BARBARIC CARNAGE

13th November 2015, Friday.
Friday the 13th or Black Friday it was. Black Friday is considered to be an unlucky day in western superstition. It also turned out to be one. There was quietude all over the city. But no! That tranquility was broken by some noises. Some deafening noises. Now, there was no trace of silence. All over the place there was clamor. Folks were running hither and thither. Everyone was traumatized. At one corner, a mother with her baby in the lap, was weeping. At another corner, a small boy, injured from head to toe, was looking for his parents. An octogenarian was shivering in the middle of the street. Soon, there were heaps of corpses. Sirens were wailing. People were provided with succor. But many of them have already lost their beloveds. All over Paris there was mourning and lamenting. Peace of Paris was shattered into pieces. One of the most wonderful cities in the world, was vandalized by gross activities. Shame on 'them'! Terrorism is contempt for human dignity.

WE PRAY FOR PARIS. WE PRAY FOR HUMANITY. WE PRAY FOR PEACE.  

PHONEMENT

“COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO” “COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO” AND THEN I WOKE UP. THIS CLUCKING WAS NOT MADE BY ANY ROOSTER BUT BY MY PHONE. THIS IS MY ALARM TONE. I OPENED MY WHATSAPP AND THERE WERE LOADS OF "GOOD MORNING AND HAVE A NICE DAY" MESSAGES. I FORWARDED MESSAGE OF ONE GROUP TO ANOTHER AND OF ONE PERSON TO THE OTHER. IT IS LIKE A DUTY WHICH WE DO LIKE A RITUAL. THEN A FACEBOOK NOTIFICATION POPPED UP ON MY SCREEN WHICH READ "XYZ HAS BIRTHDAY TODAY. WISH HER THE BEST!" AND I DID. XYZ AND I USED TO BE GOOD FRIENDS AND NOW OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS CONFINED TO JUST INBOXES AND TIMELINES. THEN WAS THE TURN OF INSTAGRAM. AFTER GETTING GOBSMACKED BY THE PICS OF CELEBS, I TWEETED ABOUT THE HORRIFYING NUMBER OF RAPE CASES  IN OUR COUNTRY AND SHOWED SYMPATHY ON THE INCIDENT OF DADRI. OUR RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS ANY KIND OF OCCURRENCE OR MELEE IS TO POST SOME PITYING MESSAGE AND WHOA OUR JOB IS DONE. AND THEN MY MOM CALLED ME ON MY PHONE AND SHOUTED, "COME DOWN FOR LUNCH". AFTER THAT I REMEMBERED THAT I WAS HAVING A TEST ON MY COACHING CENTER. I MESSAGED ABC TO SEND ALL THE NOTES ASAP. AND THERE I WAS GOING THROUGH MY NOTES IN MY PHONE'S GALLERY. AT NIGHT, I WATCHED 'COMEDY NIGHTS WITH KAPIL' NOT ON TV BUT ON HOTSTAR AS I WAS SO INDOLENT TO STAND UP FROM MY BED AND TO GO DOWNSTAIRS FOR WATCHING TV. AFTER RECEIVING 'GN SD TC' MESSAGES I WENT TO SLEEP. AND SO THIS IS MY PHONEMENT.. MY PHONE DOMINATED LIFE. -_-