Friday, December 12, 2008

Response to-Lipstick on his collar (Shobha De, HT, December 6)

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A class was shown its face
The response by Shobha De (Lipstick on his collar - December 6, Hindustan Times) insured that Naqvi's remarks did not go waste. The author probably symbolyses the class at which Naqvi aimed to hit upon. Naqvi aimed his remarks on a class which is cutoff from the common people, cares only about self and not even for a joint family; worries more about own figure and measurements than the health and thinks that by paying unavoidable tax all its responsibilities towards the society is over. This class, talk only of its demands and rights, remind others of their duties and try to ignore its own duties in this process as far as possible. This page3 lifestyle was hit at by the recent Mumbai attack at Taj. A lifestyle, which the majority of us want to have, few get a glimpse of it and only very few actually live in it. In her article, actually she describes the details of her self-centered lifestyle which reconfirms this perception about this elite class. The common people which comprise the mass and not the class sympathises neither with the class represented by Shobha and nor the class represented by Naqvi. Mass clapped when a politician was cornered for changing his clothes thrice during Delhi blasts and also enjoyed when a class was shown its face while they were protesting. Mass of India wants the government to ruthlessly crush the terrorism without bothering about human rights of the terrorists and the likes of Afzals and much before some other agency actually takes up this cause and multiplies the fronts to tackle for the government.

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