There seems to be so much... evil? around these days. You flip to a news channel, and if it's not the advertisements that are hitting you in the face, it's some serial killer or rapist or some other sick doug. Otherwise they're doing these special reports on how doctors cheat, ration shops charging thrice the amount they should, the unemployed, the cheated - jezus! If you know where things are going wrong, why isn't someone doing anything to correct it!!??
What use are these debates and shows, really, if the people like the PM and the president are too busy to watch them and try and implement the ideas put forward. 'Cuz most often than not, we the people, have it all figured out. So, where does the distance narrow?
You know what's funny? No you don't know what's funny, which is why I'm going to tell you whats funny. Only, it's not the ha-ha type funny, it's more the ha! type funny. All these big people, multinational CEO's, general secretaries and some more multinational CEO's come together and talk with such passion about what they're doing. How they're helping the nation, in more ways than one. They're so smart - they stand straight or they sit upright and they talk so well. They talk with such passion. It's like a dream come true watching them - they like what they're doing. And they're doing what they are doing, the right way. And they really are, believe you me. Fun part is, that they all hold non governmental posts.
The 500 MLA s or so who run this country - wear white lungi s, bathe in their underwear in the Ganga on national television, spit pan on the roads even in front of the cameras, talk only when they bullshit the opposition, and take turns to appear in the national dailies for some sort of a scandal EVERY DAY.
I'm not saying that you need to be wearing a 5000 bucks suit or use grammatically correct english to be able to run the country well or do some good, but seriously - the people doing all this, seem to be doing more than all these "countrymen" all put together are.
The saying used to be If not you, then someone else! I've reached a point where, pompous as it might seem, it's If not me, then who the fuck else?!
Blah.
It's THAT time of the year again. To get all misty eyed when you hear the strains of aye mere wattan ke logon. To feel goosebumps on your arms when you see the parade. To feel your chest broaden with pride, the involuntary squaring of your shoulders and the sudden realization of the presence of a back bone. A vertebral column. To feel the butterflies in your stomach take flight, as you see a ray of hope. A silver lining.
And to reinforce the feeling, to capture it, you attempt to exercise those rusty vocal chords. Not letting the intial croak stop you, owing to the new found sense of belief and hope, with full fervor you join in, giving ...pura hai vishwaas, hum honge kamiyaab ek din... an absolutely new dimension.
To the start of another era of this republic, I ask you all to join me and raise your glasses.
Orange juice but of course.
ahh...how true...Yet,this sounds an awful lot like early american history...doesn't it? :) capitalists taking things into their own hand....with values in youth giving way to compromises cometh age?
But yes...this is the new India...if we are to be another USA...so be it...after all,it isn't all bad ;)....
so long as the ideals are sustained....the dream shall go on :)
Very well put...A pineapple for me,please :)
takes a bow and says....now thats who i call a true citizen :)
good one :)
not forgetting that the ppl put the MLAs up there mate. wind/champage/anything with alcohol for me. i dont do orange =D
and first time i ve heard u swear... fuckkkkk hahah ciao.
peaceloveempathy
whats all this talk about orange juice...if india is going to be 'poised' we've gotta get better in all sense....so it's a toss between nimbu paani and irani chai.
i'll take the tea with one plate vada pao please.
oh and we have 500 MLAs? i thought those were called MPs...but nevermind...neither of them do anything worthwhile anyway.
@ a : Hmmm.. Don't really think I ever want this country to ever be an 'america'!! But, like you said, as long as ideals are sustained, the dream shall go on.
Thankus. What? no orange?! Barf.
@ ay : Thank you. Thank you. You flatter me :)
@ m : If course I've sworn before!! I try not to, though. And yes, at the end of the day, it's us.
@ nav : technicalities. Barf.
Thankus for dropping by guys,
Yours forever sthupitly.