“If you have any flaws, then please tell me beforehand! I do not want any trouble later.”
(Indu said while discussing the marriage proposal with Vinod.)

“I am fond of watching mujra! Let’s just call it my one weakness… or hobby.”
(Vinod finally admitted hesitantly.)

“Oh! That’s not a big thing! A hobby is a big thing after all!”
(Though annoyed from within, Indu probed further.)
“Besides this, what other hobbies do you have, Your Highness?”

“No other special hobbies! Yes, until I watch four or five talk shows on selected news channels…”
(He names four-five channels.)
“…I cannot sleep! I strongly believe one should know completely what is happening in politics and society!”

“This match cannot happen!”
(Indu suddenly became furious.)

“Oh, what happened? You were perfectly fine just a moment ago!”
(Vinod was shocked.)

“A man who has no sense of right and wrong! A man who forms his opinions based on newspapers and TV channels’ opinions! I cannot accept a lifelong relationship with such a man! In the guise of religion, ‘wolves’ wearing sheep’s skin are using fools like you as fuel for their bread and butter! When people like you forget your own wisdom, shut your eyes, and surrender before the sponsored programs of these sold-out channels! I want to marry an intelligent man — blind by eyes is acceptable, but not blind by mind!”

Standing there utterly bewildered, Vinod kept thinking…

“Watching mujra became a smaller flaw than watching TV news channels?”

- Balvinder Singh Bison