A woman by birth, an Indian by heart and software engineer by chance, wife to a wonderful man & mother to an adorable little princess by destiny, a humorous wisecracker, avid reader, decent singer by choice. That in a nut-shell is me. Stay with me as I share with you my views on life.

Friday, December 07, 2007

Uh huh!

Mene galti kari thi
Meri nathni padi thi
Ki sone mein usko ranga gai
Mein ranga ke atariya pe aa gai
Mohale mein kaise mara mar hai
Bole mochi bhi khud ko sonar hai

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What is the first thought that comes to your mind when you read the lyrics above? A typical double meaning bollywood masaala song! Right?

Wrong, it seems the sentence "Bole mochi bhi khud ko sonar hai" is a dig at the "low caste" mochis assuming the garb of "high caste" sonars...

Puhleez politicians. How many educated, not so well educated or whatever % of masses catch the song lyrics the first time they hear it? And how many of them can relate it to the caste, their so called hierarchy on the social ladder and take offence to it? Whom are you trying to protect? On what grounds do you justify this kind of a vandalism?

What next? There is an extremely popular chain to footwear called Mochi that spans across India? Do our politicians intend to burn each one of the stores down? What a shame! Grow up people!!!

2 comments:

fullmoononearth said...

I still wonder what gets into us during elections that we end up having such 'high moral' people holding our fate in their weak hands.

The Eternally Confused... said...

The real worry is Seems, how many of "us" go to vote?

Indeed, why does the youth of today considering exercising its adult franchisee infradig?