WGAF Jessica
I received and sms yesterday that if I really really cared about late Ms Jessica Lall and wanted to ensure that her murderers are brought to book I should forward the sms to other like minded people. It went on to say that it was shameful that the accused had driven away scot fre in a government car and so on. I resisted the urge to reply to the sender that frankly WGAF about Jessica. And the only like mindedness that existed amongst these spammers was a mass manufactured shoddily written SMS, written by some TV channel or the other which received a cut of the proceeds every time you sent an sms to them in support of Jessica.
But then I got another sms and another one. I guess that I was the only insensitive bastard who had forgotten about Ms Lall for the last six and half years. Everyone else it seems has been making visits to the Delhi sessions court and keeping in close touch with Jessica's family.
But while I might be insensitive at least I am not as dumb as these other bastards. Unlike the 'outraged' Barkha Dutt and a 'stunned' Rajdeep Sardesai who are the benchmarks for todays intellengtsia I was quite confident back then that the accused will go away scot free.
This is India and when was the last time that we heard a high profile public figure ever being convicted for any crime. I mean it does not take a genius to figure that when a mass murderer is a chief minister, a Rs 1400 crore fodder digester is a minister, and a boy who runs people over with a BMW ends up becoming a business magnate covered by leading newspapers, that justice is not exactly round the corner in this country. I could go on and on with this list but frankly WGAF. And unlike those sms senders I t least remember the old adage that 'A fool and his money soon are parted' and refuse to part with any of my money to these news twits.
Yes Yes I know that tomorrow it could be me or it could be my daughter but if you think that sending an SMS is going to be the harbinger of change then I wonder how you guys ever managed before a mobile phone was invented. It's a scary country and I know that. Jessica' case is at best a reminder that we are nothing but ostriches who bury our heads in the sensex and take comfort from it reaching the 10,000 mark. WGAF
PS
For those of you who might have wondered about WGAF- Who Give A Fuck
But then I got another sms and another one. I guess that I was the only insensitive bastard who had forgotten about Ms Lall for the last six and half years. Everyone else it seems has been making visits to the Delhi sessions court and keeping in close touch with Jessica's family.
But while I might be insensitive at least I am not as dumb as these other bastards. Unlike the 'outraged' Barkha Dutt and a 'stunned' Rajdeep Sardesai who are the benchmarks for todays intellengtsia I was quite confident back then that the accused will go away scot free.
This is India and when was the last time that we heard a high profile public figure ever being convicted for any crime. I mean it does not take a genius to figure that when a mass murderer is a chief minister, a Rs 1400 crore fodder digester is a minister, and a boy who runs people over with a BMW ends up becoming a business magnate covered by leading newspapers, that justice is not exactly round the corner in this country. I could go on and on with this list but frankly WGAF. And unlike those sms senders I t least remember the old adage that 'A fool and his money soon are parted' and refuse to part with any of my money to these news twits.
Yes Yes I know that tomorrow it could be me or it could be my daughter but if you think that sending an SMS is going to be the harbinger of change then I wonder how you guys ever managed before a mobile phone was invented. It's a scary country and I know that. Jessica' case is at best a reminder that we are nothing but ostriches who bury our heads in the sensex and take comfort from it reaching the 10,000 mark. WGAF
PS
For those of you who might have wondered about WGAF- Who Give A Fuck
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