An obituary, September 2020
A few months ago, a 34 years old male Indian actor was demised allegedly due to suicide. The investigation for his death continues. We no longer have time or interest to mourn his death.
HE LEAVES BEHIND -
An actress, who had no apparent relationship with the matter and yet who bravely took it upon herself to declare that the reason behind his suicide was nepotism, then shifted ALL the focus to herself and is now battling with a state government to get justice for HERSELF and probably a ticket on a political party for the next election.
His middle-class girlfriend, who seemingly loved him so much that she took care of him by regularly smoking weed with him. Someone who roamed with security the entire last two months, except on one day, after hiring one of the most expensive lawyers. Sadly, on that exact day, entirely out of the blue, she got mobbed by the media people after climbing out of her middle-class 40,00,000 rupees-worth car. Also, after hiring the lawyer, she suddenly recollected that all her previous statements were taken under coercion.
His therapist, who claims to have diagnosed bipolar disorder in "a few" sessions "months ago" during couples therapy without a degree in psychiatry or even, maybe, clinical psychology. She then decided to treat him by chatting to his girlfriend "once in a while". After his suicide, out of her utmost social duty, she "broke the story of his diagnosis" to a journalist because both of them are the saviors of India's mental health, and disclosing people's private psychiatric diagnoses after their death without their permission over Youtube is the honorable thing to do. Plus, a young man with bipolar committing suicide is definitely a good mental health awareness strategy, right?
A state government that got so concerned with his death that its Home Minister held frequent press briefings on the matter and tried till the last breath to solve his case under their police department until it was snatched from them. The same Minister has held almost NO briefings for over 27000 COVID-19 deaths in the state in approximately the same period. So, clearly, this loss was too personal for the government.
An industry that is now split between crying crocodile tears for someone whom they never cared for but is now dead vs. losing their sleep over their egregious shit coming to light next.
Hate-mongering misogynists, who are thoroughly enjoying the security, freedom, and other benefits of anonymous and fake accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to hurl every possible curse at their girlfriend, or anyone who might say - "innocent until proven guilty". These haters are now engaged in accurately predicting "how much she loved him". Due to lack of originality, they have invoked the age-old idea that always comes up whenever a woman is even suspected to be at fault - "witchcraft".
Pseudofeminists, who think that the best use of their time, efforts, and energies is to defend a potential criminal and someone STILL being questioned by CBI for "abetment to suicide", on social media platforms than to care, in real life, about 45 crore innocent women who are currently surviving the hell of the pandemic. These people have a newfound love for men's mental health - the same men, whom they called chauvinistic dicks and assholes over any minor disagreement on public platforms. They also went from shouting "kill the alleged harassers on the spot" to "let's go through the due process of the law" in a couple of months.
The conservatives, who are shaken by all the drugs and the "girls doing these drugs" in Bollywood in 2020. These people were somehow OKAY when in the 1990s, a mainstream Bollywood actor ran to rehab in the US for his celebrated drug addiction, post-involvement with terrorists, or when in the early 2000s, another mainstream actor killed several people on the roadside while drunk driving.
The liberals, who are smirking at the idea of "weed" being considered a drug and laughing at the world for it. They are in blissful and deathly ignorance without knowing that even a single dose of THC (which is in the pot) can create severe psychotic, negative, and other psychiatric symptoms. Plus, it permanently alters the brain anatomy of young adults and adolescents. But that's just silly science talk.
The entire fucking media circus that is beyond any writer's worst possible imagination. These are the people who went from playing Antakshari on national television during the pandemic to dog-chasing every possible absurd conspiracy about a dead man. THEY gave a platform to all the ones mentioned above. They sponsored all selfish agendas and worthless ideologies. Everything was allowed EXCEPT caring for or respecting the dead.
Lastly and least importantly, his family, except his mother - who now seems to have been joined by him.