The Hagiographa of a Lotus-Eater

Fuck. F**k. ****. “…exchanged harsh words…”                 The first one’s from a popular website with millions of readers. Picture CollegeHumour or Cracked. The second one is what Indian Express would do. The third one is The Times of India and the fourth, The Hindu.                 Now my question to you all is, why is the media under so much restriction? Because it will corrupt the younger generation? Now I understand that this is hypocrisy at the highest level (I wrote an article about how TV corrupts young minds) but a generation that is more open and casual about abusive language can never be corrupted by anything, least of all the Indian media.                 The purpose of media is to present the facts as and when they happen and ...

The ball goes high up in the air. The fielder’s running in as quickly as possible. The ball’s still in the air, but the altitude’s falling, and falling rapidly. The fielder’s still not positioned himself at the right place. Still quite a bit of ground to cover. The ball is only a dozen feet or so away from the ground, almost as far away as the fielder is from the ball. And the moment arrives. The man in the green jersey throws himself at it. A giant leap forward. The ball falls perfectly into the comfortable palms of the player. Out. The finger’s been pointed upwards, and a billion hearts broken at the sight of the batsman walking. Cricket. It has been defined as everything from being a funny game to being a gentlemanly profession, but here in India, we take that religion for granted. A country which is often accused of communal violence and discrimination based on faith is no different when it comes to a 22 yard long temple. People still fight across borders when it’s an Indo-Pa...