Much ado about almost nothing - Peaceniks vs the Nationlists!

Woke up to an ambient sound by the Shankh; that was my Dad concluding his daily Puja.
In the midst of finishing up the yawn; I reached out to my phone and turned the data on.
'Ting', 'Ting', 'Ting' messages started gushing in; I let, my phone to settle down - in the meanwhile, made a quick visit to the loo; emptying my bowels and quickly grabbing the tooth brush.

Skimming through all the messages, one picture caught my attention.


Got the gist, Viru paaji is trying to troll some lady.. But still failed to understand what was all this about? Who is this lady?

My curious mind had already tons of questions and I had to slow him down..
'Hang on fella; you gotta hold those for a while, I haven't even finished brushing my teeth'

to which the response was slightly disrespectful:
'Who asked you to turn the phone on, without even brushing your teeth?'

I left my grumpy brain lingering with his questions and quietly finished my breakfast.

Took a sip from the big coffee mug and turned the news on.....
The young lady was on news as well..
Big protests, Ramjas, DU, ABVP yada yada...
'Hmm, another Hardik Patel - so what is she protesting against?'

Taking another sip, I pondered:
'Parliament session to chaalu nahi hone waale hai na?'

'Nah, that is too far away. Controversies can't be created and sustained this far to wreck the Parliament sessions.'

'Toh phir chakkar kya hai?.'
Turns out that she is a Peacenik - protesting against war!
Fair Enough - but things dont quite look very peaceful up there.

A deep sigh - Gets my brain working towards a different angle altogether....
'Raaton Raaat Famous; without even saying a word - The Placard method!'

I have tried a lot, blogging, skit plays, stand ups, sit downs.. but this concept is new and looks to be working - I bet, this will make me famous overnight.
All I have to do is come up with some brilliant messages and stand on the nukkad (street corner).

While the master plan was being readied; I had inadvertently stopped at a channel; where Shahrukh was delivering his famous dialogue:
'Kehte hain ki ...... Agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaaho to puri kayanat usey tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai...' - Bingo!  that is it..  Perfect timing.

So now, I had the plan, the concept and the timing - everything was right.
One last thing - send an application to the Almighty;
'Hey Bhagwaan, please viral kara do.. Please; sawa kilo laddu chadaunga..'

Alright game is on - with a confident smile; I muttered:
'Bhai, this girl has shown me the path - She is the Guru... 
Famous hone ka mera sapna aaj poora ho jaayega'

Ok then, Its time to come up with a catchy message.

Umm.......
The only thing that I could think of; After overnights party was:

With this poster, stationed myself on the street..

Decent beginning - the message was getting the deserved attention; Mr. Sharma, Mr. Bhosale, Mr. Patil, the chitter chatter continued - Aha nice start Mishrajee!

The mega plan of being famous was slightly interrupted - as I saw my Dad walking towards me..
Immediately flipped the placard to the other side to which the message read as:

Heaved a sigh of relief as he walked away towards the home...
Back in action; things were going well,
    "Maine Pee nahi hai... Doston ne Pila di hai"
Until my friends seized me by saying...
   "Tu bhi kisi ka dost hai, chal abb Pilaaaaa"

Apparently, becoming famous is not as cheap as thought..
'Famous hone ke chakkar me, accha khasa bill aa gaya......'

Determination ki kami nahi hai apne andar.. .Next day, came up with a new message:


Mahol ban hi raha tha tab se Papa phir aa gaye... Immediately flipped and the message read as.

A big relief again......

Before I could continue any further;
My friend cried out loudly, rather in a sarcastic tone:
Oh bhai, kabhi ye nahi suna 'Kamyabi kadam choomti hai.. usme height ka kya?' 

Damn it -  Bhai, saare famous hone waale sapno pe paani phir gaya......
The thought so easy plan didn't seem to work.

Socha ek Anti - National naara hi laga deta hu...these days, this is another easy way to become famous; but my conscience, my culture and my schooling didn't permit me to do so...

Now, in short, my messages didn't work, the timing that seemed to right, didnt work... the only thing that was pending was my application to the Almighty;
Suddenly I felt a screech in my throat and seemed Lord had approved my application.
Viral wala wish aakhir pura hi kar diya.......

Placard ke messages to viral nahi hua, lekin mujhe viral ho gaya! 


Lying on the bed, staring at the slow moving ceiling fan..
Started analyzing - What is that one thing that is incorrect about all these chaos ( i.e. Gurmehar Saga) happening currently?

It was the place; Delhi University!

And here I was standing on the streets on Mumbai; the very Mumbai, which doesn't give a crap about college politics; about nonsensical protests;
In fact; If there is a scuffle on the road; toh log kehte hai.. Oye, baaju me ladd.. traffic mat jam kar...
Where Anna's fight to corruption rally didn't make a lot of headway.

Mumbai University, where politics, hooliganism, nonsensical threats or any such thing even far related as well is not even tolerated......
Where people are famous about their witty one-liners..
Reminds me of one incident:.
My friend once asked the peon at the University
'Kaka (Uncle), second floor kaha par hai...' to which Kaka responded  'First floor ke upar.'

Universities, colleges and school are meant to imbibe good culture, good values and good principles.. It is a place where youth are taught about the good and bad; where young minds are given freedom to express their desires, their imagination about next gen India.. Not to play dirty politics!
You should be free to express and desire; but not at the cost of vandalism and hoodlumism.
Just as, Freedom of speech doesn't give you right to threaten anyone to rape; similarly it doesn't give you right to insult the very Motherland we live in.

I can dedicate another 10 pages on do's and dont's in Universities..
But one thing that shouldn't be done is: Universities shouldn't be used as a lauchpads to fulfill one's political ambitions. [Period]
Patriotism shouldn't be forced on anyone.. but it should be inculcated!

Frankly I believe, this is much ado about almost nothing.
At-least the Kaka makes more sense than these so called protectors of the nationalism.


Cheers and Have fun!