CNN-IBN

At Rs 2 cr/year, Obama 10 times richer than Indian prez

He'll get Rs 16 lakh per month whereas Patil gets close to Rs 1.5 lakh.

CNN-IBN, that trend-setter of the novel, “manufactured-Liberal”, especially-Indian ideology, had something to say about the Indian President. It had nothing to do with her qualifications, or her credentials on the basis of which she took over form the Missile Man of India. Neither did this vortex of Indian journalism felt convenient to question the alleged incongruence in her candidature to the post itself when it was being proposed. Or for that matter the plethora of controversies associated with her name. Like everyone else on the street, the channel wants to talk Money.

It surely is a democracy. The news does represent the sentiments of the common man. However, it’s the common man which the stats don’t seem to agree with. It’s the common person which sips on his coffee while waiting for his office cab to pick him for work. It’s not the common who is preparing for the cold Delhi winter when they are a few months away. It’s not the common man who has forgotten to wonder about where the next meal is coming from, due to the repetitive monotony of the situation. It’s the common man who watches “Let’s Talk” and says “...umm..nice”.

But why not? Why have disdain towards progress? Why step back to reflect and let our skin crawl observing the filth within? Let’s spill it out and make the world perfect. It’s these miserable wretches who need some help. The boorish right-wing politicians, the poor beggars, the “sponsorable” child, the Africans, the homosexuals, the “weaker” sex. They are many. These are modern times. Modern times in the sense that one needs to make a lot of money to feed oneself and provide certain charity as a social symbol. Not the old ‘modern’ times when girls riding Bajaj Chetak were called modern girls.

Its easy to divide things in different pockets of memory for the sake of convenience. Its convenient to ignore the organic whole and have a short memory similar to a dope-head. Its easy to divide people as Left, Right, Left of Centre, Right of Centre, Commie, Liberal, Conservative, Reactionary, Terrorist, Philanthropist, Celebrity, etc. Not so easy to face the facts. Almost impossible to accept the facts and make money from it. Absolutely impossible maybe.

But like everything else in life, it appears so easy when once tried. Find and follow the stats.

Cheers.