I may be excused if I say 90 percent of my friends are hard core Modi bhakts. They make me sweat with their hypocrisy and constant change of goal posts. Very few among them are steadfast and stands to what they believe because they don’t have any other alternative. A few others think Modi is the answer to their problems.
But most of them have this utopian idea that Modi will do the unthinkable and convert India into a nation they dream of – what else than America. But in the last few weeks, I see their nerves breaking down. The more Modi disappears from newspapers and televisions, the more they get nervous. They always thought I am a Congress supporter. And when I was impressed with AAP in Delhi, they perceived that I am not only a Congress supporter but AAP fan too.
I receive nasty Facebook posts from these friends shooting me questions ranging from Kashmir to Teesta asking my response to it. Very typical to the Modi trolls, they fall into the same trap as others ending up confused. The same Kashmiri Pandit and 1984 riots and Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler and the list endless. An eye for an eye doesn’t make you blind but creative is that they taught me.
Since I don’t have many Twitter followers, I don’t get the unparliamentarily devised and innovative deshi barrage as some who criticize the PM aspirant gets.
Today as the AAP office got vandalized, I realised not only my friends but the entire BJP is rattled at AAP. The Chai wala slogan to make the PMO a Kitli has gone out of window, the development plank is in Sabarmati, the nationalist mood is in Narmada, there are few takers for statues, the Gujarat model of development that is supposed to be replicated elsewhere in the country is in doldrums and now the latest salvo is that the personality himself is out of radar. Does this mean you cannot have a revolution in the country by any other than Congress or BJP? Do these two parties along with sundry regional parties – whose aim is to loot their respective regions – have the sole copyrights for our life? You decide a PM aspirant and we have to follow? You spend millions in your makeover or a billion in corporate gifts to favourable businessmen and we should stand as mute spectators?
I was not a big supporter of Kejriwal when he sat on a futile fast with a person whom Indians thought was the second Mahatma. Along with this mahatma came a series of so called public figures that did nothing when they were in service other than fighting their personal cause. This included Kejriwal, of I am not wrong. But when he jumped into the politics, I became his big admirer because you cannot change a system without being in the system. Since AAP’s victory, not a day has passed when they were crucified under instructions from parties who think they have the ultimate authority to rule this country. The poor government in Delhi is fighting to counter the allegations and blame games instead of governing. The sole objective of all the sinister campaign is to stop AAP from emerging as a dark horse in parliamentary elections.
Now let me come back to the friends. They are all close buddies and despite ideological difference, we gel, dine and wine together just as Indian diplomats meet with their Pakistan counterparts.
I will be arrogant if I say most of them are blinded by idolism and false belief. To prove the point I get no answers when I ask them when they last enjoyed the development in Gujarat, the roads, the tourism, the coastal beauty. I have lived here my life – almost 4 decades. That is my age now. Take any city in Gujarat – Let’s start with Ahmdabad the showpiece and upcoming Shanghai. It is nothing but a glorified village with road encroachment as deep as the divider itself. Not a single stretch of road by any imagination where you can go smoothly. Either they are dug up or patch work is done without applying any sense. In the Contractor Economy (where contractors do work for no reason or purpose), the continuous civil work is seen as development by a few. The less you discuss on tourism, the better because there is nothing to discuss other than a Bollywood star shooting some catchy ad and aired in no other place than this state itself. Almost all the roads that the trolls claim to be smooth are national highways.
So by becoming a critic, I am becoming the enemy of the state. That is what the trolls believe. Actually in a civilized society, it should be the other way round. A critic is the mirror in which you should see the actual image. You act on genuine issues and trash the rest. But blinded souls out to make a person godly can’t understand this virtue of ground realties. For the third time, let me come back to the same friends. Some message they spread through messaging applications like What’s App is hilarious and shows the intellectual bankruptcy that we have today. So does this make me an intellectual? Even if you agree, I wont.
Earlier these messages used to be on Rahul, Sonia and Congress attacking their personal life. It also used to sing bhajans on Modi, Subramaniam Swamy and Baba Ramdev and later V K Singh for a certain period. All these Praise the Lord bhajans have disappeared all of a sudden. Now it is Kejriwal, Sisodia and his team. Their credentials, their background, their capabilities are under scanner. A few months back I got a slanderous message with a link to verify. The link, as usual, was not working. When I asked why he forwarded the message without any basis, he was at pains to make me understand that he forwarded it without even reading the message or verifying its truth. So if you happen to receive any Whats App message on any one, you will not be faulted in thinking that their popularity is gaining leaps and bounds.
Oh! For the fourth time I deviated from my friends and went on to unchartered areas. But let me take this chance of deviating for the last time because I may end up saying the same thing again and again. So let me end this useless essay. You are reading this at your own peril. Mind it.
