Shh....

Talking Toms, Just Chill!
Are we talking too much? Are Indians getting too verbose? Is India on the brink of a verbal volcano? Well, it seems so! Every Tom, Dick or Harry is talking, over each other, sometimes in tandem, but often at cross purposes. Everyone has an opinion on everything! Bizarre. Any stray comment on communalism, religious affiliations, intolerance etc. is turning non-entities into celebrities and celebrities into pariahs. Sad and disturbing. Are things really that bad or are good people talking a lot about the perceived bad stuff, making it appear really ugly? 

An aware and enlightened 'junta' is an asset in any democracy but firing loose cannons at the smallest pretext is stretching things to pitiable limits. Freedom of speech is breeding motor-mouths with ample public platforms to spurt out verbal volleys at an alarming speed. Let's not pay heed to the overactive, hyperbolic social media and channels making mountains out of a molehill.

 Get real, talk real, act real, folks. Pseudo-intelligence is passe'. Talking per se isn't bad as long as it's issue-related and not accusatory and counter-accusatory, setting off unsavoury chain reactions. Every statement by a celebrity or a politician does not merit a full throttle gang-war. Chide, chuckle and move on. It's as simple as that.