On my way to the start point of the ride, I stop for tea at Appa Balwant Chowk’s Prabhat Tea House.
A BPO night shifter young woman asks me what that logo is on my tee. It looks like a religious symbol, she says (tbh, it does resemble the Khalsa symbol, but not this as much as the Sith Order one; anyway, digressing).
I say, it is, kind of, one. It is the Jedi Order from Star Wars.
She laughs, and exclaims,
‘Oh, so a made-up religion.’
Well…how do I break it to her gently?
Suicide, the ultimate rebellion, the final act of non-cooperation, isn't something to be laughed at. It is heartbreaking to see it being ridiculed by some people I truly admire (who I'd have presumed more empathetic than that) to counter some other people (who are known…
VERY interesting!
Back in December 2012, when the Nirbhaya protests erupted across the country, I wrote this and discovered it only in reference to something else I was looking for.
When's the movie coming out?
How many of us can be Ravish Kumar? I, for one, can't. Of course, I can't, and won't ever be Rajdeep Sardesai. I'd probably be more like Prannoy Roy.
We all have a limited fount of courage. Each of us knows where that limit is. Notwithstanding our public posturing.
