Multi-tasking and sharing...

Multi-tasking: Being brought up in a typical Indian family we are thought to do multi-tasking since childhood. Reciting god’s prayer while taking a bath. It’s was only after I grew up, that I came to know about the bathroom singer concept. I also remember solving my math/maths problems while watching cricket match. It does require lots of skill and concentration. Some people even go to the extent of brushing their teeth while preparing tea. And the most common is to read newspapers while on toilet seat, pertaining you have western toilet system at your home. In a typical chawl in Mumbai, where you share ‘one toilet behind four - five Families’, multitasking is as necessary as attending the nature call itself. You can even see people standing in a queue, brushing their teeth and reading newspapers while waiting for their turn to attend nature’s call. And for a change, Indian people do maintain a perfect queue holding a ‘Tamrel’ which serves as a flush in many Indian toilets even today. Sometimes they place their Tamrel outside the toilet to indicate the queue.

People do multi-tasking like, listening to music while working. Or is it the other way round? Working while listening to music. Few exercise machines also are renewed to do multi tasking. Like loose few calories while listening to music. I know one company who has designed a treadmill with food racks. ‘Eat while you lose some calories’. ‘Exercise made fun while eating’ might be their promotion tags.

Driving while on call, makes me wonder of multiple multi-tasking like multiple accidents, multiple death, multiple chaos. Multi-tasking of multi-tasking. On a typical Indian road, one can even find a beggar with a laptop. It might also be a part of multi tasking. Working as a customer service guy attending US customer calls while begging on Indian roads. Multi tasking leading to multi income with NO multi taxes.

Talking while eating is another multi-tasking skill adapted by people. Is it to show-off the expensive food that we are eating? Or to show that you floss every day? Or is it just to save time? Or is it for showing how multi-ugly one can look?

Sharing: Alas! We are ‘forced’ to share. We are taught that ‘sharing is good’. Since childhood, I am being sharing books, toys, room etc. with my sister. My mother is very particular about sharing. Once when I sneezed on my sister’s face trying to share some germs with her, my mom scolded me. Making me wonder if sharing is good or bad? After that, I have never shared anything from chocolate, cakes to germs with my sis.

I have even seen my friend sharing a tooth BRUSH while on one trek. Hope they also share their dentist and his bills. This reminds me of a nice story of an old couple. The lady used to serve her husband dinner and only after he is done, she used to start with her dinner. People thought it to be the most romantic thing until the truth was revealed. The reality was they share common set of complete dentures. Now that’s called a romantic sharing.

I have also seen my friends sharing one ‘Tamrel’ between four while on many treks. They even go to extend by marking the amount of water one should use to flush off their deeds. Friend in need is a friend inDEEDS.

I even saw one Hollywood movie wherein a wife files for divorce seeing her husband sharing a bed with other women and cheating on her. He tries to explain the importance of sharing, but she fail to understand it.