Dramatic December


The Supreme Court verdict is out and a gay or a lesbian in India is now a bigger criminal than a "minor" rapist. What happens behind a closed door is more important than what happens on the street or a bus. What a person does in his/her bedroom is now of national importance. Way to go India!

December so far has been quite eventful and dramatic. Probably more has happened during this time than the first 11 months combined. Death of Paul Walker and Nelson Mandela, AAP's MASSIVE DEBUT, Indian Cricket team losing miserably VS South Africa and of course Section 377.

It is still tough to digest the news of Paul Walker's death. And even more tough to think about the next Fast and Furious movie without him. Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel and Jason Statham in one movie! How insanely awesome this would have been? How tough it must have been for his family to bury him at 40. 

But some people die months before they actually die. 6 days later it was Nelson Mandela. Spent 27 years behind the bars, changed a country and changed the way people looked at a country. On a lighter note, had it not been for Nelson Mandela, Dale Steyn would have never played International Cricket.
"I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man." - Nelson Mandela

AAM AADMI PARTY!

I did not expect them to start off like this. But they changed it all. They changed a common man's attitude from "Yeh country ka kuch nahi hone wala" to "There is still some HOPE!" In the next ten years, they may or may not survive. That is a different thing. But this success will inspire more and more people to stand up for what they feel is right. This probably was the only positive thing to have happened this month.

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