I heard this term in one of Gursimran Khamba’s podcasts, where his wife tells him that men do not have the right to complain about not being able to pee in public spaces, since women have it worse.
And now I call all people who complain without having the right to complain, “Raja Beta”.
Some ways it manifests are:
“I cannot invest because I am earning too less.” You can, Raja Beta, put that money you spend in cafes impressing people on Instagram who couldn’t care less, towards your monthly SIP.
“I cannot send that cold email because I sent 2 cold emails and nobody responded.” You can, Raja Beta, you just need one email to work, but for that you need to send 100 emails, and learn writing better emails.
“I cannot start my side hustle because I am tired because of my job.” Raja Beta, stop going for that movie on the weekends, that pottery class on Wednesdays and that ranting session of excuses on that group chat — and lo and behold, you have at least 5 hours per week to start. At the start, you don’t even need more.
It turns out, life turns you into a Raja when you quit being a walking bag of complaints and excuses called “Raja Beta”.
