aliens in my pudding

national anathema


yesterday i went to a multiplex.to see the fast and the furious.
the national anthem was played.
i was on a phone call outside.
i came in to find 6 indians on top of my friend from the abroad.
he speaks very little english.
so he spoke.
and they screamed.
they were screaming because he sat down 5 seconds before the anthem finished.
they yelled, " We have let you into this country!"
what lovely nationalism.
their almost 60 year old father yelled with them.screamed of people disrespecting his age.
in the intermission a young lawyer from the group came forward and with a sickly sweet smile asked only for an apology.
apologise to whom, for what country?

i stand for national anthems.I wait for a film's credits to roll completely.i don't correct american spelling.
god made ten commandments.
we still kill.
we still steal.
we still sleep with our neighbor's wives.

which law?
which canon?
which country?
which colour of skin is everyone yelling about?

the guy with me by the end was so sure they would never get the point,he was ready to maybe apologise for the arising of such a situation.
he told me to stand behind him because he thought these indians would jump me next for defending him.those indians.

must we apologise for created situations now?to ensure peace?
will we still nurture extremists amongst us?
the mob loves to rant.i stand. i know my brother stands.
but that's all i'm sure of anymore.
i know we both stand.
well,that's a number,I guess.
two.

the green,the striped and those in between

Log 2:


I hate that India's map still looks like this every other corner I turn .
I wonder about the absolute idiots huffing about making these lines.
I wonder how people living there feel about their non existence or existence from map to map.
First we get someone from across oceans to draw b*#@y lines for us.Then we argue about how he was an idiot and huff about what we think of the people beyond that line.
What a tamasha.

Observe the map we,Indians believe to be India.
how many people live in the green and the striped?
Do they have pets?
Should I shrug and continue vegetating?