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Wrote this in October 2016 which now appears in a disjointed format. So rewriting it with better experience in Twitter Threads.
#MountainOfPeace
In upmarket Delhi
Shantiniketan, Vasant Vihar, Golf Links, Sundar Nagar, West End, Malcha Marg, Defence Colony etc
You& #39;ll hear of a son fighting his father, brother litigating brother, a sister demanding her & #39;rightful& #39; share of property & money.
In upmarket Delhi
Shantiniketan, Vasant Vihar, Golf Links, Sundar Nagar, West End, Malcha Marg, Defence Colony etc
You& #39;ll hear of a son fighting his father, brother litigating brother, a sister demanding her & #39;rightful& #39; share of property & money.
The cream of Delhi - politicians, senior bureaucrats, writers intellectuals, historians, lawyers, doctors, publishers & journalists...
fight tooth & nail for a few hundred sq yards.
Builders & lawyers get involved.
Families break.
Sides are taken.
It& #39;s WAR
fight tooth & nail for a few hundred sq yards.
Builders & lawyers get involved.
Families break.
Sides are taken.
It& #39;s WAR
Underhand action of one sibling is met with swift & equal retaliation by other....
Some of these people write long sermonising op-eds, head committees, appear on TV, meet up at the IIC & the Delhi Gymkhana
Some of these people write long sermonising op-eds, head committees, appear on TV, meet up at the IIC & the Delhi Gymkhana
and in drawing rooms they vociferously defend the Doctrine of High Moral Ground....
They visit & host alumni from Lahore colleges, play friendly golf tournaments & proudly brag of Pakistani hospitality.
They visit & host alumni from Lahore colleges, play friendly golf tournaments & proudly brag of Pakistani hospitality.
They preach - Talks, Peace, Brotherhood & turning the other cheek when it comes to the aggressor against our country.
But strangely, for people who say they know best & think they know all.
But strangely, for people who say they know best & think they know all.
India somehow doesn& #39;t quite ignite the same passion, loyalty, pride & fighting spirit in them, as a block of swanky apartments.
