My stubble, it’s mine
How can I hate that smelly stubble?
The unshaven bard sang his song merrily and people clapped. He stroked his trademark prickly stubble and after finishing his song, said, ‘Three cheers for the all-male how-can-I club.’
The next performance was by the all-women why-must-I club and they believed in only protest plays, protest songs, and protest slogans. There was never a day that they were not able to think up of some or the other form of protest. Even today they had come prepared with a protest play on the way women were molested by journalists and judges alike. But hearing the song by their rival club, their think tank sat for a while and wrote a song for them.
The refrain, and I’m sure you’ve guessed the words by now, went…
Your stubble, it’s yours
Why must I hate that smelly stubble?
The first stanza was even more precise…
Be with and live with your stubble, dear
But don’t you bother to ever come near
I hope I have now made it all clear
Clean that smelly stubble and we’ll cheer!
The intensely competitive stances of these two clubs were always a joy to watch because creative juices flowed unabatedly. However, that evening, people witnessed a miracle.
The how-can-I boys were shaven and sitting sharing dreams of their future with the why-must-I girls. The next day’s local paper headlines were:
We-can-we-will club born!
People still wonder if it was the clean-shaven looks of the boys that bowled over the girls or if it was the song that brought about this change. People looked forward to a new form of creative expression from this new club now.
This post is a part of the Protest Against Smelly Stubble Activity in association with BlogAdda.
Tagged friends: Sangita Passey Ekta Khetan
My series of 10 posts on smelly stubbles:
ONE
Poets write, stubbles don’t
TWO
Autobiography of that unclean stubble
THREE
There’s more to stubble than you really know
FOUR
The stubble debate
FIVE
The tricky twins!
SIX
Men in pursuit
SEVEN
Part and parcel
EIGHT
Twenty-four years later
NINE
We-can-we-will
https://passey.info/2013/12/we-can-we-will/
TEN
This happened at three in the morning
Arvind Passey
06 December 2013
19 comments
numerounity says:
Dec 6, 2013
Nice one..as usual loved the pics!
I too posted and tagged you there…hope you acknowledge it 🙂
http://www.numerounity.com/2013/12/this-2-shall-pass_6.html
Arvind Passey says:
Dec 6, 2013
Thanks for tagging me… will surely mention your tag in my next post.
Btw, even I have tagged you… hope to see you acknowledging my tag in your next post. 🙂
Tushart says:
Dec 6, 2013
Really liked the ingenuity with which you touched the theme and brought forward the point. As for the movement, I’d just like to say that the smelling stubble is what brings the trouble and not all of them, as sometimes a stubble arises out of inadvertent delays and consecrated connotations. But I must say that this was amongst the most shrewd ways to express your views on this subject. 🙂
Arvind Passey says:
Dec 6, 2013
Thanks, buddy… will try to write on this subject in yet other ways.
Someone is Special says:
Dec 6, 2013
AP, loved your post. The doodle is really good 🙂 I have tagged you here Hope you will acknowledge 🙂
Someone is Special
Arvind Passey says:
Dec 7, 2013
Thanks for liking the post and appreciating the illustration… 🙂
Haven’t really understood what is to be done so far as these tags are concerned… but will acknowledge yours, of course… in the next post.
Pooja says:
Dec 6, 2013
Love the way you put forth the two different views and love the doodle, as always 😀
Arvind Passey says:
Dec 7, 2013
Thank you, Pooja… it isn’t easy to remain restrained in a word limit but I did find the exercise rather challenging.
Ankita says:
Dec 7, 2013
hahah! that’s an interesting post! all the best 🙂
Arvind Passey says:
Dec 7, 2013
Nice to see that you’ve liked the post, Ankita. Thanks. 🙂
Ankita says:
Dec 7, 2013
Sir ur doodles are nice! they must in watercolour right?
btw have you recv the Flipkart prize voucher (recipe doodle contest) from blogadda?
Arvind Passey says:
Dec 7, 2013
Nice to read so much appreciation of my doodles, sketches, and illustrations, Ankita. They are all hand-drawn on my iPad or iPhone5. The apps I use include Paper, Sketches, Sketchbook Pro, ArtRage, and Procreate. 🙂
uma says:
Dec 8, 2013
Interesting post indeed!.
To start with I have tagged you sir (having known you for long) in my post and hope you would respond to my tag 🙂
Arvind Passey says:
Dec 8, 2013
Thanks for your appreciative words, Uma.
Will accept your tag in my next post… 🙂
Arvind Passey says:
Dec 8, 2013
Accepted your tag in my post, Uma… please check the latest post.
Ankita says:
Dec 8, 2013
Sir have you recv the Flipkart prize voucher (recipe doodle contest) from blogadda?
Arvind Passey says:
Dec 8, 2013
Not yet, Ankita… even I’m waiting for that Rs 10,000 Flipkart voucher. 🙂 Do let me know when you get it.
Ankita says:
Dec 9, 2013
ok, and if you get it, do let me know 🙂
Arvind Passey says:
Dec 9, 2013
Sure.