The Great Indian Colosseum

From where shall I start! Writing after a long time, mind is in a state of paralysis. Ever visited Colosseum? Those famous royal amphitheatres used to be infamous for their cruel games. One need not visit Rome, as whole of our country is like that only. The latest victim is a poor gal….yes…you guessed it right: Sania Mirza. The young lady is in dilemma if she has done anything wrong by playing for her country. She is being constantly hunted by news hungry media and enjoyed by celebrity obsessed public. One time it’s her dress on the tennis court, another time her shoot in some masjid or her tricolor issue. One can understand the frustration which leads to the decisions like “let’s not play here for some time”. Few months back it was Sachin Tendulkar, earlier Mr. N. Murthy. Richard Gere kisses Shilpa Shetty and morality- watchdogs come in to action.  We are a sincerely insincere nation. We can create a row over nothing, and what’s more we enjoy it too and then forget it. Who says India is an unemployed nation, we all are self employed, we all are “cultural police” in ourselves. Such is our obsession for “Indian culture” that each and every community is a lawmaker in itself. Ashutosh Gowarikar is next victim, some Rajput communities have found his “Jodha –Akbar” objectionable. Aamir Khan and Ajay Devgan learnt it hard way (remember Fanaa - Gangajal?). Either one is invading the culture of one community or hurting the sentiments of another, but it can’t be a cake walk, be it anything from books to dresses to movies. No shortage of issues to fight over. Nothing interests us and everything provokes us; quite amazingly, we are deaf and dumb and blind when it comes to stand up for real cause. This cultural intolerance has given name and fame to people like Togadia, who otherwise would have been non-entity. Our country is a huge cultural colosseum, where amateur wrestlers are busy practicing wrestling (free style kushti), just give them a hint and they’ll swing in to action flaunting their six pack abs; ready to chase, hunt and tear one down (same as those gladiatorial fighters). Here comes the Valentine Day and we’ll see a whole new tamasha in the name of “Indian tradition”. So folks..dont take it seriously and  ENJOY THE SHOW………!