Calling all Monkeys

My friend once surmised that mangalore was going to hell because a certain movie was in our favourite theatre for a very very long time.(Was it 120 days or was it more?)

He was joking of course, making an astute social commentary of sorts and displaying his keen and well honed sense of observation at the same time.



Let me remind you once more.

Rama attacked lanka with an army of monkeys, a vanarasena.

Of course, they could talk, walk on 2 legs, perform feats of strength and intelligence far superior to that of today's primates, but they were monkeys nonetheless.



So what is the difference you ask?

Well, in those days even monkeys did not attack women.

Even monkeys thought that it was unethical and even cowardly to beat women.

(I'm making this up. I don't believe for a minute that monkeys were among Rama's army or that they were particularly non-violent towards women)



Hey!

Calling all fascists! Calling all fascists!



Where are you going to draw the line?

Today you don't want women to drink.

Tomorrow, you might not want them to drive.

On some other day, you might deny their education, because frankly speaking,women today are getting too smart for themselves...right?



Go on...shake hands with the Taliban!

They too want women in burqas and other physical and metaphorical and metaphysical shackles.

Congratulations to you modern monkeys!

The Taliban sends their warmest regards form the depths of their cold hearts to you for going on the right path,which by the way is the path that they follow.They congratulate you, for the
actions of the vanarasena have done them proud.

But they'll kill you infidels just the same...because you still remain infidels.



When my friend made that joke, it was funny, because, He was not going to attack the theatre the next day with a bunch of his friends (If he did, then he probably forgot to call me) He will never attack beliefs and actions contrary to his own, because he is secure and in peace with his own unwavering core beliefs.



Every time I read the news, I wince in pain, shame and embarrassment.

Attacking churches, communal violence in the recent past, and now this...

Mangalore? Nah! It's a nice place to stay. I used to tell people confidently.

I'm not sure anymore.



What you monkeys haven't realized is that one man's Garden of Eden...I'm sorry...

Forgive my use of Christian religious terminology.One man's Ramarajya is another man's version of hell or naraka.

One man's jannat is another man's... you get my drift don't you?



I know, some of you will disagree, but I call for an irreligious movement.

Cast away your religious shackles and let them not define who you are.

If you want to be a pacifist, you don't have to be a Buddhist...you just have to make up your mind to be a pacifist.

If you want to be good, don't let your god decide it for you.

Decide for yourself.

If you want to blow up people, don't do it for your gods.

Do it for yourself. (But please reconsider...blowing up people is not nice...maybe you can play Halo 3, and not hurt anybody in real life)



What good is Ramarajya in today's context?

Does your vanarasena want Mangalore or for that matter the entire world to
regress back to Tethrayuga?

Whatever it is , you've just halted Mangalore's progress and thrown her back by about 20 years ...into the past.



People have an odd notion about the past...somehow they believe that the past was much better...this notion is usually due to amnesia, lack of historical knowledge and wishful thinking.

C'mon people...the past was not better.

There were no telephones,penicillin,loctite,3d goggles, aero planes,chemotherapy, internal combustion engines, satellite TV, polyester or even sliced bread!... not even a band aid for your boo boos.

The best time is the present. Really...because there is nothing else like it.



Even then, what about Ramayana do you want to emulate?

Is it Dasharatha's lust driven blindness for kaikeyi or his obsession with
his eldest son Rama?

Is it Rama's blind unquestioning obedience drove a prince and his wife and
kids to the woods?

Is it Rama's deception in killing Vaali?







Perhaps, what you monkeys really want is more Sitas to burn in pyres to prove their purity.



Rama lost his self respect the day he let Sita jump into a pyre.

Sati is still in practice.

And I'm brimming with disgust.



Calling all monkeys, calling all monkeys!



Stop attacking soft targets.

A few unarmed and isolated civilians minding their own business are not worthy of your might and spectacular prowess.

Even Rama fought a ten headed Ravana!



What I suggest is that you fight the real villains here.

Try someone your own size!



You don't want women to drink? Fine!

Fight the powerful liquor barons who push and peddle legal and illegal
alcohol, backed up by influential politicians.



You want old world morality?

Fight the shady underworld nexus that controls prostitution and drug
supplies and sales along with arms supplies.



Do you want progress?

Fight rampant corruption.



Fight fear.





Fight for freedom.

Fight for empowerment.



And stop hitting women.



P.S

Surmise (verb): Infer from incomplete evidence.



Holy shit! I just realized that I'm a pagan by definition.



Pagan (noun): A person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion
(not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)


Nah! I'm just your regular garden variety atheist who is going to hell after
death for forsaking all gods. At least It'll be toasty warm down under.