Friday, February 27, 2009

Selling Vaastu .. lol!

This is a fun thing I did a while ago. I posed as the wife of a Vaastu obsessed husband and went around hunting for a perfect Vaastucompatible house. Don't ask me the reason but just listen to what happened. What i want to exhibit through the conversation is to what extent the brokers sell vaastu with their half baked knowledge. 

Me: Bhaiya, is this house Vaastu compliant?
Broker: Absolutely madam!! Take it and go
Me: How can you say its Vaastu compliant?
Broker: Madam the entrance is north facing which is best in vaastu.
Me: Since my husband and I are manglik, we want south facing entrance. 
Broker: It is south facing madam...
Me:...but just now you said its north facing
Broker: No madam you are standing opposite to me no.. so its south facing for you.
Me:(perplexed .. :~ ..wtf!!) Do you have a compass to prove?
Broker: (is compass a thing to carry:-)) Madam, what are saying..i have been working here for past 10 years i know this house?
Me: So you havn't sold this house for the past 10 years!!
Broker: He he.. not this one, I am refering to other houses in building..

Me: How do I know that this is a south facing entrance?
Broker: You can ask the neighbours
(So we go out and there is noone in sight except for some construction guys)
Broker: (shouts at them) Raise you hand and tell madam that it is a south facing entrance
(Unanimouslythey all pick up their hands and tell me that it is a south facing entrance..arghh! Is there anyway to beat this guy!!)

Me: There is a garbage waste outside the building entrance... this is inauspicious.. you cannot have such a thing according to vaastu
Broker: No madam, vaastu says there should be no waste on the same side of the road as of the building.. the waste you saw is on opposite of the road madam... its fine!

Me: (phew) Why is the bathroom right in front when you enter house?
Broker: It signifies that you discard harmful substances right at the entrance and then enter the house in pure form.

Me: (i need to nail him down ...) According to vaastu the bedroom should be in the south east...but this one is not so?? (got him!!)
Broker: No Madam, remember you just asked for a south facing entrance no.. the bedroom then should rightfully be in the north-west, it is there madam..

So finally convinced (but not convinced) I made an excuse and went out fuming with disbelief.



2 comments:

Satyajit said...

hahaha.....i wonder how he missed out on telling you GOD came visiting the house 10 mins before u did.

Swati Chandak Sharma said...

omg..the art of selling things!