For myself and a lot of other inmates of Namma Mane housing , the 60th Republic Day celebrations (really those were celebrations ?) started with some loud blasting Kannada music(again , really that was music ?) , yes hold your breath , at 6ish in the morning ! If it was a way of waking up folks like us super early to get all geared up for 26th Jan festivities , well that backfired a bit. None that i knew even budged a bit from the bed before 8 at-least. We were wondering if they were playing patriotic songs , but no .. just some random , loud and least melodious numbers that continued to thrill us (yea absolutely !) all day long, thanks to the speakers strategically positioned in the nearby lanes.
Despite all the irritation and abuses we showered on those that did this to us, on what could have been a quiet holiday , I knew no one would go out to question them. Reason , we knew , they could definitely drag the anti-Kannada , the you-outsiders issue..
And so the orchestra went on and on till it was close to 11pm , that was when I heard some dude deliver some kind of speech (as though assuring this buddies ,we won ! we managed to ruin everyone's peace for a whole day ! )
Wondering when we will have an end to such things in the country , these seemingly smaller issues that can very well explode into lingual or even communal conflict...
Happy 60th Republic Day everyone !