A Trip to the State of Prosperity stained with Crimson and Marred by its own Fundamentalism

The Beginning of the year witnessed my trip to the state of Gujarat, to Ahmedabad. My stay over there was of three days at a decent 3 Star hotel which was a Self Proclaimed 5 Star. Well I was lucky enough to get the Pool Side Room but Alas there was nobody (or shall I say No Birdies) to watch at the Pool Side. The weather was a bit colder in comparison to the warmer climes of our Max City. Travelling was even comfortable although taking the train route was a bit tad discomfort. Well still there was a bit of excitement as I was about to visit a new state although I was forewarned by my roomies that you will get bored in that city, as its a DRY State, ha ha ha ha ha they were right from the very beginning.

Well I went there for Training and hoped to see some places and above all the Gujarati Kudiyan (Immortalized by Jassi in his Peppy Number "Dil Le Gayi Kudi Gujarat Ki") but the training part of my trip loomed large on the whole trip. My Boss (Oh My Immortal Lord) used to start the day at 09.30 AM and used to end it by 10.00 or 11.00 PM singing the Perpetual Rhythm of Expletives and Chatting in a Language, so foreign to me or say too sweet for me, The Gujarati lingo. Hitherto frustrated and let down by the Sweet Beast in him, I surrendered on Day One and Two but Retaliated on third day and asked him to leave us by 5.00 PM (well honestly I got support from a guy who had his train at 6.00 PM) but that was the degree of Tiredness that I could not think of anything than Retiring to my Bed as I had to catch the train back to Mumbai at 10.00 pm.

The three days which passed by were really very Hectic, even as per the normal company standards, during these days apart from sitting for almost 12 to 14 hrs we were exposed with the Choicest Abuses and Constant Chattering and Blabbering at 220 kmph !!!!!!!!!!! To no avail we listened and listened and wondered when this blabbering, Lava Puking Audi A6 with Barbaric Onslaught will stop speaking and give our Asses a bit of rest to stretch !!!!!!!!! The second best thing ‘bout the Orator was his Inability to Realize a Single Fact that we the Poor Sons of Soil were not able to comprehend a Single Word of Gujarati !!!!!!!!!!!!! Half the time he was too Fast (no need to tell you, even Furious too) and the rest Half comprised of Gujarati !!!!!!!!!!!!! Now stop laughing at the irony and my helplessness !!!!!! The so called Teaher of Ours was a Self Styled Commando of some sorts, he told us about every nuance of business but forgot to tell us actually How to conduct the Business !!!!!!!!!!

On the last day of our stay in Gujarat, our Boss took us to a Gujarati Restaurant and gave us an opportunity to lay our hands on Ethnic Gujarati Thali, the Food itself elicited a mixed response from our side as half the food was sweet (the Quintessential Sweetened Gujarati Dal) and the other half was as per our taste !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well during my short stay in Ahmedabad I noticed two things in particular, first one was their Undying Fetish for Gold or say Jewellery and the second one was the Mobile Phone !!!!!!!!!! Just thinking about it sitting here I can easily deduce that outa 10 odd Gujaratis 9 wears Gold and 8 carries expensive mobiles !!!!!!!!! I love to call them Gold loving, mobile flashing Gujjus !!!!!!!!!! Well I have developed a new meaning “Gujjus: Gold is Just Us (a poor attempt, I know)”. Interacting with people around there I discovered a new thing and that was their praise for their Re Elected CM. I unearthed this very fact and on top of that substantiated by my Boss that they seem to forget or ignore the Darker Side of their Master !!!!!!!!!!! They seem to forget what has he perpetrated some years back !!!!!!!!!!! Furthermore I can see that Fundamentalism Seeping Down to the Bottom most planes of Societal Pyramid, as people has started taking it as very Normal !!!!!!!!!!! This is the beginning of a new Fanaticism which will probably go ahead to mark a Fatal Blow to the Intricate Fabrication of the Society as a whole !!!!!!!!!!!!! Although I agree that there is merit in his sort of administration with so much development and progress oriented policies, but one cannot just ignore the deepest sort of crime (or shall I say Treason Against State) in which he has been a Kingpin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I am not thinking of writing something Smeared by My Political Leanings or carrying some Negative Political Connotation so I should better Stop here.