Why telling people you disagree with to go to Pakistan is not a bright idea
Not many of you know this, but I have been trying to become an extremist nut job of the right-wing persuasion for a long time. Something about the cultish nature of the fringe appeals to me. My progress in this respect has been a series of ups and downs but I have recently had an epiphany which I would like to share with you. To go back to the beginning, I have always been patriotic. When I got my first phone, I set my caller tune to ‘Nanha munha rahi hoon, desh ka sipahi hoon, bolo mere sang…’. I wanted to join the Army but when I was told that they wake you up at 4 AM, I thought I could serve my country better in other ways. So I have been doing whatever I can in my own small capacity. I thought the key responsibility was to be on the lookout for anti-nationals. So whenever anyone did things which could be construed as anti-national, I told them to go to Pakistan. One day, I was driving back from home and I stopped at a red light. There, I spotted this old lady begging on t...