Watching the Maoists kill, the emotions, the summit talks and an extremely HOPEFUL me

It was a hot evening, the school ground was crowded with villagers and all eyes were glued to the television set. I sat on a bench right in front of the tv set while my sister was going crazy having to seat on benches of unequal height. The air smelled of sweat, which reminded of these lines:

“So they danced in the courtyard
Sweet summer sweat
Some danced to remember, some danced to forget”

It was an odd timing for a song like that but I guess it had a connection to what was going on that night. Perhaps we had all gathered to do a bit of remembering and forgetting of our share of woes in a country ravaged with war. The show began, the Maoist Commander did ask “Priya Janasamudaya, tapain haru ke herna chanu huncha, yo(the tv serial that was going on ) ki yuddha( war) ko cd?” Tell me what goes in the mind of most teenagers when asked do you want to see porn or keep playing this video game? I found the question exactly like that. A question whose answer is already known to the inquirer itself .Why would anyone want to see the tv show given the option to watch a full fledged war?