A school friend of mine recently mailed our school email group announcing the arrival of his new-born son. I naturally responded, with my congratulatory message along with a good luck wish for long nights of feeding and changing soiled nappies. Now the whole world knows I am this bachelor who, apparently, has been ‘struggling’ forever to lose that title. So, there was another natural response, this time from one smart alec, who wanted to know how I would be aware of such baby matters, and if I were secretly a father to a blue-eyed, dark skinned lad in an exotic hideout. Now however much I would wish to respond in the affirmative to that question, with some juicy unasked for details as well, I sadly have nothing to quote. Sigh… gone are the days when one couldn’t have babies without being wedded, even if it may not be your wife who is delivering them.
But hey, it got me thinking. Is it that easy to have a child out of casual sex? I mean, look at the what my favourite hindi and mallu directors have been feeding me during my growing years. The hapless heroine is raped by a monster; and lo and behold, she is pregnant. And in real life married couples need to keep going at it for years to get the same result, if they are lucky. Funny, isn’t it?
I tell you what, it is because these villains are in much better physical shape, considering their energetic life-style – horse riding, jumping off moving cars and tall buildings, beating up an old man who would also inevitably be blind and lame in a subji mandi with all vegetables conveniently positioned to be thrown up in the air once every two seconds, you know what I am talking about. Or perhaps these bad guys have a better method for sex; not surprising with all their rape practice right? So, if you look at it, there definitely are a few things yesteryear’s villains can teach today’s average Raghav, married to a widening Swapna, working as IT managers in a technology park situated 30 miles from the nearest civilization. But do they have to time to learn any of those tricks? Well, thats a different matter altogether, isn't it?
