FEBRUARY MUSINGS!!

Thanks to the eternal vigilance and due diligence on the part of the media and our highly underrated judicial system; our politicians, self styled godmen and self appointed saviours of society and religion still continue to quake in their boots and fear the common man's ire in no small manner; one shudders to think of the fate that would have befallen this country if self serving politicians, godmen, hypocrites and monsters masquerading as angels would have been allowed to run riot and have their way all the while........

Racist attacks, prospective 10 to 12 hour power cuts and last but not the least a chief minister who clandestinely endorses khap panchayats by affixing his stamp of approval and branding them "cultural organisations", one certainly can't ever recall Dilliwaalas having their cake and eating it too.....

The brutal, unprovoked, barbaric and deathly attack on a young and naive youth hailing from Arunachal Pradesh has once again exposed our racist nature and cruel and violent underbelly for all to see; one wonders why 18th century mindsets, prejudices, practices and hypocrisies continue to abound in 21 st century India; whatever next????? officially sanctioned revival of child marriages, Sati, Dowry, reduction of marriageable age from the present 18 to the much desired 16????? grow up India and Indians; wake up and smell the coffee, the rest of the world has moved on and left us at least 50 years behind, so do stop exulting in past glories and confront the ugly realities staring us in the face for the sake of our future generations........

Living in denial and turning your head the other way around whenever one is confronted with the ugly truth and conveniently blaming the Delhi police for the numerous attacks on Indians hailing from the north eastern part of the country is a convenient and handy way adopted by cowards and escapists who simply do not want to accept the fact that we are the biggest racists in the world and revel in discovering newer, cruder, diabolic and grotesquely divisive way of dividing what is an already divided country for our narrow, sectarian and political power driven ends........

Living in denial and turning your head the other way around whenever one is confronted with the ugly truth and conveniently blaming the Delhi police for the numerous attacks on Indians hailing from the north eastern part of the country is a convenient and handy way adopted by cowards and escapists who simply do not want to accept the fact that we are the biggest racists in the world and revel in discovering newer, cruder, diabolic and grotesquely divisive way of dividing what is an already divided country for our narrow, sectarian and political power driven ends........

Love on Facebook has certainly acquired a whole new denomination or then should I say definition what with a 41 year old based grandmother flying down to a nondescript Haryana village and getting bethroted (married) to man 16 years her junior........
Yes you did indeed hear it right, 41 year old Adriana Peral first befriended 25 year old Mukesh Ror through Facebook way back in February 2013, soon frantic notes were being exchanged and undying professions of eternal love were the flavour of the season and lo and behold the couple took their wedding vows, customary saat phere and settled down to a life of domestic bliss in Mukesh's village since November 2013.............
Peral who originally hails from good old California is a grandmother in her daily life and nurtures fond hopes of being able to visit her homeland, mother, doting grandchildren, pets and et all in the very near future with the man of her dreams in tow........
"With many a tear in my eye and a prayer on my lips, I used to frequent the local church beseeging the good lord for a loving and caring life partner after my brutal and traumatic previous experience with a monstrous US navy official that lasted just a few months"
"Thankfully the good lord paid heed to my entreaties and answer the same in the form of Mukesh, a man who is dearer to me than life itself and one who has reaffirmed my faith in love, goodness of the human heart and humanity"..........
Still adjusting to her changed life and circumstances in the idyllic village of Popra (70 odd kms away from Karnal town in the state of Haryana), Peral candidly admits that her first view of the village and Mukesh's humble abode did give rise to serious misgivings in her mind about her ability to adjust to and accept her new and changed circumstances on a permanent and long term basis..........
"My guardian angel and epitome of patience Mukesh was indeed a great help, he held my hand and led me through the initial period with a smile on his lips and constant words of reassurance and encouragement on his tongue and lo and behold, I am learning to make perfectly round rotis and the stench of cow dung also does not really bother me now".........
Trust the authorities and officialdom to create obstacles in the path of sublime love and true humanity, Mukesh has been denied a visa to visit his wife's homeland primarily on account of his humble economic circumstances and latent fear that he might indeed settle down in the US of A for good if he is allowed to set foot on it's soil...........
"Parel's visa expires on February 10 and she will have to take off for her homeland with my child in her womb, strange indeed are the ways of this world that takes perverse pleasure in keeping a father away from his soon to be born child on the flimsiest of pretexts", Mukesh laments.........
Despite being a post graduate in mass communications from the prestigious Kurukshetra University and having been associated with a score of vernacular newspapers and other publications for the last three and a bit years, Mukesh did not meet the approval of the visa authorities within the US embassy who summarily rejected his visa application for a tourist visa with a cursory and disdainful glance at his visa file............
Hope however continues to linger eternally in the heart's of this lovey dovey couple and they express fond hopes of being reunited real soon in changed economic circumstances and somewhat more salubrious surroundings in a Haryana town or city as the case may be...........
And thereby hangs a tale of love that transcends boundaries of nationality, religion, age and language, sacrifice and the ultimate triumph of the indomitable human spirit.........

If all else fails simply shoot the messenger as the same is the easiest way out for legions of escapist, hypocritical, seemingly pious and holier than thou Indians; I am the first one to admit that a few bad apples certainly abound within the echelons of the media, but pray, show me one profession that does not have it's fair share of the same; but that is not cause enough to berate the media and castigate it for holding up a mirror and reacquainting us with our blatantly racist tendencies...........

Team India's bubble has burst once and for all and how; comparative minnows New Zealand all but wiped the floor with us and we are trying to arrest the slide by mouthing inanities and doling out the most ludicrous excuses; talk about living in a "fool's paradise"..........

Whatever happened to our constitutionally prescribed doctrine of "unity in diversity", "sarva dharma sambhav" and "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam", were all these slogans simply meant for public consumption and nothing more than an effort to hoodwink a gullible and naive populace....