The week of hirsute
Webster dictionary meaning for the word hirsute is “hairy”. I would call the week that went by “The week of hirsute”. There was this man with long beard and long shaggy hair who has made a name for himself by yoga instruction. He talks at breathless speed mixing up all medical terms for various illnesses and how various yoga asanas and pranayams could cure every ailment under the sun. He refers to most of the medical terms in English but wants everything to be taught in local language – a nationalist to the core in the linguistic front. He was a nobody two decades ago. He joined hands with Balkishan and the pair did not look back. Now between them , they manage a lot of wealth. They remind me of the Hindi movie “Bundy aur Bubbly”. He decided to fight black money and wants high denomination notes to be demonetized ( now that he has had his fill ! ). All those who follow his yoga instructions look upto him as spiritual guru and his saffron attire enhances the appeal. So we had this pe