The traffic signals are abuzz with hawkers selling cheap plastic flags. No one sells the yellow cleaning clothes this week. Metal badges of the tricolor are the flavor. I am sure Pat Pat Pataaki Pallavi, Huchch Huchch Harsha and their ilk will have some stupid quiz on the radio as usual. Sample - when did India get independence? Option A: 3167 BC, B: 712 BC, C: 1947 AD. Send an SMS to *** and win goody bags. That imbecile orkut acquaintance of yours will send that old forward, which you would have read at least a hundred times - dont we all know now that 36% of the NASA scientists are Indians and 38% of Microsoft employees are Indians? Dont be too surprised if you find Abhinav Bindra added towards the end of the mail - with a mismatched font. The whole nation feels a sudden surge in patriotism this week thanks to Bindra. Majority of them (including me) who had no clue what a 10m Air Rifle means vigorously google it out to know what the hell that is ...
If it made sense to you, remember, it was actually not meant to!