I was feeling kind of left out. I had already missed two opportunities to save Indian democracy, and I was hoping that I’d have a chance to redeem myself.
And hey presto – I was suddenly assaulted by this rising tide of noise, this mindless chorus about Amitabh Bachchan’s presence at the sea-link inauguration, and the shrill and sanctimonious outrage over his decision to be the brand ambassador for Gujarat. It was a sign, all right. My time had come. Redemption was nigh!
I could now take another step closer to full membership of the “I-tell-people-what-they-should-think-and-do” Club for Loud Liberals, a membership accompanied by the perk of being able to pass off our smug, moral opinions as facts.
Some of my fellow members saved democracy by watching a trashy film. Other members struck a blow for freedom by changing their chaddi-banian brand. I will save democracy by not using the sea-link, tainted as it has been by association!
I’ll also save a few bucks in the bargain, but my fellow frat members do realise that it’s not about the money, right? Let’s not trivialise my activist moment here. It’s quite a high!
I am loving it.
The Quirky Indian 
March 27, 2010 at 2:06 pm
🙂
March 27, 2010 at 7:15 pm
LOL! One of the fellow Pakistani tweeters rightly pointed out: “as if, the sea link belongs to the Congress Party”! And I saw no one from India had raised this point. Everyone from India was talking of stature of Bachchan and arguing about his secular & patriotic credentials, or lack thereof. Guess, those who have less of it, understand better what democracy is. 😦
March 27, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Atta Boy QI! You tell em!
Aapke yogdaan se Democracy dhanya hui
😀
March 28, 2010 at 6:29 am
As they say, ‘all the world’s a stage’.. and here we are – pampered with a constant source of entertainment!!
March 28, 2010 at 10:07 am
ROFL! Sarcasm at its best!
March 29, 2010 at 2:19 pm
all this is fine, but dear ole’ Amitji seems to be busy playing to the gallery. why, i wonder, is he becoming such a petulant child? blogging away his sense of ‘hurt’ like that?
the fallacy is ours too, i guess. the moment a person reaches the pinnacle of his craft, we expect him to be a lot of other things as well…
but then, he, just like us, is only human.
March 30, 2010 at 9:46 am
You summed up the thought just beautifully – ridiculous and trivial is what the fuss is all about.
March 30, 2010 at 1:12 pm
I’d like to do something for Democracy as well! I watched MNIK but still, i’d like to do more. Do you have any such brilliant suggestions for NRIs 😛
March 31, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Good post. It seems the Cong and the Left think of Gujarat as an enemy country . They are playing into the hands of Modi ‘s evoking Gujarat pride tactics to escape his culpabilty for the riots.The discussion should be on how to provide justice to riot victims not only in Gujarat but all over India . Btw I going to see Paa this weekend as a protest against Congress tactics -;
March 31, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Hehehe..someone has said it rightly..as if the sea-link is property of some ruling party..why these guys can’t give us a break !
April 1, 2010 at 8:53 am
Now all celebrities are going to be used by politicians to make this point or that. One guy makes one star apologise, another one tries the same and fails, so another one thinks ‘What an idea Sir jee’ … 😦
April 5, 2010 at 11:44 am
You can save the deomcracy by sharing your thoughts on the impending marriage of our National Pride to the choosa hua mangoe of Pakisatni cricket!!!
Come on Quirky please don’t disappoint your readers by not saying anything about it 😉
April 6, 2010 at 10:05 am
@Bones: It’s true, though. 🙂
@Ketan: That’s true….you realise something’s value only when you don’t have it.
@Indyeah: Dhanyavaad, dhanyavaad…
@Pal: Are you calling me an entertainer? That’s quite a compliment. Thanks!
@Ritu: Thank you ji.
@Anand: Absolutely. We forget that they are all human – Bachchan, Sachin, all of them.
@Kavita: Thank you.
@Rakesh: I do have a suggestion: Write a bloody post, it’s about time! 🙂
@Charakan: Ha ha, yes, watch Paa. But how many bad films can you subject yourself to? 🙂
@maverickshree: when this entire country is quite literally ‘baap ki jaagir’, what’s a sea-link?
@IHM: They will always do that – we should not be so gullible as to fall for it every time.
@Smita: Marriage is a personal choice, aam se ho ya kaddu se! 🙂
April 6, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Quirky Indian,
Have you consciously tried to improve your Hindi?