Le Titre- Tall

I found her idea of tall way too cute...

The Blame Game

With elections around the corner, almost every single discussion on TV, newspapers, magazines and even those among us tend to the same conclusion - Our politicians are all corrupt, immoral, lazy and good for nothing. And that we are being ruled by a class of politicians who are way below what we deserve.

Here, I have a tiny little thing to say.

'Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.'

We say that politicians take bribes. But who is giving them bribes? They sure aren't taking bribes from Mr. Invisible. How many of us will actually wait for 3 months to get that telephone connection and not slip in 500 bucks to the BSNL guy to get it in a month? How many of us will insist that our car be taken to the police station on jumping a signal rather than paying 50 bucks to the Police guy and finishing it off?

We blame the lack of security for every terror attack in our country. But how many of us will actually arrive at the airport 2 hours early for the security check without cribbing and complaining about it? How many of us will happily let our bags be frisked at the multiplex without calling it a useless headache?

What I want to say is that we are the same as our politicians. We do just what they do. The only difference being that they do it on a larger scale. They take bribes. We give bribes. We jump about things for a month after things happen. They jump about things before things(elections) happen. They talk of big things and don't follow it themselves and we also do the same. So basically they are an impersonation of of what we as a people, as a society, as a nation are. And instead of criticising your leaders this election season, try and bring about the changes you want to see in the leadership of the country in yourselves first; the rest will follow.

Jai Hind!

The Story . . .

He was like just another guy on the campus. He loved bikes and designing one himself was what he lived for. It was around when he entered college that he realized he was a little different. He was what other people called ‘not normal’, ‘not straight’.

Jokes on people like him were flying around everywhere – in movies, award shows and among his friends. Every time there was a gay joke cracked, he would smile. He would laugh. But every single second he laughed, it was killing him inside. He thought, in being what he was, he was wrong. He was ashamed of that part of him. He began hating himself for what he was.

Not knowing what to do, he killed himself.

Most homosexuals may not kill themselves like he did. But many of them do kill that part of them and camouflage themselves in the normalcy of the society. And the ones who are brave enough to go against the wind and stick to their identities, in their struggle for acceptance, meet with humiliation and mockery by people like us at every step.

Why aren’t we ready to accept homosexuality as something normal? If it’s ok for Guy A to like Mango ice-cream and Guy B to like Chocolate ice-cream, why isn’t it ok for the same Guy A to like a girl and Guy B to like a guy? (The comparison was silly, but it had a point.)

There isn’t much that we as individuals can do to help their cause. But maybe we can at least stop making fun of them.