As almost always, the book courtesy goes to mister Bragz. When I got the book, I wasn’t quite sure whether I would manage to finish it. The title, needless to say, projected it as an “interesting” genre. Suddenly the Indian writing space seems to be abound with stories about Punjabi clan. Probably I’ve woken up to it so late or coincidentally the Indian authors those I read, had set their premise on similar setup. Whatever the case maybe, I found that, more often than not, stories involving Punjabi characters were Dolby stereotyped with surround sound setup thrown in. There would be definite mentions of alcohol, pubs, unnecessary detailing of the locality, especially if its America/Europe, probably trying to show off that they know what they are describing maybe. The Punjabi characters would be projected as brash, with every alternate line of dialogue splashed with liberal dose of local language, most of them alcoholic with the lady characters engaging in drinking binges and above all,...
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We too should get the right to wage a war on terrorism against the countries who we know are terrorist countries.
Dammit !
A year back London faced a very similar situation...it made it to the headlines of every newspaper world over...and thrice the number of poeple killed in a similar incident somewhere east in this place called India which is so famous for it's 'hicken tikka masala' and all it manages is a page 8 entry (some say a page 16 others a page 7!)...wow...and who was adorned the front page...was it Zidane...perhaps...nice looking baldie but London has been so cruelly indifferent. Sick!
so much for battling international terrorism...
When the London Tube bombing event took place I was in London.
The effect was not that major with respect to no of people died/ turn around time but the way government and media responded to that was way league than that of india.
Our lives have cheaper value it seems...