Well, its been pretty well documented that I'm still hunting for an apartment. It's also been pretty well documented that I haven't found said apartment. I even believe the fact that I might be homeless in under two weeks has been pretty well documented. Fear not, I shall keep blogging.
So any way's I finally saw a place today which had potential. Definitely a place I would be interested in inhabiting. So obviously I told the broker as such and asked her to call me back with final figures.
Being the good broker that she is (A broker in India is only as good as they are greedy for money), she promptly called me and asked me a two very important questions:
1) Are you a bachelor? Or Family?
2) What is your caste?
No, I didn't start laughing... instead I took a deep breath and tried to answer those questions.
Yes, I am a bachelor and it's not entirely out of choice. Trust me I want to be a "Family". I even love the song "We are Family!". When I told her I was a bachelor she promptly asked: Will your mother ever come and visit? To which I replied "Yeah sure, maybe for a couple of days". In my mind I was thinking (Over my dead body! No disrespect Mom, I love you! But I don't think I want you to come to my 1 bedroom apartment in the middle of nowhere where I plan on practicing multiple acts of debauchery!).
The second question was even funnier. Believe it or not, I actually do know my caste. I take great pride in the fact that I am not a Brahman. Instead I'm an awesomely cool Kshatriya (OK, screwed up the spelling... been a while). Kshatriya's are the warrior class and yes we get all the HCHHSSTT's. However, I didn't feel like answering her question and instead said "What caste? I don't know!" To which she asked me are you a Muslim? Now, I know all these questions and answers are probably boring you. But trust me I'm coming to the point. The point is, how the hell does it matter what religion I am when I'm looking for an apartment?
I mean if this is how supposedly educated people behave, it kinda makes you realise that all those little kids that join the Al Quaeda don't really stand a chance do they? I mean we live in a secular country and we refuse to rent out apartments to bachelors and better yet Muslims. Since when did religion dictate the availability of an apartment? I mean I am so taken back and so disappointed that I can't even joke about it. I'm sorry to say but it's times like this that really make me ashamed to be an Indian.
Sure a bunch of redneck's may not vote for a black man to be president, but at least they won't stop the black man from living in their apartments. They will just make sure they double the rent. I'll take that over the religion criteria any day.
Oh and for the record I'm supposed to be a Hindu, but how does it matter... at this rate I think we're all going to hell.
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Amen to that!
Nice post! But why am I not surprised? Given as how my sister spent four months looking for an apartment in Chennai and had to finally throw in the towel because (a) She is a single woman minus significant or insignificant other half and (2) She was a non-vegetarian. Unbelievable! And in Delhi, people don't rent out apartments to renters from Africa or any one who is highly pigmented - even if they belong to the diplomatic services. And we are a supposed to be a secular country!!! In our dreams...
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