Troll police.

MTV hosts yet another great show troll police. Finding people who troll celebrities just to grab eyballs. Nothing else could really be the reason. Getting attention while demeaning the other.

Watched one episode and Tapsee Pannu handles te troller so bravely and with maturity that at the end he swears to being not only a responsible blogger but also a protector to others who are trolled.

Well Tapsee was targeted through he photographs but I also came across one who was trolled for not being connected with the issue at all.

Its about Virat Kohli's performance in India's test match against South Africa. Disgustingly people blame his wife, an extremely talented Anushka Sharma for that. Like really??

Honestly my heart broke too when I red about the wedding. I was also upset when Virat was heading back to pavilion but hey, that does not mean I hold his wife guilty.

Anushka is an actress, so when any of her movies don't do well, will her hubby be held at fault? Doesn't that sound comically invalid?

Being funny sometimes turns into insulting in such situations which is preposterous. I agree he plays for the country and is answerable for a bad performance, but he is liable and not his family and likewise for any one else in that situation.

Time and again we forget that these are real humans. They have a right to feel and emote. They are entitled to some personal space like all of us. So why not grow up and watch it like a fair match and not play the judgmental and blame game.

In my opinion, it is absurd to barge into one's personal space and comment nonsense of the situation or personal choices when you know that your opinions will not change anything for the other. You can be an admirer, a disliker or and ignorer but you can not be an idiot hiding behind an id being a ridiculer.

Internet and social media has made our world smaller, got us all close together. We can now see what is happening in the lives of people we only dream to meet or become. It is indeed a superpower we have, that what we write about one can be read by millions within minutes.

We are not the generation to be told what to do, what to wear and how to talk. Well it is the right given to everyone regardless of the subject being common or popular. So why not spare the humiliation and act with some humility.

We cannot change everything but a little does help. Let us be responsible in using the tools of social media, let us confront the ones who refuse to respect others, let us just put across clearly that shaming anyone is totally unacceptable.

Be the police, troll your inner self and follow your heart. Afterall, when we do not like it for ourselves why let it happen to anyone else.

Cheers!
God bless!!

CHS

Happy new year..!

Cherith has been playing with balloons off late. He asks one to blow the balloon and then releases the air in someone's ear. I love his laugh that follows. He also likes to bounce them up in the air, not letting them touch the ground. Carefree balloons..

This morning there were three balloons which Chetan tied together for Cherith to play. The moment he bounced them in the air, they rapidly came down. He tried again but they dint go a long way up. I told him they are all together baby, they won't go very high..

My own words flashed the very popular story that we have all been told. The one about the sticks. The moral of the story said if the stick is alone, it can be broken but it takes a lot of strength to break a bunch of sticks tied together.

My thoughts contradicted the story entirely. Imagine this, a single balloon needed just some air to rise itself and it touched the ceiling in no time. But when a bunch of balloons tried to do the same, they fell because of the others' weight.

Sure it is a wonderful thing to be bound together but what is the point in being lifeless sticks only stuck together to portray unity.

Envision the variedly hued balloons optimistically moving with the flow of wind, casually bouncing into one another in the air and continuing their cruise.

More often today, people only stay together but live in disparate worlds altogether. Why is it a requisite to be under the same roof to be called a family? Is it advisable to be one as bodies and scattered as souls? Why would we want to be only in the eyes and not in memories?

Won't it be more fun and worthwhile to have our own identity, being exuberant and soaring in our fields while also being in touch with our dear ones?

Irrespective of our gender, age or education can we just be treated as human beings allowed to take decisions, to fall and get up, to make mistakes and learn, to love and to dislike and above all to live carefree and make the most of the bounty offered by our creator?

Lets not be shackles that ceremoniously chain their beloved. Let's all be balloons that not only have individuality but also the potential to support others' flight.

Have a gratifying, sublime year ahead. Be free, be radiant, be you!


Cheers!!
God bless!!

CHS