Truly yours has decided to compile a list of manias and phobias that we (Indians)
suffer from. The list is not exhaustive. Feel free to add to it.

Manias:

Honk-O-Mania:  

We honk once for every two seconds we spend on the driving wheel/ handle bar of
a motor vehicle.



Spit-O-Mania:

We spit for every ten meters we walk.

SaasBahu & Chithi Mania:

Do I have to explain this????

Mobile-O-Mania:

I once lived in an era where the only means of communication was the green
color rotating dial chubby phone with the analog ring tone. Fast forward to
today, the plumber comes to my home and I find a phone ringing, thought it must
have been mine but to my surprise, the plumber pulls out his ultra sleek, ultra
modern phone.Aaargh!

Lays, chips and French fries-O-mania:

I read it in a paper sometime that a company in Gujarat was planning to build Asia’s most modern plant to make POTATO chips. They would
process 9 tonnes of potatoes into Chips.9 tonnes an hour??? Well the kids of
this generation and so too the elders cannot live without the ‘CHIP’. We are
the chip of the new block.

DINK-O-Mania:

For folks who do not know what DINK is, let me illuminate. DINK is a species of
homosapiens that does not like to grow a family. Both the husband and the wife
earn and burn but do not yearn for the kid. That’s good news. India’s
population ticker does need some rest.

Underthetable-O-Mania:

We do anything and everything under the table. We are the mother, the father,
the child and the grand parents of the phrase-’Under the table’.

Gyan Professing-O-Mania:

Yours truly is a genius in this. Need I say more?? (P.S.this is an exercise in
the mania)

Breaking News-O-Mania:

A few years back, this mania was non-existent. But now, this is everywhere.
Every channel on the idiot box says so.

Breaking News-Hannef’s plane takes off

Breaking News-Haneef’s drinks water in the plane.

Breaking News-Haneef takes a leak.

Breaking News-Give me a break.

SEZ-O-Mania:

All the land will one day become a SEZ. Heck, India will itself become a Special
Economic Zone. Wow

Riot-O-Mania:

We are country that gave the world kamasutra, yoga, zero and few anti-heroes.

We riot for anything and everything.Probabaly it has become the best way to
draw the attention of people whose attention we seek. Breaking news, I said.

Sycophancy-O-Mania:

When I drive around the city, trees, buildings and Posters of leaders greet
me.Posters???The leaders profess that they have nothing to do with the
beautification drive affected by their supporters. I believe.

Phobias now

Tax-O-Phobia:

We are afraid of paying tax. We must rightly be. The roads have not changed a
percent since you first started paying tax. The cost of life has increased.
They attribute it to liquidity. So my solution: Suck the liquidity by not paying
the taxes. I am a genius.

Sex Education-O-Phobia:

We fear if our children are imparted with sex education, they might ask the
parents questions that they have no answer too and then they would have to
consult their parents who would have no answer too. Things are fine the way
they are. Let us not disturb the balance.



SameSex/OppositeSex Marriage-O-Phobia:

We are afraid of same sex marriages. Acceptable. Who would not be??

But opposite sex marriage?? If a Hindu marries a Christian, Siva and Jesus save
the couple.



PractisingWhatWePreach-O-Phobia:

We talk and talk and talk. But when it comes to walking the talk, we are people
without legs.

DarkSkin-O-Phobia:

We hate everything dark despite living in a tropical country. We import ladies
from Europe to do our advertisements to sell
goods to dark people. Irony.

West-O-Phobia:

We fear the west for all things. We follow their practice and then blame them.

Did they ask us to follow??

Truth-O-Phobia:

Nobody likes truth. Even me. Truth is bitter but you got to face it one day.

Be prepared.