Don ' t Take Life Too Seriously , You Have Just One !
BY R.K.MISRA Strange things happen when you’ve gone too far, been up too long, worked too hard and you’re separated from the rest of the world. These words are not mine but a weird filial relationship developed with them as I sat in the New Jersey home of my daughter mid this year. Last year , a nerve wrecking 2017 had turned me , a journalist based in the Western India state of Gujarat, into a cross between a hot dog and a cold cucumber roasting on a Teflon’ tava’. Gujarat, the Indian Prime Minister’s home state was up for grabs(elections) and politicians of varied political hues were targeting voters with a rare anatomical aggression. No part of the body was safe. They would touch toes, lick feet, appeal to the heart, fool the head and even kiss the arse. Post-poll, the order stood reversed. All along their face remained the only constant ! But this is not about them . It is about me and myself. A journo clothed in the hustle an...