Sculpted in Blood


There was this news about a sculptor, Hussaini, who made a sculpture of Jayalalithaa, using 11 litres of frozen blood. The morbidity and stupidity of it aside, why couldn’t this guy (and the others who donated a part of that blood) have donated to a blood bank instead and possibly saved several people’s lives?

You could, of course, argue that it’s their blood and they can do what they wish. But considering that this guy isn’t some AIADMK bigshot, can’t Jayalalithaa speak out and suggest that people donate to blood banks instead? You know, act like a leader by converting this idiotic act into something positive for society? After all, blood isn’t money: if she asked people to donate money, she would be accused of hypocrisy. But blood, that’s free and voluntary…

Why is it our politicians never try to bring about a positive change even when the cost to them is zero?

Comments

  1. KumarFebruary 28, 2013 at 5:09 PM

    How idiotic and morbid can people get!

    Actually, I have seen before mindless fanatics (you may say all fanatics are mindless!) in Tamilnadu immolating themselves for causes which are worth nothing. For example, if MGR died, some idiot would immolate himself! (I am not sure if this really happened, but offhand I am not able to recall actual example. But I assure you this one is as good as some valid examples that really happened.)

    That is the kind of 'emotability' of people that politicians love to have; so there is no question of the politicians in India reaching out to wean people from emotion packed stupidity.

    Increasingly, this kind of evil and self-centered approach by the politicians have started becoming a bugbear for the politicians themselves. They find from time to time they are riding tigers and they have no answer as to how they would climb down - the same tigers which were vehicles become predators of the animals that rode them!

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