Let's show them we're not nuts by acting nuts

by Idéfix Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:38 am

OK, I promise, this is the last one from my new hero Ashish Shakya on the Vishwaroopam fiasco. I particularly like his last paragraph.

(The film, set in New York, is classic Kamal fare. It’s about Vishwanath aka Wiz, played by Kamal Haasan, who battles a jehadi, played by Rahul Bose, also played by Kamal Haasan. Haasan also plays his wife, the cops, the FBI, the bomb and the Empire State Building. In fact, this isn’t a computer – this is Kamal Haasan playing a computer. If you don’t believe me, rub the bottom of the screen gently. Go on. I dare you.)

The contention was that Vishwaroopam showed members from a certain religion (Shintoism) in a bad light. There were protests in Chennai, causing average commute times to soar to 4 hours instead of the usual 3 hours 55 minutes. Also, I’m always intrigued by the logic that goes into these protests:

Leader: This film/book/TV show/comic/web clip/text on shampoo bottle portrays our community as a bunch of violent fanatics. What should we do to counter this?

Follower: We could just ignore it and work on real issues -

Leader: WHAT ARE YOU SOME SORT OF PUSSY! LET’S SHOW THEM THAT WE’RE NOT NUTS BY ACTING NUTS!

...

Even though my name suggests otherwise, I am part of a minority. I’m part of a group that bases its opinions on something other than the honour of Magic People In The Sky, and then broadcasts those opinions into a world filled with petty agendas backed by powerful maniacs. I’m part of a group that will one day share jail space with murderers and rapists, because someone somewhere didn’t like the sound of our thoughts. So if this column offends you, I urge you to try and understand us, and join hands in espousing the one cause that we all believe in, regardless of faith, i.e. Hafiz Saeed should really take a bath.

http://stupidusmaximus.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/keep-calm-and-ban-everything/

by Merlot Daruwala Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:11 am

Hilarious stuff. He is the one bright spot on my Sunday mornings.

by Guest Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:32 am

Merlot Daruwala wrote:Hilarious stuff. He is the one bright spot on my Sunday mornings.

i wish the telegraph substituted stupid suhel seth's column (which i never read) with ashish shakya's on sundays.

by Merlot Daruwala Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:38 am

Yeah HT carries this guy, buried at the bottom of Page 5 or 6 instead of the op-ed pages. I don't know if they recognize how much value he's bringing to their newspaper. I only heard of Miami Herald in the 90s because Dave Barry used to write for them.

by Guest Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:40 am

Merlot Daruwala wrote: I only heard of Miami Herald in the 90s because Dave Barry used to write for them.

me too! hadn't heard of meeaami herald then. then i went and read all his columns on the net.

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