As I write for a living and try to stay creative at work, sometimes I struggle to be creative outside of work. This is one of those times and I scratch my head about a topic to write about.
Most of my personal writing's inspired by the contrasts I see around me, which probably explains why the bulk of my inspiration comes from the queen of all contrasts, my country, India. Or when something in my adopted home strikes me as a contrast with India.
A lot of people I know are currently agog with interest in Trump. The namesake of the towering Trump towers in downtown Chicago is apparently shocking the world with political incorrectness. And my only response (that stifles conversation) to any questions about Trump is, I honestly have better things to do with my brain than fill it with nonsense. Of course, I freely admit, I will sing a different tune if he comes into power and increases my taxes.
But honestly, when one's workday is packed, I would rather devote the rest to reading something intelligent, cooking something creative and talking about something that matters. And Trump and his ilk don't fit into any of those categories.
End of the day, irrespective of whoever comes into power, the lobbies will continue to move and shake the world, the Indian Parliament will be stalled into perpetual inaction and Biblical creationism will continue to be taught to school students as a parallel theory next to evolution.
So, why spend time discussing Trump?
Most of my personal writing's inspired by the contrasts I see around me, which probably explains why the bulk of my inspiration comes from the queen of all contrasts, my country, India. Or when something in my adopted home strikes me as a contrast with India.
A lot of people I know are currently agog with interest in Trump. The namesake of the towering Trump towers in downtown Chicago is apparently shocking the world with political incorrectness. And my only response (that stifles conversation) to any questions about Trump is, I honestly have better things to do with my brain than fill it with nonsense. Of course, I freely admit, I will sing a different tune if he comes into power and increases my taxes.
But honestly, when one's workday is packed, I would rather devote the rest to reading something intelligent, cooking something creative and talking about something that matters. And Trump and his ilk don't fit into any of those categories.
End of the day, irrespective of whoever comes into power, the lobbies will continue to move and shake the world, the Indian Parliament will be stalled into perpetual inaction and Biblical creationism will continue to be taught to school students as a parallel theory next to evolution.
So, why spend time discussing Trump?
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