Observation # 1
I just spotted an outdoor ad sometime back on a bus stand outside the British Council Library.
The copy read something like… “It took us only 11 months to become No.2”
A thought flashed in my mind “It took them (TOI) 11 months to make No.2, most of us do it so easily every morning…”
Observation # 2
I have seen many of my peers criticizing the BJP in Gujrat for the ban on Fanaa and supporting Aamir by raising questions like, “Doesn’t Aamir or any other Indian have a right to speak his mind about something in India ? Don’t we call our country the largest and the finest democracy?”
And then in a completely different discussion, they say, “Himmesh Reshammiya is a prick and all his songs should be banned!”
And this leaves me baffled, bringing a smile to my face.
Note: The author is not a BJP supporter, nor a Himmesh Reshammiya fan!
Observation # 3
I guess I am becoming denser with every passing day. I am saying this because I am sure the observation I made above must have given every Himmesh fan a shot in the arm but let me tell you the shot was aimed much lower…. So before I make too many such frenzied statements I should say I agree that for the sanity of this part of the world and for every kid who lives in this part of the world…
“Somebody please rescue them from Himmesh!”
Before a kid starts laughing at you, when you try and make him/her understand that songs are sung by the throat. Or before they call the Ustaads and Gurus of music a freak when they hear them say on TV… “Ganaa jo hai wo dil se gaya jata hai…”
