Enfant Terrible

Bailed out finally....obviously it is Aryan I am referring to. The world had suddenly come to a standstill since the day the ill fated cruise left the shores of Amchi Mumbai, at least the electronic media would have us believe that. Indian social media and TV channels have outdone each other yet again by setting new benchmarks in minute to minute telecast of the most ridiculous pieces of news. They did it for Sushant Singh Rajput's case a couple of months ago. So now we are wiser about Ananya Pandey's whereabouts, her business acumen in getting Aryan hooked onto weed. Only hitch being the chats on Whats app being admissible as incontrovertible proof of guilt.

Bollywood industry of course played its role to perfection of the much aggrieved innocent bystander who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. All fault of stars, not Bollywood ones, the astrological ones, must be Rahu Kalam or may be the Saturn "Saade Saati", the seven and a half years cycles of "Shani ki Maha Dasha"! Gauri and Shahrukh will soon be making a beeline at the doors of the astrologers, numerologists, Tarot readers and so on, after all their "Mannat" for their prodigal son has borne bail fruit. 

The forlorn philosopher looks of Aryan could have melted any heart, wonder how heartless these NCB types were or they simply closed their eyes and swooped down, after all such a catch is rare, with loads of publicity and public adulation. Sachin Wankhede's ancestry and marital life with none other than a  Shri Nawab Malik Hon'ble minister from Maharashtra giving us these newsbytes himself.This Sachin thought he would outshine the Master Blaster himself, his surname Wankhede of Wankhede Stadium of Mumbai fame, (though they have no connections whatsoever), was too much of a coincidence. He did execute a stupendous catch, but alas, the third umpire kept a close eye on his feet, which probably overstepped. Slow motion replays are inconclusive as yet, so the million dollar question is whether it is a six or has the poor kid succumbed to his hook(ah!) temptation.

"All men are created equal, some are more equal than others!", thus spake George Orwell in his satirical allegorical novella "Animal Farm" penned in 1945. In deference, Judiciary has finally got over their Shakespearean dilemma of "To bail or Not to bail", after all it was the yesteryear cutie Juhi Chawla who was standing surety for the 'enfant terrible'.."bachha ghar aa jayega!"