{"id":124,"date":"2009-01-10T22:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-10T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajaymreddy.com\/chindigiri"},"modified":"2013-05-09T07:30:59","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T02:00:59","slug":"chindigiri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajaymreddy.com\/chindigiri\/","title":{"rendered":"Chindigiri"},"content":{"rendered":"
Warning <\/span>– this is a rant post. The reason I broached this subject is because of my recent experiences as an insurance agent. I got a friend of mine to post an ad in their bulletin board in response which I kept getting some phone calls. A majority of these callers have asked me if I’ll give them a rebate in the commission that they’ll pay. Now, are these people so poor? Or, would they pay a part of their salary back to the company – because the company gave them a job? I don’t think so. The only reason I can think of, to explain this is that they are ‘chindi’. BTW, I have neither asked for a rebate when I took insurance, nor will I be giving anybody a rebate. Not only is it unethical, it is illegal too. When literate (not the same as educated), well to do people are eager to indulge in corruption, I wonder why these same people keep blaming India for it’s ills.<\/p>\n BTW, I see ‘chindigiri’ in many places – people wanting to gain every single inch of available space when everybody is standing at a traffic signal, but will still drive at 30kmph on a completely empty road. Oh and our former neighbours – with whom we shared our electricity meter, who were so lazy that they would never pay the bill on time -(even when we offered to pay and then share the charges with them), and when leaving the house got us to pay all the fines too.<\/p>\n “Corruption is in the mind, it only shows up as an act.” Warning – this is a rant post.Now, you may have heard of Gandhigiri (made famous by the Munna Bhai movie – following in the steps of Mahatma Gandhi), but what you might ask is Chindigiri. ‘Chindi’ is a very Hyderabadi term, and has various meanings, depending on the context. But, I use this word more…<\/span><\/p>\n
Now, you may have heard of Gandhigiri (made famous by the Munna Bhai movie – following in the steps of Mahatma Gandhi), but what you might ask is Chindigiri. ‘Chindi’ is a very Hyderabadi term, and has various meanings, depending on the context. But, I use this word more often in one particular context, in which it means cheapstake’ism’ or being a penny pincher.<\/p>\n
– Me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"