War and Vocab

There are two new words that the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai taught me.

1) Terror tourism - When people visit sites torn by terrorist attacks not for apparent heritage tourism or nature tourism purposes, but to revel in the glory of disaster caused by mankind very intentionally and brutally. It was most frequenty referred to in the case of the chief minister of Maharashtra, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh who apparently took director Ram Gopal Verma with him to visit the Taj Mahal Hotel which was the most struck by the 26/11 attacks. Accompanying RGV was Mr. Deshmukh's son, Riteish Deshmukh (yes he has added an 'i' in his name, as suggested by his numerologist), an actor by profession, who has starred in couple of movies made by RGV. This action of terror tourism encouraged by Mr Deshmukh set the rumor tongues wagging that probably RGV is planning a movie on the recent terror attacks on Taj, being a "realistic" movie maker that he is (I don't buy that), and Vilasrao Deshmukh is promoting his own son to be cast as an actor in that movie, and hence the opportunity to see the Taj in its now shambles situation as a sop provided by Mr Deshmukh. The apparently insensitive "terror tourism" promoted by Mr Deshmukh might cause him his position, his head might be the one to roll next.

2) War Whores - All the people who are up-to-date and keep others updated with all news related to the war and terrorist attacks. These people post graphic details of heads, arms, legs, and other bloody body parts disengaged from the rest of the body on social networking sites. They are brazen proponents of the idea that the answer to the 26/11 terrorist attack is another war with Pakistan, just so that they get an opportunity to slut in the bloody aftermath. They are glued to TV all times during such attacks, and rather than providing helpful information, they spread news without waiting to ascertain whether they are certified facts or just rumors. It's not that this set of people have a criminal bent of mind, or anything of that sort, but in their excitement to show solidarity with the victims of the terrorists attacks, they go overboard and make themselves sound as if they are enjoying the war tidbits.

Whoring on the war news in the dailies has definitely increased my language skills.