Of Shit and Dixit!

Driving out early this morning, with my family to have breakfast at the popular restaurant, 'Mayyas' in Jayanagar, I had to stop as the road was blocked by a group of school kids on a road cleaning drive. As I waited, for the road to clear, I over heard one kid telling another one, while pointing at me, what a beautiful car, the 'Shitty' was.I was nonplussed and angry momentarily, till it hit me. Obviously the kid was referring to my 'Honda City', which is a beautiful car. The City was Shitty to him........

If 'City' can be 'Shitty', can 'Dixit' be 'Dickshit' as called by a New Zealand, TV anchor, on a recent morning show. If you thought it was a fauxpax you would be very wrong, because the anchor, kept repeating his statement, and chortling even as his co anchors desperately tried to correct him. The guy just could not be shut up! He was talking about the Chief Minister of Delhi, Shiela Dixit, no less and getting a kick by deliberately mispronouncing her name!

India has reacted with suitable outrage and has asked New Zealand to talk effective and demonstrable action, against the anchor. Is it going to happen? I doubt, because the anchor, is going to hide behind what is called, 'freedom of speech', in a country far removed from India. To me, the guy is the classical bully- small, a loser, and a bully to boot, who hides behind, a system to attack people who he thinks will either ignore him or not respond, while he gets his high by making his cronies laugh and he keeps his self esteem from dropping further.

I was a little perturbed by the importance India gave the incident, but I guess the best way to tackle bullies to get them , into the spotlight and ruthlessly expose their charade, which has happened.

As for Mayyas, the 'Masala Dosa', in today's parlance was an awesome experience!