Disclaimer: I am not AAP member, not a Cong supporter nor a BJP biter. These friends still remains the best of friends despite our daily arguments. They are the inspiration and source of this utter nonsense article whose blame I take it on me.
But most of them have this utopian idea that Modi will do the unthinkable and convert India into a nation they dream of – what else than America. But in the last few weeks, I see their nerves breaking down. The more Modi disappears from newspapers and televisions, the more they get nervous. They always thought I am a Congress supporter. And when I was impressed with AAP in Delhi, they perceived that I am not only a Congress supporter but AAP fan too.
I receive nasty Facebook posts from these friends shooting me questions ranging from Kashmir to Teesta asking my response to it. Very typical to the Modi trolls, they fall into the same trap as others ending up confused. The same Kashmiri Pandit and 1984 riots and Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler and the list endless. An eye for an eye doesn’t make you blind but creative is that they taught me.
Since I don’t have many Twitter followers, I don’t get the unparliamentarily devised and innovative deshi barrage as some who criticize the PM aspirant gets.
Today as the AAP office got vandalized, I realised not only my friends but the entire BJP is rattled at AAP. The Chai wala slogan to make the PMO a Kitli has gone out of window, the development plank is in Sabarmati, the nationalist mood is in Narmada, there are few takers for statues, the Gujarat model of development that is supposed to be replicated elsewhere in the country is in doldrums and now the latest salvo is that the personality himself is out of radar. Does this mean you cannot have a revolution in the country by any other than Congress or BJP? Do these two parties along with sundry regional parties – whose aim is to loot their respective regions – have the sole copyrights for our life? You decide a PM aspirant and we have to follow? You spend millions in your makeover or a billion in corporate gifts to favourable businessmen and we should stand as mute spectators?
I was not a big supporter of Kejriwal when he sat on a futile fast with a person whom Indians thought was the second Mahatma. Along with this mahatma came a series of so called public figures that did nothing when they were in service other than fighting their personal cause. This included Kejriwal, of I am not wrong. But when he jumped into the politics, I became his big admirer because you cannot change a system without being in the system. Since AAP’s victory, not a day has passed when they were crucified under instructions from parties who think they have the ultimate authority to rule this country. The poor government in Delhi is fighting to counter the allegations and blame games instead of governing. The sole objective of all the sinister campaign is to stop AAP from emerging as a dark horse in parliamentary elections.
Now let me come back to the friends. They are all close buddies and despite ideological difference, we gel, dine and wine together just as Indian diplomats meet with their Pakistan counterparts.
I will be arrogant if I say most of them are blinded by idolism and false belief. To prove the point I get no answers when I ask them when they last enjoyed the development in Gujarat, the roads, the tourism, the coastal beauty. I have lived here my life – almost 4 decades. That is my age now. Take any city in Gujarat – Let’s start with Ahmdabad the showpiece and upcoming Shanghai. It is nothing but a glorified village with road encroachment as deep as the divider itself. Not a single stretch of road by any imagination where you can go smoothly. Either they are dug up or patch work is done without applying any sense. In the Contractor Economy (where contractors do work for no reason or purpose), the continuous civil work is seen as development by a few. The less you discuss on tourism, the better because there is nothing to discuss other than a Bollywood star shooting some catchy ad and aired in no other place than this state itself. Almost all the roads that the trolls claim to be smooth are national highways.
So by becoming a critic, I am becoming the enemy of the state. That is what the trolls believe. Actually in a civilized society, it should be the other way round. A critic is the mirror in which you should see the actual image. You act on genuine issues and trash the rest. But blinded souls out to make a person godly can’t understand this virtue of ground realties. For the third time, let me come back to the same friends. Some message they spread through messaging applications like What’s App is hilarious and shows the intellectual bankruptcy that we have today. So does this make me an intellectual? Even if you agree, I wont.
Earlier these messages used to be on Rahul, Sonia and Congress attacking their personal life. It also used to sing bhajans on Modi, Subramaniam Swamy and Baba Ramdev and later V K Singh for a certain period. All these Praise the Lord bhajans have disappeared all of a sudden. Now it is Kejriwal, Sisodia and his team. Their credentials, their background, their capabilities are under scanner. A few months back I got a slanderous message with a link to verify. The link, as usual, was not working. When I asked why he forwarded the message without any basis, he was at pains to make me understand that he forwarded it without even reading the message or verifying its truth. So if you happen to receive any Whats App message on any one, you will not be faulted in thinking that their popularity is gaining leaps and bounds.
Oh! For the fourth time I deviated from my friends and went on to unchartered areas. But let me take this chance of deviating for the last time because I may end up saying the same thing again and again. So let me end this useless essay. You are reading this at your own peril. Mind it.
Disclaimer: I am not AAP member, not a Cong supporter nor a BJP biter. These friends still remains the best of friends despite our daily arguments. They are the inspiration and source of this utter nonsense article whose blame I take it on me.
