From the eyes of a fairy...

In the fairyland, it was the little blue fairy's turn to to take a round of the earth and see the amazing life of the earthlings by herself. The little fairy was very excited at this opportunity and felt really lucky to have been chosen for it at such a young age! She knew that this opportunity came only once in a blue moon…and since the number of fairies was increasing day-by-day …due to the increase in number of people dying on earth…it was becoming a chance in a lifetime!
She knew how the veterans of the fairyland ached and hoped for such a day and how those who had been on this trip…came back and yearned for another chance.
When the time came for the lucky draw for choosing the countries that she could visit…which was only limited to one, she could almost hear her little heart thudding away. She had seen the colourful earth many a times from the telescopes installed in the astrological room of the fairyland and wondered about the people living in different parts of that planet. She knew different parts of the earth were called countries and each fairy was only allowed to visit one country at a time.
As the country's name was read out….there was a loud cheer among the fairies…and she almost missed India's name. India…was a country that most of the fairies craved to visit!! Thanking her stars and the elders of the fairyland…the little blue fairy left the palace to prepare for her trip.
As she bade goodbye to her envious friends and excitedly dived into the clouds for her descent, she could already fill the adrenaline pumping inside her …and imagine herself coming back and reciting wonderful stories to all… The round colourful planet seemed bigger and nearer and she could hear different sounds and voices from the subcontinent of her destination.
The first thing that a fairy needed to do as soon as she reaches her destination is to send a ARRIVED SAFELY sign to the fairyland and this is possible only from a structure that was a symbol of the country's power and governance…
In India, the little fairy headed for the parliament's roof…
Being invisible to the human eye, she easily reached the place and started the ritual of sending signals to the fairyland ....but the constant noises and disorder from within distracted her…
Peeping inside, she saw the Finance Minister presenting the Budget for the year….! "What a day to arrive!" she thought.
After finally sending the sign and completing the ritual, the fairy went inside to hear the details and figure out what the budget was all about…
The technicalities didn’t make much sense to her….but one thing which she was really curious about it was the term "AAM AADMI". Who and what was this "AAM AADMI"? She found out that it meant "the common man" but what she didn’t understand was the amount of fuss that was created about it? Isn’t a country's budget supposed to be targeted at the common man?? What was so unique about this one that it had caught the fancy of all and sundry and she could hear the term being flashed in TV channels and websites over and over again and people debating and discussing it at length??
Leaving the issue for Indians to fret about…the little blue fairy caught the sound of a rhythmic video …called "Mere Sang", in which a girl who looked like a fairy herself was dancing…
Trying hard to keep her feet from tapping…she felt her spirits lifting at the sound of the good music!
At the same time, she heard the sounds of a mother praying for the quick recovery of her son who had gone to study to Australia and had been beaten up for being brown-skinned!
The little blue fairy was bewildered and amazed! How can the skin of one’s color evoke such a reaction and situation?!
Looking at her own blue skin, she thought about the numerous colored fairies in the fairyland...who each had a different skin color and wondered what would have happened to them...had they been living on earth!
As she moved further, she was saddened to see some dead bodies being taken out of a debris....which she found was due to a factory blast! The families of the victims were wailing in sorrow....
She wanted to console them and tell them that they needn’t cry so much as the good souls would turn into little fairies and live in the beautiful fairyland and conveniently forget all about their sufferings on earth....but she couldn’t...so she moved on..
Touching another part of the country, she suddenly came into the tinsel town that she had heard so much about... as she spanned over the new and shining sea link….and heard some people praising and some fretting over it….she saw the poster of an actor on a billboard that had been blackened. Figuring out the name of the actor as Shiney Ahuja…she was taken aback to find out that he has recently been charged of raping his maid!!
Hearing this, the little blue fairy suddenly felt very exhausted…no one had prepared her for such a gruelling turn of events in a single day…
Deciding to calling it a day…she looked for a cool and soothing place to take a nap.....and reached the famous Band Stand...
As she absorbed the refreshing smell of the sea waters and the lulling sound of the waves....she saw a commotion nearby ...two young men were fighting with a policeman...
Moving forward she found out that the policeman had made some comment at the two men, sitting and holding hands on the rocks at the beach....and now the two men were abusing him!
Befounded....the fairy thought to help them sort it out ..but when she found out that there was nothing “illegal” about it, she let it be.....
Sighing, she fluttered her tired wings, and closed her eyes!!!