Being Single: Is it a Boon or a Bane for a Trained Underdog ???

The festive season has just started and the world is going ga-ga over their latesht fantansies for partyin around and painting the town red. Party circuit is buzzing, the swanky watering holes of the city is pouring their heart out, in terms of spirits and also in terms of letting their own holy spirit out !!! Everybody out there is set to make the most of their time and enjoy in the best possible way, be it the Hot(everytime i don't have to explain you the underlying terms) Beaches of Goa or be it the SoBo or Zenzy or Poison or the good old Enigma and God knows how many more such places.

Theres a basic rule in this city or I would like to call it the "Maximum City" (I love the name given to this city by Suketu Mehta), the rule of being SINGLE !!!!! If you are single in this city then you are as good as non existent, all the privileges all the beautifully hot places are not for you beacause they say you are a STAG, I can't tell you how many times I have come across this word in my life in this city. The moment I come across this word I feel we have again gone back to some Jungle era or the least set back by some 100-200 years. We are the inhabitants of the country's most advanced city, the so called Mumbaikars we talk a lot on gender equality, equal opportunity and blah blah blah but still we observe a bias against the darker sex (if they are the fairer sex then somebody ought to be darker so as to make the comparison happen) and this latest bias is often seen in nightclubs pubs discs. With the growing popularity of this biasness we, the lesser mortals are bereaved of the finesse of this max city !!!!! Its time when the people of Mumbai should understand that now with changing times our countrymen are understanding how to behave in such circuits and even if something unpleasant erupts out then every place has got their own herd of beefy bouncers to straighten up the issue so why don't they let us in or else how the quintessential stag of this city will survive in such a fast life ????

On top of it being single is a Bad Omen sorts as you are the trained underdog and you are at your level best in this psyche and feel proud of it. Being single invites the undesired attention of your boss and along comes the orders for working for a few hours on a holiday which eventually turns out to be a full fledged hectic day. Tell me honestly how many times have you heard the common phrase "Arey yaar tum to chhadey ho, kya karoge ghar pe ??" This same situation happened with me yesterday, my boss asked me to come for an hour or so on an holiday and as expected by observing little resistance from my side ordered me to come for an hour on the day of my festival but the subservient me nodded in an abiding manner like an school kid taking instructions from his Principal fearing the cane in his mighty hands !!!!! The next morning albeit unwillingly called up the boss to enquire about whether he is coming or not or rather should I say that I asked wheher I should go or not ??? Hurrayyyyyyy comes the surprise, boss says go enjoy your day theres no need to come to office today , go enjoy your festival just like legendry Amrish Puri thundering "Jaa Simran ja, Jee le apni Zindgi". The surpise and excitement in me even didn't fade up and lo!!! I was sorrounded by deep bitter feeling of being fooled and cajoled by allowing a day's leave and fucking up my trip back to home as a two day leave would have made the holiday package of five great days.

Here I am sitting here expressing my ire in words and posting it so as to let out my pent up anger and anguish !!!!


Well I think this is life !!! and we have to move on and search for Alternatives...... . . . . . . . . .