Etymological Dysfunction

Everyone abhors epithets.It is sometimes uncalled upon if u are an important person.It often turns out to be a cliche.But I love this idea of epithets being bestowed to sumone or sumthing. " The Wall" we say in reverance when we are actually applauding the diligence and the dogged determination of Rahul Dravid."King of Pop" a title lovingly bestowed on MJ by his fans, "Material girl" an idiom connected with Madonna. " Deep Blue" , the lebel is as popular as the original mammoth of a company i.e IBM.By and large these title are lovingly conferred by the well-wishers and the ardent fans as a mark of their undying love and loyalty.But there are isolated cases when there labels become a bane for the recipients." Best Batsman Ever Walked on Earth" try reminding our beloved Tendulkar about his once held tiltle and he wont be too pleased. The expectation and the trust of billions of cricket-crazy fans-it weighs upon him. He will be more than pleased to foresake his tiltle to someone else nowadays as he realizes that he has reached the twilight of his career and he can never be the same Tendulkar again.But still we the people ,the sycophant and star-gazers lot never fall behind in lebelling or as a matter of fact 'branding'. Here's a few pearl that I have picked up which has constantly been in news.




BCCI: Unlike the common notion that the billion and billions of blistering barnacles @#&! oops!! ....sorry billions and billions of fans nurture that this acronym stands for an institution of its own kind- an autonomous , fair and a council of the finest cricketing brains in the country, well a news for U! It stands for Board of Complete Chaos of India or probably Bunch Of Complete Cronies of India!!Take ur pick!
Of late BCCI has shown that despite being the richest of all clubs in the world it has the most irresponsible, unjust and inefficient men at the helm. BCCI can never claim that that way of their governing was smooth and undisputed but the recent Ford-Fiasco has bolstered the claim that it needs a complete remake and probably young hot-footers having the reins.Sharad Powar and Co has proved beyond doubt that they have failed miserably in their tall-claims of taking Indian Cricket to new heights. In fact Indian Cricket had finally hit the floor of a bottomless pit.The debacle in the World Cup and the aftermath of that , the Great Indian Comedy-the comedy of a situation that was made in the selection of the new Indian Coach has left the protagonists of the game red-faced.As an eternal optimist we hope that after storm comes calm weather, we see light at the end of the tunnel.Our only wish the light does not turn out to be that of an incoming train!!!!


The B.O.S.S : Reading this some might jump the gun that the word boss is a cliche and overused to the extent that the very sound of it repels us. Nope I am not referring to the great Bruce Springsteen or the foul-mouthed and bad-smelling creature, whose habitat include mostly unkempt and dungeon-like hideout called office and glitzy bars,it's food habit includes mostly junk food and umpteen shot of black-coffee,perceived largely as a sexual predator it's mating season has no specific time-line,it usually savors for young female mostly new-kids-on-the-block: the unsuspecting,gullible and ambitious damsels who wants to make it big.Well, I am referring to none of them. I am merely being paying my homage to the lagrer-than-life Superstar Rajni.With his faithful legion of fans and their fan club spanning various countries, one cannot simply deny the fact which stares in our face that Rajni may be the greatest of all living Mega stars of Indian Film scape .He commands a fee that is four to five times what our top heroes in Bollywood charge.With his staccato-style of dialog delivery and eccentric mannerism, he is hailed as a demi-god to his umpteen fans. Shivaji his latest flick( happens to be the costliest of all Indian cinema,whose approxbudget was a whopping 80 crores!!) has given rise a mass hysteria cutting across the southern borders to Mumbai where the advance booking for two weeks was full!!!! Imagine this for a Bollywood film!! I am afraid there are none.Jhoom Barabar Jhoom was released on the same date as Shivaji and it has gone cold almost in almost three days but Shivaji is still going strong in Mumbai theaters And we thot BigB was the undisputed emperor of Indian Cinema!!!!
Oh! by the way I almost forgot B.O.S.S stands for Bachelor of Social Service.Nope it is not a new-fangled course in DU, it is the title supposedly bestowed to Rajni a.k.a his namesake Shivaji.


Madam President: The Throne to RaisinaHill was always disputed and 2007 was no exception! The UPA send a shock wave through the nation by nominating Pratibha Patil ,a low key Congress candidate for the top spot.This led to the unprecedented-a women Prez first time ever after India became sovereign .If we revert back to history for reference then we shall see Razia Sultana was the last women to rule India. Some frowned, some scowled but majority gave a thumbs up for the decision.This situation gave rise to an unique dilemma, the re-christening of the post.Should it be called Rashtrapati or Rashtrapatni? Academics are still in a haze to this unique situation.





Monsoon Wading: "Rain falling down/Right from the clouds/I don't know why/I am feeling fine".
Well,It sounded very enticing when the the entire North India was reeling in the heat.Remember the scene in the film Lagaan when the perched villagers were expectantly looking at every flock of cloud hoping for showers.Well it was not too long the reel life was emulated in real life.But after the Monsoon broke in it brought with it another bane, water clogging. It is quite a routine seeing the cities immersed in knee-deep water and people wading thu them, obviously a result of archaic drainage system. so much for the rain !!

Rain, Rain Go away/
Come again some other day/
We want to go outside and play/
Come again some other day/
Rain,Rain Go away!