Hero

I am getting a bit tired of this entire accident session for the last month.

What happened?

Got fractured ?

What was the speed - 70 km/hr ?

Don't you know, how to drive on the roads of Kanpur?

In fact, this month I decided to stay away from the topic of discussion : Accident. (Although,for everyone its like the biggest thing that has ever happened to me.) I decided,I would write about something else, something totally off base, something that would dazzle me and you as well and take your mind off the whole thing.But then the phone rang and I forgot what it was and so I figured I would write about Michael Jackson instead.

OK.

The king of pop is dead.

What really fascinates me about the media storm that's been piped live to our homes is how in death, you are just magically exonerated and ugly questions suddenly no longer warrant asking. Suddenly, no one is calling him Whacko-Jacko, footage of him dangling his baby over a balcony is rushed through tersely and all those ugly court cases that has filled his later life are suddenly a footnote. That's because if you want to sell death, it has to be hero's. Better still, a tragic one. And they don't come more tragic than MJ. Tell them he is a villain, no one will care now. Tell them he was a thrust into the spotlight as a child, apparently abused into performing like an adult, which, in turn, permanently arrested any personal development.

And then suddenly he wasn't. The hero became the villain. because if you are not dead , if you are unfortunate enough to be alive, then you are more fun as a villain.

Did Shiney Ahuja do what they said he did?

I don't know.

Does he deserve any sympathy if he did?

Not a chance.

But the truth is we don't know, So, as I stared at the news pieces, side by side it made sense. When the story needs a villain, they will make you one. They will try you in the court of spectacle, declare you the villain and eventually, execute you. And then, when you are dead, they will look at you and go hmmmm, okay, I think he is ready to be a hero now.

:)

Image credits: Danisuarez