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Editor’sNote

The Bottom-lineThe Bottom-line

74 | August 2012

Iread once in a book authored by Jim Corbettthat “We Indians are fatalist” and it got methinking …are we? Do we accept whateverthe fate has to offer in front of us? Are wenot go-getters and rather sit and wait for a

magic wand to hit upon us and magically changeeverything and fulfill all our wishes?

Well, what do you have to say to the onlookerswhen an under-aged girl was being molested bya group of men that too outright in a publicplace? Was the event so hard and inevitable

that no one could have stopped it or rathereven tried? Was it fate? What could have beenthe worst case scenario? Somebody getting hurtpretty badly on either sides - the saviors or theevils but the Best thing gaining out of that stepwould have stopped someone in future with suchevil intensions attempting anything like this everagain. Why didn’t anybody do anything? Did wethink it was meant to be? Women have beenaccused of many things including initiating theseoccurrences by wearing inappropriate or going toa pub at odd hours and the list goes on andon. What kind of an example are we setting in

front of our young ones? That men are strongerthan women and they (men) are allowed to doanything and women have restrictions? Is thisright? At the end of the day, aren’t we humansirrespective of nation, caste, creed, colour? Yes,the pit is deeper than we think! The point hereis - are we thinking right! Can we be fatalist andcan provide a better nation to our young ones?

A salute and last farewell from the Fusion

Life team to the beautiful souls ofBollywood – Dara Singh and RajeshKhanna - one the unbeatablecharismatic Indian Hercules andthe other an unmatched romanticmegastar. May their soul rest in peace.They will be always remembered inthe hearts of many millions aroundthe world over.

Felicitations to the new Presidentelect of the country - Pranab

Mukherjee. He is the 13th Presidentof India and the 1st ever Bengalito hold this position. Symbolizingthe sisters’ love and prayers forher brothers’ well-being, and thebrothers’ lifelong vow to protect her,we wish everybody a very HappyRaksha Bandan. After family comesfriends and hence a day marking theInternational Friendship Day onthe 1st Sunday of August! May all ourfriends’ love, support, save, bug and even tortureus in all their own notorious ways, as they always

do, yet without them life is colour-less. Anotherimportant day in the life of every Indian is 15 th

August as we celebrate together commemoratingour 65th Independence Day. We wish ourfellow nationals A Happy IndependenceDay. Be safe. A message to our belovedsportsmen/women competing in the Olympic2012 – Make India and Indian proud! We are

hooting for you from your homeland!

P.S.

– Just one last thing. Oh Rain God! Wedo love you dearly. Please shower some loveto all the Delhiites as we are simmering andmissing you but wish to suffer a standstilltraffic by your Grace!

Yours sincerely,

Whining Delhiites!

By Dipti. P

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