Words have failed me since quite some time now.No more verses,or rather all the more ,I don't know.But for now the following is all I can post to my otherwise inactive blog.This piece has been unable to make it to two places,since this is the only place where rejections ain't possible(I hope,I am right),I proceed..........

What’s in a name?
The recent detention of bollywood heartthrob Shahrukh Khan at the Newark airport, has opened the doors to yet another racial debate .The two hour delay , was apparently regarding his name , raising several prejudicial concerns with their overtly vigilant procedures.

While reporters were humming to the tunes of the history of religious discrimination by the US, accompanied by Mr. Khan’s fraternity on the sorry state of affairs, the US had a different story to tell. According to them, the supposed delay lasted 66 minutes, as opposed to the earlier quoted time of two hours. His don’t-you-know-me attitude otherwise worshipped in the Indian subcontinent gave way to further questioning, by the authorities. And just as his film, was basking in some free publicity, they decided finally to put the matter to rest. All his statements regarding the episode took a u-turn to put an end to this uproar.

However, the point we all seem to miss in this sudden hoopla, is the exceptional security measures to check rampant terror. Post 9/11, the US has made no exemption to the practice, not even to the likes of Bob Dylan, an unimaginable exercise in this country, where every far-fetched kin of the long list of V.I.Ps are excused from the search.

We need to draw the larger picture here, weigh the circumstances .Do we put ourselves in the fanatical lunatic nation that the world often views us as, or move on to work some sense? Speaking of which, what happened to the Kalam, frisking row.