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What would be your reaction on coming across a headline like this:

Woman gives birth to twins at 70

Mine was the usual “WTF?” I clicked on the link and was amazed, astounded and finally, resigned when I read the full article. Why, you ask. Well, this has happened in apna India.

Now you can guess the rest of the story. No male heir. Couple desperate for someone to carry on their name. So keeps trying. Dad 77, mum 70.

But the prize for the best quote ever has to go to the proud dad: “t is a matter of great joy, that in my old age God has blessed me with two kids to support me in my old age.”

Need one say more?

..is a totally alien concept to most Indians, I know. How the hell can one just stay away when there’s a tempting morsel of gossip just out of reach? Normally one just takes this to be a regular feature of life and moves on. But when some pious individuals go out of their way to spew their venom about someone recently dead, someone who has no way of defending herself, I cannot help but be incensed.

When I first read about the Rinku Sachdeva case, I was shocked. How this was such a regular couple, him in IT, living in Bangalore etc that made it all seem too close to one’s own life and as a result, tremendously shocking at the way it ended. But other than feeling sad about the lives lost and hoping the grieving Sachdevas can somehow find a way to carry on, I didn’t think I could do anything, not having known any of the main characters. But then, on reading some of the articles on some websites, where some holier-than-thou sickos had praised Amit Budhiraj for his actions, I feel thoroughly sickened.

Here’s a sample, from Deccan Herald:

by Rajani Rao on 3/24/2008 6:44:48 AM India is abandoning the cultural values of generations by following blindly in the foot steps of rotten west.

Rinku is representation of venmous trends that are taking place in India that are failing in America.

This is a wake up call.

Amit you have done an excellent thing. Some one has to make sacrifices to bring matters to the fore.

Peace be with your soul. You did not just killed the bitch but also highlighted the alarming developments that are eroding the essence of India.

by Ram on 3/23/2008 5:03:56 PM I feel sorry for Amit. He had no choice. Had he gone for divorce, life would have been a hell for him. These days laws are heavily tilted in favour of women. All kinds of false cases would have been filed against amit had he gone for divorce. I do not know why Amit did not think of finishing off his wife’s paramour too. As women get liberated, these kinds of incidents are likely to happen often.

Who are these mahanubhavs? ‘Eroding the essence of India’? ‘…representation of venomous trend’? ANd of course, women’s lib is to blame for all this, right? Whilst repeating that I do not know anything about the people involved to make personal comments, I still feel that no person has the right to take another person’s life - which was what Amit did, when he smothered his wife with a pillow. Whether she was cheating on him or not was another story (that the police could find no evidence of this allegation is telling) - but does that give him the right to take her life? Furthermore, does it give anyone the right to cast aspersions on her character and commend him for his ’sacrifice’?

What kind of sickos are these? Proud Indians, am sure they call themselves. These are the idiots that give humanity a bad name. They should be shot and made examples of, I say.

 
I flicked open yesterday’s Metro on the way to my morning train and was shocked big time to see news of Heath Ledger’s death. What a tragedy! I thought he was fantastic in Brokeback Mountain and was really looking forward to Dark Knight. What a waste!

In the midst of my cramming, I tried to process the news of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. Couldn’t. Too many questions in my mind to find a sensible strain of thought. Amrita, of course, has written a proper post on it.

When will we stop trying to find newer depths to sink into?

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When did she get married recently? Ol’ Pammy? Was it like three and a half seconds back? Well, the WWW is full of ‘news’ that she is ready to call it quits already.

Apparently she and latest hubby, a.k.a serial social Paris Hilton’s sexmate, decided to go down the ‘irreconcilable differences’ route so dear to the Hollywood types. But for whatever reason decided to stop and rethink. “Sorting things out” is where they are at. Totting up who gets what for sure before they part ways for ever, is what I think! But that didn’t work out, seemingly, as Reuters reported the divorce is back on barely seconds later. Whoo!

Whatever the reason, they notched up some serious column inches. Mission accomplished, I say!

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