I read a rather interesting piece
of news today that not only amused me but also set me thinking and I therefore
wanted to discuss it with you all.
A common man has filed a petition
with the Government of India which claimed that the meat, fish and eggs served
in hostels of premier technological institutions was luring many vegetarian
students towards non-vegetarian diets, which represent western culture.
Therefore, he had petitioned that there should be separate canteens and mess halls at these eminent tech
schools.
Government sources said the HRD
ministry had forwarded the petition to all the premier technological
institutions on 15th October 2014.
Based on the prompt response of the Government it is expected that very soon India will be divided
into two countries namely, Vegetarian India (VI) and Non Vegetarian India (NVI)
based on their dietary habits. Shortly
thereafter we will have cricket matches played between VI and NVI.
On a side note, I wonder if
eating vegetarian food has made the people so weak willed that they cannot
resist the lure of non vegetarian food and can be easily swayed by the aroma of
the non-veg food which was once considered sickening by my so called vegetarian
friends.
When discussing this with my
friends one of my friends who does not like the smell of tobacco smoke but
unfortunately has to share his work space with three chain smoking colleagues
said that he would like separate offices to be built for smoking and non smoking
counterparts of the same organization.
Not to be out done another friend
who cannot stomach the smell of a particular brand of perfume which is widely
advertised to have magnetic properties in attracting women (my friend is a male
and maybe that’s why he didn’t like the perfume) suggested that those wearing
such perfume must be provided separate working and living space from that of
those who did not use it.
The conversation led me to share
my views on how my Dad who did not share my passion for the malt had tried to
restrain me from interacting with my malt imbibing friends while I was in
college and how he had miserably failed at doing so.
All this bantering amongst
friends reminded me of a short story I had written long ago titled “Divide and
Rule” for which I am giving the link below:
It made me wonder if the current
Government too is going on the path of segmenting and dividing the people to enable
them to have convenience of ruling
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