BURY THY HATCHET- (HOLI SPECIAL)
Its that time of the year again where people come together, express with colors and let bygones be! ‘Holi’ is a festival everyone looks forward to, not only because of the fun it entails, with all the colors and water balloons, but also because foes and enemies come together and bathe in the spirit of happiness and kinship. Off late there have been issues between people who inspire the whole nation, or at least a sect of it, and it would make for an exceptional example for the people who follow them, if they come clean about their indifferences and ‘bury the hatchet’ so as to say. Some popular anomalies we do want corrected are:-
Narender Modi and Arvind Kejriwal
Their duel began in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, and since then they both have been pitted against each other on every public platform. BJP emerged as the unanimous victors in the Lok Sabha and Narender Modi became the unopposed leader of the ruling party. Aam Aadmi Party did not do too well in 2014 but dented BJP’s morale in the Delhi elections in 2015 when Arvind Kejriwal and his party gained an astounding majority on 67 out of the 70 seats. Modi and Kejriwal were vying for the same constituency of Benaras in the Lok Sabha elections, which Modi won, albeit it turning out to be a closer affair than expected. Kejriwal in the recent past has also made snide remarks about the Prime Minister, to the extent of calling him a ‘psychopath’. Well they both have a cluster of followers who are inspired by their actions and reactions. We would want them to inspire the world with their leadership and decision making rather than washing their dirty linen in public. Let this Holi bring ‘acchhe din’ for the ‘aam aadmi’!
Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Russian President Vladimir Putin has always been known to be a person who has never minced his words or his actions, and hence one would invariably try and not end up on his bad side. But on 24th November 2015 The Turkish President and Commander In Chief of NATO’S second biggest military, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, successfully managed to spite Putin off. Putin entered the Syria war to defend his client, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whom Erdogan is sworn to depose. And on Nov. 24, one of Erdogan’s American-made F-16s shot a Russian Mig-24 out of the air on the serrated edge of the frontier between Syria and Turkey. Putin even went on to say that ‘the Turkish Leadership has decided to lick the Americans in certain places’, now that was brutal! Since then Putin has tried his best to escalate the issue and the experts have hinted towards a war like situation amongst the one-time fraternal allies. Well in the interest of world peace and in the spirit of Holi we would want both Putin and Erdogan to call for a truce and the only color of red that prevails is that of gulaal on both their gore gaal!
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma
The poster boy of Indian Cricket is in immaculate form off late and has been a master class in consistency and poise. Virat Kohli has taken the country by storm with his match winning performances in the recent past. All has been good with the Delhi lad on the professional front, but it’s the personal life that has suffered a bit. After denying for a long time and then bringing his relationship with Anushka Sharma out of the closet, it came as a disappointment to a lot of people when they decided to part ways. We all know that they made for a great looking couple and that their effervescence was refreshing. The way Anushka would cheer for Virat in the stands and the way Virat would tweet about his lady love’s brilliant performances, had us all in awwwww! Relationships are troublesome and hectic today, and we could wonder how difficult would they be in ‘celebrity life’, but we would still want the two to let go of their indifferences this Holi, and again become the numero uno target for the paparazzis! Maybe Virat would ask Anushka…’ Do me a favour , Lets play HOLI’!
Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut
KRRISH recently has had a conflict of interest with KAYA. Now if you did see the last KRRISH movie, you would understand who we are talking about. Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut have been involved in a war of words, and it has not been pretty. Kangana mentioned Hrithik to be his ‘silly ex’, after which Hrithik responded with saying that ‘he had a better chance of dating the POPE than her’. Things got ugly when both of them slapped legal notices on each other and accused each other of stalking and defamation, amongst other things. Things have not unfolded exactly in a cordial manner and the accusations have taken a toll on their respective fan bases as well. Lets hope that both the mature individuals come together this Holi and make for a pretty picture once again.
Donald Trump and Common Sense
This easily is the most unlikely of the unions! Donald Trump is the front running Republican candidate for the American Presidential Elections of 2016. Since the 1988 elections, the Americans have dreaded the possibility of him making a candidacy prospect for the Presidential election campaign. Trump’s campaign has been a controversial one with his unabashed political statements which lack the required diplomacy or political correctness. He has proposed deportation of all illegal immigrants, construction of a substantial wall on the Mexican – American border, and a temporary ban on alien Muslims entering the U.S. Some of his rallies have been marked by incidents of violence against protesters by Trump supporters, mistreatment of some journalists, and disruption by a large group of protesters who effectively shut down a major rally in Chicago. The way he mocked at a specially able, New York based journalist was too bad in taste for even his most ardent supporter. Well this Holi we want Mr. Trump to gain a bit of perspective and acquire a bit of common sense!
May this Holi positivity and kindness prevail !
Peace out People!!
