The Great Indian Addiction
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” Cassius Julius Caesar Act I Scene II It came on slowly. The first few doses were small and perked your curiosity. ‘Wow,’ you said, 'this is good stuff.' It was after all a brilliantly concocted cocktail. It had a suicide, alleged murder, drugs, celebrities, nepotism, arrests, whatsapp chats, Bollywood and multiple stars with multiple opinions. It consumed you. You didn’t just wait till your supply arrived at 9 pm, you were addicted all day. You forwarded videos and articles. You tweeted with hashtags and debated with friends. And all along the enablers of this addiction had you begging them for more. Yet, today, months after this started, you are standing here demanding apologies from the very media houses and anchors who provided you with the supply for your addiction. That is like an alcoholic blaming the bartender for serving him. While I do agree that journalism and the media hit rock