This is my India

Someone once said, " India being a multi-linguistical, multi-cultural country, needs to be rational. But Indians are quite irrational in their approach." We live in a country where irrationality rules our politics.

We belong to a culture that worships gods and demi-gods. The day Rajkumar died, southern region of Karnataka came to a standstill. The city of Bangalore had a deserted look by five in the evening as pan shops, petrol bunks; restaurants were moaning Anavaru’s death.

This was expected to happen as Rajkumar is considered as the soul of Karnataka. I heard that he was a good actor. However, closing down a vibrant city on the death of an actor was quite irrational.

We don’t realise that emotions and logic do not go together. Similar incidents took place in Tamil Nadu when MGR died. History will repeat itself when eminent film stars and politicians leave their mortal soul.

I won’t crib about hero worship, all I would say that when I see people believing swami’s and baba’s as avatars of god, reel stars are real life hero’s, saints and mahatma’s doing miracles that India is still a mystic land.
We may become a global powerhouse but the crux will still remain the same. We will still moan and have bandhs when an actor dies.
Girls will still cry when Shahrukh Khan dies in a movie.