I was wondering about the reactions of some Americans towards their president, after the first couple spent the evening in Manhattan, enjoying dinner and a show. The people have expressed different opinions about that. They are blaming Barak for spending a day out in drama amidst his busy schedule and an ever growing number of crises. Barak has received varied responses, as few are cursing him for fiddling while the economy burned, and few are congratulating him for striking a balance between personal and official life. Few cried that he has not spent time on looking at the serious issues. And there are other goofs who think that a president should never leave the oval office and work 24/7 — otherwise, he’s not “leading”.
Barak has just done his role as a husband and father and is receiving all criticisms even after doing his level best. This incident reminded me a similar one in our state few years ago. I also read an article which was actually published in Mambalam Times, a weekly in 2006.
When the Chief Minister of a state and the Governor of another state (Indian Minister for External Affairs now!) were watching, a 'cultural' extravaganza with the co-borns who were in full attendance. Most of our political leaders have taken the short-cut from the tinsel town. Except that Mambalam times article and a citation to it by writer Sujatha, no one raised any questions about the commitment of our politicians. Only Kamal Haasan who spoke in the function before Rajni and CM, said that the officials have lot of jobs to do and it’s unfair to make them sit in a function to six and a half hours. For us celluloid is life, breathe and soul, so we tend to ignore such things.
We are not perturbed about anything when most of the speakers in the show went overboard in praise of the newly sworn in chief of the state as well as for the entertainment shows where in half-naked actors (actors is sufficient to mean both sexes) dancing for item numbers. We are Tamilians, for us all these are life and we can’t live without it. Whether it is Chief Minister or Common Man, we all belong to a same fan club!
Long live Tamil Culture!
2 comments:
If politicians are concentrating on public affairs, they will think about how to steel the public property... when compare to this... it is for better to enjoy by attending these types of functions and dances ........ BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEL..... GOOD WORK...
I thoroughly enjoyed the comments of Anand B. Let the politicians take some respite from looting.
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