I prefer to see with closed eyes...

Hello Fellas :)

Do you recollect the scene from the movie Jaane Tu ya Jaane Na (Imran and Genelia starrer) wherein Imran’s gf plays this game with him – “what’s this?” The rule of the game is to imaginatively describe an object. But the deep-rooted meaning was that his gf denies seeing things the way they are, rather she sugar-coats everything.

The purpose behind this flashback is that I am unknowingly following her!

Someone asked me yesterday, “Are you aware of the verdict passed by SC about the coal scam? I am eagerly waiting for it.”

I was like – “Huh? What? Verdict of SC! Whatever! As if the verdict matters! As if it’s gonna make a difference by knowing about it!”

He replied, “Don’t you feel, you should be more updated about such things, if not for anything else, at least so as to build a story for your book?”

I replied arrogantly, “For me to build a story – I have imagination.”

Then the discussion took a new route. He asked me, “Are you even aware what 2G scam or coal scam was all about?”

“Yes, it was some scam!” I replied shrugging my shoulders, “I don’t quite follow the technical details involved. I mean, there are people out there actually doing it; but my little brain can’t comprehend ‘how’ even after it’s done.”

He was still not convinced and taunted me, “Ignorance may be bliss, but not always.”

“Hmm.” I sighed. “I wish I was not so sensitive. I can’t look at ‘news’ only as a ‘piece of information’. I have stopped reading the morning-newspaper long back, because it affects me and fills me with negativity. I mean, is there anything good happening? No. It’s the same old crap with new dates – rapes, scams, farmer-suicides, inflation, deforestation, corruption, terrorist attacks etc etc. The take away for me is – injustice and trauma (emotional, physical, financial, environmental)”

Our discussion had to end abruptly due to the work in hand. But it got me thinking. Have I given up already? I don’t know. I mean, am I turning a blind eye to all this because I am sensitive or because I have long back, become insensitive to all this. Are things ever gonna change for the betterment of my country or is it gonna be new shit piled upon old shit?

This answer is for the colleague who initiated this discussion, “ Wasn't the SC verdict as predictable as always? I didn't really have to read the newspaper to know that the verdict was not in favor of justice.”

Maybe it’s just fear of unveiling the ugly face, that I still enjoy playing “what’s this?”

                                          J Stay Tuned In to Life J