Chashmebaddoor always uncool????

I absolutely hate the BSNL commercial which has Deepika Padukone going, "Mera Dost Rahul..Uski life to bilkul non-happening hai". Now, I have nothing against Ms.Padukone or Rahul. The problem I have is something which has roots which are much deeper than just being affected by an ad. The ad-makers who thought of the whole concept are the ones who are at the receiving end of my ire. Why does the "non-happening" Rahul, have to lose his glasses, just to be considered cool? Does a BSNL 3g phone, come with a free pair of contacts or bear the expenses of vision corrective surgery? No....then why, for God`s sake, the insinuation? I find this mindless generalization, simply brainless.

I have never given this issue a lot of thought . For me, attitude is a mindset, and there is nothing you can do, if your appearance goes against the grain. I have had people making my acquaintance, say "you are a lot different from what I expected". Translated, after studying the expression and the context under which it is said, it reads, "Your glasses definitely don`t make you look as if you are made for intelligible speech". What can people do if circumstances render them, incapable of opting for contact lens, or find the surgery alternative just too expensive, considering the insurance policy that companies have, when it comes to this kind of procedure?

This whole situation, has its pros too. When I really do not want to be chummy with a person, I have found a novel way of keeping the person at bay. All I have to do, is make sure that I fit people`s perception of what a person with glasses acts like. Thanks to our amazing commercials, I am seldom short of acting tips.

I am going for vision correction surgery tomorrow. I have to go for it since, the kind of myopia that afflicts me, gets progressively worse, the longer I delay the procedure. I have however, insisted that even with a 6/6 vision, which I am expected to regain after the procedure, I will still continue to don zero-index spectacles. When you have been wearing them since childhood, like me, they become a part of you and grow on you. For me, the expression on the faces of people when they hear what should be a nerd, say something normal, is priceless.

P.S: Will be away from blogs till Tuesday; that is the hardest thing. No blogs, no books, no outings, no TV, till then. Sigh! Hope I don`t lose my mind. So, till my reappearance in a new avataar, this is me signing off on a hopeful note. Wish me luck.