While many celebrated Valentine’s Day, it was a sombre day at newspaper offices. ’Twas heart-wrenching to sift through those images and then see buffoonery being played out on television channels. Top-rated channels released promos showing a bus being rammed by a suicide bomber, hadd paar kar di. Like it wasn’t enough during Sridevi’s death, with anchors sleeping in dry bath tubs, recap of the suicide bomber attack, really?
And as if all this was not enough, mobs were being encouraged to go on campuses and colonies in different parts of the country to flush out Kashmiris. What have these Kashmiris done? The students’ wing of the ruling party was at the forefront, leading the mob packs. Hello, what is wrong with these mobs? Was this not about Pakistan? They cried war! Yes, bring it on. From Manikarnika, by god, just give her two AK-47s and send her to the border. She sure has loads of josh, ya hosh kho baithi hai. But say what you want, muscular man toh keeps mum, conveniently, supporting all this violence. Don’t cry for me India, may just be his song. PS, as for those signing stupid online petitions demanding removal of Article 370. But, hope you know, it is applicable not just in Kashmir. Owning property is not allowed even in the northeast. For that matter, how many of you business owners in Mumbai own the premises? Exactly. You have landlords, right, to whom you pay high rents. So what is stopping lazy Indians from going to Kashmir to work?
Do I see enlistments for Indian Army growing and for people applying for jobs in Kashmir? Come on, the world is out there, waiting for you.
I do think instead of this physical josh, peepulz need to head to Kashmir to taste some lip-smacking Rogan Josh. All head to Kashmir for trips, to buy saffron, walnuts and almonds, but many also quietly chakhao this Kashmiri delicacy, hai na. See, caught ya.
Speaking of catching, the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party are quite a pricey catch, for each other. Such buffoonery they have indulged in for four years still, throwing barbs at each other and then coming together for politics. Height of selfishness. Time will tell how soon the sons of the soil meet the fate of their cousins.
How the tiger cubs have retreated! From advocating taking the war into Pakistan, to issuing threats against their alliance partner, these cubs seem to be changing their stripes too often. The Sena has actually pinned down its alliance partner, questioning if Pulwama was staged for elections. My urban Naxal friends were suddenly fondly remembered by the Sena in their mouthpiece Saamna for good reasons. The Commies must be seeing red, man. What with Sena questioning the Doval-led intelligence of India. They bindaas asked if intel seemed to have intercepted so-called Modi killer plot, how could they not anticipate and avert the Pulwama attack? BJP seems to be humming, “Ask me no questions and you will hear no lies, put down molasses and you will get your price.”
Thanks Karl Lagerfeld, for the Sun, Moon and Stars perfume. One of the first designer labels I wore and the fragrance lingered…may all your creations live on.
