Mosquitoes live long. They
were around in the Jurassic era sucking the blood of dinosaurs. The wretched
dinosaurs eventually vanished but mosquitoes flourished. Now we have more than
3000 species of them with us in spite of all the poison we carry in our blood
which they feed on. It seems all our jingoism and bingoism are like Boost, the
secret of mosquito’s energy.
We shouldn’t
tarnish the history of the entire species, however, though reshaping history
has become our main national pastime these days. It is the female of the
species that is deadly. The male mosquitoes are vegetarians feeding only on
plant juices such as nectar. The females not only suck our blood but also
urinate on us after sucking the blood. Science tells us that it is their way of
purifying the blood they have sucked. No wonder our jingoism doesn’t poison
them. You will never come across a Hindu mosquito or a Muslim one or whatever.
They don’t have slogans and mottos to kill for. They just suck blood. Our
politicians should learn a lesson from them: suck blood without preaching. Oh,
maybe they already learnt the entire lesson from mosquitoes including that
peeing chapter.
It is
possible that our politicians descended from mosquitoes which have certain
preferences in bloodsucking. They are more attracted to women than men, it
seems. In that too, they prefer blondes. Well, where blondes are available.
Where they are not, Fair&Lovely will do. Ah, mosquitoes are as intriguing
as our politicians for whom blondeness translates into wealth. No wonder they
won’t ever become extinct, mosquito or politician. The more intriguing you are,
the greater your chances of surviving as a species. That was the last line
written by Darwin in his diary which is yet to be discovered.
This post is written in
response to Parwati Singari’s provocation at Indispire Edition 387: a world
without mosquitoes what do you think will happen? #zeromosquito
It’s
impossible for me to imagine a world without politicians and mosquitoes. If they
are not there who will suck our blood?
Let’s
conclude this with a climax of trivia. Question: Why won’t you find mosquitoes
on the head of Sardar Patel?
Answer: Mosquitoes
don’t fly beyond 100 metres at a stretch. The Patel statue is 182 metres
tall.
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteInteresting analogy... and here is a very interesting article which demonstrates that mosquitos have fooled most of us into thinking their scope is limited... beware, all! YAM xx
True, we need to beware. Of both 😅
Deletewow, Tomichan enjoyed this one, this is different from your usual style.
ReplyDeleteA change is good once in a while.
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