Proud of the fact that I managed to stay away from the political discussions on social media so far. Though I have to concede that it was difficult. I've never been a blind supporter or hater of any political campaigns. Call me old fashioned but I still believe that political practitioners need to be social servants first and elections are a way to empower them to do their bit for the society/ nation. Needless to say, I've lost this battle of beliefs long time back. More dismaying is the fact that politics and religion are now irreversibly entwined. I have seen WhatsApp discussions in my school group turning to "now we know the Hindus will only vote for BJP". Today my wife had another conversation with a neighbour which started off with "you must be very happy that BJP has won, right?" What troubles me is that my neighbours and friends have now started seeing me as 'them'. While I could see many anti-BJP Hindus, I'm not sure...
Year round, month round, week round, day round and the second starting now, it is crap all around. Dimensions of this element vary on how much you can see it. From attitudes to beliefs, characters to symbols, everything is being done for something else - often it is not said, and more than often, it is a subterfuge.To unravel the mysteries of this element, as I see it, is the intention of this pastime activity. For an extremely cynical ad executive, the blog world has called out. Crapediem!