I could really use a wish right now

After the euphoria created on December 31st and January 1st every year, what follows on the 2nd of January is the same old story without any noticeable changes whatsoever. That’s the irony of the nonsensical hullabaloo that people make during the end of every year. They keep wishing each other a very, very happy new year in spite of knowing fully well that nobody’s wishes did any good to anyone since the time wishes were invented in the first place. They wish each other like there’s no tomorrow. But I honestly believe that all those who wish each other a happy and prosperous New Year will die of jealousy if their wishes for their friends and relatives actually came true. Because human nature is such that we can’t see other people happier and more prosperous than ourselves. Besides, what does it mean anyway?

But, not to play a spoilsport, here are my five wishes for 2014:     

• Firstly, may God give everyone happiness and prosperity, irrespective of whether they deserve it or not.
• May God also give courage to India to do a commando-style operation to rescue diplomat Devyani.
• May God stop manufacturing mosquitoes, cockroaches, harmful bacteria and viruses etc.
• May God also create some smartie who can actually invent a permanent cure for the common cold.
• May God help us understand, once and for all, which God to follow and permanently end this confusion in all of us.