The world has definitely gone down to its basics nowadays. A few days back, we were asked to send pink chaddis to protest against a Mangalore incident. Today, PETA activists protested against the zoo at Milan in black bikinis.
Now I really don’t get the connect. Why is it necessary to shed clothes to protest against cruelty to animals? Unless, it’s to show solidarity with the beasts that reside in perpetual nudity. I gotta admit, that’s one hell of an interesting connect.
Now I have nothing against women or men for that matter, baring themselves. If they have good bodies, I even enjoy a small peek or a full fledged ogle. But what I fail to understand is when did the lack of clothes become a sign of revolt?
The French, the English, us Indians all managed to revolt against our status quo systems fully dressed, then what changed now?
Somehow wearing miniscule clothes has become our answer to the moral police that calls for a public flogging for showing off our ankles.
They say way wear full clothes.
We say “Won’t”
They say displaying flesh is a sign of revolt.
We say “We Do!”
They say stick to modesty.
We say “Shan’t”
So semi-nakedness seems to be synonymous with rebellion today. So be it. But a thought just struck. It’s strange. While we as a generation our determined to get down to our basics to protest against the wrongs in the world, we still expect our politicians to dress from head to toe in khadi to demonstrate their maturity.
A jeans clad young neta is not serious enough to lead the nation, but a bikini clad model is deemed perfect to be the voice of the people.
I love our paradoxical world.
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