Kusum Choppra

Smriti Tulsi Virani is a TV brand name which is being used to the hilt by her party the BJP. All of us in Gujarat recall how she had railed against Chief Minister Narendra Modi, only to eat her words on the party's say-so. How unlike her Tulsi persona who stands for the truth and nothing but the truth, so help her God and no matter what it costs, even the gunning down of her own son. This Smriti has come so far from Tulsi that she actually calls the traumatised state of Gujarat a bright star in India's firmament "Chamakta sitara". Tulsi dear, please do visit Gujarat without your BJP supervisors to see how far the state is from fastdevelopmetn and responsible samaaj and how close it is to ghettoiasation.

Recently couch potatoes were treated to public outrage on a news channel. The outrage came from viewers as well players in the drama which unfolded in Bhopal where a young bride chose the Varmala ritual in the wedding proceedings to take a stand. Bypassing her waiting groom, the young lady placed her garland around the neck of her boyfriend who had been invited to the wedding. The groom’s side and practically all the male viewers who phoned in were almost apoplectic over the bride’s perfidy in handing out such an insult to the groom, his baraat and Bharatiya Sanskriti which demands strict obedience of parental orders by girls. The outrage outrage over the bride’s INSULT to the groom and his baraat and her attack on Hindu sanskriti had to be seen to be believed. What was that all about?? Our hoary traditions prescribe a Swyambhar wherein the bride selects her groom in an open assembly by placing a garland around his neck. Over the centuries the demands of patriarchy have transfo...

A WEDDING AFFAIR Recently couch potatoes were treated to public outrage on a news channel. It came from viewers as well players in a drama unfolding in Bhopal where a young bride chose the Varmala ritual in the wedding proceedings to take a stand. Bypassing her waiting groom, the young lady placed her garland around the neck of her boyfriend who had been invited to the wedding. The groom’s side and practically all the male viewers who phoned in were almost apoplectic over the bride’s perfidy in handing out such an insult to the groom, his baraat and Bharatiya Sanskriti which demands strict obedience of parental orders by girls. The sense of outrage over the bride’s INSULT to the groom and his baraat and her attack on Hindu sanskriti had to be seen to be believed. What was that all about?? Our hoary traditions prescribe a Swyambhar wherein the bride selects her groom in an open assembly by placing a garland around his neck. Over the centuries the demands of patriarchy have transfor...