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#TheDailyToast: Let there be light
Gayatri JayaramanNov 10, 2015 | 11:44
- That good defeats evil every time is a Treta thing, in Kali it's easier said than done.
- Because first you have to be able to tell which one is which, and when said good has won.
- So, are we happy that communalism has been vanquished to caste divides?
- And do we prefer the corruption-free cowfoolery or the cud-like resurrection of fodder tides?
- Would you rather be recipient of baskets of gifts, a nod to your being a well-networked tool?
- Or swing your empty hands as you take the train home, nobody's slave and nobody's fool?
- Is marching against those who march against intolerance a sum greater than its parts?
- And does intolerance exist when the only ones to see it are those with degrees in the liberal arts?
- When Greer says abortion's a trap is feminism the sum of our freedoms still?
- And are those who protest her saying feminists don't need to introspect, or are they suitably shrill?
- Is the #beefban pro-Hindu/Jain or anti-Muslim/Dalit/Christian anymore than the UCC will be?
- And is ending Santhara the civil thing to do or oppressing the Jain community?
- Is Rahul Gandhi squandering privilege or encashing it cannily in intellectual trophy?
- "Maggi returns! Thank god!" cry moms, whose children may now freely atrophy.
- Do Diwali eve traffic jams mean the economy is great or that human greed just knows no end?
- And those who don't indulge and binge, restrained or slowly going round the bend?
- Are parents climbing the walls of schools with answers cheaters or those cheated by the system?
- Would you rather send kids to Kota to kill themselves five years later with much honour and little wisdom?
- Are Narendra Modi's foreign trips any worse than Pratibha Patil's and do his silences Singh?
- Is the PM the maker of Amit Shah, or vice versa, or is Praveen Kishore the maker of kings?
- Who is who and what is what are nebulous faces in the thick lung-coating smog of day.
- Oh who cares, let's call it winter and celebrate by adding firecracker dust into the fray.
- Be careful what you vanquish, the wise will tell you, lest you pick the hidden devil.
- May diwalis begin with the conquest of self, so something is certain, above all evil.
Last updated: November 10, 2015 | 16:43
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