The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secreto-motor phenomenon (not excreto-motor) characterized by the shedding of tears from the lacrimal apparatus (which is in the eye of course), without any irritation of the ocular structures". This is a slightly complicated way of describing a simple activity. According to a study of over 300 adults, on average men cry once every month; women cry at least five times per month, especially before and during the menstrual cycle when crying can increase up to 5 times the normal rate, often without obvious reasons.
It is socially acceptable for women and children to cry, and less socially acceptable for men to cry. It’s considered girly for men to cry (there are other articles which say women love emotional men, but how many of you are willing to believe this). Even at school, boys find it embarrassing to cry (boys like to pretend grown up, impression making starts early).
The same cannot be said about Yeddyurappa, chief minister of Karnataka. It was a pity watching this elderly man wail like a kid in front of massive audience and TV cameras. It was an image of a helpless man expressing his grief.
He was literally pleading to the opposition parties to let him be in power for another 3 years. He doesn’t seem to be taking the criticism well. (This looks like the feeling in childhood when your dad yells at you in front of your friends)
This is the fourth time; Yeddyurappa has let up his emotions in public (come on guys, you know I am just talking about sad teary emotion and not the other quite popular emotion). Earlier, he broke down twice during the Bellary Reddy’s crisis in October 2009.
Once, when he announced to the media in New Delhi
Yeddy broke down again on the same issue, when a week later, he visited Navalgund taluk in Dharwad district.
Don’t know why he had to apologize to the flood victims while announcing the forceful sacking of Shobha madam (who quite visibly is much more than a trusted lieutenant Ahem, ahem… not my perverted mind thinking but something every kid in Karnataka talks about) and Baligar (who was his right hand man, sharp shooter and trusted man Friday).
Daughter Umadevi feels the CM was becoming emotional of late. “I had seen him cry in public during my mother’s demise. But in recent times, he is becoming emotional,” she added. That’s a pity, because his wife died of unnatural causes on Oct 16 2004 , and her body was found in the basement water tank. The prime suspect in this case is Yeddy Saar himself. Expectedly, the case was closed as the police did not find evidence of foul play. Apparently, she slipped into the tank and died.
“It’s nothing to do with work pressure (work pressure is for people who work). He is sensitive to issues concerning farmers and the common man, ” she maintained (Its ok if you are rolling on the floor now, I had a severe case of urinary incontinence reading this). Yeddy Saar, both Shobha madam and chamcha Baligar were not doing anything for farmers, on the contrary they were doing things for you. You could have given both these individuals some respect by announcing that you were crying for them.
Irrespective of what opposition leaders seem to be making out of it, there is nothing much any sensible person can comprehend from these emotional outbursts. But it’s surely not a pretty picture to see a head of the state shedding tears. This man has been giving wrong signals not only to the people of the state who managed to elect such whimper of man as their CM but also to the organizations that do business with the state.
Yeddy Saar, its time you stop public display of emotion and shift focus from increasing zeros in your property towards working for development of the state.
P.s. He hates being called Yeddy (don’t know if it makes him feel like teddy), he wants to be called BSY (Boost is Secret of Yeddyurappa)
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