Vanity: My Favorite Sin!!

Our dear Halvaai( meaning someone who makes sweets) has shocked the world. He asked me to not use his real name to save himself from answering the calls from all the beautiful women in Seattle area so I am using his alias in IIT Halvaai.

Halvaai recently relocated to Seattle from Bangalore and has been on a crusade which is really difficult to explain. First, for the record, let me state the facts clearly. He has gone down from 235 pounds to 177 pounds in 6 months without any drastic measures or surgery. The guy is super excited in his new found joy of being fit and appealing to the fit. He hits the gym everyday and knows what he needs to eat and when he needs to eat. No rules are broken and it has been a ball. So if you haven't seen his pictures already on orkut, I would request you to not waste a single minute.

What is the reason behind this change? I cannot explain it completely though I have a vague sense. I do know that both love and hatred can drive people to do things which they themselves thought were not possible. Now, I would not think that Halvaai is doing all this out of hate for someone but I can make a case for replacing hate with vanity. America is a phenomenal society and its very easy to slip down the path of supreme self love very soon. This phenomenon has recently boosted multiple industries and primarily on the dollars spent by Baby Boomers. Botox injections, wheat grass shots and pomegranate juice are all great examples with one common theme.

Now I am not saying that Halvaai is a Boomer. I think he should be around 26. So technically speaking, he is not chasing youth. He is in the middle of his youth. What might have changed since he relocated from Bangalore was his ambiance and what people around him expected from him. And what might have changed is that he would have looked at much older women around him that looked much younger than him. He knew pretty soon what he needed to do to be in this race. If you couple this general situation with the dreams that a lighter weight( along with his existing qualities) can fulfill, you can pretty much see where the ball was going to roll. The fighter that he is, and always was, the response was an emphatic home run or touch down or slam dunk...whatever you want to call it the American way.

My friend, good luck and welcome to the race and welcome to the chase...people tell me that it never ends but it must feel good.