LOVE, MONEY AND WOMEN'S EQUALITY

Dear All,

I am sorry I have not been blogging recently.

Friends of mine from Nepal have been on a holiday and with just 7 days at their disposal its been a virtual whirlwind so therefore the lack of blogs.

Anyway a quick post today.

Readers of this blog who are of a certain vintage will remember growing up swapping Archie comics with friends. I have many nephews and nieces and as far as I know they have no idea of who Archie, Betty, Veronica, Reggie, Jughead & Moose are. Playstations & Wii’s are great but i feel they are missing out on so much more.

Anyway this post is not about reading habits of children.

It was revealed in mid-May that perennial bachelor Archie Andrews, whose long-running love triangle with Veronica Lodge and Betty Cooper, had finally settled on the love of his life and was ready to pop the question.

A different question was on the minds of Archie fans around the world, of course: Would he choose the perky, loyal, down-to-Earth Betty, or the exciting, temperamental and ridiculously rich Veronica?

And the winner is shockingly..... Veronica!

The cover of Archie issue #600 has been posted on the official Archie and Jughead blog, showing Archie proposing to Veronica while a stunned Jughead and tearful Betty look on. (Reggie, presumably, is watching from a distance and formulating a plan to trick Moose into beating the crap out of him again.)

I didn't see this one coming. Not Archie getting married and certainly not his choice of Veronica over Betty. But is it true? Is it really happening.

Maybe with the global recession Mr. Andrews needed the financial security that Mr. Lodge could provide.

Love alone, maybe, just wasn't enough.

In other news the Gulf News today reported the outrage that Bahraini women were feeling about some Kuwaiti lawmaker suggesting that they could possibly work as Housemaids in Kuwait.

The whole of Bahrain was in an uproar as were many sections in Kuwait itself.

Their objection was that the moral sanctity of the “arab” woman had been violated by just the suggestion of them working as housemaids.

Surprisingly this moral outrage doesn’t seem to extend to the countless Philipino, Indonesian & Indian maids that have been working here for decades.

Maybe its not Women in general but just Arab Women who deserve better.

I would call it a case of classic Hypocrisy if only it wasn’t also so blatantly Racist.

Sadly no one (from the South East Asian diplomatic corps) seemed to be bothered or even concerned.

And this on the day when India is getting ready to elect Meira Kumar as its first woman Speaker.

Maybe it will need some other middle eastern lawmaker to suggest hiring Ms. Kumar as his maid before India wakes up and protests.

Till Next time

Ciao

Vish