Excerpt from an article in a newspaper today morning:-
"Holi is the day when people drop their inhibitions and take to the streets with lots of gulal and coloured water as their arsenal. They smear the colours on unsuspecting passers-by, who may have ventured out with a prayer that they may be spared. It might be then that 'the prankster' and 'the victim' bond with colours and lot of goodwill."
So the canonization of hooliganism begins. The article hit me in an empty stomach, so it's effect was especially potent. It is things like this that make me despair about the future of our great nation. Seriously. When a bunch of multicoloured monkeys descend on a hapless individual and smear him with chemicals that cannot possibly be good for any part of the body, how exactly is that social bonding? Dear Mr. fancy newspaper article writer (you know who you are), let me give you an amazing bit of insight into human psychology. When a person leaves his house "praying" that he wont be assaulted and molested on the streets, he probably, just probably, really does NOT want to be assaulted and molested. Unless the 'prankster' is Katrina Kaif in a bikini and the 'victim' is someone who looks like me, there is no way he is going to bond with the delinquents who spray him with foul smelling , toxic paint laden water and run away, laughing like jackasses while they do it. There is no colourful bollywood style musical montage where the 'prankster' and 'victim' see each other through a mist of colour and social understanding and goodwill and embrace while 50 extras dance in the background. It most likely ends with the 'victim' cursing the parents, grandparents and all ancestors of the 'pranksters' while vainly trying to clean himself and hoping and praying he won't have to leave his house next year.
2 comments:
From a literary point of view, I like your Thor like harshness on the point you want to hammer with your literary skills. Love the size of the post, a single line extra would have ruined the charm of it. So a big clap goes to you for drawing the finishing line exactly where it should be (leaving us expecting for something more).
You should have given the name of the paper that depicts hooliganism in such fascinating way. I agree with your point of view. However, there IS a charm of HOLI... there is a charm of indulging yourself in this colorful festivity but it is not found by forcibly applying colors to any passer-by... it can only be felt if someone is playing with his/her friends those are WILLING to take a part of it! Once again, I love the way you make your readers realize your point of view! It was a great one... waiting for more!
Hahahahahahaa...this is damn true!!! Really enjoyed reading what you haven written...(bow)...the language is crisp as those cheese-lets that we stole from our colleague...(chuckle)!!!
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