Again born to die.... *SIGH*

This is a sequel to my previous post, “Born to Die…”

The other post (as mentioned above) was quite preachy and idealist. Things in 21^st century is not the way I have presented them to you guys, they are different. I cant categorize them into good/bad/worse/terrible!

Discrimination, according to me, always be there, between a man and a woman. I am not talking about a less educated farmer killing his daughter because he thinks he cant afford bringing her up. Here I am talking of those multitudes who have been raised in the best possible way, and have been given the best possible education. As one says (actually I say this… almost always :D) everything is in the head. And that’s where it originates, takes birth, forms, creates, stems and therefore grows. IN THE HEAD!

Discrimination, corruption or any other vice becomes malignant when at a higher level. And discrimination between a man and a woman is most recognized and predominant in an educated circle. Sometimes people will not voice their feelings, but action speak. That's the irony of the situation!!! Dominant yet hidden!

Let me site a very personal example. I am abusive. I cant say a single sentence without swearing. And thanks to my wide knowledge of Hindi, I am strong competition for ten men. Usual evening, friends gathered, and as usual without any rhyme or reason people slinging abuses at each other. I contribute. Silence. “what happened?” (few men giggle and whisper..) repeat of the question: “what the fuck happened?”

One of my good friends…. “How can u say such a thing being a woman… it is not INDIAN culture.”

WELL, DOES ANY OTHER GODDAMN CULTURE TEACH MEN AND WOMEN TO ABUSE EACH OTHER???? I DON’T REALLY THINK SO!!!! BUT THEN WHAT THE FUCK, THEY DO FUCKING SWEAR… ON THEIR MOTHERS ON THEIR FATHERS AND ON ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO FUCKING HAVE DONE NO BLOODY HARM TO THEM. RIGHT?

But there is a small clause here…. Only men can abuse…. Ssshhhh…. All women just stand and enjoy the beautiful ceremony of abuses!

Being the person I am! I snap at him so bad that he just shuts the fuck up! I am happy and satisfied that at least one woman made her point. And that’s when it struck me. It is not about me making a point, because that really doesn’t make any fucking difference! And similarly me writing a preachy blog, about how female foeticide is immoral and unfair doesn’t help the cause. because the problem is not on grassroots level alone, it is everywhere. And by everywhere I mean everywhere! East, west, north and south and not for India for the entire globe!

All my male friends reading this post don’t think I am a spaced out feminist… no I am not. Neither am I trying to make a point here. I love your species guys… I just love you all! But then as a woman, in liberated India, I don’t think women are liberated. They are still in shackles, in the heads of men. And these chains are so fucking strong that even women cant free themselves from that. And that’s where our quintessence INDIAN WOMAN concept sweeps in!

THIS POST IS JUST GETTING TOO HUGE… ILL CONTINUE REST IN AN ANOTHER POST!

LOVE YA ALL! MEN AND WOMEN EQUALLY….

Review... Reluctant Fundamentalist

Although the title of the post says, Review, when I wrote this post, I hadn't finished reading it! But anyway... read on....

The book (The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid) is written in a very different manner. I am, since I have started reading the book, trying to write something with the same style, but I am so preoccupied by the perfectly structured book that I cannot think of anything else.

The book is about this Pakistani guy Changez, who is studying at Princeton on scholarship. He is resident of Lahore. The fighter in him helps him grab a prestigious job at this business firm, Underwood Samsons. He is a happy satisfied man, as he is a genius in his group. And although he doesn’t mention this, it is quite evident from the incidents that he is proud of himself as he despite being an asian is being loved by the Americans. The inferiority complex of the Asians and their high reverence for the Americans manifests in the course of happenings in the book. The author is in love with a NewYorker woman called Erica. That is another ego booster. The fact that a wheatish guy is being appreciated, lauded and accepted in an American community, and the verity that he is being accepted is quite marked in the book. And that’s what scores with the audience.

After the 9/11 occurrence, things start changing for Changez, (or so I guess… as I have not read beyond that till now) quite obvious part of the book, where the author becomes vulnerable and tries to leave the book’s ending at the reader’s emancipations. The reader might be wrong or right. So I am taking my chance.

The book’s title hereby becomes clear to all of us. The author respects the white skins. One of his best friends, is an American, Wainwright. The girl he is enamored to is an American. But maybe at the end, these people disown him. Because of the most obvious reasons.

The fundamentalist in him is confused. He has seen the change, in a very short span of time. The moment’s gone, the feeling’s over. He knows what the Americans think of him or of the multitudes of wheatish skinned people. But everything is so fast and therefore so blurred, he cant make up his mind. Sad but true.

Do asians really get such a treatment in the USA? Well, I have never been to USA. If ever I go, it will be only for pleasure and leisure. Or maybe education. But not work. Let me specify something here, as I can see you look quite perplexed. You are thinking of me being one of those bitches who say something but act unlikely. I need to mention here, that I might work, but it will be only to raise some fund for my studies, only if I need to do so…. That is.

USA, a dream which motivates people. However paralyzed america is after the Recession, it’s charm is too luring to be avoided. USA is USA. I hate the way I am patronizing a country I despise, but it is a author’s note, and an author can never be judgemental. Atleast I think so… infact no body should be judgemental. However hard it is. Was I just preachy and judgemental?