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MUSINGS OF AN AUNTY ON MANKIND’S EXTREMES BOTH

IN NOBILITY AND IN CRUELTY!

Dolly Koghar details the human hunger for sensational news at another’s
expense!

scandalous gossip of an illicit amour between the co-stars,
timed, just before the movie’s release or the very ugly,
public, breakup of some unknown star, just to get into

the headlines, before their next upcoming flick. Two
female leads maliciously baring their claws and fangs
get immediate coverage. Then of course, to garner even
more attention, actors and actresses, even those with
no market-value, make a huff and a puff about how

the paparazzi invades their space and privacy. At the
arrival gate of the airport these divas and devas suitably
pretend to be flustered and irritated by the ‘unsolicited’

attention from the paparazzi, although it’s obvious that

Whenever I visit Bangalore, I scan for sensational news a ‘little bird’ informed them of this unearthly 3 AM flight. There’s this couple married three years who fought
which I’m sure even our Thai language papers must Then they’ll proceed to take long, hurried strides bitterly over who should apply ointment on the blister
be having a-plenty, but aren’t covered in the English towards the waiting limousine, but not before the of one of the twin boys. The Missus, stomps off only to

language dailies. Let’s face it, we wouldn’t buy papers if bring back her bros and bhabis, who then gang up to
cameras capture their highest-end brand loungewear;
they gave the broader positive side of life: the sun is still the handbag worth nothing less than INR 100,000 if not teach the Mister, a lesson that took him to his grave.
shining; the human race still has time to save itself, etc. more; the latest trendy sneakers; impeccable makeup Then there’s this boy who’s threatens suicide to his
We pretend empathy but we secretly harbor a malicious and casually, tousled hair. There’s of course, the very ill-affording parents over a high-end mobile. Thereafter,
streak to read misfortunes and mishaps, as long as they prominent kalaa, kalaa, chasma to complete the “I am despite the ardent pleas of the neighbors and his parents,
happen outside of our ‘home sweet home’.
so jet-lagged’ look. The accompanying partner or child, fl ung himself over the hang cliff . Trying desperately to
Politics interests me the least, whether it be Indian if any, or for that matter even the nanny, won’t look grab his only child from going over, the poor father being
politics, which with the vast population and diverse remotely like we do when we get off a flight, leave alone smaller and lighter than the young boy, was dragged to

languages and religions and demands, will beat raw the one that’s landing at 3 AM. his death. The mother, seeing her world go kaputt, also
Game of Thrones (2011–2019). I’m also disinterested in jumped to her end. A humble family of three, perished
So, what I scan for is the news once read, I’ll go heh!!?
our Thai parties who change their pitch, their names, or What was that again? I’ll then cut out these columns over a mobile!
amalgamate at the drop of a hat. The bitter truth about that provoke thought and need time to grapple with. There’s this unresolved dispute over ONE SQUARE METRE
politicians is that it’s easier for them to sway towards the How is it that we humans are capable of jumping in to of a family plot. So, one party grouped up and barged
heavier-handed side than trying to be honest do-gooders
save another without thinking twice, but on the opposite into the house of the unrelenting family members and

and risk getting bumped off from the hot seat.
polarity, having superior conscience, sink to despicable beat-the-life out of them, killing not only two adults,
I’m also totally disenchanted with Bollywood news; low levels, capable of committing unimaginable cruelty, but also a one-month-old infant who had nothing to
nothing is as it seems. It’s a The Truman Show (1998) heinous perverted acts, ones of insatiable greed, of utter do with the controversy...utter absurdity.
in real time; everything is staged. Whether it be the irrationality, of sheer stupidity or just plain shocking.