What drives people in our country insane is a celebrity.
The rise of a celebrity, the fall of a celebrity, the affairs of a celebrity, all are celebrated with equal pomp and reverance.
Abhiash, a phenomenon that has gripped the nation, has recieved intense spotlight with all forms of media hyping and glorifying the marriage of India's biggest celebrities.This merely shows that our mediamen have an eye for spice.For the last few days , its been abhiash this and abhiash that, abhiash went here , abhiash went there, abhiash drank water together, the big b went with abhiash for dinner. Soon i can expect a news report that reads thus:
Abhishek Sneezes: Call for nationwide Bandh
The nation was gripped by frenzy today when abhishek reportedly sneezed while giving an interview on star tv.People took to the streets and halted traffic and well wishers carried out processions all wishing and hoping that abhishek's sneeze is nothing more than a sneeze and not a deadly viral infection. While some believe that this is a symptom of an oncoming cold, doctors from across the nation believe that this could be the symptoms of the very rare disease "swine flu" caused by the bacteria Legionella pneumophila which dwells in an atmosphere of excessive adulation. This reportedly causes people to start sneezing once , twice , thrice and eventually die. This press release by doctors at AIIMS further added fuel to the fire and the bachchan household was bombarded with letters of concern. It was also reported that a huge consignment of medicines were delivered to 'Jalsa' reportedly free of cost. "We cannot charge the bachchans for this. It is an honour to deliver these medicines to them even though they are so expensive." said the doctors .The bachchans are incidentally worth hundreds of crores.
Police meanwhile have arrested two of the people involved in that fateful interview. They claimed that the two accused had applied perfume which abhishek was allergic to. The third accomplice, in this case, the interviewer himself , was lynched by a furious mob outside the TV station at Bandra.
People however took solace in the fact that aishwarya rai-bachchan is by his side and taking care of him. Conspiracy theorists however dismiss aishwarya's presence by his side as a mere publicity gimmick.
Jaya Bachchan, the heroine of the yester years called on the public to remain calm. The prime minister went on air yesterday offering his wishes to abhishek for a speedy recovery and also asked people to remain at home the following day to express their show of support to the budding actor.
Reuters
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