Aswini Ashok

There is a wonderful analogy called “Rooster Coop” in the book “The White Tiger”. It is basically how the Roosters in the butcher shop tied in a wire mesh, keep seeing its fellow roosters getting butchered right before them and knowing very well that their time is just around the corner. We Indians can patent this theory for having its wide application in every typical Indian thing. One such example is how we all get trapped in the same coop at the so called marriageable age. We are all roosters seeing our friends and foes of our age or even less getting hitched one by one. And we know we will be dragged to the butchery platform anytime around.             The only difference being the roosters inside the cage watches the dying rooster with dead beat horror but we enjoy the free food and the celebration when our fellow rooster is getting hitched. And the Rooster Coop is supported from the inside. Every now and then you hear your fellow rooster constantly reminding you that your