“She” is a well known and highly acclaimed novelist and a
columnist who has to her credit umpteen literary recognitions. Or that’s what
her wiki page suggests. “She” has redefined the socialistic charm and glittery
world of the fashion with her “sex-sational” write-ups that center on these
“good-for –nothing’ celebrities. When I say good for nothing, I do not intend
to question their sensibilities or qualifications, but attempt to mention, with
full respect to their achievements, that their contribution to this nations
pride is clouded with a lot of speculation.
So, when “she” decided to ‘talent-shame’ the highly
talented and qualified athletes representing our country in the Olympics 2016
at Rio, little did she know that her “larger-than-her-brains” mouth will get
her into trouble. And it was a well deserved social slamming for her.
“She” is Shobha De.
In the series of events that began on Sunday she took to
twitter to express her disappointment over the poor performance displayed by
the Indian sportspersons. Point. We all were disappointed. But she was not
done. In the same flow she went on to mock at the athletes for their selfie
moment and took digs at them.
Well, we live in a free nation. She has a right to opinion.
A right to wear that glossy lip color and shoot the obnoxious words off her
mouth. She holds the right to tweet in any which way possible and whatsoever
her whacky mind desires. I understand Ms De must have taken time out from her
busy schedule, that includes attending page 3 parties and quoting sex musings,
to watch the sporting event ( if at all she did) before commenting on our “Star
performers”. Yes, that is how I choose to address them as they all are stars
who represented India in the most prestigious sporting
extravaganza
.
So, Ms. De missed out on some technical details before
showing off the symptoms of a verbal diarrhea. They don’t just have one goal of
“going to Rio and take selfies”. Madam, they tire out their bodies, suffer lifelong
injuries, and battle out all odds to make it to the Olympics and represent
Indian contingent. Dipa Karmarkar, if Ms. De has ever heard of her, has
qualified for the vaults final match and becomes the first Indian Gymnast
wonder to qualify for the vaults final in a long time. It is very dangerous to
say the least. A small error and a gymnast can die. Experts say Dipa does the
Produnova even better than Produnova.
The Men’s hockey team missed it by a whisker and lost to
Germany. The agony was visible on their faces. Abhinav Bindra , the man who
brought home gold in the Beijing Olympics 2008, failed to grab that shimmering beauty
this time. But did they not try? Were they not shattered ? Was it not visible
on their faces?
Did these people set their “selfie goals” before reaching Rio.
Oh! Come on Ms De get a life. That reminds me, neither has she won a Booker prize
nor has she been nominated for it. Any Life goals, Ms De?
Does she even realize that when she tweets on social media ,
she is actually addressing some 7 lac followers , who for some odd reasons
choose to even follow her, and is disparaging the image and credibility of the country?
While she is busy typing those unwanted words , comfortably seated in her plush
study and sipping green tea, those very athletes, who she choose to mock at,
are sweating out in scorching sun and saving every single penny to afford a
coach for themselves. They are dreaming of making it big while peddling their
way through odds of life in some remote village of India. When she writes a
socialistic sex drama and gets it "Penguin
published”, she can guarantee that millions of copies would be sold off due to
her “connections”. But these performers , they put their life on stake, take
the tough challenges in their stride,
and search for sponsors.
One thing is for
sure.
Turning sixty does
not bring in sensibilities.
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For the selfie craze, a suggestion to a certain Ms. De. Next
time you flaunt your senseless slapstick humor and over-hyped intellect, do remember
that people have different life goals and they do not need a 'gyan' from you.
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