After having a scrumptious lunch at my aunt’s place, I sat
in the living room as the elders talked about politics while browsing through
the desi news channels. ‘What do you make of Raja? I feel that he will be out
in no time from the game of politics.’ my uncle continued. The conversation
went on but my focus remained on ‘game’ as I saw a bulging ticker crying out
loud about the divorce of Pakistani tennis star, Aisam-ul-Haq. Yes, the one who
got married with a bang, a few months back! Not further paying head to the
‘breaking news’, I switched back my attention to the talk of most households,
politics.
As I sat in front of my laptop, a few hours later, ‘It’ was
there again; right in front of me, flooding my Twitter page, my Facebook
timeline, and my Youtube channel- ‘Aisam or Faha ki jori nakam!’(Aisam and Faha
fail as a couple). The story was naturally a teasing piece for the Pakistani
Diaspora inhabiting the twitter community. It was eminent from the tweets that
that the ever ready nation had found a news in which to apply their Sherlock
Holmes expertise. ‘No, it must have been the cruel mother-in-law who forced
this outcome’, a tweep replied to her friend- among many other grotesque
investigative remarks.
Besides the speculative lot, there were people who condemned
the media for their insensitivity towards the issue. These righteous people
believed that breaching the privacy of others is a moral crime and our media
has once again proven itself guilty. The scenario unexpectedly became confusing
when some sources started pointing out that all this drama was a hoax, that the
marriage remains intact. Internet bandwidth heated up with the show of detest for
the media and its irresponsible journalism. Some twerps went on to declare
jihad, claiming to boycott all the channels to demonstrate their love for the
country’s superstar.
Meanwhile, facebook introduced me to a more interesting fragment
of the crowd. A facebook account of Faha (that I highly think of as a fake)
confirmed the divorce. However it was not the status updates of the user, but
the comments and posts of the guests that made me stick around. People took a
new stance on this platform. They assumed the duty of saviors of the marriage;
with the determination that a positive outcome would somehow save the country.
Every Tom, Dick and Harry spilled out whatever, successful or unsuccessful,
marital advice they could think of; from the suggestion of attending couples
therapy to the novel idea of having a child! Each participant seemed a wiz of
relationships. Yes, even some preteen populace! Like all other women involving
stories, the perverts did not fail to surprise here. In this particular issue,
they showcased their talent with heart melting proposals and the all time favorite,
sexual innuendo. One of such warriors crossed all boundaries by posting his
masculine photograph, hoping to be embraced as the new hubby.
Amidst all the cyber commotion, I pondered how
we, the nation, have the intelligentsia to figure out and mend the trivial
(excuse me for my lack of concern) cases that least relate to us, but fail to
fix ourselves or for that matter the system around us. With this thought
lingering around, I resumed reading the US report on the prospects of tapping geothermal
energy using EGS (enhanced geothermal systems) to be able to produce 100GW in
around 15 years.
