A smile and hug to my 100,000th
guest! And thanks to an earlier visitor for nudging me to post this update.
For two months I hadn't been blogging,
because I found nothing compelling to write about! Exceptions if
any, were knowingly left untouched. There was a reason.
You all have heard of 'road rage',
right? A few might have even had a taste of it. Sadly, however
careful, composed and compassionate you are at the wheels, there are
occasions when you are challenged, provoked and abused by another
driver. Grin, bear, ignore..., but what would you do if he gets
out of his vehicle and lunges out in rage?
This trend is spreading, on the roads
as well as in other spheres of our lives, fuelled by deficits of
courtesy, tolerance and graciousness! In the media including weblogs
too, if a piece of writing contradicts one's wily intent or design,
the author can be a target.
On several occasions in the last few
weeks, fed up with the grotesquely comic performances and wicked
presentations of some of our politicians, I wanted to pen my
thoughts. The abysmal levels to which some of them could stoop, and
the sheer purposelessness of inviting them to do so, forced me to
stay put.
Perfect is the freedom of expression,
so long as we agree not to disagree! The price for safe voyage in a democracy!
'Freedom of speech gives you the right
to stay silent.'
- Neil Gaiman
