We are in a lot of trouble, baby.

It was a long weekend for us too.  So after tacking all the crankiness of my little baby, who always strategically falls ill on weekends and long weekends, and tucking her in bed after 17 failed attempts, the husband and I decided to watch some telly.

I don’t generally join him, unless he is watching World Movies. But today, I just wanted to vegetate on the couch and stare at the screen mindlessly. I was staring at the screen and thinking of something else. And soon enough I realized I couldn't do it, because I was watching CNN.

Scenes flashed in front of my eyes-

From Somalia….thousands of displaced civilians, hundreds of hungry babies, flies swarming above their heads sickness all around and  teenage jihadists with a machine guns..

From a burning California..orange flames engulf the TV screen. I see nothing more.

From a devastated Philippines after the storm. Broken, shattered, uprooted, displaced. Gloom.

From a decrepit Indonesia, under rubble. Thousands dead. Bodies buried under debris. Misery. Fear. Horror.

From a war ravaged Afghanistan. Meaningless. Mindless.  What more can be destroyed there, really?

From a distraught Islamabad..So is suicide bombing the hottest selling profession?

From  flood battered Karnataka and Andhra. Homeless, orphaned, marooned.

By then my head was on his shoulder and  I heard him say ‘our world is in such a mess…while nature’s fury is at its worst in some places, people are screwing up real bad in others..we are in deep shit baby..’

I got up and went to sleep,  incredibly sad.

What does one do when one feels this way?

(Couldn't sleep, so here I am trying to share my anguish)

Edited to add: may be this is why people rather watch rakhi's mum in big boss . That kind of reality tv is better than the real stuff.