Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Indian idiosyncrasies
Busy bustling road, a banyan tree unnoticed, coffee shop bursting with ever-so-boisterous teenagers, office goers slamming cab doors to vent out what they went through during the day. Amidst all this, an ordinary looking man, (could belong to any profession, really!! Listing ones most popular in that area, broker, RBI clerk, church gate staff, just anyone!), takes out this idol and photograph of a saintly looking man (read heavily bearded) and guess what! He begins performing poojas and singing bhajans for it with incense sticks and all the paraphernalia, looked like he was absolutely prepared to pull off this stunt…. Soon, people started gathering around him, hopeful street children started clapping, ever-so-inquisitive firangs who looked in amusement (everything in India seems to amuse them !!!!), the youth leaving the coffee shop looked skeptically, all the office-goers seemed to offer their salutations, and all of this WITHOUT once questioning who was being worshipped or who began the whole charade ! tsk-tsk !!
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Haha!Count on us democrats to do that! Well, atleast there was one noting all this down & giving it the much needed 'Indian' hype & promo through their blog! And it is here, after this spread of knowledge & 'celebration', the scene wraps up! ;):)
And, well done! One more time, for etching all these extra details building up to an ordinary scene & its surround with so much care so I could literally visualise it!And that, is 'extra' ordinary indeed! (pun intended :) )
when is the next one coming up?
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