The sad news blared out of the news channel. The news reader with sadness in his voice announced the death of an 85 year old man. For a moment, I thought what is the big deal about an 85 year old dying; his living should be the news. Just as I reached for the remote, the news caster spilled out the details of his death. I was shocked; the cause of death was not natural. The man was traveling by train. As the train neared his destination, he stood by the door of the coach looking out. Suddenly, the door closed and the old man fell out of the train and died. An 85 year old man, was standing by the door of his coach and fell out when the door closed due to the wind. It seemed terribly suspicious but everyone offered their condolence and expressed sadness with a straight but saddened face. To make matters worse, the person was the head of a religious organization going through a major controversy.
I guess the recent spate of deaths of high profile personality under suspicious circumstances tells us that no one is safe. Power, money and might are not enough to save anyone. Maybe anonymity would help.
Section 377 is abolished. Many happy faces on the television waving the multicolour flag. It is no longer a crime to go in through the out door (Yeah! That is said in bad taste but I have always wanted to use the phrase. It is the title of a Led Zeppelin album and I am fascinated by the phrase). On the television, a debate takes place among the lovers, the haters and the ones in the middle. The talk moved to the territory of marriage among the lovers when one of the haters jumped out of his seat and shouted "If God had willed marriage among these folks he would have created Adam and Steve and not Adam and Eve."
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