT......."once smitten twice shy" follows here........

20- Why don't investors spread their stocks...so as to have a proper protfolio.....generally they invest following the trend in which some sector is performing as a whole....if sector A is performing well....and they have stocks in sector B which is not growing as rapidly as sector A.....they will move all their investements to sector A.....and god forbid...sector A crashes....

21- Investors after few initial successes at their portfolios or investments start thinking that they have cracked the stock market - they treat it as a game.....does it hold true......Stock market is a gamble....u can try to understand the way it will behave but never crack it......it is difficult to predict what is driving a stock up the charts...

22- In Delhi....lately newspapers have been covering the latest trends in prostitution as being that females from good decent and financially sound families coming into the flesh trade.....what i can understand is that they will not want money...but if they want pleasure then why choose this route which can bring bad name to them and moreover their whole family...better to have a boy friend......Why still remains......or is it "Money for nothing and Sex for free".....no clue...

23- After life syndromes which many people experience

24- Intuition or sixth sense - like what is going to happen in future….how do people get it


25- Why do only developed economies need to grow at the cost of developing or under-developed - like US through WTO wants to slow down the growth of various Asian economies.....

26- Irrationality of Brand Following: Why do people follow brands – which are costly and same stuff one can get for cheap…..is this to show that they have money…..about they might think that by showing of using brands they can give out a feeling of power which for them might lead to third motivation of impressing the opposite sex with the motivation of getting sex…..This is much more prevalent among males

27- Irrationality of Money Wastage on movies: Why do people, especially in metros spend over Rs. 125/- on a particular movie……movies are slowly becoming rich man’s entertainment…..

28- Irrationality in vehicle buying behavior: In metros, especially Delhi….ok agreed buses have reduced…..but vehicular traffic has not…..why do people keep on buying more and more vehicles when the place to drive is not there……they are much more prone to accidents (meaning additional expenses – even for scratches) also where will they park…colonies have become a car display centre….

29- Irrationality in love: How can one person stay honest with one person all the time…...and another one never gets satiated…...

30- Why are following felt by humans – Phobias, Fantasy and Anxiety. No proper answer to this can be given…..Some will base it on human psychology….but then that is not satisfactory…..

31- Irrationality of Obsessions: Why do people have obsessions and why do they get violent in it…..one can be passionate about something – like Rock Music, but getting obsessed with it….why?
After getting obsessed about something a person will forget about other things in life so why does he get into the obsession
I do not know how to frame it properly….but hope I have conveyed what I feel….

32-Irrationality of Inconvenience Transferring: To solve one's own inconvenience give others the inconvenience - can be seen a lot in various colonies between neighbors......

33- Irrationality of known business partners (or Irrationality of friends as business partners): In business with people you know......why don’t people still document any verbal deal they do.....this is what leads to breaking of relations......n still people don’t change......this is a thing which keeps on repeating itself again and again….

34- Some cases of multilingualism have been found. For instance, a girl from France never learnt English, but one day after an accident she started speaking English in accent…..
(I do not know how true this incident is…..but will try to confirm source….came to know about it through general chat with a friend – since nothing could explain it – it is here)

well dats all for now.....

lets see ur responses in the comments side.....