Saturday, May 3, 2008

Candy Floss and Headline Love

What's love got to do with it? Pretty much nothing! A transient feeling that is as whimsical as perhaps the delhi rains... Love in this day and age is found packaged in dating manuals with headings screaming "how to win a man with a few seductive moves!".. Many flip through the glossy pages hoping to decode the great mystery. If love was that easily purchased off a magazine counter then we all would have the best of men, the best of relationships, the most eroctic encounters and of course a very predictable/similar carnal or romantic experience.
So why do women (not all) invest a lum sum amount on these magazines to satiate their carnivorous appetite of finding the right match, experiencing a dream date, flirting with the right kind of man, seducing your partner for good, mastering those 100 sexy moves in bed.. etc etc.. the list is endless and unimaginitive.
Well, I tried to answer the question for myself when a street kid vendor came up to me shouting "Madam BHOG (VOGUE) le lo!" And the first header on the cover was something like "Those 5 secret moves you should try on your partner!" Call it a bad take off of classic Kamasutra. I would have perhaps picked up the magazine out of sheer boredom or curosity but that 70Rs investment on an article that promises a great life didn't seem worth it. No the answer is not that I dont want to know the secrets of enchanting a man! But it is more to do with how does it drastically change my life? What's Love got to do with it? And Madam Turner I am sure when you crooned the song... you pretty much nailed it.. Thankyou.

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