Shubho Naba Barsha

It isn’t that I don’t mean the title of my blog, or am dissing the people who did wish me. It’s just that I wonder how many people mean it when they say it. At this time of year we say it like we’re taking a breath. For every person we meet, we tend to play the ‘Happy New Year’ record, or if we want to be different we play the ‘May the New Year bring health, prosperity, gf, blah blah blah’ record.

I took a count of how many times I have said ‘Happy New Year’ and actually meant it, and am quite surprised at my own hypocrisy. It’s something like two out of a hundred. And if you wonder if I mean the title, trust me on this one, I do.

Why should what we say be so different from what we mean. As the BFG said ‘What I say and what I mean are two totally different things’. Why the charade. Isn’t everything complicated enough as it is, without our warped sense of cordiality having its way with us?

PS: Srin, I can’t comment on your blog. There seems to be something wrong with your template cos I can see the code and those sections of the page aren’t rendered.