Each one of us has at least one. It manifests
itself in different forms: fears, biases, prejudices, shattered dreams, failed
life, unsung heroism, untold agony, mild rebellion, shameful painful secrets
and the list is endless. It is so invaluable, according to the world of mass
media, for it to make a headline or constitute part of 7:00 pm news bulletin. It has no greatness. It is negligible. It is
small. But nevertheless, it is there. You know it. Those close to you know it –
perhaps. It is your story. It is the story about your life. It is my story. It
is our story. The truth about this story is that it is there but it remains
unwritten. You know it. I know it. We know it. Those close to you perhaps know
it too.
On a very daring,
darling and dangerous platform, Mr. Chairman sets out to chronicle them in
their crude, bizarre simplicity – creatively, though.
The tribulations, the
litanies and the fantasies of “Thirsty Throats Self Help Group”
headed by Mr. Chairman, inevitably becomes a point of reference. Members of Thirsty Throats Self Help Group
comprise the ‘who is who’ and the ‘who is not’ in the society – both men and
women. Their lives seem to be dictated by an unwritten commandment: “Thou must never abstain from the ‘Cana
concoction’ popularly referred to as alcohol.”
For sole purpose of
psycho-social support of men and women who religiously drank (even now they are
drinking) ‘Cana concoction’ – both legal and illicit, the Thirsty Throats Self Help Group
– drunkards for drunkards – was founded.
Make a date with Mr.
Chairman (the de facto group’s Senior Gossiper) every Friday for day to day
world view of life as told and experienced by the described amalgamation of drunkards.
(NB: This is a creative arena though events in this site are inspired by
real life. Names of people in this site are creations of the writer. A
correspondence to real persons is just but a coincidence.)
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