Voodoo Black Magic (Cap)

India needs a strong focus on primary education, especially in India's rural heartland. This has been oft-said but seldom acted upon. Now is the time to remedy this before it is too late!

What prompted this outburst? A certain black cap which sings in a high pitched croaky (in some instances spooky!) tone that makes one feel like building a house for the sole purpose of jumping out of the choicest window. The macabre case where some villagers felt the "jhalak dikhlaaja.... aaja aaja ..." song was inviting un-invited spirits over is already part of folklore. If spirits can't stand it, do mere mortals like us stand a chance?

The continued attack on my sensibilities and on the English language kills off whatever high spirits I wake up with every morning. I am not a masochist, and to arguments that I could avoid it (you dont have to listen to it every morning!), I can only say "HOW?!". No channel is free of this menace and with a 80% chance of running into his song at any randon time you switch on the idiot box, the odds are not exactly stacked in my favour.

The torture shows no sign of abating! First if it was "Just chill....." which became an inexplicable runaway success in spite of the way they say chill which raised one's hackles (wherever they might be). Next came "Koi shakkk! Whats up..." at which point your intestines make you sharply aware of their existence. Before the dazed populace could recover came the triple whammy in the form of the dude-ly "24 X 7 I think of you...", "Love you unconditionally ....", and finally "Its not a one night stand. Love you miss you har lamha....!!!!!".

Someone please stop this massacre, or atleast explain to this madcap that "Its not a one night stand......" is hardly anyone's idea of a coochie-coo song. But what is more alarming is that this phenomenon is going from strength to strength. Imagine walking into village and meeting a kid who proudly proclaims his mastery of the English language and demonstrates saying "Koi shak? Whats up!" Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhh

Re-"farmer" Singhji, the farmers need not just roti, kapda, makaan, but zabaan too!!!! We implore you, stop this genocide of our minds before our conversations render into soulful renditions of gibberish!